Probably no N8 for me!

[husa3695]

When I went to Best Buy, the people told me that I would get $480 for my Pixel XL. I also owe about $500 on it. I will pay that off and trade it in and take the $20.00 loss. The 480 comes as bill credits for 24 months. That's like me paying the phone off which I would have to do anyway, putting it on eBay or Swappa maybe getting $500 for it and putting that on the phone either way, my monthly payments will be cut down because of this

 

[Nakrohtap]

If you are worried about what you owe then you don't have JOD you have Jump! 2 different things. Jump! is an EIP and JOD is a lease where you can upgrade once a month now and what you owe is irrelevant. People keep confusing this.

It's not irrelevant because if you don't jump to another phone, you owe the balance. If you our directly from Samsung, you're not jumping. So, you owe the balance. I don't believe you can just turn it in and walk away.
Someone please correct me if I am mistaken. I hope I am wrong. But, I don't think I am.

 

[Nakrohtap]

I just searched for this to know for myself. I am so baffled by the last option. You can upgrade, purchase the device outright for the remaining installments or cancel the lease. To cancel, you turn in the phone AND are responsible for the remaining payments! What???
Why would someone turn in their phone to have no use of it AND continue to make payments? This makes no sense.
*Editing post to just show the cancelation portion. For some reason, all of my uploads get pixelated.

 

[Katrina White1]

Those where the terms when the s7 was bought. If you didn't agree then don't buy it.
Stick with the s7 edge for another year and get the note 9.

I don't think the terms are at issue. Yes, everyone knew the terms. The issue is whether or not the Samsung deal is an actual deal for ALL N7 owners. And it's not. I personally will have no problems upgrading using this or going through my carrier. I just wanted to make sure I got the point of why it doesn't work for everyone.

 

[Ca_lvn]

I don't think the terms are at issue. Yes, everyone knew the terms. The issue is whether or not the Samsung deal is an actual deal for ALL N7 owners. And it's not. I personally will have no problems upgrading using this or going through my carrier. I just wanted to make sure I got the point of why it doesn't work for everyone.

Samsung is a deal for all former N7 users if someone is still committed to a contract thur there carrier that's no fault of Samsung that was the individual's decision

 

[Katrina White1]

(unless you're in a trade-in program that specifically says that once you pay 50% of the device you can trade it in and not have to pay the remaining balance).

Thats me. I have $100 to go so I can either wait till Nov and get the N8, get it now and pay the 100, or use my husband's line and do the Samsung deal now. His phone is free and clear - S7A. We'd just switch phones when it's all done. He'll have my current phone, I'll have the N8, and his S7A will have been traded for the credit. He could then get my upgrade in Nov and get the S8A. I'm good. I just see how it doesn't work for everyone.

 

[Katrina White1]

Samsung is a deal for all former N7 users if someone is still committed to a contract thur there carrier that's no fault of Samsung that was the individual's decision

I know. I'm not arguing that. At all. It's a great deal. It just doesn't work for everyone "through no fault of Samsung". I get it.

 

[Nakrohtap]

I don't think the terms are at issue. Yes, everyone knew the terms. The issue is whether or not the Samsung deal is an actual deal for ALL N7 owners. And it's not. I personally will have no problems upgrading using this or going through my carrier. I just wanted to make sure I got the point of why it doesn't work for everyone.

I'm right there with you 100%. Have an olive branch that pertains to ALL. This is a PR stunt to give them good public perception without having to really take a big hit on these.

 

[Nakrohtap]

Samsung is a deal for all former N7 users if someone is still committed to a contract thur there carrier that's no fault of Samsung that was the individual's decision

The carriers buy the phones outright from Samsung. If they wanted to, they could pass the savings onto the carriers end for former Note7 owners. It's not Samsung's "fault". But, take care of everyone, not a select few.

 

[SpookDroid]

I'm right there with you 100%. Have an olive branch that pertains to ALL. This is a PR stunt to give them good public perception without having to really take a big hit on these.

I'm sorry but the discount does apply to all. The terms are the same for all: trade something in from the list of approved devices and you get 425 off. That's it.

If YOU happen to be in a different financial situation on your current device because of a lease/purchase agreement, then that's on YOU. Not Samsung.

 

[Mooncatt]

You buy a car...a year later you want to trade it in for a new one just straight trade... No dealer is going to let you do that without putting in more money

Not quite the same situation here. Under your example, the dealer will give you a trade in amount based on how much it's worth on the used market, and you only have to cover how much you're upside down on.

In the case of Verizon (I can't speak to other carriers), they are giving you zero value for your trade, despite the fact it'll have some value on the refurbished market. So they profit from the full value of the original Note 7 replacement sale, inflated profits on the secondary market sale when you trade the replacement in, and the full Note 8 sale. If they only required a partial payment to no longer be upside down, then it would be a slightly different argument.

And now add to this the conflicting information from carriers and Samsung, and additional industry speculation during the recall about the future, and so many people being hamstrung into phones they didn't want in the first place, it's starting to sound like this offer to Note 7 users has the makings of another PR disaster.

I've never been a fan of Samsung phones simply due to their design features, but I was still willing to consider them if they came out with something meeting my needs. After digging into the details of this supposed deal, I'm ready to remove them from my list completely. I don't know what we are going to do for my wife's line yet, as she's in this situation and wanted the Note 8. If it were me, I'd say the heck with it and go to another brand. At this point it's making LG's handling of their bootloop issues look good by comparison.

 

[nizmoz]

Unless you are this guy blaming Samsung because he can't pay off the other 50% of his phone. Some people need to seriously grow up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote...g_complete_screwed_note_7_user_from_carriers/

 

[Nakrohtap]

I'm sorry but the discount does apply to all. The terms are the same for all: trade something in from the list of approved devices and you get 425 off. That's it.

If YOU happen to be in a different financial situation on your current device because of a lease/purchase agreement, then that's on YOU. Not Samsung.

The discount doesn't apply to all. I can't get it and I owned a Note7. Period.
It's on Samsung what happened on the Note7, not me. Whatever happened since then is besides the point.
If they want to please all former Note7 owners, this isn't the way to do it.
I went through this debacle with JOD, I should be able to benefit while on JOD.
It's the same financial situation, not different.
I think the only people arguing the other side are those who can take advantage of this.
Of course I went into a new lease. I am not spending that much cash on buying a phone outright. I have better things to spend my money on.

For those who can take advantage of this promotion, that's great news. Just don't try to back Samsung saying that those who can't use this offer did something wrong.

 

[Nakrohtap]

Unless you are this guy blaming Samsung because he can't pay off the other 50% of his phone. Some people need to seriously grow up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote...g_complete_screwed_note_7_user_from_carriers/

I am not blaming Samsung for not being able to take advantage of their offer I will do JOD, as I originally planned. I wish I could take advantage. I just don't like their offer. That's my only point.

 

[Jewels81]

Unless you are this guy blaming Samsung because he can't pay off the other 50% of his phone. Some people need to seriously grow up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote...g_complete_screwed_note_7_user_from_carriers/

Damn

 

[mgbosshogg]

The deals you guys get are amazing.
Plus the device is way cheaper to begin with.
Crazy cheap.

 

[TechNut79]

So if someone never bought the Note 7, is there any discount for them or is it only full price or payment plan?

 

[andrew_ackley]

Why aren't you people just buying a used iphone 5 on ebay for $70 and send that for the $425 credit and sell your s7e on your own. EVERYONE SHOULD BE DOING THIS INSTEAD OF TRADING A DEVICE YOU CAN GET 300-400 FOR ON YOUR OWN.

Have you not checked the s8 forum and seen the horror stories from people with their trade-in? No way I'm risking that dumb shiz.

 

[jimd1050]

Have you not checked the s8 forum and seen the horror stories from people with their trade-in? No way I'm risking that dumb shiz.

Exactly... same reason I'm going to my AT&T Store and just buying over the counter when the Note 8s come in. I can sell my 64GB Note 5 for close to $300 on Swappa or whatever and not take the chance!

 

[SpookDroid]

So if someone never bought the Note 7, is there any discount for them or is it only full price or payment plan?

Only at BestBuy (150 off), and it doesn't apply to the unlocked version.