It states: " How do I get my trade-in payment?
After your device is processed, you'll receive a credit for the assessed value. If you've paid for your new device in full, the trade-in credit will be refunded to your credit card within two billing cycles. Otherwise, a monthly credit will be applied to your Device Payment Plan in equal parts over the duration of the plan, starting within two billing cycles.
Additional details will be provided in your trade-in email from Assurant."
If your device is paid in full it is supposed to go back to your credit card. I have done 4 of these and on all 4 they credited my Spectrum account, however each time a very short phone call with CS resulted in the credit going to my CC.
If you need a $40 trade-in phone for this deal:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Straig...243529
If above phone not available, here is a $50 phone for trade-in deal:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Tracfo.../456429801
WARNING
Make sure to turn it on and see if your phone can activate. Walmart is not properly scanning these phones and trade ins are getting denied because of anti-theft. Buy these phones in store if you can! try to activate online and if error take the whole phone box package to store and have them rescan and reissue back to you or get replacement. check to make sure IMEI of "new" device can be activated online before you leave store
if above can't fix your problem then do the following:
1. Reach out to straight talk CS and ask them to escalate with issuing ticket
2. They will tell you to do the following: Email [email protected] with name, contact number, ticket number (this is created by chat agent) and attach receipt proof and picture of IMEI (I took a picture of the card that has the IMEI and sim card number on it).
3. You should get email about 24-48 hours later that it can now be activated
4. If they ask you to activate with phone plan then buy this $15 plan and give them the PIN and other relevant information they ask for
https://www.target.com/p/tracfone...A-87908383
Takes roughly 15 minutes to come in after purchase to hit email.
5. If they didn't ask to activate on tracfone then visit https://www.straighttal
6. Insert sim if not already in, turn off phone and turn back on. Make a test call. If call won't go through wait 5 minutes. You'll probably get some texts from Tracfone and calling should work. They suggest to turn off and on again if not, but I didn't need to.
$25 at Amazon: (slow shipping)
https://www.amazon.com/TracFone-M...B0C7LNLS9P
Store trade-in is YMMV
- Most stores will uphold the promotion - if not, go to a different store
- Device usually needs to be in stock - some stores will ship if not in stock
- Stock is usually low and sells out fast - may need to try more than once
- Higher storage options are usually not available in stores - only online
- Tax is dependent on state - some charge MSRP, some charge discounted price
- Doing too many trade in in short amount of time might get your account flagged - only online is available then
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I would guess there is some sort of security protocol in place probably needing an ID of account holder or authorized user, otherwise people could just walk in and steal people's accounts. You could check with Spectrum to see if you can be added as authorized user but I am not sure their specific mobile security policies.
If you have the option to upgrade then it could save you on the cost of opening a second line. I have not yet seen anybody report what happens if you remove the S24 from your account before the 60 days in terms of whether you can still unlock after 60 days. I would imagine if your phone is paid off and account is in good standing you should still be able to, but probably not best to assume this is the case.
Also just to clear, i purchase only the phone ($39) and dont need to purchase a plan correct? The above steps sets the phone up for a plan activation later, i presume..
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Also just to clear, i purchase only the phone ($39) and dont need to purchase a plan correct? The above steps sets the phone up for a plan activation later, i presume..
You mean it is still moving around? My showed it was stuck in Coppell for many days, still shows as in Coppell and undelivered even a couple of days now after the credit was issued. Assurant even seems to have received it a couple of days before they issued the credit. USPS just seems to have decided to just not scan the delivery of thousands of packages.
Interestingly, one other time that I have seen USPS not scan deliveries is with the IRS. I had to mail in a tax document and shipped it with delivery confirmation. Got to the destination quickly but they never marked it as delivered. I filed missing mail report and everything and nothing came of it. USPS just said sometimes when it is tax season they do not get around to scanning all the deliveries. This should not be permitted. Even if it takes them a day or two longer to deliver they should properly scan deliveries, especially if you are paying for service with tracking/delivery confirmation. I would argue not doing delivery scans is a form of fraud, but especially when it is part of the service that is being paid for.
Last year I did the deal with S23 several months after it was launched. They were doing a $600 trade in promotion at the time. I think the net cost ended up being similar. So unless they are changing things this year probably no rush to jump on this deal since they will probably continue running promotions like this. The hype here was just that it was a new phone launch and the did double storage with preorder, but Spectrum has not been making these promotions very limited.
One potential perk to buying online versus in store is that you can purchase with a credit card online and then have the trade in credit sent to a different card (such as debit), which can have perks in terms of CC rewards. If you purchase in store and they apply the discount immediately then you cannot do this. Several people are now confirming that tax is being refunded with online purchases once the trade in is processed, it does not appear the lower tax thing is really an in store perk.
Wow
I went to try to do this my old 6s plus iphone that was unlocked before my amazon order arrive and gotta say it was sooo easy. Took 20 minutes in and out.
799-705 + plus activiation/fees/tax came out to 120.75 out the door.
Thinking of getting another s24 when my amazon phone arrives, hopefully its the same process!
thanks according to the Assurent timeline, it is on time.
4 days after delivery.... mine shows delivery 7 and they will access by the 11th fingers crossed.
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Wow
I went to try to do this my old 6s plus iphone that was unlocked before my amazon order arrive and gotta say it was sooo easy. Took 20 minutes in and out.
799-705 + plus activiation/fees/tax came out to 120.75 out the door.
Thinking of getting another s24 when my amazon phone arrives, hopefully its the same process!
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