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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coolblue830:
I drove to the BB and asked in person (next to a sign that says $50 gift card with 2 year activation ironically) and they said they will apply the gc to my purchase.

Only problem is now I'm sitting here waiting for them to figure out how to activate it. They can't price match since its too late to call and verify and they won't go off web prices :(

Edit: Yay new phone! So excited, thanks for nothing Amazon lol.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] eepyikes:
Meh

Got my Evo Lte at Best Buy today. It took them an hour and a half to figure out how to apply the discounts on my OG Evo trade in. I ended up paying about $66. Heres why. I didnt bring my charger back, so one of the four $50 discounts was only $40. Then I had to pay $56 in taxes on original retail price of phone (~$700)! So all in all not a bad deal but its insane the different results weve all gotten. I think they cheated me on the taxes but after an hour and a half of waiting i was just ready to leave. Also they took my effing thumb print! Are you kidding me? Again, normally Id have told them to eff off and filmed them trying to explain themselves for youtube but i was exhausted and ready to leave so i just went along with it. The sales people seemed insulted that I was getting such a good deal and tried to get me to buy accessories I rejected multiple times, saying "well youre getting the phone for free, so..." all in all it was a bad experience. Despite the mild attitudes, I cant blaim the employees, its the bosses who dont have their act together.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CaptainCool:
Ok... So I've read over a really big portion of this thread and am amazed at some of those stores. I'm a sales lead at a Best Buy Mobile, and I'm going to break down how the $50.00 promotion works at my store...

Whenever you purchase the phone, you still get a $50.00 gift card, even if you didn't preorder it. It says so on the website. This has to be done DURING the activation, if they skip over it and they've printed out the contract... There's no going back and adding it. Make sure they add the promo code during the activation. (This is by manager discretion, some manager's won't give said gift card without a preorder.) If they do skip over it, they can undo the upgrade and redo it, Mark down the phone (least likely) or call corporate best buy and have them mail you one.

This all could change at anytime since they have the ability to do so without giving any employee prior notice. Best of luck with your new phone!

Autocorrected by my Epic 4G Touch.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
You definitely got cheated on the taxes! Also they are only supposed to take $5 off a trade if you dont provide a charger not $10.

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My process was surprisingly not that bad. Got to my bb around 6pm last night and the store was dead. Luckily the mobile manager was there as i have been dealing with him personally since my pre-order mess. He asked me if i do extreme couponing since i had all the promo's printed out and explained them all to him which i thought was funny. I was out of there in about 40 min or so with my new toy:D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CraigP17:
The free $50 gift card promo is NOT a manager discretion promo. And it does NOT require a preorder. The promo code does need to be entered during activation but it is NOT manager discretion. It's on the cover of this new month's buyer's guide as well. It's for anyone who activates an Evo 4G LTE at best buy.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Sephirothvfc:
This is correct. What's at the managers discretion is the a ability to price match it to wal mart or target. Since we are doing the $50 gift card to anyone who gets the phone, we are not pricing matching them. Only mention because heard this on previous post.

Sent from my EVO LITE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LTEvo:
You might be able to answer this. So you mentioned the 50$ GC, which brings it down to 150. Now if i don't trade my old EVO in, would i still get another 50$ promo for activating/upgrading a new phone like some of the above posters?

Actually post is in another thread oops.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26906916&postcount=1472

Bringing total to 100$.

I am about to roll over to BB in 20 mins once they open.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
^^Only if you signed up back in feb for the phone freedom promotion. Otherwise, $150 is as cheap as it gets. If that's the case, you're better off ordering from amazon and save the tax.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] compneo:
I got the full trade-in price without the charger. They never said anything about it, and I kept the 32GB sd card, with no problems that it was missing sd card for trade-in. Guess I was lucky.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Wildclip:
Thinking about heading to Best Buy and buying instead of waiting Amazon out... Can I combine the phone freedom with their current $50 promotion ?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
Yes, all bb promo's are stackable off the price of the phone.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mikek9:
Well, picked mine up yesterday from a BB and was kinda miffed but not entirely. Apparently in CA because of our pawn laws they can't take trade ins in store on phones not purchased in store , you HAVE to do it through there online trade in system. So I was only able to get the 50 pre order gc , and missed out on the bonus 50 from trading in and the 50 from trading in and activating a new phone. I wish they were a little more straightforward and clear that things work.that way here , because I know I had never heard of it. On the plus side I'm keeping my og EVO as a backup.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Wildclip:
Thanks....anyone have any luck in getting them to pricematch to Wirefly or Amazon ?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ignardaj:
I was able to trade in my og evo purchased elsewhere, they did take me to a trade in desk ,took id,thumb print etc.but I got all credits ...this was in cerritos
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
What is this thumb print nonsense?????? Will BB be taking a blood sample too in the future!@#
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ignardaj:
Something to do with the trade or pawn process I guess...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mikek9:
You're luckier than I am then. I spent an hour trying to convince the store GM to let me do it here in Bakersfield.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CraigP17:
No. You get the $50 gc. You only get trade in gc amd additional $50 discount if you trade in og evo.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CraigP17:
This is false. There is an In store trade in system the employee processes. There are some parts of the country where best buy cannot do in store trade in due to local pawn laws. That is the only case where you can't trade in in store.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CraigP17:
Not likely. Best buy promo ia better. Best buy promos can be stacked but why would they combine them with amazon or wirefly when they are already giving you a better deal?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mikek9:
And I was told CA is one of those parts of the country, which I wasn't very happy about. According to my stores GM they are only able to take trade ins on devices bought at BB with a receipt because of those pawn laws.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Wildclip:
Well it will be

$199 - $50 GC - $50 Phone Freedom + $62 Tax + $36 Activation...so its about $50 more expensive than Amazon given the Tax and Activation factored in
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ultron:
They charged you tax on the full MSRP? My total cost was 114 after trade in and tax and I live in Seattle (~10%) so that's surprising.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Ragster:
Not true, I ordered it from best buy last night.

Phone + tax + 2day shipping - reward zone credit = Cheap deal.

170 + 57 + 5 - 100 = 132! This is after cali's crazy tax. Only problem is they ship it to your house lol.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
Please don't confuse people. I'm not sure how you arrive at $170 for the phone, but discounting tax, shipping and your reward zone credit, it's still $150, which is what I said above.

Not everyone has reward zone credits. Reread post #241 to see which discounts apply to everyone, regardless of reward zone status, tax, or shipping.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Ragster:
15% off through reward zone mobile, which EVERYONE can use. The reward zone credits are given to you after purchasing the phone, which EVERYONE can get. And you can actually get free shipping too. So sorry for confusing you guys.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CraigP17:
Sprint charges your activation fee. that would apply anywhere you got your phone fyi. You don't pay best buy the $36 fee.

I'll give you the tax... You save on that via online. But that also isn't controlled by best buy. They operate within the laws of the state they operate. They don't make the tax laws.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Wildclip:
When I ordered from Amazon, it had a free activation offer and was valid for the evo 4g lte. As far as the tax laws go, I'm not faulting BB. Just how i decide, how much I want to spend on the phone.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] assumption:
I jumped on that deal too. I ALSO got an email from best buy saying that I can get $50 dollar gift card if I activate before 7/7/12.

Does that mean I'm getting the $100 dollars in reward zone credits AND a $50 dollar gift card?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Ragster:
Nice, didn't know you could get the gift card also. So I'm not sure. Did you specifically ask for it?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SPreston2001:
I got mines from Best Buy yesterday for a little less than $120 with Black Tie Protection. $199 - $50 - $50GC + $9.99 for the Black Tie Protection. They gave me $50 off for buying the phone there but from what im understanding some people arent getting that same deal. I do know they will price match Targets $149.99 price + give you the $50 gift card which will bring it down to $99.99.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] assumption:
If you just go to bestbuy.com, under "this weeks offers", there is a picture of the evo lte stating a free gift card! (Unless it's regional???)

I hope it stacks on top of the rewards zone credits
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kevg77:
Sprint Buy Back

Does anyone know if I do the Sprint Buy Out option through customer care, can I get the deal at Best Buy or does it have to be purchased at a corporate store?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ckoadiyn:
To buy out the contract has to be done through sprint then you can get the phone wherever.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
You can purchase the phone anywhere you like.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rsriniv24:
Got it at BB for $56.49

Boy, got to say that gpz1100 is a genius!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26267499&postcount=241

Printed out his attached thumbnail, took it to BB (03-JUN-2012, 1300 hrs) and walked out the door for the price in the title.

Was initially furious because the Mrs. cancelled her Wirefly order ($119.99 + free Bluetooth and overnight shipping). She went ballistic when she found out that Wirefly didn't have enough phones to handle our order (08-MAY-2012 at 2149 hrs) for at least another week.

I went into the store, the lady asked "Did you preorder?" I HAD NOT preordered, but said I had done so. 45 minutes later, they gave us the $50 gift card, $50 for my wife's EVO (kickstand doesn't close anymore, and we didn't bring along the charger), and then gave us another $50 via a giftcard (see gpz1100's thumbnail of the Best Buy internal memo) -- all put toward the price of the EVO LTE

Wife and I collectively pooped our pants at the price. Best thing she ever did was get mad at Wirefly. Best thing I ever did was start scouring XDA DEVS.

You guys rule!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Ragster:
I just saw that! I think we might be able to get it. I also saw the ad in the sales paper, so hopefully we do get it. But I also read "Cannot be combined with any other offer" for the RZ credits, but my 15% offer worked just fine so not sure. Guess we'll wait and find out. Hopefully shipping wont take long (Said we'll get the e-mails within 1-2 days of shipping for the gift card)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Curb71:
just called 2 different best buys. 1 said they will do the $50 gc and not price match. the other said they will do $200 - $50 gc which can be used towards the phone purchase and will price match a brick and mortar store too. so it would be $100 and then they would buy back my evo 3d for $100. so other than the $62 or so tax it would be free!

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I just called target and they said they do not carry Sprint phones at all. Is this only in los angeles or cali or something?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kevg77:
My Target outside of Charlotte, NC has Sprint phones.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fifasarajevo:
i just called sprint support and they told me they dont offer the contract buy out in wisconsin (where i live) so is there anything else i can do :confused:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] parmend:
Just got mine at sprint . The sprint rep somehow upgraded my airave line phone is sweet . They also bought back my og EVO for 65.00 .
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
Make sure you check your acct because they may have turned you airave line into a voice line you now have to start paying monthly for.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SPreston2001:
Yeah my local Targets sell Sprint phones too. Just print off the advertisement from their website and take it into Best Buy to have them price match it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shadowhawk2020:
Dial *2, to call sprint. Then press 1 confirm the phone number you are calling about. Hit option 4 (more options), then option 5 (more options again), then 4 (you want to cancel your service). Ask them about the pay to buy your upgrade program.

The regular sprint people told me the same thing they told you, the people I talked to above took care of me first call.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dwhygienist:
BB will not price match but they will let the rebates go over the phone and accessory fees- I got a shield and car charger and still had a few $ left over on my gift card- enough for a pack of gum or soda but any time I can walk out of a store with items and not opening my wallet is a good day:p

D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] parmend:
I hope not . How could you tell on your account if its a voice line . I asked the rep if its going to cost extra a month doing that way he said no . So I hope everything goes well.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LuBi:
Wrong BB will PM but YMMV, it's all about if they want to sell a phone. I've been buying handsets from BB for years and I always get a PM on launch handsets. I did that very thing on this one and explained it a few posts back.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
Check your account online or call sprint to ask. As far as i knew Sprint closed this loophole and the only way you could now do it was to convert the line to a voice line. I would definitely check into it before you get stuck paying for an extra line every month.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SPreston2001:
I can confirm that Best Buy does in fact price match. My Dad just took a $149 Target ad to BB and they refunded him $53 for the difference...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] drunkenup:
hmm I purchased mine last night... reps there seemed to not know anything of a $50 gift card even though the ad for it was right next to the display model! came on the web tonight to reassure myself it existed, guess ill be calling soon.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SPreston2001:
Make sure your take the Target $149.99 ad with you and have them price match it!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] stealthl:
Just got home from BB in Clarksville, TN and they would not do both price match and $50.00 gift card. One or the other. I had the print out from Target and Sam's Club.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SPreston2001:
Well if they only take one, then take the GC then return tomorrow with the ad and take it to the service desk and they will refund you the difference. Thats if the $50 is worth it to you. Its funny how the offers difer from store to store. I guess you just gotta get a rep thats in a good mood lol.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kingdruid:
Does anyone have a link to the target promo that I can print? I want to try taking it and getting the phones for 149 then hopefully still get the gift card.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CraigP17:
Everyone is entitled to the $50 gift card, thus making the phone only $150 after savings. A wise associate would see that and not price match allowing a double dip. Best buy does not have to price match that. So if you get a store to do it, you're lucky, if you dont, then you can't be upset.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] stealthl:
Here you go

http://www.targetmobilestore.com/eC...px?cid=36415_44ef4a6542f24357aa2b1136dca8b8b7
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SPreston2001:
Lol Stealth beat me to it!

http://www.targetmobilestore.com/eCommerce/SpecialOffer.aspx?cid=36415_c57c22bf0ab140dba541e2fb1ace3450
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kingdruid:
They wouldnt pricematch plus gift card. Im going to try another one and just do a pricematch and hope for a gift card in the end. Im buying 3 phones btw.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dwhygienist:
thank you I stand corrected- apologies for wrong info:confused:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kingdruid:
Decided against this. I have a pre order with amazon and i dont think ill be able to get best buy to give me a better price than 150. Then i still have to worry about taxes and getting sprint to waive the activation fee.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P. Dexter85:
Its not Sprint, its HTC. Remember the the One X is being held to and that's under AT&T.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rubber guard:
I also did this, but they didn't receive their stock that was supposed to arrive today.

My pre order store is in central austin FWIW.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P. Dexter85:
Look. Some stores received the shipment and some didn't. No one can't tell you there going to continue as planned when they are just pawns in the chess game. Today is Wednesday and there's plenty of time to contact all sales personnel about the delays. If you have the "Good and EVO" app, it'll inform you and everyone about what going and questions you may have.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] -viperboy-:
I'm off til Friday but I called my store and they show none in stock or coming in. However, sometimes we get the phones drop shipped to us via UPS and that won't show up in inventory. I wouldn't panic just yet lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P. Dexter85:
Why is everyone looking at it like this. It doesn't matter if they have shipments or not. The point is, "Can they sell it to you?" We have a day and a half left. We need to get pass the whole delay crap.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] themothman421:
I preordered online @ bestbuy.com with expedited shipping, so I assume I have no chance of getting this phone before june lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wrxlvr:
Called mine. They don't have theirs. They said "they are usually overnighted" :mad:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P. Dexter85:
Seriously! You guys are really calling local stores. For what? A local store that can't make any moves unless corporate gives them the go ahead. Tell me. Please somebody tell me.....WHAT MAKES BEST BUY SO SPECIAL? What makes you think there going to put delays in play on Amazon, Wirefly and Sprint.com but let Best Buy continue with sales? Someone please answer.

By the way did mention:

WE STILL A DAY AND A HALF LEFT BEFORE THE RELEASE CAN EVEN START NOT TO MENTION GETTING AN ANSWER ON IF ITS STILL A GO!!!!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shook187:
I have a pre-order @ Best Buy and just came from the store and they told me the EVO is a no go for Friday. Take if for what it is.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P. Dexter85:
Response from Sprint:

http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/89947]Sprint Community: HTC EVO 4G LTE - DELAY[
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AngelofChaos:
Dude, you gotta calm down. I'm just going by what I was told. The manager told me plain and simply that they had not known about the current customs issue but they had received the first round of phones a few days ago and would be issuing them to those who had preordered first, on friday morning. Call it what you want, I do not care.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fachadick:
I'll bite. The difference is that Best Buy has physical locations which may have already recieved their shipments for the in-store pre-orders, and would therefore not be be affected by the lack of new product on launch day, at least as far as pre-orders go. Best buy stores have not yet been notified by Best Buy Corporate of any delay or issues that may prevent their in-store pre-orders from being sold on the date they originally gave to customers - specifically 5/18. Unlike the other channels, no one (as of yet) who pre-ordered in-store, has recived any type of "backorder" or "delayed launch" type of email or notification to indicate in any way that their pre-orders will not be fulfilled as planned.

At this time, Best Buy is still planning to launch on 5/18. People are contacting the stores to see if there is any update to this expectation.

Last night when I was checking up on this thread on my phone, I thought you were a Best Buy Mobile employee, but I see that I was mistaken.

In other news, the store I ordered from was able to confirm that no stores in the disctrict have recieved their in-store pre-order shipment yet, but they have not recieved anything from Best Buy Corporate to indicate that they would not be recieving them tomorrow, which is when they are expected.

In other other news, I just found out that I had over 2000 points sitting on my BB rewards account that I didn't even know I had, so I just printed out a $40 gift certificate that I'll be using to knock the phone price down even further - whenever it comes in.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] billyapd21:
The only thing is that even though Best Buy may want to sell you the phone on Friday if they have it in stock. Sprint may not let them activate it on your line which would basically cancel the sale. I guess we'll all see on Friday.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fachadick:
You're right of course, but my understanding is that this is specifically an import ban on HTC's part, and would not interfere with Sprint activating any devices that were not affected by this ban. Otherwise ATT would not have been able to activate any ONE X's after 4/19 (which is the date the import ban went into effect). I could be wrong though - as you say, this will all play out over the next three days.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] id_twin:
Wow, tell us how you really feel?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P. Dexter85:
If your taking it like I'm just talking to you. I speak at a general perspective. What I'm saying is don't get to happy by what these managers are saying because there just looking after these stores. I pre-ordered from the Best Buy in my local area and yes they said they haven't heard of the infringement that has occurred. So they have to continue with business as usual. But don't get your hopes up because we don't expect to be the only ones to sell the device. As a person, I will apologize but as a blogger/writer, you have to have tough skin when your in the forums.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rubber guard:
just a thought, try port cities on the coasts that are more likely to have gotten their shipments (san fran, San diego, Houston, New Orleans, Miami, boston, NYC, etc.)

if any shipments had already made it in and thru customs, best buy locations closer to these cities are more likely to get it than say, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Phoenix, Kansas City, etc.....

also if there is an official hub/distribution site best buy uses for htc phones, try BBs near that.

Just a thought....and obviously Best Buy Corporate could still put a freeze on the devices even if the store has some stock already delivered. you may find a rogue store that will honor your in store preorder. the fact that the one X is already released and the evo lte originally had "may 18" attached to it, can only help us.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Tlcphi2:
My local store in Harrisonburg va just called and said they received a memo this morning saying they will not have the phone Friday due to the customs issue. Slightly disappointed but life goes on, we have 4.0 roms to play with until they actually arrive.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Vdubtx:
Are the 4.0 Rooms different than the 3.6 Rooms?? :D