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[Galaxy Tab S General] jayochs:
just a heads up, it's only tablets that are in their system.

i tried to do my perfect condition HTC Evo View 4G tablet, and they refused, even after I explained to them it was 100% identical to the HTC Flyer, which they sold exclusively, but it just had 4G connectivity through Sprint. they told me nope, can't do it.

so I called the other best buy, explained as such, and they refused as well. so i guess you have to have a best buy near you who isn't as anal about it in order to get the deal. they were like, "it's only $50 though." and i was like, um no, it's $100 because you then get a $50 off coupon towards the Tab S, which I explained I was going to purchase.

so i went back to the guys in the Samsung booth and they were like, "seriously? they won't take it? that's stupid." lol guess they were upset they lost a sale.

either way, i doubt i'll be buying it. I was only going to get it if i could get the 10.5 inch at 400 bucks, but I don't see that happening. oh well! nice tablet, though.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Well you kinda got ripped off. If you look at the ad on the best buy website it clearly says ANY WORKING TABLET. Just make sure you tell them you are trading it in for the Tab S deal. I traded in an EVO View just like yours this morning. At first they balked but when I showed them the ad about the Tab S trade in they put it right through.

If they give you trouble call Corporate and *****. Stand there and call corporate right in front of the manager if you have to. Show them the ad on their website. The language is unambiguous.

The point of the promotion is not to make money on used tablets but to sell new tablets.
[Galaxy Tab S General] jayochs:
yeah, but the problem is it clearly states not all tablets applicable..and two reps there said if it doesn't come up, they can't do anything about it, and the second store said that. unfortunately, their wording does in fact save their ass.

that's awesome you traded in the evo view though haha, good for you. i'm not even going to bother, it's just not worth it. this made me want it less, which i suppose is good, so i'm not wasting 400 bucks lol
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
No it states that Nook and eReaders not eligible. Everything else is. They clearly can. Just have them not do a regular trade in but the Tab S specific tradein. Call MyBestBuy corporate and raise some hell. You are dealing with local morons who don't understand the promotion.

They CAN do this.
[Galaxy Tab S General] cpete47:
So my case is extremely YMMV, but my Best buy was willing to match the Tiger Direct deal which comes with the free case + 16GB memory card. Pleasantly surprised.

Then I found out that my old, practically worthless Nook Color actually was in their trade-in system despite the exclusion ( so what's stated here is correct, if it's in their system they'll take it). Pleasantly surprised again!

Then I found out you can do two trade ins!! I traded in my old 16GB touchpad (which is worth probably around $50 on ebay or amazon).

So in the end, I got the 16 GB Tab S 10.5 and free book cover for $380 after tax (I told them I didn't really care about the SD, which may have helped).

Here was the math: $500 for the Tab + $0 for the Book Cover - $100 in gift certificates from trade-in - $50 from a trade-in coupon (I got two but was only allowed to apply one) + $30 tax. I haven't shopped at Best Buy a lot in the past few years, but this was definitely a positive experience that will get me in their stores more.
[Galaxy Tab S General] TahrirSquare:
Traded-in my Nexus 7

Traded in my 1st generation wifi only nexus 7 for $100, on a regular day it would have been worth $10.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Wow I'm AMAZED they matched that case deal. It is against BestBuy policy to match giveaways. You definitely got very lucky. Where do you see that Tiger Direct deal? Unfortunately the store I got my Tab from didn't have the cases in. When I got the case at another store I already owned the tablet.

Regardless I mentioned the Sears case giveaway to the Manager at the time and he said no way. Lol, BestBuy is a trip. Every store is different.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Alexpride:
Same here, they refused to match the free case deal. Since it was a free give away and not a price match.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
By the way. Even at $69.99 this Samsung case is worth it. The quality is extreme and looks amazing.

This is the best tablet I have ever used, iPad included.
[Galaxy Tab S General] kmeleon77:
Hey, FYI..... everyone keeps saying the $100 off ends today, not true. Look at the front page of bestbuy.com, the deal is good till 7/5.
[Galaxy Tab S General] jayochs:
ahh, congrats on getting good deals guys. i'm honestly not even going to bother. i'd probably use the tablet like for a month then put it off to the side like i typically do with tablets :p haha
[Galaxy Tab S General] troysbama1:
Have to agree. I really like the case. I have to wonder how many people might break their tablet trying to snap it in place though. Mine was really difficult but probably better that way in the long run. I only wish I could move the back button closer to the corner.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
One odd thing I've noticed about the case. If you plug the tablet in while the case is closed the screen will turn on. Strange. Probably should not do that. If you open and close the case it turns back off.

Anyway I think of using this case like driving a Porsche. Sure a Ford will get you to the store but it feels better driving the Porsche. If you are going to drop $500 on a tablet go ahead and spend another $70 to live in style.

This is the first bit of tech I've owned in a long time where I didnt find myself longing for the next model so they could get it right. I thought about getting the Logitech keyboard case which was very nice and only a little more expensive but this tablet is a toy for me not a tool so the benefit of lightness outweighs the benefit of a keyboard.

Now if we could just get this rooted and a few decent roms.
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
I guess I'll stick with my tab pro I got last week for 249. I took in 3 old tablets they wouldn't honor the deal on any of them. Couldn't get them to honor the free case deal either.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
The only tablets they specify not honoring are Nook, eReaders and damaged. If they declined anything else you need to call MyBestBuy customer service and complain.

Please make sure when you try to trade them in that you are specifying this is the Tab S deal and not just a trade-in. It IS different.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mjnoles1:
I got the Tab Pro 8.4 last week (haven't opened it yet) for $199 from Best Buy. How much better is the Tab S? Is it worth the extra $100-$200? I do have a Asus TF300, I would be able to trade in for the $100 discount. So, it would be $199 for the Tab Pro 8.4 vs Tab S 8.4 $299.

I doubt I will be watching movies on this, mostly browsing online. Testing shows the Tab Pro is faster with the tests they do to show performance. Battery life seems to be better with the Tab S, but, noting amazingly good. Does it really come down to how vibrant the Tab S screen is?
[Galaxy Tab S General] hooman64:
Fingerprinted?!!

Hey, did you guys got fingerprinted when trade your old tabs in?

They fingerprinted me and when I asked why, they said in case the tab comes up as stolen or anything, I told him that I still have the receipt but they wouldn't accept it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
Two of them came up as eReader the last was Archos and not in computer. Was told it had to be in computer
[Galaxy Tab S General] clintonroche:
It is really going to be subjective. I would suggest going and compairing the two side by side.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
No for the Tab S deal it doesn't have to be in the computer. They are treating it as a regular trade in. Get the manager and point to the ad and say it says ANY WORKING TABLET. Then call MyBestBuy customer service with the manager there.

My tablet wasn't in the computer and they took it no problem.
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
Well that's how I read the original deal, but the one out on the main page as of last night has exclusions:"Excludes the Barnes and Noble Nook and eReaders. Not all products are eligible for trade-in. Not available in all locations and some stores may have additional limitations."

Which basically means the store can do whatever they want.

Reading all the issues with performance on the Exynos, plus the pentile amoled and I'm starting to think I should stick with tab pro anyway
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
There is no way I would do such a thing, they have my RZ account information, if that's not good enough they can shove it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] troysbama1:
There is no way in the world any retail store will ever get away with demanding my fingerprints. Unless we're missing a part of this story it wouldn't surprise me if there's some sort of legal ramification to demanding that.
[Galaxy Tab S General] hooman64:
That's what I was thinking, i wanted to call their customer service and ask for explaination but in store the only thing they told me is just to have some info in case the tab was stolen. I don't have any accounts with them but still not sure if they have the right to do so.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
The lesson from this? Never shop at the Compton BestBuy ?.
[Galaxy Tab S General] cranch:
If you're having a hard time you could at least buy this and trade it right back in to get $50ish off...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/digiland-dl-7-tablet-4gb-black/6299107.p?id=1219203331805&skuId=6299107
[Galaxy Tab S General] narvel:
Traded in an old tablet and got the $50 off coupon/voucher as well as $72 for the trade-in as deal, as was explained to me by the BBY associate, is that it is a $50 voucher plus your trade-in that will be at least $50. Made for a great deal!
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
I just called My Best Buy to clarify.

Me: "Calling about your deal with the 100 dollars on any working tablet towards the galaxy S"

Rep:"Yes?"

Me: "Can you clarify "any working tablet?"

Rep: "any table that boots with charger and no damage"

Me: "My local retailer refused my tablet because it wasn't in your computer"

Rep: "Yes that's right, it must be a tablet best buy has sold at some point"

Me: "So, Not ANY working tablet"

Rep: "no"
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Well clearly some false advertising as the ad does NOT say that. Regardless they took my View which was not in their computer. The ad says ANY tablet. I would ask to speak to a supervisor at My BestBuy. Those front line people have no power. RAISE HELL.
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
I was just reading on their forum about all the stores not honoring this and seems the admins there say that it does not need to be in the system, and are helping people get their trades, I posted and we'll see if they respond
[Galaxy Tab S General] sillyphillie:
This has to be the worst run promo ever. No wonder Best Buy is having issues. Corporate communication to the stores sucks and every store has it's own interpretation of policy. It's the wild west in those joints.
[Galaxy Tab S General] suzook:
Sounds like every store/ business in America. No one gives a $hit anymore.
[Galaxy Tab S General] SysAdmNj:
I was just about to ask this lol.
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
If there isn't a button for it they can't do it. This is what I don't get, B&M are losing to Online, if you're going to bother have a B&M you better play to the things that make B&M better.

- Demos of products people are on the fence about(Best buy actually does ok here)

- People with a clue working the departments(Best Buy has some of the laziest, dumbest, dishonest people I've ever seen). This issue aside, I can't tell you how many times I've caught the sales people either clueless, or worse, out and out lying to people("Oh you want the 80 dollar HDMI cable so you get the best picture possible).

The only reason I shop there is the 60 day return policy I get with my RZ membership.
[Galaxy Tab S General] 12MaNy:
They're saying my mint condition Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is only worth $67. That's F'ng hilarious.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
The problem these stores are having is that they are thinking of this like a standard tablet trade in. IT'S NOT. This is a SPECIAL TAB S PROMOTION and the standard tradein rules do not apply.

At first they wanted to reject my View tradein but when I explained that this was a promotion and not a typical tradein they changed something and it went right through. The key is to get a customer service person who is not a mindless drone.

And yes, it is clear BestBuy did nothing to prepare their people for this launch promotion.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Sell it on Craigslist. Won't get full price but you'll do a lot better than that.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Just to show how screwed up this has been. There are 10 BestBuy stores in my city. Only 3 stores got tablets at launch and of those only one store got like 15 tablets and the other 2 got only a couple. I had to drive 45 minutes to get mine when I have 3 other stores within 15 minutes of my house. The store I got my tablet at had no covers and the store I got my cover at had no tablets. I wanted a titanium tablet cover but got white because it was all they had even though the website said they had titanium. Now I need to go to another store to exchange this for a titanium cover because if feel like a chick with a white tablet case.

Serious fuster cluck.
[Galaxy Tab S General] SysAdmNj:
You were given the wrong promotion. This one is specifically for the Tab S. I just got back and the salesgirl tried to tell me the same thing, so I googled the promotion which brought us right back to their site. Just type this "samsung galaxy tab s $100 tablet trade in". So basically it doesnt matter what your tablet is worth as long as its in working condition you get a $50 gift certificate on the spot and then if you buy the Tab S right there you get another $50 coupon towards the purchase and thats how the $100 off works. So go back to your store or another one with stock. I just got back and am about to do an unboxing for myself :D
[Galaxy Tab S General] robertc88:
FWIW, I would not trade in a Pro for $100 anyway. Selling it as suggested is best.

I traded in an old Asus 10.1 tablet that weighed over two pounds. I haven't used it since I do not even remember. Glad to dump it for $100.
[Galaxy Tab S General] gamenahd:
It's a minimum of $50 for a traded in tablet.

I traded my old Asus Transformer Prime tf201 for $67. Then they give a coupon worth $50 towards the tablet. So all together I got $117 towards ann 8.4. Was about $320 with all included taxes.
[Galaxy Tab S General] SysAdmNj:
You are correct sir
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
As a followup, I went to the best buy community forum ant posted my issue. Within 24 hrs they responded saying they had communicated the proper promotion rules to my store. I wen t back in, they took my worthless Archos Gen 8 and gave me the 50 dollar gift card and 50 dollar coupon. I now have my new tab s 8.4 that I will be comparing side by side with the tab pro and returning one or ft he other.

Anyone having issues with trade in should post on the best buy forum
[Galaxy Tab S General] -Maverick-:
Just to clarify, this promotion is still good until the 5th?
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
Yes and you have until the 12th to use coupon
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
I also just managed to trade it an old pandigital novel that I paid 40 dollars for 5 years ago. Not even a "this is an ereader" argument. Great way to get rid of some old tablets even if you don't want the Tab s. Debating doing it again with my original transformer tf101.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Lol great deal. BestBuy doesn't have policies they have suggestions. All depends on who's behind the register that day.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ritchea:
Thanks. I'd totally forgotten about that one. I'd given mine away a while back (as well as a Koby Kyros, 2 Sony Readers, and one of our Toshiba Thrives), but I think my son still has his. With his Tab Pro 12.2, I doubt he needs it. I really didn't want to trade-in my Toshiba Thrive even though I hardly use it. Gonna try the Pandigital as it is listed in their "trade-in" system.
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
Be careful there, in their system it's an ereader. I told him not to bother looking, who I Is why I think it worked.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ritchea:
Ok. Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab S General] b3aucb:
Trade in Value - LG G Pad 8.3

I don't have a clue how they determine the values - I took my LG GPad 8.3 in yesterday (3.5 months old, pristine condition) - not only did they only offer me $70, but the chic told me she didn't need to see it and pulled that number straight off her computer... I left and sold it to a friend.
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
Yeah their normal trade in values are crap. The current deal is only of value if you have an old piece of crap laying around.
[Galaxy Tab S General] jdk2:
I have a TF300T 32GB with CM11 installed. They wouldn't take at all. Said it needed stock firmware. And he wouldn't budge. Walked out without the Tab S Ughh.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Well damn dude just restore it to stock. What's the issue?
[Galaxy Tab S General] jdk2:
No issue actually. Just annoying.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcaplinger76:
I'd bet.. I didn't see anywhere in the promotion where it said "running stock firmware". It does say "Any working tablet", and last time I checked, CM11 works!
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Sorry if I came across a bit harsh there. Wasn't meant to.

The reason they wouldn't take it with CM11 is because that means you are rooted which means no warranty.
[Galaxy Tab S General] gottahavit:
I doubt that tablet is still under warranty anyway. I also can't believe they knew the difference. You must have found the one smart employee in the store.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
BestBuy occasionally hires a non moron. ☺
[Galaxy Tab S General] enaybee:
okay guys, I bit too. I took a Hisense Sero 7 LT which I bought from Newegg last week for 39.99 (refurbished unit) with 15 dollars mail in rebate. So this tablet was 25 dollars after all is said and done. However the unit I received was badly scratched on the back cover. So I took it to bestbuy and the guy behind counter was extremely helpful. At first he couldn't find Hisense in their system but he did an over ride and gave me a 50 dollar gift card and a 50 dollar coupon right away. I bought myself a white 16 GB Tab S 8.4.

A few words on the tablet. This tablet is extremely light and easy to hold. Size is almost perfect. Last amoled display I used was on S3 which I used mostly on AOSP roms. So I am using an Amoled display after a very long time. This tablet has eye watering color saturation however its very sharp. I would need some time to adjust to this level of color saturation. For now I have toned it down in display settings. Its considerably fast and almost smooth however its not as smooth as my N7 FHD or LG G Pad 8.3 (running mahdi rom) which is understandable since its running highly bloated and heavy duty touchwiz skin. I guess when the time comes I will put a nice AOSP based rom on it and it would definitely make it a lot better. Hope this helps to anybody who is still on the fence to get this tablet.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mikabl:
Got mine

Had a old HP touchpad with CM hacked on it. The guy at the geek desk laughed as he took it and got my 100 off. Now I have a nice tab s 10.5. Rooted it first thing too
[Galaxy Tab S General] robertc88:
The only other better deal at launch I can think of was the Nexus 7" second gen for which 32gb storage was cheaper than the S with 16GB. That tablet at the time was aces, now not so much so happy to get the S for $299 at launch.
[Galaxy Tab S General] cavsoldier19d:
delete
[Galaxy Tab S General] goofydragon1:
I too traded in an HP touchpad w/ CM 11 loaded. I restored palm OS but still had the mboot to android. Just instructed the clerk that the device had two OS's and to load palm you'd need to point to WebOS.

I do enjoy the Tab S just that off-the-wall regret of the next NEXUS
[Galaxy Tab S General] Edwinfung8489:
So I guess this promo is finished? I was hoping it would last a little longer. I'm from Canada and we don't have this promo. But ill be heading to Detroit next weekend. Guess I'll have to get this full price.
[Galaxy Tab S General] cavsoldier19d:
I went into Best Buy today and asked about the promotion. The sales rep at the Samsung counter said they were still doing the trade in offer. So I asked about my Note 8 2013 edition...$67 for my Note 8...ridiculous. It's barely a year old, and new ones still sell for about $350 and used ones for about $250. So I declined to trade it in. I will probably sell it on swappa or something.
[Galaxy Tab S General] GMAN1722:
Yea, I don't understand how they valuate these tablets. I traded in my HTC Flyer and got $55 for it (no scratches, original charger, and CM 10 on it). Was going to trade in the first generation Note 10.1 and they were offering less than $40 for it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ritchea:
This deal is back at Best Buy.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
One thing to keep in mind. If for some reason you return or exchange your Tab S for a different model (the 8.4 for the 10.5 for instance), $50 of your original trade-in discount will go poof as they took it off the topline price of the original purchase and it doesn't appear on your receipt. You only get credited what is on the receipt.

I'll be contacting MyBestBuy support on this as this seems to be a bit of a ripoff to me. I traded my original tablet in for $100 and now it is worth only $50 when doing an exchange. Whereas if I had traded for the same model tablet I would have still gotten the full discount. Not fair.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ratman6161:
Guess it all depends on your definition of "fair". If you drill down through the links (a bit difficult but its there) you find a page where you can enter your current device and answer some questions about it. My old Asus Transformer Prime rated good condition, good battery, with charger came out $64.00. But ask yourself what are they going to do with that old Transformer Prime? It was an OK device in its day but who would buy it now? I've seen people trying to sell them for $100 to $150 but I think anyone would be kind of foolish to pay that. I suspect a lot of the devices they take in trade will probably end up in a recycling facility for destruction.

On a similar trade in deal, I got $100 trade when I traded my Droid 3 for a Droid Maxx. I asked the Verizon guy what they did with the old phone as I could not imagine anyone would buy a Droid 3. He said that some go to charities while others are refurbished and sold overseas in third world countries (where I'm assuming people can't pay much). No matter how you look at it, they couldn't be making much, if anything on the sale of the old device. So whatever they give you as a trade they are getting something that is basically worthless to them...they'd probably come out ahead by just giving you a discount and telling you to keep the old table which brings me to...

If I wait a few months until the Tab S is no longer the shiny new toy, I'll probably be able to buy it on Amazon at a discount equal to or greater than the $64 trade. Or, just buy the Tab Pro at $100 off right now since it's no longer the latest and greatest (but nearly just as good). Patience pays off. That's for my personally owned device where I want the 10.5. At work I already ordered my tab s 8.4...nice to work somewhere where I can order my own gear :)
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Went by BestBuy and explained my situation on losing the $50 tradein credit. The understood and gave me $50 + tax in cash. :)

It helps to have a rep that knows what they are doing.
[Galaxy Tab S General] aami.aami:
ahahaha thats actually funny and true... and i thought it was just in my country... :D