[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjhatch:
I was told it's good for buying the phone outright, which I am doing...So for Verizon it's 699 - 200 upfront gift card...so I'm looking at 499 plus tax on release date

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I wrote into Bestbuy to get more information on this trade in. Note that the phones I referenced below are valued at about 20-40 bucks either at ebay or walmart (straight talk)

"Thank you for contacting Best Buy.

I understand you want to have clarifications regarding about the pre-order of the Samsung note 4. Let me give you an information on that.

Here are the details:

•Verizon and AT&T devices will begin in-store on Sept. 19

•AT&T will also be available for pre-order on BestBuy.com

•Pre-orders will follow the normal pre-order process. Customers will be required to purchase a $50 Best Buy gift card.

Trade-In Offer:

Also beginning Friday, Sept. 19, BestBuy.com will be advertising a $200 Best Buy gift card offer. This offer will be available in-store as well.

Customers can trade in

any working smartphone

to receive a $200 Best Buy gift card with the purchase and activation of the Note 4. The Best Buy Gift Card will prompt at the time of trade-in, not at the time of pre-order.

Hope this helps regarding with your questions.

For any other concerns, you may visit our Help Center at www.bestbuy.com.

We appreciate your loyalty as My Best Buy Member.

Sincerely,

Clive

Best Buy Customer Care

Reference #:144705621

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I need some clarification as sales associates are not properly informed at the Bestbuy Stores.

I pre-ordered the Note 4 (Verizon) on 9/19 by walking into the local store in NC. An associate took my pre-order and charged me 50 dollars and he then gave me a 50 BB gift card. There are some issues though, and I need clarification.

Bestbuy is offering a gift card of up to $200 to trade in a smartphone. The language is written in a way that I have no idea if my phone is eligible. I have two phones that I could trade in, Model A955 or the Straight-Talk-Samsung S738C Galaxy Centura Prepaid Smartphone. The sales associates didn't even know of the offer as of yesterday...once I showed them they said "Any Smartphone as long as the screen isn't cracked...no watter damage...and it turns on and off". I'm still not sure though, the language of the offer doesn't define which phone I can trade.

Last question...assuming I am able to qualify for a 200 gift card, can I use the gift card at checkout for the new note 4 phone purchase?"

Furth Clarification: the phone can't be water damaged, it has to run on it's own battery power and the screen can;t be cracked.

Also, there is a lot of people confirming this as well in the slickdeals forums: http://slickdeals.net/f/7210600-get-a-200-best-buy-gc-or-a-guaranteed-total-of-200-trade-in-for-any-working-smartphone-10-tiv-minimum-when-you-pre-order-the-samsung-galaxy-note-4?src=reminders

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So if you have a trade-in phone that's:

A) worth more then 40 bucks on ebay or craigslist

B) water damaged

C) or if you want to use you 200 bucks at the time of purchase (instead of receiving a check from Samsung in 6/8 weeks)

Pre-order with Bestbuy and pick one of these up http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_query=Straight+Talk+Samsung+S738C+Galaxy+Centura+Prepaid+Smartphone&ic=16_0&Find=Find&search_constraint=0

Costs 29 bucks and it's considered a "smart phone" for trade-ins with bestbuy