montsa007
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The FEES omg the FEES! WTF is wrong with eBay and those crazy fees?
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The FEES omg the FEES! WTF is wrong with eBay and those crazy fees?
They gave him store credit for the $599.Why are you restricted to buying from best buy only???
I would buy an iPhone 5S and sell that to Gazelle, and buy a 925 (or something) off contract.
my phone at my local Best Buy back in November. And have broken the phone (long story)
So I took the phone to Best Buy to have it replaced under the plan I purchased. After a week they decided to junk it. What this means is they would not send me a refurbished phone. Instead they would pull one from stock at the store to replace it.
Turns out they don't have one, nor do any exist at a store near by. (later I find the stocks online are also depleted)
So they offer to give me credit equal to the off contract price of the 920, $599, to purchase another phone of my choosing.
Problem is, Best Buy, is not replenishing their stocks of Windows phones.. any of them, and they do not and will not offer any other model of Windows phone. According to them, "they just aren't selling".
I am not willing to go elsewhere to pay full off contract price for a new Windows phone.. This sucks!
I really like the Windows phone and want to help support it so it can grow. But without them being available...
A penny saved is a penny earned pal, he can order the device from BB online rather than gambling on ebay with their fees structure that is pants
Given the fact I work part time at BB, I can sort of understand why they would not have any in stock at the store. However, it really doesn't make sense for it to not be available online. With that being said, the replacement plan issues a store credit worth the full price of the phone if they cannot send a refurbished one in 10 business days. To those asking for OP to demand cash, it just won't happen.
Someone said that BB should have put out a WP display to sell more. Problem is, that's not BB's problem. Carriers/Manufacturers pay BB to essentially "lease" space to have their displays up. When the 920 came out at the time, the displays we had going were the Iphone, GS3 and Note 2. We've redesigned the store now. Samsung has leased their own space to showcase not just their phones, but other products. Motorola has a space for their MotoX. HTC for the HTC One, and of course Apple is always there to showcase their phones. Heck, even LG has a small spot to showcase their Optimus line. Microsoft did partner with BB. However, the redesign came in the PC section. Some of the employees are actually meant to sale only PC devices (as they were MS shirts now). With that being said, this came in a little too late. Not only is the MS section on the PC side of the store, but all you see phone related over there is a small spot. It's all about the tablets and PCs.
Point is, MS/Nokia should have offered more money if they wanted to have a display at BB when the 920 came out.
So, you would rather overpay for a device and give Best Buy $600 for a 920 then give eBay $100 in fees (exaggerated) and have a 920 and $200 in your pocket?
I agree with your slogan, but your idea is to NOT save a penny...