Received a Happy New Year email from Best Buy including an offer for a $5 gift card with a small device trade in. Here is the fine print:
"Small device means any product in the following categories: laptops, tablets/eReaders, mobile phones, MP3, gaming hardware (console & handheld), DSLR, digital point & shoot, and digital camcorder. Not all products are eligible for trade-in. Not available in all locations. Trade-in value may vary. Condition, documentation and accessories may affect value. Payment is by Best Buy gift card. You are responsible for removing any data from your product before providing the product for evaluation. You will be required to agree to the terms & conditions. The Best Buy trade-in programs are intended for private, non-commercial use. No dealers. Limit of 3 trade-in transactions per person per day. Best Buy reserves the right to refuse any trade-in for any reason. Learn more about other products accepted for trade-in and see how much they're worth at BestBuy.com/tradein. In store only. Not available in all stores. See a Customer Specialist or BestBuy.com/TradeIn for details. Offer valid through January 19, 2013."
If other FWers are borderline hoarders like me, you may have something to trade in. I have some really old mobile phones that may now be worth $5 each......
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kleinnj
Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 8:09a
bippie said: If other FWers are borderline hoarders like me, you may have something to trade in. I have some really old mobile phones that may now be worth $5 each......
Highly doubt they're going to give you anything for a phone older than a couple of years old.
TheRatsWon
Senior Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 8:22a
Yep, they take anything electronic that's otherwise considered hazardous waste.
nomonies
Senior Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 8:45a
any links to this deal or just show up with my nokia 5160 and hope for the best?
JohnnyWise
New Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 8:46a
They may take anything and recycle it for you but they only give you giftcards if the product has some value, you can look online to see the value. www.bestbuy.com/tradein
C320
Dismembered Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 8:58a
JohnnyWise said: They may take anything and recycle it for you but they only give you giftcards if the product has some value, you can look online to see the value. www.bestbuy.com/tradein
Too bad no printers are shown.
Pizzero
Happy Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 9:14a
are you sure about working or not ,they give you the $5 gift card??
zapy
Dismembered Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 9:38a
I can eBay the items for much more than bby is willing to give me. I guess it's ok for those who don't want the "hastle" of doing it themselves though.
69ragtop
Senior Member - 7K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 10:19a
If old mobile phones will get $5 GCs, BB here I come. I received the same email but it isn't clear if the item has to be something they would normally buy and this is a $5 minimum/bonus or if it is $5 for anything. I am assuming the former but would appreciate anyone's confirmation after they try.
69ragtop
Senior Member - 7K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 10:28a
JohnnyWise said: They may take anything and recycle it for you but they only give you giftcards if the product has some value, you can look online to see the value. www.bestbuy.com/tradein
I understand what you are saying, but is this confirmed or just how you read the offer?
billrubin
OH NOOOOOOOOOOO!!
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 10:36a
Hmm.. need to find the old crappy free mp3 players from Office Depot.
cnIsfg
Senior Member - 6K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 10:53a
69ragtop said: JohnnyWise said: They may take anything and recycle it for you but they only give you giftcards if the product has some value, you can look online to see the value. www.bestbuy.com/tradein
I understand what you are saying, but is this confirmed or just how you read the offer?
Best Buy uses our Dealtree trade-in site calculator for their trade-in program. We reinburse participating reatailer 80% of the value the trade-in claculator provides. If your item is not in our calculator BB is not going to give you anything for it. You can still trade-in the item but you will not receive any compensation for it. BTW all non-smartphone cell phones are excluded from our consumer compensated recycling buy-back programs so unless you have a smartphone to trade-in save yourself a trip.
bippie
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 10:59a
nomonies said: any links to this deal or just show up with my nokia 5160 and hope for the best?
All I have is the email from BB which I quoted in the original post.
shallot
Senior Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 11:06a
great. I was planning to get rid of some old cell phones anyway.
vickh
Senior Member - 5K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 11:10a
are they still doing double game credit??
stkbkr
New Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 11:26a
I just had a chat with BBY at the website they said they are NOT doing this deal at this time.
yoregano
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 11:30a
stkbkr said: I just had a chat with BBY at the website they said they are NOT doing this deal at this time. New Member, you need to quote the previous post to make it clear what you are referring to. I presume it is the question about games.
Got the same email as the OP. It does seem unclear what items will provide a credit, especially with the disclaimer that they can refuse to accept any item at their discretion.
greatdeals_007
Senior Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 11:44a
ANYONE actually try this?? did you just bring in the email and were you able to get 3 x $5 gift cards?
I dropped off my old cellphones yesterday (non-smartphones) that had been sitting around the house for years. This morning, I get this email, which does not make it very clear to me -- would I really get $5/item that I dropped off? Oh well, starting off the New Year with less clutter...Priceless!
Happy New Year 2013!
ebestbuy
Senior Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 11:55a
Item: Apple iPod MP3 Player with 30GB* Hard Drive - White MA444LL/A SKU : 8046143 Model: MA444LL/A
What's this item worth? Best Estimate: $0.00 Condition Gift Card Value
Good $0.00 Not Working $0.00 Fair $0.00 Poor $0.00
"We will give you a gift card OR recycle it for free"
bippie
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 1:06p
tougher said: is my 7 inch device considered a small device?
Yes, because your wife confirmed it is actually a 5 inch device
Bruneau
New Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 1:12p
The email is very misleading, you might need a box full to get a $5.00 GC, my mint box Angel season 4 is worth $1.75, last action Hero $0.36, my cell phone...nothing. My local pawnshop pays better and gives cash.
Ok, since I live 3 miles from a participating Best Buy...I have two cellphones ,1 LG, 1 Nokia and 1 mp3 player. All non functioning. Will I get a GC? On my way........
69ragtop
Senior Member - 7K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 2:17p
Bruneau said: Ok, since I live 3 miles from a participating Best Buy...I have two cellphones ,1 LG, 1 Nokia and 1 mp3 player. All non functioning. Will I get a GC? On my way........
According to another website as well as some people on this thread, no.
marsilies
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 2:49p
Taken from another site: Just got back from Best Buy - Successfully "traded" 2x junker cell phones (old flip phones) and 1 broken point and shoot Canon (no chargers, etc). The trade-in value of these came up as $0, and they go into the recycle program AND then you get the $5 gift card for each. The critical part to understand is that they will say trade in value is $0, which is when I started to argue, but then he clarified that the $5 is triggered going into recycle program. I got my $15 GC and less junk around the house.
They were not familiar with the offer, but I took the printed e-mail and once they read it, no problem.
KLineD
Tired Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 2:59p
Too bad remote controls don't count. I still have about a dozen from an OLD Staples deal (free).
Bruneau
New Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 3:22p
Ok, I'm back, yes I got my $5 GC. If you have old dead phones..go. They didn't accept my mp3 player because it didn't have a name on it. Everything they accept has to be in Best Buys database. Yep, a copy of the email is helpful, it added 15 minutes to my wait without it.
priston
Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 3:42p
OP could you kindly attach a scanned copy of the email for the fellow FW's to take it to the store. Thanks
bippie
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 4:03p
priston said: OP could you kindly attach a scanned copy of the email for the fellow FW's to take it to the store. Thanks
Check up a few replies. Marsilies kindly did that already.
Bruneau
New Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 4:05p
I guess it should also be pointed out this offer and the www.bestbuy.com/tradein offer is not the same thing. This offer is a $5 GC per small device accepted. The other is you get nothing or a small fraction of the value of the item accepted. Be sure they understand which one you're there for.
Good thing I kept a bunch of broken ipod shuffles and crummy $10 (when new) cell phones.
rsuaver
Senior Member - 9K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 4:32p
have 3 dead phones sitting collecting dust a an old mp3 from a circuit city FAR deal from who knows when... will stop buy tomorrow morning.
luozhenyu
New Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 4:32p
i just went with couple of my old cellphones, they took one and gave me 5 dollar gc on the spot. as long as it is a model that listed on their website they will take it
jimates
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 4:43p
I have a few hundred tracfone handsets, but they are not in the database.
drew2money
Addicted Member
posted: Dec. 31, 2012 @ 5:30p
Worked with an old laptop I wanted to unload. Had to go there to return something else.
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lennyboy
Member
posted: Feb. 4, 2013 @ 8:12p
I do the same at MS stores, flip them for Kindle GC, just like BB. the problem is MS hasn't done it for 2 years, so i brought mine to BB.
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