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Samsung have undertaken less
than subtle ways to continue its
fight against Apple in Australia.
They’ve set up a temporary shop
in Sydney just outsides Apple’s
own shop and are offering
Samsung Galaxy S II droids for
$2.
ounds like a great deal, right? It
is, but there’s a catch. Even so,
the line to the Samsung store is
reportedly longer than the line to
Apple’s store. A line of people to
an Apple store is practically a
tradition when there’s a new
gadget from Cupertino about to
be launched, theiPhone 4S in this
case.
So, this is a dirty play from
Samsung trying to beat Apple at
their own game. But I mentioned
a catch – only 10 people a day
get a $2 Galaxy S II, the rest are
there waiting to get a chance
tomorrow or the day after that.
You can check out the whole
article over at the Muswellbrook
Chronicle, which also takes a look
at the line in front of the Apple
store and tells the touching tale of
two friends who met while
waiting in line for the iPad 2, who
are now waiting for an iPhone 4S
(and have tons of free time, I
suppose).
Anyway, this is a transparent
publicity stunt on Samsung’s part but still, getting a $2 Samsung
Galaxy S II is a great deal. Not a
lot of people will get lucky
though.
Source: blog.gsmarena.com/2-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-phones-stealing-the-spotlight-from-the-iphone-4s-in-australia/
THANK ME FOR THIS OUTSTANDING NEWS
I bought 2 galaxy nexus from amazon on tuesday but they didnt seel it directly they used saxx mobile as a merchant , out of curiosity i googled them and i came up with these sites
http://saxxmobilescam.com/
http://community.kabam.com/forums/s...lbert-Mita-Scammer-–-Saxx-Mobile-Scam-Exposed
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aag/detail...PDKIKX0DER&isCBA=&asin=&seller=A2JCK7Q5C98FMU
They say saxx mobile is a scam and that they used and returned phones as new, i also checked their reputation on amazon and they just have 13 reviews, and 3 of them say they didnt get the item , now i'm paranoid and thinking the reviews are fake or the people didnt realize they got used phones, they provided me with a tracking number which i checked but it only weighs 1 lb, which sounds like very few weight for 2 phones, have any of you bought from them? to make things worse i'm forwarding the package to my country so i cannot know for sure until the phone gets here and amazon doesnt make itself responsible when you forward their items
One thing that gives me relief is that they mention this site
http://www.negrielectronics-scam.com/1/post/2012/03/first-post.html#comments and say that negri is a scam too but ive read about people buying from them with no troubles whatsoever so maybe the trouble with saxx mobile was just an angry costumer?
One word - homework.
Hope it turns out ok.
Seems like there's a feud between saxx mobile and negrielectronics, both sites fake claims on the internet to give bad rep to the other store classy!
I found this online
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-525af8badca83a3/saxx-mobile-albert-mita-scammer-saxx-mobile-scam-exposed
Pathetic people indeed
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Dear customer,
Please be assured that the phones you will receive will be brand new oem no locks or logos.
The Spam posted by Negri is false.
We are members of CTIA and we are exhibitors of CTIA trade show for 4 years.
Regards,
Saxx Mobile
Contact amazon. Why wouldn't that be your first course of action? They will normally help in situations like this.
Dear Readers,
All postings on Google are spam and false. They are part of a smear campaign by Negri against Saxx Mobile.
Please don't be fooled by illegitimate info on the NET.
Saxx Mobile
galaxymiami said:
Dear Readers,
All postings on Google are spam and false. They are part of a smear campaign by Negri against Saxx Mobile.
Please don't be fooled by illegitimate info on the NET.
Saxx Mobile
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Has the OP received his phones? Might want to reconcile that before you go defending yourself. Otherwise, I have only that and "the NET" to give me info on you.
Screw it, don't buy from either company. Easy nuf.
boosterp said:
Screw it, don't buy from either company. Easy nuf.
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he already bought........
i woudl contact amazon. they CS department has usually been good to me.
Thread closed - PM sent to OP.
Well our kiddo pulled off the impossible and made honor roll and went from referrals every week to not having a referral to the office all year.
I gave him my xbox for making honor roll, but I've given all of my games away to single mothers over the last few years, and now our lil guy is in need of games.
I had Forza 4, and a few zombie slasher type games but those will give him nightmares. Do any of you have any older or budget games lying around that you could donate or sell real cheap? He doesn't have to have to latest and greatest for him, just some fun games for a kiddo about 8. Maybe some games your or your kid have outgrown.
He has the instruments from rock band and guitar hero but no game discs, and also has the Kinect. It's brand, new someone gave it to me as a gift, and I'm letting him use it as well as my xbox 360.
If you have some things laying around that would be affordable to someone on a tiny budget let me know. I have a fedex account and will cover shipping, or might have things to trade also.
CharliesTheMan said:
Well our kiddo pulled off the impossible and made honor roll and went from referrals every week to not having a referral to the office all year.
I gave him my xbox for making honor roll, but I've given all of my games away to single mothers over the last few years, and now our lil guy is in need of games.
I had Forza 4, and a few zombie slasher type games but those will give him nightmares. Do any of you have any older or budget games lying around that you could donate or sell real cheap? He doesn't have to have to latest and greatest for him, just some fun games for a kiddo about 8. Maybe some games your or your kid have outgrown.
He has the instruments from rock band and guitar hero but no game discs, and also has the Kinect. It's brand, new someone gave it to me as a gift, and I'm letting him use it as well as my xbox 360.
If you have some things laying around that would be affordable to someone on a tiny budget let me know. I have a fedex account and will cover shipping, or might have things to trade also.
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Do you have a local game stop? You can find some cheap used old games there. Perhaps ebay or amazon?
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So like many others I was excited to hear id be getting a free VR with the purchase of my S7 edge, it actually sold me on the phone as i had the Note 5 and was very pleased with it. Anyways I heard on the commercials "while supplies last" but i never imagined how limited said supplies are...300,000 to be exact. So I did some digging and couldnt find the number of s7 sales, but i did find an article that said pre-orders for the sales were much higher than the S6/E and the preorders for that was 15 million. So over 15mil preordered and only 300k VR's available????..... thats less than 2% of buyers that actually get a VR. I dont know about anyone else but this puts a very bad taste in my mouth for Samsung. Almost every advertisement ive seen was promoting a free VR with purchase. I think it borders on the line of false advertising.
What are your guys thoughts?
aexp08 said:
So like many others I was excited to hear id be getting a free VR with the purchase of my S7 edge, it actually sold me on the phone as i had the Note 5 and was very pleased with it. Anyways I heard on the commercials "while supplies last" but i never imagined how limited said supplies are...300,000 to be exact. So I did some digging and couldnt find the number of s7 sales, but i did find an article that said pre-orders for the sales were much higher than the S6/E and the preorders for that was 15 million. So over 15mil preordered and only 300k VR's available????..... thats less than 2% of buyers that actually get a VR. I dont know about anyone else but this puts a very bad taste in my mouth for Samsung. Almost every advertisement ive seen was promoting a free VR with purchase. I think it borders on the line of false advertising.
What are your guys thoughts?
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Best buy, sprint, and a few others had their own stock that was in excess of the 300k. It's not as bad as it sounds.
aexp08 said:
So like many others I was excited to hear id be getting a free VR with the purchase of my S7 edge, it actually sold me on the phone as i had the Note 5 and was very pleased with it. Anyways I heard on the commercials "while supplies last" but i never imagined how limited said supplies are...300,000 to be exact. So I did some digging and couldnt find the number of s7 sales, but i did find an article that said pre-orders for the sales were much higher than the S6/E and the preorders for that was 15 million. So over 15mil preordered and only 300k VR's available????..... thats less than 2% of buyers that actually get a VR. I dont know about anyone else but this puts a very bad taste in my mouth for Samsung. Almost every advertisement ive seen was promoting a free VR with purchase. I think it borders on the line of false advertising.
What are your guys thoughts?
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I agree with squallz. Your comparing the total overall sales world wide of the s6 edge when you only need to look at the total sales for t-mobile. Samsung is giving away the gear vr for two reasons. 1 to boost s7 sales and 2 they want to drive the vr market which is rapidly expanding.
Nah, don't worry about it too much, they don't want to deal with mass lawsuit, plus they're basically already calculating the VR as a promo tool for people to invest in VR games/apps.
Intub8 said:
I agree with squallz. Your comparing the total overall sales world wide of the s6 edge when you only need to look at the total sales for t-mobile. Samsung is giving away the gear vr for two reasons. 1 to boost s7 sales and 2 they want to drive the vr market which is rapidly expanding.
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Okay so I see now that my math is way off. I thought this was a worldwide promotiom, but its limited to the US. 15mil s6 preordered worldwide. I cant find a number for just the US.
But Intub8 it wasn't just for tmoblie. Its every carrier in the US.
aexp08 said:
Okay so I see now that my math is way off. I thought this was a worldwide promotiom, but its limited to the US. 15mil s6 preordered worldwide. I cant find a number for just the US.
But Intub8 it wasn't just for tmoblie. Its every carrier in the US.
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Yes but every carrier has their own supply and those who purchased at best buy got their vr with their phone. T-mobile has their own 300 thousand units.
Really?! Well that gives me hope. I didnt see that info anywhere!
Bought my phone in the UK from Samsung and received my phone with the VR seems like only us etc have to redeem via a code
I'm on Verizon and opted for the free gear s2 watch which I'll probably sell and get the moto 360 or hauwei watch. I have a Google cardboard and though neat, I can't see myself using the VR often.
Fingers crossed I submitted in time. I pre-ordered on launch day and received phone on the 7th.
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I have pre-ordered to get these VR, but my carrier didn't get enough home, so i gotta wait 3 weeks before they come
IBought phone at best buy, no preorder, walked out with free credit, free 64gb micro SD and I got a free $30 gift card for using Samsung pay and I've gotten a few other free perks.
They said I had to choose an upgrade or pay over time option. So I chose the pay for it over 2years since it's 0% apr.
^just like if you registered Sammy pay by 3/10 they would send you a free wireless charger. They ran out and I did mine on 3/8
Strangeland16 said:
Bought my phone in the UK from Samsung and received my phone with the VR seems like only us etc have to redeem via a code
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That's how I thought it would be when on pre ordered my S7 Edge on February 23rd.
I ordered my VZW GS7E through BB because VZW is brain-dead and will not sell an unactivated phone, even at full price, but they allow BB to do it!!! I got a Gear VR headset and 64GB microSD card free with the phone, through Best Buy. I wanted to get the free Gear 2 Smartwatch form VZW but they wouldn't let me order the phone (even at full price) without messing up my plan.
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