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Google ends Netflix promotion due to "overwhelming demand"

http://www.latimes.com/business/tec...ast-netflix-promotion-20130725,0,483513.story
Well that ends that if you don't have one yet, but at least you'll get the 3 months free if you were able to squeeze an order in somewhere. I got one today, and I'll tell you it's completely worth buying even without the Netflix.

The people that ordered it yesterday should be fine with getting the promo code.

I already got my code and my chromecast will be here in the morning

I ordered from Amazon and it will be here tomorrow but I still don't understand how I go about getting the code. I was not sent one when the device shipped.

Old MuckenMire said:
I ordered from Amazon and it will be here tomorrow but I still don't understand how I go about getting the code. I was not sent one when the device shipped.
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When you ordered did it say preorder? I ordered mine from amazon but it say it wont be delivered till August 21st!

hpatel said:
When you ordered did it say preorder? I ordered mine from amazon but it say it wont be delivered till August 21st!
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I ordered mine from Amazon at 1:52pm PST 7/24/2013 with 2-day shipping via prime and it is set to arrive on Saturday via Fedex Smartpost. I had an original arrival date of July 30.

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I ordered mine from Amazon at 1:52pm PST 7/24/2013 with 2-day shipping via prime and it is set to arrive on Saturday via Fedex Smartpost. I had an original arrival date of July 30.
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Strange, i placed mine at 3pm pst with 2day shipping via prime. However when I placed it, it said preorder. Is that what yours said?
I'm look now and it says that it's out of stock. So I believe I got my order in before they went out of stock.

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When you ordered did it say preorder? I ordered mine from amazon but it say it wont be delivered till August 21st!
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No mine went through like normal and has already shipped and will be here tomorrow via two day prime.

I ordered mine yesterday afternoon Wednesday (PST) on Amazon, paid $3.99 for overnight, got it this morning. I haven't received any code from Amazon.
But I will say that Netflix is stunning! Quality is as good as Bluray.

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Strange, i placed mine at 3pm pst with 2day shipping via prime. However when I placed it, it said preorder. Is that what yours said?
I'm look now and it says that it's out of stock. So I believe I got my order in before they went out of stock.
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When I placed the order, it showed the item in stock and not the pre-order button. My friend who bought one about 30 minutes sooner than I did (also from Amazon) had his ship out a few hours earlier today than mine did.

Amazon told me that the Netflix code should arrive by e-mail one week after the dongle ships out.

Best Buy is still apparently giving 3 free months of NetFlix when you buy a Chromecast, at least according to their website they are.

I bought my Chromecast at BestBuy at like 9pm last night and still got the Netflix code, which I activated the code around 1am this morning. So it still seemed to be working as of this morning.

Ordered my chromecast (2 actually) from google play. Once they shipped I received a separate email with the two Netflix codes. They say you can apply the code to a new or existing account. But it also says lower in the email that only one promotional code is valid per Netflix account. Guess I will have to create one new account and cancel after the three months.

mesalum said:
Ordered my chromecast (2 actually) from google play. Once they shipped I received a separate email with the two Netflix codes. They say you can apply the code to a new or existing account. But it also says lower in the email that only one promotional code is valid per Netflix account. Guess I will have to create one new account and cancel after the three months.
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Same here, right down to the 2 units. LOL. I wonder if you can apply the code to an existing account? You could open a new account with the one month free trial, apply the code and then get 4 months.

I just picked one up at Best Buy and they still have the Netflix deal going. Just got my promo code by email.

How does this work if you already have a Netflix account? I currently have a 2 dvd & streaming account. Will they take it off my next bill?
I'm trying to figure out how I would see this discount?
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I picked one up at best buy today (july 26) and still got the netflix promo.

murphdsurf said:
How does this work if you already have a Netflix account? I currently have a 2 dvd & streaming account. Will they take it off my next bill?
I'm trying to figure out how I would see this discount?
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You go into Netflix's "Your Account" and in the "Redeem gift or special offer" box you put in the code and it will give you a credit of 23.97. I'm pretty sure the free 3 Months is only counting the online streaming, but I only have online streaming so I could be wrong.

quite disappointing, i hope this isnt true!

Amazon buyers are getting theirs, what about us Google Play buyers?

Next day shipping for some, not even a tracking number here. Did anyone get a Netflix code if you bought with Google Play?

I bought 4 of them. 1 from Google Play and 3 from Amazon. One of the Amazon ones I paid $3.99 (I have Prime) to get it today. It came this morning and I've been rocking ever since. Ironically, I bought the one from Google Play first and it says expected arrival is August 4th. I'll have the other two from Amazon tomorrow. The one from Google Play cost more for shipping than the overnight one from Amazon.

TabGuy said:
I bought 4 of them. 1 from Google Play and 3 from Amazon. One of the Amazon ones I paid $3.99 (I have Prime) to get it today. It came this morning and I've been rocking ever since. Ironically, I bought the one from Google Play first and it says expected arrival is August 4th. I'll have the other two from Amazon tomorrow. The one from Google Play cost more for shipping than the overnight one from Amazon.
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I got the 3-5 business day shipping which bumped the price to 45. I thought Google only takes out the money when it ships? Right now, it says my order is pending. Did you get any info for the free Netflix?
Seems since I ordered it on the 24th at 9PM EST, I won't be able to get my own Netflix code :/

No word on Netflix from Google or Amazon.

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No word on Netflix from Google or Amazon.
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Just got off the phone with GP Support that the code will be sent when it ships, and that the event actually ended 1 AM of the 25th, so that's a sigh of relief

Amazon cutoff for Netflix was July 24 5:31pm PST. If you ordered before that time, you'll get the code via email. If you ordered afterwards, you're SOL.

Ordered mine from Google Play on the 24th, a few minutes after the announcement. I just got the email saying it's been shipped. Hopefully will have it tomorrow.

Ordered mine during announcement on Play store, shipped out that night via UPS Ground, delivered yesterday.
Got Netflix code yesterday morning. I had to use Firefox to redeem, Chrome was throwing a too many redirects error.

I ordered mine in the evening on the 24th from Amazon and I don't even have an estimated shipping date. No big deal, I don't really need it right away. I want to see if it will be a good replacement for the laptop I have dedicated to my TV now.

I ordered mine from bestbuy, and it should be in next week either Monday or Wednesday

I got an email from Google at 1:35am this morning that mine has shipped. The tracking is via UPS but the tracking number starts with a 9 not a 1Z which means that UPS will hand it off to USPS. Looking at the tracking shows that UPS hasn't received yet.
Edit: About 10 minutes after I made this post I got an email from Google with my Netflix 3-month gift code. Bravo, Google!
Edit 2: I redeemed my gift code with a couple of clicks and sure enough Netflix credited $23.97 to my account.
The Chromecast is fantastic at $35. For $11 it's spectacular!

TabGuy said:
I got an email from Google at 1:35am this morning that mine has shipped. The tracking is via UPS but the tracking number starts with a 9 not a 1Z which means that UPS will hand it off to USPS. Looking at the tracking shows that UPS hasn't received yet.
Edit: About 10 minutes after I made this post I got an email from Google with my Netflix 3-month gift code. Bravo, Google!
Edit 2: I redeemed my gift code with a couple of clicks and sure enough Netflix credited $23.97 to my account.
The Chromecast is fantastic at $35. For $11 it's spectacular!
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Ugh, I just want my tracking number, the wait is agonizing!

Denomenance said:
Ugh, I just want my tracking number, the wait is agonizing!
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Ugh! I live in SoCal. My tracking shows it's shipping from La Vergne, Tennessee. Estimated arrival is Wednesday.
When Amazon shipped the three I bought from them it came from Ontario, California, about a half hour drive from me.
Google isn't a retailer, that's for sure.

Ordered one from Google Play Wednesday right after the conference. Said it would ship by July 27 at the time. That night I received shipping confirmation and also got an email with the Netflix link:
Welcome to Chromecast.
Enjoy 3 months of Netflix on us and start casting.
Hi xxxxxx,
Your Chromecast is on its way.
After setting it up, you can start casting from Netflix and other apps to your TV using your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Netflix has thousands of movies and TV shows, and Chromecast is the easy way to watch all of it on your TV.
Redeem your 3 months of Netflix to use on a new or existing account by clicking the link below.
Bought the 2nd air option and it says out for delivery to arrive today. In the mean time, they showed up as available for my local best buy store, so I bought one there for in store pickup which I got this morning. The Netflix code for that one was emailed right after I picked it up in store.

I received mine today from Google Play. But I did not receive any Netflix codes bought during announcement. I called Google they said to contact Netflix, called Netflix they told me Google had to give it to me. Called Google back they had to open a support ticket, they didn't know who to contact. But it does work as really good just wish I had my Netflix code to break it in

I ordered mine off Play Store two days ago and opted for the most express shipping option (was only +$6 but yeah, doesn't compete with Prime). I just got it a couple of hours ago and been messing with it a bit at work.
Unfortunately it's very fickle about WiFi. It doesn't like all the WiFi APs/Repeaters we have and gets stuck trying to connect to office wifi (or some other router/firewall settings here).
I did manage to configure it by connecting it and my phone to my Verizon MiFi card.
Very disappointed I can't seem to broadcast my Chrome browser off my phone/tablet -- just off the desktop???
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skew said:
I received mine today from Google Play. But I did not receive any Netflix codes bought during announcement. I called Google they said to contact Netflix, called Netflix they told me Google had to give it to me. Called Google back they had to open a support ticket, they didn't know who to contact. But it does work as really good just wish I had my Netflix code to break it in
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That sucks. I got my NetFlix code from Google within a day, about the same time they sent me the shipping notice. You probably hit the cut-off.
As someone who's worked for Google, good luck dealing with their customer service We once had a teammate's GMail backend completely break on him and we contacted the GMail/SRE team (we were also SREs) and they told us to GTFO and go through official channels, as if we weren't employees. Needless to say, the productivity of one of my coworkers was unnecessarily hampered for about a week. I think he ended up looking at server logs and debugging it himself, discovering that the instance running his GMail was in some sort of crash-loop.

Saturday now, gonna have to wait until Monday for any new updates :/

I ordered mine through the play store during the event, email said it would ship August 2nd, and I got an email at 5 this morning saying it shipped. No netflix code though

mnasledov said:
I ordered mine off Play Store two days ago and opted for the most express shipping option (was only +$6 but yeah, doesn't compete with Prime). I just got it a couple of hours ago and been messing with it a bit at work.
Unfortunately it's very fickle about WiFi. It doesn't like all the WiFi APs/Repeaters we have and gets stuck trying to connect to office wifi (or some other router/firewall settings here).
I did manage to configure it by connecting it and my phone to my Verizon MiFi card.
Very disappointed I can't seem to broadcast my Chrome browser off my phone/tablet -- just off the desktop???
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That sucks. I got my NetFlix code from Google within a day, about the same time they sent me the shipping notice. You probably hit the cut-off.
As someone who's worked for Google, good luck dealing with their customer service We once had a teammate's GMail backend completely break on him and we contacted the GMail/SRE team (we were also SREs) and they told us to GTFO and go through official channels, as if we weren't employees. Needless to say, the productivity of one of my coworkers was unnecessarily hampered for about a week. I think he ended up looking at server logs and debugging it himself, discovering that the instance running his GMail was in some sort of crash-loop.
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I hope they don't say I hit the cut off I ordered on Google Play while it was being demo'd it shipped Wed afternoon it was already shipped to me 24hrs before they ended the promo.

Ordered mine on google play a day after the release. ETA is 2-3 weeks before it ships :/
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How to claim the 3 month free on netflix??

Hi guys, I woud like to know how to claim the free months on netflix, I've purchased the chrome from a guy who bought 9 of them and the promotion was still going on by then, but I can't find any code whasoever, so how do you do that?
Thanks in advance.

tyraelasd said:
Hi guys, I woud like to know how to claim the free months on netflix, I've purchased the chrome from a guy who bought 9 of them and the promotion was still going on by then, but I can't find any code whasoever, so how do you do that?
Thanks in advance.
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Talk to the person that you bought it from. I believe the code will go to them.

I bought mine from best buy on Saturday and they sent my code to my reward zone email
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unless he explicitly stated that the codes were included you're outta' luck
he'll likely keep (or more likely resell) the $25 credits
if you bought the item from BestBuy (online) you'll get the code once you pickup the item -- if you order it instore you'll get the code on your receipt
no one knows what's going on with Amazon yet but their website claims they'll honor Netflix code promo as long as the order was placed before 5pm on either the 25th or 24th (I don't remember exactly)

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unless he explicitly stated that the codes were included you're outta' luck
he'll likely keep (or more likely resell) the $25 credits
if you bought the item from BestBuy (online) you'll get the code once you pickup the item -- if you order it instore you'll get the code on your receipt
no one knows what's going on with Amazon yet but their website claims they'll honor Netflix code promo as long as the order was placed before 5pm on either the 25th or 24th (I don't remember exactly)
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As far as i know the guy bought them on bestbuy, and the guy told me that the product comes with free months, so I'm gonna ask him for it
Thanks everyone.

No more NetFlix 3-Month Trial Offer?? What?! For real??

I was just checking out the Chromecast on the BestBuy website and noticed for the first time that the Netflix 3-Month Trial Offer is no longer listed on the right side of the page under the "Offers"/"Promos" sub-heading...or whatever that sub-heading was called lol Did that NetFlix Trial Offer end or something? What's the deal? This is the first I've seen this. It may have been this way for several days now...I just haven't been aware of it until now! I posted a screenshot from my pc and circled in green where it usually is located...

everyone has known that it would be gone by the end of the month. I guess they just pulled it a couple days early. It was never meant to be a long time offer. Google pulled the plug after a few days at most

Google pulled the offer the day after release. I was lucky Best Buy was still honoring the offer weeks after release.
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I bought the Chromecast last weekend at a Best Buy in Brentwood, Mo and got the three months free Netflix.

Bought mine today at best buy and didn't get it. Sure would of been nice.
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I bought 2 of them from best buy online and got the 3 months for each.
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Bought mine from the Google play store on day one and got it. They did pull the offer the next day though.
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Ordered mine a couple of days ago from BestBuy online and got the 3 months free. Code came via email a couple of hours after purchase.

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I bought the Chromecast last weekend at a Best Buy in Brentwood, Mo and got the three months free Netflix.
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I bought my chromecast at a local Best Buy 2 weeks ago....the web site still showed 3 months free trial but I assumed it was a dead deal...how did you get the 3 months??

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I bought my chromecast at a local Best Buy 2 weeks ago....the web site still showed 3 months free trial but I assumed it was a dead deal...how did you get the 3 months??
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The deal is not valid anymore. If it was, the Netflix gift code would be on your receipt and emailed to you (the register will ask for your email when a Netflix code is given).

Got mine 2 weeks ago from best buy. Com and I was emailed the code still.
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The deal is not valid anymore. If it was, the Netflix gift code would be on your receipt and emailed to you (the register will ask for your email when a Netflix code is given).
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I contacted Best Buy Support...they pulled the deal on Aug 28th....All purchases thru the 28th were honored...I purchased it on the 31st...I missed it by 2 days..oh well...lol

[Q] For those that bought N6 on Black Friday weekend.

Did anyone get their codes for the $50 Play Store credit? I purchased mine from Sprint and I'm still waiting for the txt msg w/ code.

Got my order in the following Monday and nothing as of yet. Probably when the phone ships.

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Got my order in the following Monday and nothing as of yet. Probably when the phone ships.
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I got mine the other day it was a nice surprise
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I got mine the other day it was a nice surprise
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How long did u wait?

I got mine this past Friday, the 5th.
I believe to get the code, you have to open the email titled "Welcome to your new Nexus 6" from Google Nexus, and click the link taking you to the Play Store. It's what I did, and when I did it on my mother's phone, she got her code the next day. Don't know if it's coincidence, but it's worth trying.

Did anyone get their Sprint phone from elsewhere and still get the credit? I bought mine at BestBuy cyber Monday and haven't gotten an email. Am I hosed since I didn't buy direct from Sprint? Lol
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Pretty sure I saw it in the terms and conditions that it will be emailed once it ships.

For Sprint you get a txt msg with the redeem code. Just got it a couple days ago!

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For Sprint you get a txt msg with the redeem code. Just got it a couple days ago!
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Still waiting on mine. If I don't get it within the week I'm gonna call.

I received an email from last night from Google. The code for my $50 credit is in it.