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brooksyx

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This has probably already been said before but I was able to buy one at Best Buy yesterday. Got one of the Sprint ones for $350, they were willing to match the Google play store price (were hesitant though). Popped the Sprint sim card out and put my Straight Talk sim card in and works just fine.

Cancelled my play store order, wasn't supposed to ship until mid December.

edit: oh and if anyone is wondering it was at the Cascade Station Best Buy in Portland, OR.
 
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abdel12345

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brooksyx said:
This has probably already been said before but I was able to buy one at Best Buy yesterday. Got one of the sprint ones for $350, they were willing to match the Google play store price (were hesitant though). Popped the Sprint sim card out and put my Straight Talk sim card in and works just fine.

Cancelled my play store order, wasn't supposed to ship until mid December.

edit: oh and if anyone is wondering it was at the Cascade Station Best Buy in Portland, OR.
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Wow lucky I'm gonna call and see if they can do that for me.

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brooksyx

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abdel12345 said:
Wow lucky I'm gonna call and see if they can do that for me.

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Good luck! Sounds like it is hit or miss for most people. Just depends on the store and sales person you talk to. The employees I spoke with were really cool and it probably helped that they hadn't even seen the Nexus 5 yet (had to track one down for me in the back). I gladly let them play with it for a couple minutes after I paid for it and opened the box.

Oh and I printed off my play store receipt and play store price page and took them in with me for the price match.
 
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brooksyx said:
Good luck! Sounds like it is hit or miss for most people. Just depends on the store and sales person you talk to. The employees I spoke with were really cool and it probably helped that they hadn't even seen the Nexus 5 yet (had to track one down for me in the back). I gladly let them play with it for a couple minutes after I paid for it and opened the box.

Oh and I printed off my play store receipt and play store price page and took them in with me for the price match.
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Cool I think I'll try that. They do state on their website that they'll match the price of any of their competition but when I checked they only had it on contact for 150 on their website. There was no unlocked version.

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brooksyx

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abdel12345 said:
Cool I think I'll try that. They do state on their website that they'll match the price of any of their competition but when I checked they only had it on contact for 150 on their website. There was no unlocked version.

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If you look again they have 'replacement device' for $450. You can select that option when you add the phone to your shopping cart.

Again YMMV, some people couldn't even buy the phone outright at $450 in store. You could always buy one online for in store pickup and try to price match when you go to pick it up. If they don't, just cancel the order right there.
 
ctowne

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brooksyx said:
This has probably already been said before but I was able to buy one at Best Buy yesterday. Got one of the Sprint ones for $350, they were willing to match the Google play store price (were hesitant though). Popped the Sprint sim card out and put my Straight Talk sim card in and works just fine.

Cancelled my play store order, wasn't supposed to ship until mid December.

edit: oh and if anyone is wondering it was at the Cascade Station Best Buy in Portland, OR.
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Wow that's surprising that they matched the price of the play store :thumbup:

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my order for two 32g black ones early morning Nov 1 changed to- label created this morning.
My order was one of those that said ships on Nov 22, or before.
I'm in Florida.
 
fallingd0wn

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brooksyx said:
This has probably already been said before but I was able to buy one at Best Buy yesterday. Got one of the Sprint ones for $350, they were willing to match the Google play store price (were hesitant though). Popped the Sprint sim card out and put my Straight Talk sim card in and works just fine.

Cancelled my play store order, wasn't supposed to ship until mid December.

edit: oh and if anyone is wondering it was at the Cascade Station Best Buy in Portland, OR.
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I got my local Best Buy to match the Play Store price as well. They only carry the 16Gb Sprint package though. Since they have an extended return policy due to Christmas (anytime before Jan 15), I'm considering ordering a 32Gb from the play store and returning the 16Gb to BB after it arrives.
 
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