I got this one before; yes, they send you a SIM, but they also send you the card. I tossed the SIM and used the card on my phone. Added an easy year for next to nothing.

@fivetalents said in Current Tracfone Deals / Discussion thread:

@briarycliffs said in Current Tracfone Deals / Discussion thread:

Motorola Moto e5 5.7" 16GB Tracfone w/8MP Camera & 1500 Min/Text/Data & 1 year of service

https://www.hsn.com/products/motorola-moto-e5-57-16gb-tracfone-w8mp-camera-and-1500-/8879320

I used the 1st-time customer code NEW20 to buy this for $29.95 ($20 off).

Sold out. I waited too long.

@briarycliffs said in Current Tracfone Deals / Discussion thread:

Motorola Moto e5 5.7" 16GB Tracfone w/8MP Camera & 1500 Min/Text/Data & 1 year of service

https://www.hsn.com/products/motorola-moto-e5-57-16gb-tracfone-w8mp-camera-and-1500-/8879320

Which carrier does this use?

27% @ 3:53 PM EST

Tracfone ZTE ZFIVE C Cell Phone + 1 Year of Service w/ 1500 MIN/1500 Text/1500MB for $59.99

More than worth it for the year of service.

edit: the link would be good.

https://www.ebay.com/itm//283552671927?hash=item42050e68b7:g:MnwAAOSw0tNdTdbp

I accidentally purchased the wrong phone for my area.

I bought it for the year of service that’s bundled with it, and then realized that it’s a TMobile phone, not Verizon like my current phone.

Normally I would have just transferred my service to the new phone, and then back to my regular phone. But I’m afraid that what’ll happen is that they’ll swap my phone number out, since the number will have to switch carriers. This happened a few years back, which is why I have the number that I have now, and I’d had the old number for a few years.

Any advice to stop that from happening, or am I just stuck with this phone?

@my4mainecoons said in Google Home Mini $5 after iBotta and Best Buy $20 rebate:

@fivetalents I think they pulled the offer. The offer was for the Mini and I got the $20.

I think maybe there were two offers? The offer that I saw was for the regular Home, but since everyone was saying that they got it, I shrugged and went with it.

Others are saying that the offer that they got was for the Mini.

I wish everyone who has not yet received it luck on getting it!

I was right about the offer. It was for a Google Home, not the mini. They must have pulled the offer for the mini.

They did credit me anyway. Here’s a cut and paste from their reply.

“Thank you for writing in. I apologize for the delay in response. We are currently experiencing a higher than normal amount of user requests. I reviewed your Best Buy receipt and the reason you did not initially receive credit for this offer was the Google Home offer required the purchase of the regular sized Google Home, the product purchased on this receipt was the Google Home Mini which did not qualify. Be sure to scroll down on each offer page and review the details/requirements.”

@my4mainecoons said in Google Home Mini $5 after iBotta and Best Buy $20 rebate:

@arthurpeale Did your receipt have iBotta on it?

I got a digital receipt, and hadn’t checked it until you mentioned it.

Indeed it does!

@briarycliffs said in Google Home Mini $5 after iBotta and Best Buy $20 rebate:

Ibotta has a history of ending offers early. If it was still listed in your offers at the time of purchase, you should get the money, however, they pulled this offer as soon as word hit the boards about it being a great price. Offers can (and very often are) pulled at any time. I have to scan my receipts right after I check out now, had too many pulled by the time I get home or even just out to the car. That is the biggest downfall to Ibotta. Saving an offer doesn’t mean anything, unlike other savings apps that just limit the number of people that save an offer.

What I didn’t like about this particular offer was how you have to redeem it. You don’t redeem it through the app, you scan a QR code at the store, and then that gets uploaded to Ibotta at some point.

I’m just wondering why the $20 would show as pending, and then just gone.

My nearest BB is 60 miles away, so logistically it’s a hike. I can’t realistically even bundle other things into the trip to return it. I’d spend almost as much in gas.