Board 8 > I just got like 500 dollars off a tablet for preordering a phone.

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DoomTheGyarados
01/16/21 6:14:51 PM
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What the actual fuck? How do they make money. 250 credit + 260 bundle discount.

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red13n
01/16/21 6:19:52 PM
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The tablets are excess inventory they werent going to sell.

They always do this to make you think its a deal.

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DoomTheGyarados
01/16/21 6:27:05 PM
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I mean, I needed a tablet so they caught me at the right time lol


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UshiromiyaEva
01/16/21 6:29:01 PM
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DoomTheGyarados posted...
What the actual fuck? How do they make money. 250 credit + 260 bundle discount.

Because before there was a good chance you weren't going to buy a tablet. Now you've paid money you weren't going to spend to buy a tablet that was sitting in a warehouse not in active circulation.

To clarify, that's the royal "you".

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GranzonEx
01/16/21 6:33:14 PM
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now they got you in their ecosystem and in some cases like Xiaomi or Huawei they have even more cameras and microphones to spy on you

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masterplum
01/16/21 6:46:46 PM
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Is the phone tied to a service plan? If not its probably excess inventory as previously said. If it is they are making all sorts of money off you

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UshiromiyaEva
01/16/21 6:51:11 PM
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That said, if you DID actually want a tablet, it's a moot point and you still came out on top.

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DoomTheGyarados
01/16/21 6:54:18 PM
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Well I am moving as some of you know so I thought it was a good time to change out stuff so I am trading in my Samsung S10+ for a S21 (I tend to upgrade once every two years, I am on my phone a lot for business + gaming so I don't mind as it is by far my most used device!) and I wanted a nice tablet that could connect to my tv for manga viewing along with gaming so yeah.

Phone is unlocked.

I suppose excess inventory makes sense. Guess I picked the right time to want to drop some money, whoo

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ChichiriMuyo
01/16/21 6:59:13 PM
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The phones and tablets only cost about 1/10th the cost to make that they sell for in the first place. If you paid anything at all they probably broke even on their costs.

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DoomTheGyarados
01/16/21 7:02:23 PM
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Huh, admittedly I don't know much of anything about production costs for these things. I know game consoles will sell at a loss for awhile, not sure what these cost to make, I should look it up for fun.

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KingButz
01/16/21 9:29:01 PM
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The margins on tablets are pretty big
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red13n
01/19/21 7:59:57 PM
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Samsung had a good trade in offer on my old phone(I've been limping on an S7) so I also pre-ordered an S21 today.

I have a bunch of money I can't use and Disneyland no longer offering annual passports left $1200+ in my budget.

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Pokalicious
01/19/21 9:27:50 PM
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Are you guys getting S21 or S21 Ultra?

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