Samsung Philippines recently announced that they will be having a trade-in event for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and I was really interested on buying the said smartphone / phablet so I went to the SM Mall Of Asia to actually try and trade-in my Samsung Galaxy Note.
So here is the scoop on what's going on in the event. There are promotions, they held games, and there are alot of Samsung Galaxy Note 2's to try out, and they said that the Younghusband brothers were there but I wasn't able to see them.
Regarding the SGNote 2 definitely a good looking spec monster, I do not say this just because I want to have it but upon testing it, actually holding it in my hands, and comparing it with my Note 1 I would have to say it really has the edge over other flagship smartphones even including the S3. The Note 2 is really fast and responsive, even in multitasking mode and even the S Pen which was a little laggy on the Note 1 was good.
Now regarding the actual trade-in, there are a lot of issues here regarding how they price and assess the phone that you will try to trade. Most common issues after hearing some of the people who tried to get their phone assessed were these:
1. They price the units for trade in a little low. Low as in lower than what a pawnshop would pay if you pawn your phone. Seriously Php9,500 for my Note 1, I know they have standards and this isn't a get the Note 2 for free event but it actually somehow hurts my pride that they priced my smartphone that way while heading to my next problem.
2. They priced some phones without even touching them, asking when was it bought, checking the specs, or even holding the phone etc. I was so amazed that they priced my smartphone without even looking at it.
Oh well I was already focused on the fact that they will not really be giving high prices for the trade-in phones so it wasn't really that bad. It just lead me to believe that maybe -
**the assessment team were already given the instructions for a Phone=Price deal meaning there were already specific prices or price range for the different models that were accepted for trade-in and
**that they already have a sealing maximum price which is the 50% (roughly Php16-17k) of the price of the Note 2 which is in my opinion will only be attainable if you presented an iPhone 5 which was only bought yesterday.
Ok so maybe my speculations are wrong but who knows, I talked to the guy next to me and he said that his iPhone 4s was assessed to be tampered with already ( LCD Screen Changed to be precise ) just by looking at it.
But all in all the event was good, I had a great time playing with the actual SGNote2 and experiencing it was really cool! still definitely will buy 1 maybe when the price drops or when they release the LTE models of it.
Oh and regarding the prices, they will actually accept cash and installment payment with credit cards for the remaining balance that you have if you actually went on with the trade.
Prices are :
Php 32,990 for cash basis
Php 34-35,000 for 6months installment with credit card
Php 37-38,000 for 12months installment with credit card
(prices are as stated by the event staff)
Here are some of the photos of the event.
All in all still a good event, met some interesting people and got fascinated with the Phil Younghusband hologram endorser. Those interested can still go tomorrow (Oct 21 2012) and have your phone priced.
Notes: please don't be a jackass if they price your phone too low for your expectations, this is not a charity event where in you could trade in your phone for a better one for a price that you think is right, remember that this is business and you are still just a consumer, if they price your phone low walk away and sell your phone elsewhere then buy the Note2 elsewhere too.
Rants: just really hope they make some proper assessments on the phones. and please somebody from the event tell me that I'm wrong with the prices being too low.
Thanks for reading, I hope this was informative, again comments are welcome, and please someone who went to the event and had their smartphones appraised please comment. thanks!
