Verizon iPhone trade in

[Susie]

I got a tracking email that says my iPhone 6 is going to be delivered to the store today.  Yay!  I think I will stop on my way home to pick it up

I have the envelope at home for mailing in my 4S trade in.  I know people were saying that was taking forever.  What is the verdict - do I want to mail it back or take it to the store after making sure it's wiped?

[WinterWine]

Take it to the store. I mailed in mine and it took 5 weeks to register as delivered. There's no tracking on the envelope so I was worried mine was lost. Not worth it.

[Mushe]

Good question! My new phone will be here tomorrow. Guess I'll be dropping my 4s off at the store too!

[v]

You're going to the store either way? Then doing an in-store trade-in is a no-brainer.

[Susie]

Oct 30, 2014 10:58:11 GMT -5 v said:

You're going to the store either way? Then doing an in-store trade-in is a no-brainer.

Well, I'm going to the store on my way home from work today (it's on my way), but I wasn't thinking I'd leave the 4S there immediately... I'd need to take it home, wipe it, and bring it back, no? 

Do they offer to wipe it for you, and would you trust it if they did?  If the answer to either of those is no, the question is 1 trip + mailing vs. 2 trips.

[v]

Oct 30, 2014 13:04:47 GMT -5 Susie said:

Oct 30, 2014 10:58:11 GMT -5 v said:

You're going to the store either way? Then doing an in-store trade-in is a no-brainer.

Well, I'm going to the store on my way home from work today (it's on my way), but I wasn't thinking I'd leave the 4S there immediately... I'd need to take it home, wipe it, and bring it back, no? 

Do they offer to wipe it for you, and would you trust it if they did?  If the answer to either of those is no, the question is 1 trip + mailing vs. 2 trips.

Why would you need to bring it home to wipe it?  

support.apple.com/kb/HT5661?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

(Important note: TURN OFF "FIND MY IPHONE" BEFORE WIPING).

Or do you mean that you need to back it up first?

[Susie]

Oct 30, 2014 13:10:42 GMT -5 v said:

Oct 30, 2014 13:04:47 GMT -5 Susie said:

Well, I'm going to the store on my way home from work today (it's on my way), but I wasn't thinking I'd leave the 4S there immediately... I'd need to take it home, wipe it, and bring it back, no? 

Do they offer to wipe it for you, and would you trust it if they did?  If the answer to either of those is no, the question is 1 trip + mailing vs. 2 trips.

Why would you need to bring it home to wipe it?  

support.apple.com/kb/HT5661?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

(Important note: TURN OFF "FIND MY IPHONE" BEFORE WIPING).

Or do you mean that you need to back it up first?

No, I've backed it up recently enough.  I'm sort of debating whether to engage with the issue with Calvin or not.  Digital security is one of his pet THINGS, and he is rabid about it.  He would probably prefer to be the one to do it just like I prefer to be the one to pay the car insurance, because then I KNOW it's actually done.  It's often easier for me to let him do it than to spend time explaining to him what I did and why it's sufficient.  But I don't feel like bringing it home just for that, if mailing it in is a lousy plan.  Maybe I'll just trade it in gloss over the whole thing.  Look, shiny!

[sparty04]

Have you all been able to get the same trade-in in store? DH went yesterday to trade ours in and they would only give $100 vs the $200 for mailing it in

[hbomdiggity]

Oct 30, 2014 13:10:42 GMT -5 v said:

Oct 30, 2014 13:04:47 GMT -5 Susie said:

Well, I'm going to the store on my way home from work today (it's on my way), but I wasn't thinking I'd leave the 4S there immediately... I'd need to take it home, wipe it, and bring it back, no? 

Do they offer to wipe it for you, and would you trust it if they did?  If the answer to either of those is no, the question is 1 trip + mailing vs. 2 trips.

Why would you need to bring it home to wipe it?  

support.apple.com/kb/HT5661?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

(Important note: TURN OFF "FIND MY IPHONE" BEFORE WIPING).

Or do you mean that you need to back it up first?

My understanding that erasing everything doesn't actually mean that people who know what they are doing can't restore the erased info.

[twistedcruller]

When I traded in my old iPhone at the Verizon store, they wiped it in front of me and waited until the process was complete so I could confirm.

[Susie]

So after all that, my Verizon branch said they can't take them, and I had to mail it back. WTF.