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    Sony's Trade-in Program??

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by cool_guy123, Aug 28, 2008.

  1. cool_guy123

    cool_guy123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can someone tell me their experience with sony's trade-in program?
     
    cool_guy123, Aug 28, 2008
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  2. nixon

    nixon Notebook Evangelist

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    I can answer any questions you have about it if you have specific ones. You planning on using their Trade up and Go Pro 4 program?

    www.sony.com/gopro4

    I know of tons of people who's used it and gotten their full rebate back easily and quickly.
     
    nixon, Aug 28, 2008
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  3. Sir Punk

    Sir Punk Notebook Deity

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    I am thinking about this program as well. Can I trade in 4 dell laptops for 1 new sony?
     
    Sir Punk, Sep 16, 2008
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  4. phoebusvh

    phoebusvh Notebook Consultant

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    NO :cool: :(
     
    phoebusvh, Sep 16, 2008
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  5. thebigpants27

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    It depends on the Dell Laptops... Approximatley a year ago, i was able to get 200 dollars for a Centrino Pentium M 1.4ghz, 256mb of Ram, 14 inch, Thinkpad R series. The battery didn't hold a charge, so i assumed they would give me 150...but i took it to the sony outlet, and they pretty much on the spot gave me 200. So if your dell's are comparable...that will be 800 bucks, give or take. This can get you a new NS or CS series notebook...

    But, i went on the webpage recently and now for a 1.86ghz, 1 gb of ram, 15 inch, thinkpad R52, x300 radeon graphics, i would ONLY GET 89 dollars. The sad thing is, that R52 was alittle over a year newer than my previous thinkpad, so youd think id get a similar amount, but this is not so...
     
    thebigpants27, Sep 16, 2008
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  6. nixon

    nixon Notebook Evangelist

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    thebigpants27,

    If you are using their Trade Up and Go Pro 4 program you'd get $300 for it. The SR series qualifies for the trade in program.
     
    nixon, Sep 16, 2008
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    I've used it before when they were offering $600 for any Sony laptop. It worked great and got my check without any problem.
     
    outie, Sep 16, 2008
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  8. Sir Punk

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    but why it lets me add more than one in the quote?
     
    Sir Punk, Sep 16, 2008
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    Nixon, go pro only applies to very specific laptops... but either way i was actually trading in that thinkpad a while ago for a ps3...so it wouldnt have applied to my case...
     
    thebigpants27, Sep 16, 2008
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  10. lithium

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    Jealous here, because they now offer $300 or "fair market value", whichever is greater. My lappy is in great shape, and 1 year old, but the preliminary website quote only fetched $300. How long ago did you get that deal, and any speculation whether it will be offered again?
     
    lithium, Sep 16, 2008
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    You would be better of if you just sell your laptop at eBay. It is an insult for Sony to offer $300 for my SZ. Give me a break :mad: $300 would only get you the hard drive and RAM.
     
    hendra, Sep 17, 2008
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    I think it was about 2 years ago. Their promo was for any Sony laptop. I had one from 2000 (N505 superslim), which sells for about $100 on ebay back then. It was a super deal, but of course you have to buy a new Sony in order to receive the money.

    Their current promo is for eligible Dell, $450. I suppose you can find a cheap Dell laptop on ebay that qualifies and send that in as the upgrade computer. I don't know if the promo will ever come back for Sony. I still have 2 that I am ready to let go =)
     
    outie, Sep 17, 2008
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    I recently bought a Vaio VGN-SR190 CTO, and I can't find it at all in their trade up list -- should I assume that CTO's don't qualify, or is there some special lingo they use? I would love to get rid of this Thinkpad T41p for $300 towards my laptop.
     
    Souloni, Sep 20, 2008
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  14. Skyshade

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    AFAIK, CTO doesn't qualify, you have to buy pre-configured -- but it accepts preconfig model being customized by vendor like PortableOne (like putting a 320 GB 7200 RPM HDD instead of the original).

    The deal was really great two years ago with $600 for ANY Sony laptop, now it's $300 and it limits you to trade-in a laptop with at least Pentium 4 in it.
     
    Skyshade, Sep 20, 2008
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  15. swordman

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    does anyone know for sure whether CTO does NOT qualify?

    edit: sony support said CTO does not qualify. i emailed them and this is what they said

    "Currently, the Sony Trade Up & Go Pro 4 Promotion is designed for trading in eligible pre-owned notebook and purchase a new eligible Sony VGNBX700, VGN-SZ, VGN-TX or VGN-TZ Series model. The purchase item is not eligible if it is not listed on our website. We regret that the Sony VGNZ590CTO is not an eligible purchase for this promotion. "
     
    swordman, Dec 5, 2008
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