Update: DEAD! Don’t miss it if this becomes alive again. Sign up for deal notification alerts here!
Update 2: Amazon has canceled everyone’s trade-in orders. If you don’t want the item for personal use or resale then call or chat with Staples to cancel your order.
Some people have also received some compensation from Amazon by calling or chatting with their customer service.
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Update: Sold out!
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Beats Solo HD On-Ear Headphones For $79.95 Shipped From Staples (Drenched in Blue)
$79.95 is a great price for these.
It’s so great that Amazon will pay you $120.60 in Amazon gift cards for buying it from Staples and selling it back to Amazon:
You can sell 2 of these back to Amazon per Amazon account.
2 of these will cost you $159.90 (plus tax where applicable) and Amazon will give you a $241.20 Amazon gift card for sending it back to them.
Amazon even covers the shipping costs of sending them the headphones!
Just be sure to complete the Amazon trade-in form to lock in the $120.60 price before ordering these from Staples.
Back in July a similar situation came up with a Canon camera and lots of people came out ahead by selling cameras back to Amazon. I did back then and it was really painless.
-Clearer sound. Deeper bass. Beats Solo HD headphones are the only Beats by Dr. Dre that come with not one, but two speakers inside each can. That means you get crystal clear highs and deep, rumbling lows in high definition.
-Every pair is now constructed of super-durable, flexible material, reinforced with a metal strip to make sure it never comes apart.
-Built-In mic for calls. Switch easily between songs and incoming calls. No need to take off your headphones or talk into the phone like a walkie-talkie.
-Remote control. Take calls, skip songs and adjust volume right from the cord of your Beats Solo HD headphones. No more searching for your phone or music player just to find the right song.
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Dan thanks for helping us out in making an easy $100!
Awesome, thanks!
Staples delivery date is 3 – 8 days. Amazon says it needs the item shipped by December 1. I think its cutting it close.
Staples says to expect delivery by Dec. 8th, while Amazon says to ship by Dec. 1.
Is there anything to do about this?
is it a problem that on amazon they are light blue, and staples sells blue?
“All items must be mailed by December 1, 2014.”
Are they strict with this?
Need to send to amazon by 12/1. Is everyone buying this in store?
Is it worth the 6.95 fee for 1% back and 5tes the miles? Am I missing something?
Any way to cash out the Amazon gift card?
It needs to be shipped by december 1st. What if I don’t receive the headphones by then
they are different colors, is that a problem?
@Mike:
I shipped some of the canons several days late, was no issue.
Worst case is they reject it and you have to return to staples, but from experience last time it should be fine even if they ship late.
@Noob:
For the Visa gift card?
That’s a bargain for those miles!
I do the math for you in this post:
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/50312
OOS
staples is sold out!
@alt123: sell yourself something at the lowest percentage commission item.
Thanks, Dan! Ordered 3 after i locked in a trade in of 2 on Amazon. Issue is that Amazon states that the items must be shipped by Dec 1, and i doubt the Staples order will arrive by then. (says 3-8 business days).
Out of stock!!!
Says ‘Out of stock’!!
OOS (:
how do i get the beats shipped from staples straight to amazon?
Or do I first have to buy them, recieve them, and then send them to amazon?
Seems to be out of stock
Sold out
in for 2
Out of stock again
Dan, you cleaned them out. Out of stock. 🙂
oh my god, the items were just in my cart and now there sold out! some crazy dd reader bought em all!!
All colors are out of stock
Out of stock from Staples!
Out of stock!
Ha clicked place my order and didn’t go through cause do readers bombarded them 🙂
sold out on staples
Still on ebay
Made a killing on the Canon camera and got in on this before it sold out. Nervous about the delivery date but it will all work out well at the end.
ALIVE AGAIN!!
IN FOR 2
is anyone familiar with the price matching policies of the big box stores?
if you were really worried about the timing you could go buy some at best buy and send those to amazon then return the ones from staples to best buy. just an example, but dont do that unless you’re going to go insane.
OOS
the ones on ebay are refurbished.
@steve: Or counterfeit. Ended up with a pair of fakes from eBay earlier this year.
is this ethical???
So I completed the amazon process and then when I tried to checkout at staples it was oos. Now what?
I purchased the beats and by the time i got to amazon they didn’t have the option of trading it in?
Any ideas?
Thank Dan Your the best!
If i would like to bring you to my community how can i contact you.
is this ethical???
Even refurbs will fetch you 108
Was anyone able to use the $20 coupon off beats too? I missed this deal…. Was this a new deal from yesterday’s beats deal or was it going straight through?
Just received this email from Amazon:
Your Amazon Marketplace Trade-In Has Been Cancelled
Just got email that my trade in has been cancelled
just received an email saying my Amazon trading order has been canceled! Has anybody else had this problem? I went in and looked at the item description in the trade-in button appears to be gone…
Amazon cancelled my trade in
amazon canceled my trade in !!!!
dan, why do you keep censoring my comment about quesitoning whether doing this is ethical>?
Amazon cancelled the trade in…..
Amazon just cancelled my trade in
Amazon cancelled my trade in request a few hours after confirmation of trade in value. just a data point. good luck.
amazon cancelled my trade in! Did this happen to anybody else? No reason was given
trade ins cancelled
Just got this email from Amazon
Your Amazon Marketplace Trade-In Has Been Cancelled
Just got this email from amazon
Your Amazon Marketplace Trade-In Has Been Cancelled
Amazon canceled 🙁
My trade in order was cancelled.
Just got an email that my trade in was cancelled
Amazon just canceled my return. Did anyone else get canceled as well? I am not sure why it was canceled.
seems like all trade ins got canceled
received an email saying that my trade-in was cancelled…
Just got cancellation email of trade in from Amazon! Anyone else?
Amazon just canceled my trade in. I guess Ill give them as gifts
It’s still a great deal!
From Amazon:
“Your Amazon Marketplace Trade-In Has Been Cancelled”
No other reason given. Perhaps a time for a chat in with them?
Just received an email My amazon trade in was cancelled
No explanation
Amazon cancelled the trade in request
amazon canceled my trade in
I signed up for the trade in but didn’t get the headphones in time. And now I got an email that my trade in was cancelled. I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t buy them.
My trade in was just cancelled by amazon !
Amazon canceled my buyback order and sent me an email saying that I canceled it myself. Nice tricks, Amazon. Now I have to cancel the Staples order….wonderful….
Was anyone able to use the $20 coupon?
I got an orderin on Staples for 2 before they sold out but Amazon just cancelled my trade in no reason given.
I did start a trade in on two different amazon accounts one mine the other my wife’s…
Not sure if that is the reason. Anyone else have this happen?
Ummm Amazon just cancelled my trade-in request.
I got an email canceling my trade-in.
Whats up with that?
@shlock, what canon were you selling? model? refurbished?
Was this the same deal that was going on yesterday? I’m pretty sure they were all sold out and I checked again this morning and afternoon… And nothing doing…. So when did these go back on sale?
Amazon cancelled my request
Trade in was cancelled! ?!
I was able to walk in to both OfficeMax and Best Buy with printout and they price matched! (not the coupon though!)
Amazon cancelled my trade-in.
Anyone else get this?!
Amazon canceled my return 🙁
Amazon just cancelled my trade-in! now what!?
I set up the trade-ins (two headphones), ordered them from Staples, and printed the return label from Amazon. Then a few hours later, I received an email from Amazon confirming that my order has been cancelled. Has anyone else had this experience?
Headsup Amazon is cancelling the tradeins bc the price was wrong….You may want to check your emails and potentially cancel your staples order
Alive again
Hello,
We’re contacting you about Trade-In #TRN-XXXXXX-XXXXXX. Unfortunately, we recently discovered that an error caused one or more items in your order to be displayed at an incorrect trade-in value.
Due to this, we’re unable to accept the item(s) for the incorrectly posted trade-in value(s). We’ve canceled your trade-in, and any canceled items we receive will be returned to you.
At any given time, despite our best efforts, a small number of the millions of items on our site may be mispriced. We’re very sorry for this disappointing news.
We value your business and hope to see you again soon.
Sincerely,
Customer Service Department
Amazon.com
Just got a email from amazon thatbyheu cancel the trade in . it was a mistake
Amazon just canceled my trade in offer.
It gets better!
Here’s a copy of the chat transcript you requested:
Initial Question: You guys canceled my trade in for no reason, what the heck?? 🙁
10:07 PM PST Utkarsh(Amazon): Hello, my name is Utkarsh. I’ll certainly try to help regarding your concern.
10:08 PM PST Utkarsh(Amazon): Please elaborate your question. I’ll be glad to check the details for you.
10:08 PM PST AmazonIsLame: Hello,
We’re contacting you about Trade-In #TRN-XXXXXX-XXXXXX. Unfortunately, we recently discovered that an error caused one or more items in your order to be displayed at an incorrect trade-in value.
Due to this, we’re unable to accept the item(s) for the incorrectly posted trade-in value(s). We’ve canceled your trade-in, and any canceled items we receive will be returned to you.
Thats the email amazon just sent me
10:08 PM PST Utkarsh(Amazon): I’m so sorry. We have separate team to look after the password query because we are not trained in it and for the security reasons too as we are not authorized to take Credit card numbers on Chat because the number can be saved . Please, call on our phone number is 1-866-216-1072. We’re available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
10:09 PM PST Utkarsh(Amazon): Thanks for visiting Amazon.com. We hope to see you again soon!
Have a wonderful day, bye.
@Anon:
I made out ok anyway. I convinced the guy that I deserve a credit for my troubles. He started by offering me $5, and I got him up to $50 🙂
looks loke amazon is a follower of DANS DEALS. it’s available once again from staples but amazon lowered thie highest trade in to as little as $40.00
Received this from amazon. This trade in deal will not be honored.
Got a cancellation email from Amazon explaining that it was a trade-in price mistake, and they will return the items if they were shipped already…
Hello,
We’re contacting you about Trade-In #TRN-******. Unfortunately, we recently discovered that an error caused one or more items in your order to be displayed at an incorrect trade-in value.
Due to this, we’re unable to accept the item(s) for the incorrectly posted trade-in value(s). We’ve canceled your trade-in, and any canceled items we receive will be returned to you. You can check the status of your returned items in Your Trade-In Account here:
https://www.amazon.com/tradein/youraccount
At any given time, despite our best efforts, a small number of the millions of items on our site may be mispriced. We’re very sorry for this disappointing news.
We value your business and hope to see you again soon.
Sincerely,
Customer Service Department
Amazon.com
Please note: this e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please do not reply to this message.
can’t find the trade in on Amazon anymore 🙁
got an email from amazon that said the price was in error and my buyback canceled
Hello,
We’re contacting you about Trade-In #TRN-7504152-8367767. Unfortunately, we recently discovered that an error caused one or more items in your order to be displayed at an incorrect trade-in value.
Due to this, we’re unable to accept the item(s) for the incorrectly posted trade-in value(s). We’ve canceled your trade-in, and any canceled items we receive will be returned to you. You can check the status of your returned items in Your Trade-In Account here:
https://www.amazon.com/tradein/youraccount
At any given time, despite our best efforts, a small number of the millions of items on our site may be mispriced. We’re very sorry for this disappointing news.
We value your business and hope to see you again soon.
Amazon cancelled my trade in. They say it was a mistake
My trade in got cancelled by amazon… Bummer
Amazon canceled. They say 120$ was a mistake
Hello,
We’re contacting you about Trade-In #TRN-0432154-5196620. Unfortunately, we recently discovered that an error caused one or more items in your order to be displayed at an incorrect trade-in value.
Due to this, we’re unable to accept the item(s) for the incorrectly posted trade-in value(s). We’ve canceled your trade-in, and any canceled items we receive will be returned to you. You can check the status of your returned items in Your Trade-In Account here:
https://www.amazon.com/tradein/youraccount
At any given time, despite our best efforts, a small number of the millions of items on our site may be mispriced. We’re very sorry for this disappointing news.
We value your business and hope to see you again soon.
Sincerely,
Customer Service Department
Amazon.com
My Amazon trade-in order was cancelled!! They said they made a mistake on the trade-in value! Now what?
Before got a chance amazon no longer offered to buy
Btw bby has bar code n won’t take a return of item
Not bought there (in addition to the ethical issue)
How much do you sell your ethics for?
Amazon asks me to register as seller + CC info. Is that the regular process?
Is everYone still keeping these or returning?
I don’t get it if everyone is canceling why aren’t they back in stock?
Dont call staples, They have a chat option on their website that is much easier
Amazon gave me $5 credit for troubles
Amazon gave $20 credit for hassle
@anon – you said in the above post you got $50. wtf?
@Daniel: Could have two different people… no need to drop the f-bomb…
I just complained to Amazon about the cancelled trade-in order. I now have a $30 credit applied to my account. I still have to get rid of the headphone order though.
if any1 is cancelling- id take em- text me at 530-435-5695
Amazon cancelled trade and now Staples cancelled order. I will call it a day and break even.
Dear Valued Staples Customer ,
We’re very sorry, but item 1233156 BEATS SOLO DRENCHED BLUE was no longer in stock when we were processing your Staples order number xxxxxxxxxx.
We value every order we receive and apologize with the utmost sincerity for any inconvenience this may have caused. We have not billed you for this item.
If you have any questions regarding your order or if we can help you find another product that suits your needs, please contact us . You can choose to email us or chat with a live customer service representative. Please reference your order number, and we will be happy to assist you.
Thank you for choosing Staples.
Staples® Customer Service
Returns are easy online! Simply go to our Online Return Center and click on “Return an item.â€
If an item has a promotional discount, it is not eligible to be backordered, and promotional pricing will not be honored if the item comes back into stock after the promotion expiration date.
@Meat Shlepper:
Staples knew Amazon cancelled
anyone want to sell one of theirs?
just heads up, but best buy has a sale just like this for same price $79.99
it starts either nov 26 or 27
Worked out for the better that Amazon trade-in cancelled!
I simply posted them for sale on Amazon, and ended up selling them for $160 each! Posted 3, and they all sold out within 2 hours! Wish i would have posted it for higher. After the Amazon seller fees, i still pocketed $145 each (trade in was only $120 each!).