I began receiving calls from a local Verizon sales rep a couple months ago offering a deeply discounted iPhone if I traded in my 12 Pro Max. I let her know that I would only be interested in upgrading on those terms (my previous phone was working perfectly) and agreed to visit a store in person.
I repeated to both reps I talked to at the Verizon store that I would *only* be interested in upgrading if I could receive the full trade-in offer, and that if there was any chance that it would be lower, I would stick with my 12 Pro Max. Every single person I talk to promised that I’d receive the $830 trade-in. Today, I see on my account that only $230 was credited. The phone I traded in was in pristine condition so there’s no way that it was a device quality issue.