I also got rope-a-doped into a trade in program where I traded in a pristine S8 for a S21+. The standard promo was $650 credit but I also had a verizon loyalty perk that bumped that credit to $800. The last update I received was December 9 where it stated that the trade in was initiated Nov. 16, Received Dec. 1, and estimated Dec 6 to be assessed. I've called early January and was told that the warehouse that does assessments may be a bit delayed.
Today, when I checked my Account Activity history, it showed that, "Your trade-in was completed for your Galaxy S8, Dec 9, 2021." So someone closed out this activity and I have received $0 for my trade in. I wouldn't be surprised if my trade in phone disappeared as I have taken care of this phone to keep it in mint condition. My phone went straight from the box in the store into a case. Additionally, when I shipped it with the original S8 box, I included more packaging material in the shipping container than what was sent with my new phone.
I suspect I will continue to get the run around with $0 credit for my phone, definitely will never trade into Verizon directly again. I've never had this problem when trading my old phone in at Best Buy. After this experience, after being a loyal Verizon customer for the past twenty years, I will switch to another company for both online and mobile services when I am ready to update my S21.
