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Ask HN: Any Pixel 4a owners who opted for a new phone discount received it yet?

1 pointsby adamrezich3 months ago
My Pixel 4a was working great—then I got that forced update that ruined it.<p>I filled out the form and opted to take Google up on their offer of a $100 voucher for a new Pixel phone. I wasn&#x27;t especially happy about it because I usually buy used phones and haven&#x27;t bought a brand-new one since the Nexus One, but I figured, okay, well, they fucked me with this update, might as well make the best of it.<p>Then at the end of the form it said here&#x27;s your case number, we&#x27;ll get back to you in up to three weeks.<p>Like fuck <i>off</i> dude, I already gave you my IMEI number. My phone doesn&#x27;t hold a charge for shit anymore—and half the time, it charges without the battery indicator changing, it just gets stuck where it was, and then only starts ticking down sometime later after I&#x27;ve unplugged it.<p>Every few days, someone at Google apparently opens my case file, does jack shit with it, and then closes it again, such that I can see that someone did <i>something</i> with it... but it <i>wasn&#x27;t</i> giving me my promised $100 voucher, such that I can have the <i>privilege</i> of spending <i>$500</i> minimum on a new phone, to replace the one I&#x27;m currently typing this on that worked just fine before the forced update, but now has gone from 32% to 8% since I started typing this.<p>I complained about it on X and a Google support account DMed me for my case ID and promised they&#x27;d get my case “escalated”—to no apparent avail.<p>Anyway, is it just me who&#x27;s having bad luck here? Has anyone else gotten their $100 voucher from Google?

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memphisbro3 months ago
I took the $50 cash and it hit my bank yesterday.
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