Never take preorders, especially with Pixels. (learned that hard with Pixel 3).
Probably the same thing with the Pixel 6/6P this year.
Pixels are more expensive in Europe and no Bose headsets were ever included in the US version. If it weren't something they intended to entice Europeans, wouldn't they have provided a similar deal elsewhere?
Sure, it's a loss leading tactic. And that's my point. Outside the US, Google is using incredibly weird, inconsistent and half-assed marketing tactics. If you believe there will be something better than getting free Bose 700 headphones, you'll probably be disappointed.
I ordered my Pixel 5 on day one, and I was waiting for good deals throughout the year so that I could recommend it to family members, and that just didn't happen. And the 5a wasn't even released in most of the world.
This is a big bet, but based on history Pixel 2, 3 and 4. It was better to wait for either Black Friday or Xmas sales.
I didn't look at Pixel 5 (wasn't interested in it).
(This ignores US based promos from service providers)
Do you think it will be easy to sell them? Better get $200 off of the phone price then get freebies.
Sure, it'd be much easier for everyone to get a $200 discount but that just hasn't happened at all after preorders.
With all the supply chain issues this past year, you might not even be able to buy one come Black Friday, much less at a discount or with a better freebie.
So I'll investigate if there are significant (to me) differences between the EU and Canada models and may just order it in Germany then.
Wait... what? I thought it was describing them as half off not free and didn't add them :(
Seem to be out of stock now, so I can't go back and fix it.
Damn.
But I was lucky during Pixel 3 preorders, after 3 weeks the phone was off 100 Euro, I wrote to customer service and magically they gave me back 100 Euro price difference.
For Pixel 4 I waited till January when it was finally available in German Amazon, after a year NFC stopped working, and Amazon returned me the whole amount after I returned the phone (they didn't have Pixel 4 in store for replacement).
