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Buying guides
The deals log tells you what's on offer. These guides answer the questions behind it: is the store kit cheaper, what does 'free dish' really mean, and should you wait for Black Friday? Every price is from our dated log.
Store buying guides
What Home Depot, Best Buy, Costco and Walmart list, and the return rules behind the tag. Hub page: Store vs starlink.com.
Buying Starlink at Home Depot: shelf price, listing date and what the receipt won't include
Home Depot listed the Starlink Standard kit at $349 ($299 with a new store card) and the Mini at $249 on Oct 5, 2026. What that buys, and what it leaves out.
Checking a Starlink box before you leave the store
A five-minute check at the register: the right kit, a sealed box, the serial on the label, open-box account status, and the receipt terms that decide returns.
Costco's Starlink bundle with 2 months of service credit: how to read it
Costco's Starlink bundle was reported at $349 with two months of service credit (Jul 2026). What the credit is worth, who it suits, and why it's still unclear.
Starlink at Best Buy: the $349.99 and $249.99 listings, and the return rule to check first
Best Buy listed the Starlink Standard kit at $349.99 and the Mini at $249.99 on Oct 5, 2026. How that compares with starlink.com, and the 14-day return rule.
Starlink return windows side by side: Home Depot, Best Buy, Costco, Walmart and starlink.com
How long you have to return a Starlink kit at each US seller: 14 to 90 days at stores, 30 days on starlink.com, what we couldn't confirm and who handles it.
Store vs starlink.com math
Line-by-line comparisons, with the things a shelf tag leaves out. Hub page: Store vs starlink.com.
Home Depot's $299-with-card vs starlink.com's $349: the full comparison
Home Depot's Starlink kit drops to $299 with a new store card. Line by line against starlink.com's $349: the free month, deferred interest and returns.
Starlink price dropped right after you bought? What the 30-day window can and can't do
Bought a Starlink kit just before a price cut? We found no Starlink price-adjustment policy. How return-and-rebuy works on starlink.com and at stores.
The demand surcharge follows your address, not the store: what a store kit can't skip
Buying a Starlink kit at Home Depot or Best Buy doesn't avoid the demand surcharge or activation fees. When the surcharge applies, how to see it, and refunds.
Where to buy Starlink: store kit vs starlink.com, with every line of the math
Store or starlink.com? Kit prices seen Oct 5, 2026, the free month a store kit can't get, return windows, rentals and the cases where the store really wins.
Mini deals
The Mini at its current price, the plan it needs, and how to pay for it. Hub page: Mini deals.
About $12.41/mo for 12 months: the Starlink Mini's installment option
starlink.com lists the Starlink Mini at about $12.41/mo for 12 months or $149 up front. How it works, the old $16/mo plan, early cancellation and who it suits.
Starlink Mini at $149: what the Oct 2, 2026 price includes
Since Oct 2, 2026, starlink.com lists the Starlink Mini from $149 with a Roam plan. What's in the box, what isn't, how it compares with stores and who it suits.
The $149 Mini needs a Roam plan: what to settle before checkout
The Starlink Mini's $149 price comes with a Roam plan. The tiers ($55 for 100GB, $80 for 300GB), the data cap, pausing, home use and when Roam is the wrong fit.
Free-kit offers explained
What "free dish" has meant in each offer, and what you agree to in return. Hub page: Free kit offers.
"Free Starlink dish": what the phrase has meant in each offer since 2025
A free Starlink dish has meant a commitment, a rental or a Mini tied to the Max plan. Every free-kit offer since 2025, the string attached, and which are live.
$0 rental vs the $149 Mini: lower up front isn't the whole story
A $0-up-front rental or a $149 Mini you own? They need different plans and suit different households. The full comparison, with Oct 2026 prices.
$0 up front, but rented: how the Starlink kit rental works and what's still charged
Starlink's Standard kit showed as a $0-up-front rental on Oct 5, 2026. The monthly fee, shipping, the 30-day return rule and when renting beats buying.
Free Mini with Residential Max: a rental, not a gift
Since August 2026, Residential Max customers can get a Starlink Mini at no charge, as a rental. The strings, and when buying a $149 Mini is better.
The 2025 $0 kit with a 12-month commitment: the terms, start to end
Starlink's free Standard kit with a 12-month Residential commitment ran Apr 30 to Jun 25, 2025 in select areas. The terms, the early-exit fee, and why it ended.
Holiday and seasonal sales
What past Black Friday and spring promos actually were, with dates. Hub page: Black Friday 2026.
Holiday 2025 started Nov 11: a timeline of Starlink's sale season
When Starlink's holiday sales start and end: the 2025 season began Nov 10–11, stores followed within a week, and prices ran to Jan 19, 2026. Day by day.
Spring 2026's Residential promos in sequence: $39, $35, then $29
Starlink's spring 2026 Residential promos in order: $39/mo in March, $35 in April, $29 in May (ended early, May 10). Terms, catches, and what replaced them.
Starlink Black Friday 2025: every sourced offer in one dated table
Every Starlink Black Friday 2025 offer we could source: starlink.com's $229 Mini and $279 kit, Home Depot, Walmart and a $40 plan, with start and end dates.
Starlink Cyber Monday vs Black Friday: did prices differ in past years?
In the two holiday seasons we've logged, starlink.com charged the same on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. What the record shows, and what it means for 2026.
Wait for Black Friday 2026 or buy the $149 Mini now? A decision table
The Starlink Mini has been from $149 since Oct 2, 2026, below every past holiday price on record. When waiting for Black Friday (Nov 27) makes sense.
Price history
Every sourced kit price since 2020, and how to read the record. Hub page: Price drops.
Starlink Mini price history: $599 at launch (Jun 2024) to $149 (Oct 2026)
Every sourced Starlink Mini price: $599 at launch, $449 and $229 holiday sales, $199 in 2026, and $149 since Oct 2, 2026. Plus the 'was' price dispute.
Starlink Standard kit price history 2020–2026: $499, $599, $349 and the sales between
Every sourced Starlink Standard kit price since launch: $499 (2020), $599 (2022), $349 (2024), plus the $0, $175, $89 and $279 sales and when each ended.
The lowest Starlink kit prices on record: $0, $89 and $175, and what each one asked of you
The three lowest Standard kit prices in our log, all from 2025: $0, $89 and $175. The conditions behind each, who got them, and how they compare with today.
