Buying iPhone from Carphone Warehouse?

buy in store and activate at home.

you have to sign a form but thats literally a 1minute thing.

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if u can go to an o2 store to save any hassle. Cw may keep u there for 2weeks make u pay twenty pound a week for insurrance and probably give you a job.

I was forced to pay by credit card at the carphone whorehouse and they refused to take cash from me, they said it was to prevent fraud with the iPhones, sounds lame to me. They also try and sell you phone insurance.

AndyClarke said:

I was forced to pay by credit card at the carphone whorehouse and they refused to take cash from me, they said it was to prevent fraud with the iPhones, sounds lame to me. They also try and sell you phone insurance.

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1. Its paid by card because they can track how many iPhones someone is buying (2 max per credit card i think) although its 5 per credit card online.

although i have bought 3 from the apple store.

2. Phone insurance is just a waste of time, and quite alot of hassle to cancel as they offer you more deals when your trying to cancel.

I recommend trying to go to the apple store in person to buy it. They don't make you sign anything, they even email you the receipt.

I went to CPW and my mate went to O2 shop .. we both had VERY different experiences buying our phone

at the O2 store the sale went something like this : Hand over credit card, buy phone walk out of shop and activate with iTunes. total time in-store was about 2 mins.

at CPW I had to provide credit card for credit check - then credit card again to purchase the phone. then plenty of form-filling and then yes they try to sell you phone insurance. It took me about 30 mins from point of approaching counter to walking away with phone.

I'd recommend going to an O2 store over CPW

Buy from an Apple Store if you can. O2 if you can't.

Wavell said:

at CPW I had to provide credit card for credit check - then credit card again to purchase the phone. then plenty of form-filling and then yes they try to sell you phone insurance. It took me about 30 mins from point of approaching counter to walking away with phone.

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Yup, that sounds about right - to make matters worse I bought one on launch night too, so had to experience the wonder that is "The Carphone Warehouse Country-wide system crash!" which meant I had to wait even longer to get out the damn store.

Try an O2 Store or an Apple Store.

thworple said:

Yup, that sounds about right - to make matters worse I bought one on launch night too, so had to experience the wonder that is "The Carphone Warehouse Country-wide system crash!" which meant I had to wait even longer to get out the damn store.

Try an O2 Store or an Apple Store.

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Yes thats the experience I had as well. I was in the shop for over an hour even though I was third in the Q. I think they make you pay by credit card or check your credit card so as to minimise the returns. As you know if you buy from the CPW and you fail the credit check on itunes you can return the iphone for a full refund (within seven days of purchase that is). I guessed that if you had a credit card then you are more likely to pass the credit check. Would I use the CPW again???? Not a chance!

I also brought from the CPW on release night and had the joy of them swipping my card about 20 times trying to hit it lucky with the system! Although I was 9th in the que, (arrived at 17:45) it took me roughly 1 hour from joining the que to getting it home and activating which I thought was not bad going....

I bought mine from there. They tried to push the insurance on me too, but it's way expensive - get O2 insurance, you can get it within 28 days of activation, and it covers everything. It's only £7.50 a month. http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/insurance

CPW here to but it took me about 7 minutes and most of that was the young lad trying to find the right form. Told him I had the insurance covered and that was it, dead simple.

Pretty impressed on the whole, or maybe I'm just in a good mood because they said my number would be transferred today, and it was.

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