I had a chat session with an Apple rep regarding in-store pickup and they said that (like previous years) Apple Stores will only have so many in stock and you are not guaranteed an iPhone 6 on launch day through preorders.
Looks like I'll be having mine mailed and will keep a close eye out for the UPS driver next Friday!
Isn't anyone going to complain about how unfair it is for those on the east coast to have to wait three hours after ordering opens in Cali?![]()
you serious? 12am PST IS 3am EDT!!!
The Verizon rep told me that if I pre-order online, they will send me a mailing package where I can send my used iPhone back to them, and then sometime later I'll receive a gift card (the only way Verizon will pay you for trade ins) in the next few weeks.
This isn't bad, but I'm too cautious to mail in my trade in. I'd be really upset if I sent my iPhone 5 in, which is in pristine condition and during shipping back to Verizon it got damaged causing my trade in value to drop to nothing.
What's your point? To be more clear, will pre-order start when eastern time hits midnight or pacific time hits midnight...meaning at 9pm pacific or 12am pacific? duh..![]()
well considering every article that talks about pre-orders mentions starting at 12am PST...
PST=Pacific Standard Time...
if i remember correct, i think it taps your account for an authorization hold then charges soon after, your phone will start jumping around pretty quick to get to you, IF you wake up on time, ha!!
just looked and with iPhone 5, i rec'd my confirm from apple by 3:07 am EST sept 14, 2012 and received shipping info email on sept 20, 2012 and got the iPhone 5 the next day by 10am.....
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good point......still have 24 hours to sort it out!!
Real question is when will we actually receive the device? From the keynote they said phones will start shipping on the 19th. I pre ordered the 5, couple yrs ago and received it launch day but will that be true for the 6?!
Isn't anyone going to complain about how unfair it is for those on the east coast to have to wait three hours after ordering opens in Cali?![]()
Do you have a source for this information? I want it to be true, but if I remember correctly, in years past in-store preorders were not true preorders. If you selected in-store pickup, you were not guaranteed a phone. When I waited in line for the iPhone 4, there was a separate line for "preorders" and not everyone received one.If they do pre-orders for a store pick up and you have paid for it - there will be a iPhone sitting waiting for you at the Apple store unless the van taking it there didn't make it. The good thing about a pre-order a week before sale and before they are shipped to the store means they centrally have all the stock, will take pre-orders for all the stock that they have allocated to be available for pre-orders and once they have reached the threshold they will change the delivery date.
On the days running up to the 19th they will deliver to the store 2 allocations - 1: with all the pre-orders for named customers that cannot be sold for x amount of time if it has not been collected by the allocated customer and allocation 2: will be the shipment of iPhones that Apple will send to the store to cover people that have just turned up on the day to chance buying. Now they may not send a lot of devices in either shipment but if you are given the confirmation that you have pre-ordered and that it can be picked up on the 19th from the store you selected, within reason it will be there. Please be calm people, this is not the 1st time they have or any retailer has attempted this kind of thing.
OK, So I have a couple questions here. Been reading through all these pages, but want to get some stuff straight.
This will be my first iPhone preorder...and my first iPhone...(I do have an iPad)
Since I live on the east coast, I will be setting my alarm like Im sure many of you guys will.. I am currently with Verizon, but I see that most of you say that its better to order through the Apple website or Apple store app....My wife will also be ordering a new iPhone but she already has a 4s, so she should be fine ordering through the app but what if I use my Ipad since I currently have a Galaxy S4? should it still work the same?
Also, if ordering online, will it honestly matter if I use my debit card? I work for a bank and was asking around, and everyone said that everything should work fine and that banks will not release the funds after a couple says like I had been hearing....
I or my wife do not have credit cards to use and only have debit cards.
The only thing I am concerned with is the Verizon deal where they give you a $200 gift card....how does that work with preordering on line? I read where someone said, they send you a box to send it back in...but does she have to send it in before she gets her new phone? that won't work, this is her current every day used phone.
Just trying to prepare myself for tonight...Ill be going into work with very few hours of sleep...but I want to make sure I get my 2 preorders in and get them both on or very close to release day.
Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated....
Also, can't wait to join the apple family!!
I don't have any info to share on the gift card, but in the past, I have made my preorders through Apple using a debit card with no issues.OK, So I have a couple questions here. Been reading through all these pages, but want to get some stuff straight.
This will be my first iPhone preorder...and my first iPhone...(I do have an iPad)
Since I live on the east coast, I will be setting my alarm like Im sure many of you guys will.. I am currently with Verizon, but I see that most of you say that its better to order through the Apple website or Apple store app....My wife will also be ordering a new iPhone but she already has a 4s, so she should be fine ordering through the app but what if I use my Ipad since I currently have a Galaxy S4? should it still work the same?
Also, if ordering online, will it honestly matter if I use my debit card? I work for a bank and was asking around, and everyone said that everything should work fine and that banks will not release the funds after a couple says like I had been hearing....
I or my wife do not have credit cards to use and only have debit cards.
The only thing I am concerned with is the Verizon deal where they give you a $200 gift card....how does that work with preordering on line? I read where someone said, they send you a box to send it back in...but does she have to send it in before she gets her new phone? that won't work, this is her current every day used phone.
Just trying to prepare myself for tonight...Ill be going into work with very few hours of sleep...but I want to make sure I get my 2 preorders in and get them both on or very close to release day.
Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated....
Also, can't wait to join the apple family!!
Yes you can use the ipad app to pre oder as well. And if you use your debit card, i would set the apple account with the debit card that you are going to use right now, so that way when you pre order and checkout you are all set in regards which method/card you are going to use to preorder.
shout out to the person that mentioned the daily spending limit on debit cards. Sure enough I checked and that will not work for me. I need to buy two phones with applecare for each and the limit on my card will not allow that....hmmmmmm
I called the bank and the person I spoke with said it would not allow him to increase it even though the funds were there.
I thought about buying some giftcards today to compensate for the purchase but that then means I would have to rely on the online store and not the app on the phone.
Just FYI for those ordering AT&T phones via Apple.com:
When you order, the default shipping address is the address tied to the AT&T account and it CANNOT BE CHANGED. Order the phone, then call Apple the next day and ask them to change the shipping address to your residence.
This only applies to the few whose AT&T account address is different than where they live. I freaked out the first time I encountered it.
Weirdly, if you order via att.com, changing the shipping address at the time or order is no problem.
(Not sure if the same issue exists for other carriers)
you serious? 12am PST IS 3am EDT!!!
No. When ordering from Apple you can set the shipping to address and it is not tied to the one on your AT&T account. If you preordered wth AT&T thats when it would ship to the one tied to the account.