Apple, No in store Pick up?!

[phas3]

if I do an in store pickup do I have the option to not have them open it so i can do it at home?

 

[nunes013]

This Yolanda sure gets around!

+100 hahahahaha

 

[Number 41]

I'm a current iPhone 3GS user, and I have a FAN discount that I really don't want to hassle with. I also would really like a white iPhone 4. I also work an 8-5 and can't take a day off to sit and wait for a FedEx truck with a new phone on it.

If I order through Apple with in-store pickup, can I then take the phone to an AT&T store and have a sales rep activate it for me with my FAN discount?

 

[engelke2010]

She's technically correct. You "pre-order" online for delivery, you make a "reservation" for in-store. You submit your payment method when pre-ordering, you're "buying" the phone ahead of time. When doing in-store pickup you're just reserving a phone. You don't submit any payment information. If you don't show up to get it, they offer the phone to someone else.

So "pre-orders" are for delivery and "reservations" are for in-store pickup. At least that's the way Apple's worded it previously.

So if I reserve online for store pickup using my debit card (as a credit card), the full amount won't be deducted/withheld until the 24th?