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Apple Now Accepting Pre-Orders for iPhone 4S, Unlocked Coming in November
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unfortunately that is the negotiated tax law in many states. Some states do this, others don't. NY and CA and IL do,
unfortunately that is the negotiated tax law in many states. Some states do this, others don't. NY and CA and IL do,
You must be in CA or RI. These two states want more money so they charge tax on the full price not the subsidized price.
Mine was only $212.93 including tax. This is for the 16GB Black version through Verizon. If you're in RI or CA, you'll get charged the tax on full price not discounted price though.
I've had issues going to different states. We were in California last month tasting wine, and everyone except me had their card declined in the most unusual of places (department stores, grocery stores, etc.). They all went right through at the wineries, though.
What the hell man. I'm gonna call and ask why and threaten to switch to Verizon. Not only was AT&T the last site to have the preorder, they also charge more!
It's has nothing to do with AT&T... it's your state. Taxes come from your State not from the company.
dude thats not something at&t controls relax. verizon would have the same thing as well. its a state tax
Damn.
Please note, your credit card will be charged at time of shipment. If using either a credit or debit card, funds in the amount of purchase will be immediately held and not available for other use. Credit and debit card transactions will not appear in your account until time of shipment.
Please note, your credit card will be charged at time of shipment. If using either a credit or debit card, funds in the amount of purchase will be immediately held and not available for other use. Credit and debit card transactions will not appear in your account until time of shipment.
It has nothing to do with the cell phone company you're with but rather what state you live in. Unless you decide to move into a new state with a lower tax, you're stuck with that price no matter what carrier you're on.
I had luck on Verizon's website. I've been waiting to use my upgrade credit for the iPhone launch. I set my alarm for 1:50 am (Central Time) and got on to Verizon with no issues. By 2:11 am I had the form done and order in. Went back to bed and had the confirmation email in my inbox at 5:30 am.
I pretty much experienced the same. Because I had my new every 2 credit, I just did it through Verizon's site and seemed to miss the massive downtime that Apple, AT&T and Sprint all experienced. I was completing my order before the '12:01' PST launch (I was in at 11:57 and hitting submit right at midnight). I got my email from VZW at 12:38 AM and it says my phone will ship with delivery on the 14th.
Pretty easy pre-order for me. My AT&T friends who were trying to re-up (and one jumping to Sprint) all had hiccups getting them processed.
This is how it is for all purchases (pre-ordered or not) regardless of the company selling the item. They make sure you have the funds to pay, but won't charge you until the item ships.
Similar screen here too. What a crappy, chunky, and vague data dump they give us, compared to apple.com's status screen. Somehow it doesn't look encouraging to me on the timeliness issue either.
After seeing your post I quickly double checked my receipt and I was actually able to keep my original 200 text messages plan. I ordered iphone 4S through apple.com, not sure if that makes any difference.
Same here - Apple seemed to handle family plan in a hinky fashion. It seems geared to a single-line upgrade. AT&T had no issues and ordering went through fine.
That's what I'm hoping. A rational system would centralize the orders and have them sent out from the same place, rather than sending 30% of the orders to Apple's shippers, 25% to Verizon, 25% to AT&T, and 20% to Sprint (or whatever).
Dude, this happens every year when you can preorder any device actually. It has to stay on back ordered status to make sure devices don't ship out right away, they'll ship out next week.
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You can't
Because apple chose to not make it be that way on the app? There's not a specific reason why not... it just doesn't do it.
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"The Apple Store App
Its the easy way to buy a new iPhone 4S from your current iPhone.
Download it now"
It's weird
"The Apple Store App
Its the easy way to buy a new iPhone 4S from your current iPhone.
Download it now"
It's weird
Neither my pre-order nor my mother's pre-order will work online. It's telling us we need to go to an Apple Store.
Same thing happened last year with the 4's. Everyone was freaking out because it said backordered, but as soon as it ships it will change to shipped. It's backordered because they don't have them yet. Plus las year most of the pre-orderers had the phone delivered a day early.
i dont know what to think! LOL i THINK i've got my order placed.
i got through and put all my info and CC info in, clicked "process" i think it was, and then the site froze up.
now when i go back, i am no longer eligible for an upgrade (which was not the case before i got through)
my credit card has the charge pending. and when i go to my at&t account, that says im not eligible for an upgrade until 2013 (which changed since i was eligible yesterday)
things are looking positive...i think lol
i got through and put all my info and CC info in, clicked "process" i think it was, and then the site froze up.
now when i go back, i am no longer eligible for an upgrade (which was not the case before i got through)
my credit card has the charge pending. and when i go to my at&t account, that says im not eligible for an upgrade until 2013 (which changed since i was eligible yesterday)
things are looking positive...i think lol
I am with AT&T and I ordered via the Apple website. I used to have the $5.00 messaging plan. My only available options were now pay as you go or $20.00 unlimited.
I really wanted to keep my $5.00 for 200 as the most text messages I have *ever* had a month was 110. The $5.00 plan was perfect for me.
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