They won't. It'll stay on the truck for 3 delivery attempts, then go back to Apple -
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AT&T iPhone 4S Pre-Order Status Thread
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They won't. It'll stay on the truck for 3 delivery attempts, then go back to Apple -
I knew it!
Thanks for calling Sheldon. That is so wrong. That policy should have been told up front. Everyone who in store ordered should try to stop by the store tomorrow to give them an earful while they try to sell "our" allotment to the walk in crowd. Screw AT&T. Screw these unscrupulous managers and staff that knew this and didn't tell us the truth when we pre-ordered. This is my last AT&T phone. I can't cancel because i don't have time to stand in line and canceling wil set me back further. And we have another 8 months on our other iphone anyway. So they won this round, but my money is going elsewhere when these two contracts are up. Nice job losing a customer AT&T!
Thanks for calling Sheldon. That is so wrong. That policy should have been told up front. Everyone who in store ordered should try to stop by the store tomorrow to give them an earful while they try to sell "our" allotment to the walk in crowd. Screw AT&T. Screw these unscrupulous managers and staff that knew this and didn't tell us the truth when we pre-ordered. This is my last AT&T phone. I can't cancel because i don't have time to stand in line and canceling wil set me back further. And we have another 8 months on our other iphone anyway. So they won this round, but my money is going elsewhere when these two contracts are up. Nice job losing a customer AT&T!
When I placed my order over the phone, the sweet lady said (I'm paraphrasing), "If you don't agree to the terms and conditions, your order won't be complete. I'll wait for you to agree to them."
So, since it was close to 3 am, I agreed to them and now my Saturday order is only 130 miles away in Orlando.
Lucky! I do remember signing the pad in store, so I wasn't surprised that I didn't get a second e-mail. I just think it's really crappy if the majority of orders placed in store got put on back order immediately (obviously, you are an exception to this!) I am new to iPhone and AT&T and was looking forward to having a new phone tomorrow!
Same here, we opend up our account on the 6th and ATT has been great. They set me up with a nice loner phone and have everything set for my iphone to arrive tomorrow morning. Mine shipped via Fedex Tuesday night but was held at the local distributing center until tomorrow for delivery, could have got it today if they didnt hold it.
UPS website MyUPS states that in order to pick up from a local UPS location, you would have had to let the sender know in advance. You must now wait for a 1st attempt to be made at this point.
Sorry but you can't
If you're the receiver... Track with your UPS InfoNotice® Number (found above the barcode) and choose from up to four delivery change options:
Return to Sender
Deliver to a New Address
Reschedule Delivery
Hold for Customer Pickup
Note: Prior to the first delivery attempt, contact the sender to request a change in delivery instructions or to correct your delivery address.
Dave
My fellow Californians, our iPhone 4's are enroute from DFW to ONT (Ontario, CA) as of 3:41 PM
Posted: Today, 02:08 PM
Who ever was told that in store orders were immediately put on backorder and will not get the phone for 2-3 weeks was lied to. My situation is proof that this is not the case.
To those with tracking numbers: Is your cell number (or order number, or anything recognizable) listed as one of the associated reference numbers?
I know I have been quite the pessimist so far, but, about an hour ago, my back order column changed to 0 for everything. It is still pending shipment, and I am still planning to wait in line and sign up under my wife's name and cancel the original, but I'd say this is a good sign.
They will not hold it for pickup even after the first attempt. They will ONLY deliver it to the address with a live signature. Pickups will not be honored on AT&T phone shipping via UPS.
the one that they emailed you, as of this morning the one on the at&t website didnt work.
I didn't say it was true, I just said that's what was relayed to me
I knew many other people had received tracking info for in-store pre-orders so I chalked it up as another clueless CSR lol
The summary of this entire thread is: It doesn't matter when, where, or what you ordered from AT&T...you were not 100% guaranteed of getting your phone tomorrow. It seems like AT&T just drew pre-orders out of a hat lol
I placed my order by phone and it's now on a UPS flight from DFW to California. I don't know if I'll have time to visit this site, as I will be trying to activate my phone along with 1 million other 4
Fedex if you have a note on the door theyll leave it UPS though, that sucks and i doubt they dont hold it . Just saying .
My fellow Californians, our iPhone 4's are enroute from DFW to ONT (Ontario, CA) as of 3:41 PM
Nice! been checking my status from Fort Worth but didn't see an update.
if i accept the TC on saturday and they didn't get it until sunday that means i wont get it couple of weeks
awesome, glad to hear! hopefully the rest of us get some good news too!
unfortunately, there is nothing for me to check since online statuses don't work for my over the phone order
Yes, but.....
My suspicion is that you are at the discretion of the store policy and manager. If they decide to release some of their allotment to pre-order people they can. I am pretty sure the store in Westfield NJ where I went is keeping all their allotment for walk in sales. Which is why I'm screwed. They were very explicit that it would be 2 to 3 weeks when I ordered. Now I realize why. Let's start naming the stores we went to. Perhaps we can see a pattern develop if there were enough people on here??
My suspicion is that you are at the discretion of the store policy and manager. If they decide to release some of their allotment to pre-order people they can. I am pretty sure the store in Westfield NJ where I went is keeping all their allotment for walk in sales. Which is why I'm screwed. They were very explicit that it would be 2 to 3 weeks when I ordered. Now I realize why. Let's start naming the stores we went to. Perhaps we can see a pattern develop if there were enough people on here??