You're right especially if they are busy and its a Friday and they want to get home for the weekend.
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AT&T iPhone 4S Pre-Order Status Thread
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You're right especially if they are busy and its a Friday and they want to get home for the weekend.
Hahahah, that gave me a good laugh. Thank you.
YESSSS
I orderd mine from the ATT store at 9am on the 7th and just got my tracking number an hour ago. UPS doesnt have it but even if I dont get it tomorrow thats better then the 4 weeks the store told me.
I had called ATT and they said it is reserved at the store, the store said that is not true and I'll have to wait since I orderd it through them and not on-line
I say, they are &$%@# idiots but happly it appears to have turned out OK in the end.
So sick of ATT's ### if it wasnt for the faster data I would tell them to stuff it and stick to the 4 till the end of the contract.
I orderd mine from the ATT store at 9am on the 7th and just got my tracking number an hour ago. UPS doesnt have it but even if I dont get it tomorrow thats better then the 4 weeks the store told me.
I had called ATT and they said it is reserved at the store, the store said that is not true and I'll have to wait since I orderd it through them and not on-line
I say, they are &$%@# idiots but happly it appears to have turned out OK in the end.
So sick of ATT's ### if it wasnt for the faster data I would tell them to stuff it and stick to the 4 till the end of the contract.
Just did some digging around using my tracking # and determined my iphone is on this flight http://flightaware.com/live/flight/FDX746
Plane is landing 20 minutes away from my house, so I think my iphone will be delivered on time tomorrow after all
Plane is landing 20 minutes away from my house, so I think my iphone will be delivered on time tomorrow after all
This is the only screen I get when I look up my order number. Nothing has changed in 6 days and none of the other places for checking on the status works
Hahahah, that gave me a good laugh. Thank you.
Figured some comic relief was in order.
Tomorrow we can start turning our hatred toward UPS and FedEx.
(J/K!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgAq_KnDIPc
I ordered at a similar time over the phone and chatted online with AT&T today and they said it has shipped, and that carriers are 48 hours behind updating and now when I track by reference on UPS by my cell number (under mail innovations - which is their bulk shipment branch) I can see I have 1 package. I do not have any tracking # information, but I can see it. (I tried this trick for the past 2 days and it didn't work until today)
So you may want to try that. (and try fedex the same way since they are sending them through both carriers).
And I didn't get my T&Cs until Saturday at noon despite checking very regularly until it came. The official order confirmation came about an hour later.
Hope this helps!
YESSSS
I orderd mine from the ATT store at 9am on the 7th and just got my tracking number an hour ago. UPS doesnt have it but even if I dont get it tomorrow thats better then the 4 weeks the store told me.
I had called ATT and they said it is reserved at the store, the store said that is not true and I'll have to wait since I orderd it through them and not on-line
I say, they are &$%@# idiots but happly it appears to have turned out OK in the end.
So sick of ATT's ### if it wasnt for the faster data I would tell them to stuff it and stick to the 4 till the end of the contract.
What? Not camping @ Knox??? Totally w/ you...I was VERY close to switching to Verizon this time. Good chance I will when we get an LTE phone.
Much is caused by the brainless, inexperienced CSR's that ATT has hired for the iPhone 4s launch. Rather than giving out actual facts all we get are excuses, and lies that are pulled out of someone's arse. Call back again and it's another load of BS. Call on the phone and the voice status is something else entirely. Emailed status is even different. And it changes every time you call.
I just want the truth for once...
me..... backorder purgatory
Exactly
Anyone that ordered in the store is at the mercy of the store manager to get back ordered behind people that are ordering online and on the phone days later! Ridiculous. And notice the language. "That's all I'm allowed to say." Obviously they are not being up front about it. I'll have a conversation with the local manager at some point, just to let him know I'll be telling everyone I know in the area they are not to be trusted.
yeah this thread is like a case study in whipping up a crowd into a frenzied mob.
Wait. Why are we tearing this guy's house down again?
Because all my friends are pounding on his servers and so he can't look up my order number?
Oh. Okay. Yah, go for it!
just got down chatting she said it on backorder for my aunt. dum att for there late TC agreement emails
The AT&T guy i ordered from at the store just replied to me with this:
"I looked into it a little bit and this is what I came up with. There has been some cases of apple not sending or sending a blank tracking number. This doesnt mean you wont receive your phone. When we did the pre order the estimated shipping dates were 14-21 days from that date. However there has been confirmations from other people who did order the same date as you for the 14th or within days of that. The probability is you will receive your phone before that 14-21 days that was estimated."
This makes no sense. Why did I go to the store and pre-order then? I could have just walked in tomorrow.
"I looked into it a little bit and this is what I came up with. There has been some cases of apple not sending or sending a blank tracking number. This doesnt mean you wont receive your phone. When we did the pre order the estimated shipping dates were 14-21 days from that date. However there has been confirmations from other people who did order the same date as you for the 14th or within days of that. The probability is you will receive your phone before that 14-21 days that was estimated."
This makes no sense. Why did I go to the store and pre-order then? I could have just walked in tomorrow.
Ordered mine at the att store on 10/7 at 10am when it opened. It's said this since I got the email confirming my order. I had that email about 15 mins after I left the store. Doesn't look good for me tomorrow.
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Ordered mine at the att store on 10/7 at 10am when it opened. It's said this since I got the email confirming my order. I had that email about 15 mins after I left the store. Doesn't look good for me tomorrow.
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SAME here!! SUCKS!!
Just did some digging around using my tracking # and determined my iphone is on this flight http://flightaware.com/live/flight/FDX746
Plane is landing 20 minutes away from my house, so I think my iphone will be delivered on time tomorrow after all
I used that site to check on my iphone too! I typed in FDX for the airline and then typed the departure airport as KMEM and then my home airport. Looks like it's on it's way!
Actually AT&T is doing it's normal fantastic job.
The one I ordered for my wife, arrived this morning at 9:48am.
That's five years in a row that AT&T has brought our iPhones on release day or a day early.
I really appreciate that AT&T uses FedEx, since it's such a reliable service.
So the summary of my experience is as follows.
1) Order phone the moment the web site opened for AT&T pre-orders.
2) Received order confirmation email within minutes of placing order.
3) Next day received email with estimated shipping date
4) Following day received email with tracking number & estimated arrival date (10.14.11)
5) I waited the suggested 24 hrs for the tracking number to post, then confirmed it.
6) Followed via tracking number to see if it got stuck or cleared customs in Alaska.
(had a MBP get stuck in customs for 15 days once, customs fault)
7) Noticed it sailed through customs (Alaska) quickly (PHEW)
8) Arrived in Oakland last night, still says delivery date of 10.14.11
9) Checked this morning saw updated to: out for delivery.
10) Before I knew it I heard the rumble of the truck, phone arrives.
11) Hop in the car, take to wifes work so she can set it up and enjoy.
You just can't beat AT&T..
The key is you must be ready to order the moment the site goes live or it's a total crap shoot. Too much demand.
Thanks AT&T
Cheers, and good luck to all.
