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AT&T Sells Out of Initial Batch of iPhone 3Gs Pre-Orders
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i'd love to know what kind of numbers (amount of phones) apple stores are getting...
ohh so apple wont be letting people who didnt pre-order/reserve into the store before 10am...?
so anyone in line at 8am should have a phone assuming they preordered or reserved?
Don't fall for the fake Apple propaganda --
Apple is about to get stuck with a boatload of iphone 3gs's thanks to the lame upgrade policy of AT&T. Expect to hear lots of 'news' in the media regarding high-demand for the phones, sold out stores, lines around the block, etc.
Don't fall for it. If stores wind up sold out or AT&T stops taking pre-orders... it's all designed that way to make people feel like they're missing out. Go with your original instinct that $500 is an ass rape by AT&T to upgrade to a marginally better handset.
Apple is about to get stuck with a boatload of iphone 3gs's thanks to the lame upgrade policy of AT&T. Expect to hear lots of 'news' in the media regarding high-demand for the phones, sold out stores, lines around the block, etc.
Don't fall for it. If stores wind up sold out or AT&T stops taking pre-orders... it's all designed that way to make people feel like they're missing out. Go with your original instinct that $500 is an ass rape by AT&T to upgrade to a marginally better handset.
Alright, I have read here many times over the years, but this thread finally made me want to join, to express a few things.
First of all, if true (about pre-ordering after today and not getting a phone on the 19th), this kinda makes me mad. I went into the AT&T store on Thursday (the 11th) to pre-order. After having to wait a long time because of how incompetent the ATT employees are (yes, I agree with all of those who said they are) the lady finally got to the point where she could pre-order...yet at this time I was told it said it was back ordered, so I feared I would not get a phone on launch day. I ended up doing the direct fulfill stuff anyway, being told I could cancel it at any time before it shipped. I went home and saw that the apple site still had them available for pre-order, with free shipping to your house on the 19th...I then pre-ordered one from there too.
To make a long story short, I went back yesterday to ATT to cancel the pre-order, and it took forever. They found out they could not cancel (after even the store manager told me I could the day before) and at this minute, it still has not been solved (because they told me they could do it, they said they would deal with it and call me.)
So yes, I am happy that I pre-ordered and will have it delivered to my house (I hope) on the 19th, but still, why did it say back ordered before? Oh well, so goes life.
Now to address a few other posts from this thread
I am hoping myself it will...seeing as they are coming directly from apple though, I would assume they will have plenty of stock.
When you try to rip someone without reading what they say carefully, you really make yourself look like an arrogant ******...NOTE:
Assuming his service is anywhere between $70-$100, if you do the math correctly, you will see that he was saving well over 10 bucks a month.
From what I have seen and heard, I would say that it is safe to assume we are probably looking at over 100k. I talked to the people at the store I went to, they said they had been jam-packed with people trying to pre-order on Tuesday and Wednesday. When I went back on Friday to cancel my preorder, they were taking restaurant-type "reservations" to talk to someone. When I walked in, I had 6 people in front of me, all talking about the iPhone, and there were 5 associates working with people. 6 more people had come in by the time I got to a counter. Although this is just a sample from one store (and yes, there are 3 more stores within a 5 mile radius to this one,) I think this thing is going to be pretty big.
Sorry for the essay for my first post
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First of all, if true (about pre-ordering after today and not getting a phone on the 19th), this kinda makes me mad. I went into the AT&T store on Thursday (the 11th) to pre-order. After having to wait a long time because of how incompetent the ATT employees are (yes, I agree with all of those who said they are) the lady finally got to the point where she could pre-order...yet at this time I was told it said it was back ordered, so I feared I would not get a phone on launch day. I ended up doing the direct fulfill stuff anyway, being told I could cancel it at any time before it shipped. I went home and saw that the apple site still had them available for pre-order, with free shipping to your house on the 19th...I then pre-ordered one from there too.
To make a long story short, I went back yesterday to ATT to cancel the pre-order, and it took forever. They found out they could not cancel (after even the store manager told me I could the day before) and at this minute, it still has not been solved (because they told me they could do it, they said they would deal with it and call me.)
So yes, I am happy that I pre-ordered and will have it delivered to my house (I hope) on the 19th, but still, why did it say back ordered before? Oh well, so goes life.
Now to address a few other posts from this thread
I am hoping myself it will...seeing as they are coming directly from apple though, I would assume they will have plenty of stock.
When you try to rip someone without reading what they say carefully, you really make yourself look like an arrogant ******...NOTE:
Assuming his service is anywhere between $70-$100, if you do the math correctly, you will see that he was saving well over 10 bucks a month.
From what I have seen and heard, I would say that it is safe to assume we are probably looking at over 100k. I talked to the people at the store I went to, they said they had been jam-packed with people trying to pre-order on Tuesday and Wednesday. When I went back on Friday to cancel my preorder, they were taking restaurant-type "reservations" to talk to someone. When I walked in, I had 6 people in front of me, all talking about the iPhone, and there were 5 associates working with people. 6 more people had come in by the time I got to a counter. Although this is just a sample from one store (and yes, there are 3 more stores within a 5 mile radius to this one,) I think this thing is going to be pretty big.
Sorry for the essay for my first post
.Glad I got this message now
NICE! Just curious...when did you place your order? I would love to see one of those myself!
at&t 3G s shipments
I don't know if anybody has posted this yet but I work at an at&t store and the first batch of pre-orders is not the first shipment... we have been given instructions from corporate to tell customers that pre-order that the first batch of pre-orders are only guaranteed to be in between launch day and 7 days thereafter. the second batch of pre-orders starting to be sold today is 7 - 14 days after launch. there will be iPhones available to those who choose to wait in line on the day of launch and only those who wait in line for however many we get in are guaranteed an iPhone 3g s on launch day. all the pre-orders are coming in on a separate shipment with the customers name on it, so if that shipment does not arrive on the 19th, depending on the store, those customers will not receive their iPhones on the launch day. I'm slightly tired so I hope this was somewhat coherent.
I don't know if anybody has posted this yet but I work at an at&t store and the first batch of pre-orders is not the first shipment... we have been given instructions from corporate to tell customers that pre-order that the first batch of pre-orders are only guaranteed to be in between launch day and 7 days thereafter. the second batch of pre-orders starting to be sold today is 7 - 14 days after launch. there will be iPhones available to those who choose to wait in line on the day of launch and only those who wait in line for however many we get in are guaranteed an iPhone 3g s on launch day. all the pre-orders are coming in on a separate shipment with the customers name on it, so if that shipment does not arrive on the 19th, depending on the store, those customers will not receive their iPhones on the launch day. I'm slightly tired so I hope this was somewhat coherent.
Alright, I have read here many times over the years, but this thread finally made me want to join, to express a few things.
First of all, if true (about pre-ordering after today and not getting a phone on the 19th), this kinda makes me mad. I went into the AT&T store on Thursday (the 11th) to pre-order. After having to wait a long time because of how incompetent the ATT employees are (yes, I agree with all of those who said they are) the lady finally got to the point where she could pre-order...yet at this time I was told it said it was back ordered, so I feared I would not get a phone on launch day. I ended up doing the direct fulfill stuff anyway, being told I could cancel it at any time before it shipped. I went home and saw that the apple site still had them available for pre-order, with free shipping to your house on the 19th...I then pre-ordered one from there too.
To make a long story short, I went back yesterday to ATT to cancel the pre-order, and it took forever. They found out they could not cancel (after even the store manager told me I could the day before) and at this minute, it still has not been solved (because they told me they could do it, they said they would deal with it and call me.)
So yes, I am happy that I pre-ordered and will have it delivered to my house (I hope) on the 19th, but still, why did it say back ordered before? Oh well, so goes life.
Now to address a few other posts from this thread
I am hoping myself it will...seeing as they are coming directly from apple though, I would assume they will have plenty of stock.
When you try to rip someone without reading what they say carefully, you really make yourself look like an arrogant ******...NOTE:
Assuming his service is anywhere between $70-$100, if you do the math correctly, you will see that he was saving well over 10 bucks a month.
From what I have seen and heard, I would say that it is safe to assume we are probably looking at over 100k. I talked to the people at the store I went to, they said they had been jam-packed with people trying to pre-order on Tuesday and Wednesday. When I went back on Friday to cancel my preorder, they were taking restaurant-type "reservations" to talk to someone. When I walked in, I had 6 people in front of me, all talking about the iPhone, and there were 5 associates working with people. 6 more people had come in by the time I got to a counter. Although this is just a sample from one store (and yes, there are 3 more stores within a 5 mile radius to this one,) I think this thing is going to be pretty big.
Sorry for the essay for my first post
i think so too (being big)..i think it started off slow last week, and a lot of people complaining about not getting special upgrade pricing but i think this week, its gonna get big..
T-5 days
Well, I don't know much about credit cards (I gave my dad the money he needed to put on his account or whatever, lol), but he was annoyed because he was apparently charged the $424 immediately and is gonna get charged a $35 overdraft fee or something. So, I think they may have actually charged the account. I really hope I can just cancel it and pick up my beautiful, white 3G S at Best Buy.
Glad I got this message now
I received the same message and I pre-ordered mine on June 11 late at night.
I pre-ordered at 9:54 pm exactly on June the 11th ..but no email yet...Was your order saying processing all the time ? and what time did you receive that message ? thanks
Order Date: Jun 8, 2009 at 06:19 PM PDT
Still no email and all it says:
Not yet shipped
IPHONE 3G S BLACK 32GB-USA
Custom configured
Ships: Delivers by June 19th..
has anybody else experienced non-updates on their orders?
Still no email and all it says:
Not yet shipped
IPHONE 3G S BLACK 32GB-USA
Custom configured
Ships: Delivers by June 19th..
has anybody else experienced non-updates on their orders?
Technically, I pre-ordered mine on 6/11 night but received my order acknowledgment email at June 12, 2009 2:55:22 AM PDT. That's the only email I received so far. However, Apple order status page showed 'prepared for shipment' and the cancel items' link was grayed out.
PHONE 3G S WHITE 32GB-USA
MB718LL/A ........ $499.00
i'm going with my instict of customers, "ass raping" as you put it, a company that subsidized their 3g phone and then want another phone before paying off their 1st.
simple math people, please use it.
Just reserved my iphone on Apple's site...
but I'm confused. I got an error when they tried to verify my address. It then asked me to enter my mac id. Did that, it asked me which store I'd like to pick i up at and that was that. No credit card info given, no email confirmation received. All I got was this screenshot. What gives? Did I reserve an iphone or not? Did any of you get this page and no email confirmation?
EDIT: D'oh...Just got the email confirmation saying I can go to the store on the 19th to pick up the iphone.
JPS
but I'm confused. I got an error when they tried to verify my address. It then asked me to enter my mac id. Did that, it asked me which store I'd like to pick i up at and that was that. No credit card info given, no email confirmation received. All I got was this screenshot. What gives? Did I reserve an iphone or not? Did any of you get this page and no email confirmation?
EDIT: D'oh...Just got the email confirmation saying I can go to the store on the 19th to pick up the iphone.
JPS
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Wow talk about someone who doesn't know math!!! Man are you stupid. 15% of original contract is $10.50. (that's at $70/month) That more than covers the gentleman's $9.99 for the extra line.
I am sick and tired of idiots like you not reading peoples posts correctly. But on the plus side.. at least we can make fun of how stupid you are. Stop talking.
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Speaking of propaganda, I like the way you only post during one period....when an iphone is being launched. And funny thing, it's always to bad mouth something. Please, don't be a hater, the anger is not good for your health. I'll be sporting a new 3GS, the worlds greatest mini PC, in 5 days. What will you be doing?
I think anyone can buy from Apple at the 8AM opening. Only ATT is open to only pre-orderers.