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ATT iPhone 5 Pre-order thread
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and this is what we call being adaptive and a survivor, good for you. Jobs don't always present ideal conditions but we do what we must to live.
Thats different, and sucks, because you were the accountant, but the other poster has an "Assistant." The job title alone means their job to handle "random tasks" for their employer.
The guy who says he works as the middle man between Apple and AT&T says they have guys manually assigning phones to accounts. If that's the case, I highly doubt orders will be filled exactly on a first come first serve basis. There is more than likely some luck involved in someone picking up your order and assigning you a phone.
can someone who has a 0 on backorder ask one of the AT&T reps over live chat what the AT&T system shows for their shipping date? just wondering
You literally ordered the same time I did. Just checked and I got my email @ 7:58 CST. My contract acceptance supposedly was on 9/15 though. So someone must have been (manually?) doing this? Because I did not get anything to "accept".
Only difference is mine shows "1" still and it's a White 16GB.
Ordered through premier as a new customer, I currently have iphone4 on gophone as I only moved to the us from uk 6 months ago.
Ordered 9/14 6:45 central, got confirmation email straight away, 'as soon as '21st'
Showed up on AT&T site 9/15 with pending charge
Back order has gone to 0
32gb black
So I think there is good hope for premier customers who had a delayed order on main AT&T site..
Am also quite surprised that they didn't want a deposit.
Ordered 9/14 6:45 central, got confirmation email straight away, 'as soon as '21st'
Showed up on AT&T site 9/15 with pending charge
Back order has gone to 0
32gb black
So I think there is good hope for premier customers who had a delayed order on main AT&T site..
Am also quite surprised that they didn't want a deposit.
The CSS is your Customer Service Summary. I ordered my phone Friday morning and received this email early this afternoon. The beginning of the email reads: "Thank you for choosing AT&T! This email confirms recent activity related to your wireless account and explains how to access your Customer Service Summary where you will find:
An outline of your services
An estimate of your next bill
Your calling plan
General account information
To access your Customer Service Summary, click here and login (or set up initial registration) to myAT&T."
Hmm....I find that interesting because I got my CSS the day I ordered but I'm still showing white 16gb as backordered.
Ermahgerd! Just changed recently. I ordered 9:14 AM PDT on the ATT site. Maybe this is a good sign for that "9 AM deadline"
I ordered my phone around 10:30am on Friday.
I have chatted with an online service person today who told me my phone was going to ship on Thursday. I also spoke to customer service person over the phone who really struggled to bring up my info but finally confirmed that "everything was moving along smoothly." When I asked for a ship date, she said that "if you ordered your phone before 9am PST then you will receive your phone on Friday. Anytime after that could take two or three weeks but could come before."
I have chatted with an online service person today who told me my phone was going to ship on Thursday. I also spoke to customer service person over the phone who really struggled to bring up my info but finally confirmed that "everything was moving along smoothly." When I asked for a ship date, she said that "if you ordered your phone before 9am PST then you will receive your phone on Friday. Anytime after that could take two or three weeks but could come before."
Man, that's not cool. I ordered my 32gb black THREE hours before that and I'm still backordered? And I got charged almost instantly? Maybe there is still a chance for me...
Erma Gerd is getting old.
(sorry, this meme is all I think about when I see ermagerd now)
Yeah, the CSS email is probably not any indication of your order moving into the shipping phase. I never got a confirmation email with the 9/21 delivery date but all the customer service reps I've spoken to told me I would get it. Who knows...I'm just going to be patient.
When did you get and accept the Terms & Condition email? I ordered on the phone a few hours after you but didn't accept the terms email until 9/15 because it went to spam didn't see it right away also didn't realize my order didn't even count until it was accepted so I'm screwed by At&t because my order date is now 9/15.
Haha that's funny, you ordered a minute after me, same phone, and mine just changed a few minutes ago.
Awesome ... I ordered over an hour before you through main ATT site and still backordered. Same model and color