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Availability tool just put up today for 3gS
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I wish AT&T had a similar tool.
I ordered my iPhone 3GS 32gb Black on Monday 22nd.
During the ordering process (on the AT&T site) a pop-up of sorts appeared stating -
Well that last sentence is only partially true. First they hold $1.00 to see if your card is valid, I guess.
Then they held a 'pending' charge for the amount of $314.44. Then the $1.00 amount was 'released.'
AT&T just released my $314.44 after a few days had passed, as the item is not available to ship.
my order status remains unchanged since Monday (processing).
I guess it will be 7-14 days as they said in the pop-up.
I ordered my iPhone 3GS 32gb Black on Monday 22nd.
During the ordering process (on the AT&T site) a pop-up of sorts appeared stating -
Well that last sentence is only partially true. First they hold $1.00 to see if your card is valid, I guess.
Then they held a 'pending' charge for the amount of $314.44. Then the $1.00 amount was 'released.'
AT&T just released my $314.44 after a few days had passed, as the item is not available to ship.
my order status remains unchanged since Monday (processing).
I guess it will be 7-14 days as they said in the pop-up.
It looks like they're well stocked so they didn't plan on bothering, but the calls probably have been heavy
jbernie
macrumors 6502a
welll I see Park Meadows now has all 4 in stock.... very convenient 🙂
To 3G S or not to 3G S ?
smart idea for them.
I wish they had it for Apple - various reports about Rogers stock, when they'll get more and when they'll ship out. oh well...i'll keep waiting 🙂
I wish they had it for Apple - various reports about Rogers stock, when they'll get more and when they'll ship out. oh well...i'll keep waiting 🙂
Eminemdrdre00
macrumors 6502a
I wish AT&T had a similar tool. My nearest Apple store is an hour away. AT&T is just 10 minutes. They havent answered their phone in the past 3 days! They must be sick of saying "No we don't have any iPhones".
iphones4evry1
macrumors 65816
charlituna
macrumors G3
actually if they were smart they would cut the whole "stand in line outside of the store" game and make folks do the web account set up and book an appointment. then the stores could flag how many sellers there would be during each hour so they wouldn't have 20 folks waiting for the phone and only 2 people to ring them up. or all 8-10 folks ringing phones and folks waiting to buy a computer screwed. they could set up the system so that you pick the phone you want and it is set aside for you. yes it means you'd have to go in and look at them first but then again, how many folks end up buying a case so no one actually sees if you have a black or white phone anyway (which is part of why I think the color choice is rather stupid. just make black and be done with it)
the other smart thing would be if they could link their stock and their phone systems. then when you call you get
"Thank you for calling the Apple Store (insert location). At this time we have no iphones in stock. Please check back tomorrow. For all other questions, please choose from the following."
or whatever is appropriate.
then you don't wait for 10 minutes for someone to pick up and then put you on hold to put the other 10 lines on hold to go look and see if there are phones in stock, the phone lines aren't tied up for other calls etc.
cocky jeremy
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I ordered mine Wednesday night. Should be here Tuesday-Thursday.. and yes, upgraded from original, to 3G, to 3GS. 🙂
Same here. Depresses me when i check for WV and see no stores. If we get one: DREAM JOB! lol. I'd work there for free.. SHH, don't tell Apple that though.
I can... I keep on going to the Apple store on 5th Ave but the line is always 2 hours long...
Ok, so the stock website WAS working last night fine. Now it doesnt work at all, it shows everything bar the stock levels and politely tells you to check after 9PM!!!! WTF!! Yeah, that's REALLY useful if they get a delivery today, so you STILL have to spend endless hours on the tel to see if they have them or not 😡😡 I could have organised this better myself!
"Apple Posts Online iPhone 3GS Availability Database"
No
"Apple Posts Online US iPhone 3GS Availability Database"
They don't feel the need to grace overseas potential customers with the same service.
No
"Apple Posts Online US iPhone 3GS Availability Database"
They don't feel the need to grace overseas potential customers with the same service.
Yeah they do 🙂
http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/iphone/availability.html
But it appears ONLY after 9PM every night!! 😡 Nope, just called my nearest Apple store, the UK version of the stock tracker ONLY works between 9PM and 8AM, cause obviously that's when you'll want to go and buy it! Oh and they have no idea when they get delivery's or what they get delivered. Like I said I could have organised it better myself.
