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Different Shipping Address for pre-order not possible?
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I was informed of the same thing.. thought about changing by billing address to my work address as a work around.
You may be able to call your credit card company and have the shipping address added as an "alternate address". Then you will supply that address as both the Shipping and "Billing" address. That will give Apple a positive value on the AVS (Address Verification Service), which is what they're looking for.
Requiring ship-to address to pass AVS is an increasingly common fraud-prevention measure.
Requiring ship-to address to pass AVS is an increasingly common fraud-prevention measure.
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Are you able to preorder with a Apple Gift Card? Has anyone done this in the past?
Are you able to preorder with a Apple Gift Card? Has anyone done this in the past?
I just did this with Amex, they said no problem. I guess it is a fairly common request. The confirmed that none of my actual billing stuff would go to the alternate address.
I understand this from Apple's perspective, and here's what I've used as a solution in the past.
Have someone you trust, be present to sign for the phone, then ship it to you via FedEx or UPS insured.
Change your address to your work address in your online account.. make sure your are paperless billing though! the bank will send a change of address to the new address. Just something to keep in mind.. but least where I am I get the mail being closest to the door so that's not a big deal.
I'm still debating where to get mine sent.. i'll probably have it sent to my house...As id be playing with it all day. but if I do that i will be thinking of playing with it all day and looking at other peoples reviews.... decisions decisions on where to send my iphone 4 steve
I'm still debating where to get mine sent.. i'll probably have it sent to my house...As id be playing with it all day. but if I do that i will be thinking of playing with it all day and looking at other peoples reviews.... decisions decisions on where to send my iphone 4 steve
This is only for the US.
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UK players are cool for cats, i did it last year for the iPhone 4, and i just confirme with https://storechat.apple.com that i can do it again.
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UK players are cool for cats, i did it last year for the iPhone 4, and i just confirme with https://storechat.apple.com that i can do it again.Last year I was able to change the shipping address after putting in my order (on the order details page you can change the shipping information until they ship it) and I changed it to my work address and got it delivered to work. Unless they changed something, it should work the same way.
When you are talking billing address, do you mean billing address for your carrier (AT&T, Verizon, etc.) or for your credit card?
I hope it's credit card address so I can just call amex and add an alternate billing address. Has anyone else tried this?
Billing address for credit card, the card you are going to be using to pay for the iPhone. And billing address that your carrier has on file needs to match the credit card you are paying with.
So, to confirm, if on my iPhone preorder, I have my work address set as my billing address, I'm okay even if that billing address differs from the billing address on my Verizon Wireless account, as long as all the billing addresses are associated with the same card.
Sounds like no definitive information in this thread. Some have had deliveries to addresses other than their credit card billing addresses, while others are receiving word that is not allowed.
I just went in and put an unlocked iPhone 4 in my cart on apple.com. It let me change the default shipping address to one different than my credit card billing address. If Apple won't ship to a different address, why is this field able to be changed?
I just went in and put an unlocked iPhone 4 in my cart on apple.com. It let me change the default shipping address to one different than my credit card billing address. If Apple won't ship to a different address, why is this field able to be changed?
I just spoke with Apple and AT&T and I got the following answer:
Me: I am wondering if my shipping address has to match my billing address on my credit card or my phone bill.
Representative: Nope, it sure doesn't. However, the iPHone will be delivered to the address on the phone bill.
I asked if it can be changed to be delivered to another address, since I am going to law school elsewhere, to which the representative said that I had to contact the carrier regarding temporarily changing my address on my phone bill. I contacted AT&T and confirmed.
Me: I am wondering if my shipping address has to match my billing address on my credit card or my phone bill.
Representative: Nope, it sure doesn't. However, the iPHone will be delivered to the address on the phone bill.
I asked if it can be changed to be delivered to another address, since I am going to law school elsewhere, to which the representative said that I had to contact the carrier regarding temporarily changing my address on my phone bill. I contacted AT&T and confirmed.
that is correct. I changed my address with AT&T today. I went into the Apple online store and added the iPhone 4, it asked for my billing zip code and put the old one in, and said it was incorrect, added the new one and it worked. After the test I decided to order the iphone 4, for my nephew, and ordered it. The address is the same that I want the 4s sent to. The order completed on my AMEX, which has my original address on file.