I'm just posting this to save you guys some headache. I was at work and missed the pre-order so I, like many others, have been searching and searching for a 6 Plus. But let me tell you now.... If you can help it... Go through your carrier!!!!
How in the world these other retailers call themselves "mobile specialist" is beyond me, most of them are nothing short of a joke. Especially Target and Best Buy. Yes they can do the simple crap but forget anything that takes some small effort like ATT NEXT.
I found a gold plus 2 hrs away from me at a "best buy mobile" and asked them on the phone if I make the drive can I upgrade using next? Can you take my phone? They said yes yes yes. We'll I get there and it's really ghetto. The woman pulls up my account and says "you aren't eligible for an upgrade". Yes I am you freakin idiot, on both lines for over 2 months.
"Oh wait, yes you is". Thank you, I know this. "Oh we can't take your phone from you, you has to turn it into AT&T". Of course, I should have known not to listen to them. So I leave pretty angry but polite, I mean I drove about 2 hrs for nothing. Then I just say well I'll pay my 5s off and they can start a new next installment! Go back in and ask them and they say yea you can do that, but you can't pay it off here. Of course not, that would be too damn convenient. It's not like I'm in a "mobile" store or anything. So I call AT&T on the fly wait 10 mins, explain myself.... They hang up on me.... Call back, wait 10 mins... The nice woman assures me I can do that and it will reflect on the account immediately and she walked me through it on the app.
Finally everything is good to go and they give me the phone. I'm not convinced that they weren't trying to save it for friends or family. Either way they were completely ignorant.
My point is.. SAVE YOURSELF A HEADACHE!!! Best buy, target, walmart.... Cannot do half of the things you may need them to, just go through your carrier if at all possible.
On a good note, a lot of 6 pluses have popped up this week! Insanely happy with the phone, it shipped with 8.0.2 so maybe it was produced a little later, I had no issues out of the box like dead pixels, light bleed or scratches. It's gorgeous. If you want a 6 plus I suggest you wait it out until u get it, and in the color you want! It's worth the wait.
How in the world these other retailers call themselves "mobile specialist" is beyond me, most of them are nothing short of a joke. Especially Target and Best Buy. Yes they can do the simple crap but forget anything that takes some small effort like ATT NEXT.
I found a gold plus 2 hrs away from me at a "best buy mobile" and asked them on the phone if I make the drive can I upgrade using next? Can you take my phone? They said yes yes yes. We'll I get there and it's really ghetto. The woman pulls up my account and says "you aren't eligible for an upgrade". Yes I am you freakin idiot, on both lines for over 2 months.
"Oh wait, yes you is". Thank you, I know this. "Oh we can't take your phone from you, you has to turn it into AT&T". Of course, I should have known not to listen to them. So I leave pretty angry but polite, I mean I drove about 2 hrs for nothing. Then I just say well I'll pay my 5s off and they can start a new next installment! Go back in and ask them and they say yea you can do that, but you can't pay it off here. Of course not, that would be too damn convenient. It's not like I'm in a "mobile" store or anything. So I call AT&T on the fly wait 10 mins, explain myself.... They hang up on me.... Call back, wait 10 mins... The nice woman assures me I can do that and it will reflect on the account immediately and she walked me through it on the app.
Finally everything is good to go and they give me the phone. I'm not convinced that they weren't trying to save it for friends or family. Either way they were completely ignorant.
My point is.. SAVE YOURSELF A HEADACHE!!! Best buy, target, walmart.... Cannot do half of the things you may need them to, just go through your carrier if at all possible.
On a good note, a lot of 6 pluses have popped up this week! Insanely happy with the phone, it shipped with 8.0.2 so maybe it was produced a little later, I had no issues out of the box like dead pixels, light bleed or scratches. It's gorgeous. If you want a 6 plus I suggest you wait it out until u get it, and in the color you want! It's worth the wait.
