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FINALLY got a preorder thru apple.com

I FINALLY got through after trying since 11am this morning! :eek: I paid for it all and set it up for Home Delivery all by like 7:15pm. Keep in mind I wasn't sitting there straight. I was there from like 11-2 then 5-7. Now I have my confirmation page from Apple open and I am afraid to close it for fear of something not being finalized, haha!
 
I've already sent a complaint to AT&T via email and will try to get the price dropped to 299 since they wouldn't let me upgrade via the Web on the line I wanted to.

I have to drive about 50 miles to get to the closest Apple store and the only local AT&T store is closed for the forseeable future after a crazy guy went in and started shooting people a couple of weeks back..........

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Finally! I tried a couple of times ever 2 hours or so. I had a feeling that this would get better later in the day. Either there are fewer people trying, or AT&T finally is addressing their server issue.
 
I've been trying to order a black one all day on both AT&T and Apple, for delivery. I was on my iPad the whole day and finally got it in my cart on the Apple site, but it kept kicking me out. I got it saved in my cart and had hubby login from his laptop and success!

The black one is for hubby...I'm holding out for a white one.
 
Just got mine tonight as well. I guess the wait was not too bad but definitely fustrating. Now i can wait on my 32GB black iPhone 4!!!
 
is the order status system down. I got mine and the confirmation but no email. what ever i am sure it will take a while now..
 
Ok...Call me fickle...or overly cautious...

I pre-ordered a Black 32GB this morning at Best Buy. Good experience. I was 3rd for the 32GB Black and 6th overall.

Since I can never seem to take NO for an answer, I decided to try Apple.com again this afternoon, and...wouldn't you know...it processed me all the way through to the cart with the Black 32GB. I kept saving the cart over and over until I decided I might as well order...

These are my reasons...

1. My first choice really was (when I woke up this AM) to have the iPhone delivered to my house, and have ME be the first human (after the factory workers who made it, of course) to touch it. I wanted to be able to activate it at my leisure.

2. I figured I can track the Apple.com order through the process over the next few days. If it doesn't ship by the 22nd, or 23rd, I can either call up and cancel, or if it is too late, I can bring it into a store unopened later on to return it.

3. If it ships by the 22nd, or 23rd, I will call BB to cancel my pre-order, which just means that one more person on the list can get the phone (assuming BB does not receive enough).

4. The threads regarding activation problems got me thinking...as they were intended to do...If things were so bad today, I can only imagine the meltdown on the 24th when EVERYBODY is trying to activate, with all the various permutations (family accounts, multiple lines, FANS, etc.) AT&T is clearly not up to the task. Instead, if I receive the iPhone on the 24th, I can unbox it, and patiently wait until the 26th or 27th (I believe I can do that. )
If I pick it up from BB on the 24th, I have to activate it there, and that can be a lengthy process. Of course, I can alway set my BB appointment for the 26th or 27th.

I am just looking at giving myself options. As long as Apple ships ASAP before the 24th, for delivery on the 24th, I will stick with that...and release another iPhone for a BB buyer.

OK...flame away...
 
So I got confirmed for an In-Store pick up at my Apple Store, but it seems that because the AT&T site is down they couldn't confirm my eligibility and the page says I reserved an iPhone 4 32GB for $699.99 instead of $299.99

I'm assuming I will be able to clarify this at the Apple Store once they can confirm my eligibility through AT&T.

Hooray?
 
maggie2101 said:
I've been trying to order a black one all day on both AT&T and Apple, for delivery. I was on my iPad the whole day and finally got it in my cart on the Apple site, but it kept kicking me out. I got it saved in my cart and had hubby login from his laptop and success!

The black one is for hubby...I'm holding out for a white one.
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Racist!
 
Massively busy day at work, so didn't have time to pre-order, let alone check-in at MR and read about ordering fiasco.

Got home an hour ago, hit apple.com and ordered my iPhone, took 5 minutes at the most. Logged onto MR and read the sad tales of woe - people trying for 8 - 12 hours at a stretch?

Holy cow.
 
Just got my order thru on Apple but no email yet...:D:cool:

Apple authorized the charge on my debit card but still no email...fingers crossed ;)
 
I originally reserved it for pick-up at the local Apple Store because I'm on my parent's family plan and their several hundred miles away. I've heard that the Apple Store sometimes has problems with letting anyone NOT the primary user pick up. I want to have it delivered to me instead (using my address as the business address). How do I cancel the one I reserved at the Apple Store?
 
Question. I want to use my wife's upgrade to get a lower price. Will the Apple store let me do this but let me transfer MY phone number somehow? I don't want the new phone tied to her number. She's going to keep her current phone.
 
Is anybody still trying? I am, and I keep getting the wheel & then it won't process. It went through once & claimed I needed a 500$ deposit. &Now it won't go through at all. Yet for everyone else, I keep seeing that they have gotten through :S
 
I finally got mine to go through at Apple.com about an hour ago. However, at the end it would not let me change the shipping address to my work address. It said that orders must be shipped to the AT&T billing address. I've read about several people having their phones shipped to a work address in the past. Does anyone know if it's possible to change the shipping address and if so, how do I do that?
 
Iphonelvr said:
Just got my order thru on Apple but no email yet...:D:cool:

Apple authorized the charge on my debit card but still no email...fingers crossed ;)
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I have two authorized charges, but besides that everything is the same as your situation. Kind of scared about the two charges though.
 
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