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I accidentally ordered two iPhones

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chloe625

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Jun 17, 2010
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Amidst the chaos that was Tuesday, I finally managed to place an order on Apple.com for an iPhone 4. Or so I thought, but the page timed out and I never got a confirmation page, email, or charge on my credit card. I assumed the order never went through, so I placed another one successfully. Later I got order confirmations on both. Both orders state prices of $199 for the 16gb phones, but this doesn't seem possible since I only have one line eligible for upgrade. I guess I will have to wait and see what happens.

My sister wants the extra phone should it actually arrive; but couldn't this cause problems? She is also on AT&T but since the phone would be under my name, I don't see how that could work. What would happen if she tried to activate it? Any advice is appreciated.
 
IF they don't cancel one of the orders, and you receive both, once she activates the second phone, YOU will be charged the difference between the subsidized price and full price. So you'd better make sure she wants a $600 iPhone.
 
You should try to cancel the second order. I've heard They'll charge you full retail price for the second one, once shipped. That's cause you only qualify for one upgrade.
 
playafly187 said:
Even if charged $600, you could still eBay it and make a profit I would suspect.
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Yeah I noticed eBay prices are insanely high. I don't understand why, can't anyone go into Apple and just buy an iPhone 4 for $599 without a contract? Why are some people paying $800+ on eBay?
 
The same thing happened to me. It's very simple.

Go to Apple.com, store, and account (right side top of screen). Then check your order status. You'll see the two difference orders. Make sure both have delivery dates of June 24 and delete one of them.

This way you don't run any risk of having both cancelled. Or being overcharged.
 
chloe625 said:
Yeah I noticed eBay prices are insanely high. I don't understand why, can't anyone go into Apple and just buy an iPhone 4 for $599 without a contract? Why are some people paying $800+ on eBay?
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They are either scammers or in countries that aren't getting them.
 
I would definitely try to cancel it so someone else out there who got screwed on pre-order day will maybe get their iPhone 4 on launch day. If so many people hadn't spent their entire day trying to pre-order and never getting through I wouldn't be saying this, however many many people spent their whole day trying to order and never even got through.

If there wasn't a shortage of iPhone 4's I would say to definitely post it on eBay and make a profit, however there is a shortage and many people did get screwed out of a pre-order. Make it fair to them and cancel the second phone.
 
Munitalp said:
They are either scammers or in countries that aren't getting them.
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Yea, I was considering selling an extra on eBay but too much risk especially on foreign soil. Domestically, relatively safe but even then, the buyer can do a charge back with Item Not As Described with their credit card company and that's a lose lose situation.
 
Have fun making a nice profit on the one you don't want.

Just sell it, as is. (If you can.)
 
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