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Saw one 32gb black att in NYC, wouldn't go through checkout though. Found another in Wayne NJ which I was able to checkout with. Got an order confirmation, but no pickup yet. Should I be worried or is it normal to take a bit?
 
Saw one 32gb black att in NYC, wouldn't go through checkout though. Found another in Wayne NJ which I was able to checkout with. Got an order confirmation, but no pickup yet. Should I be worried or is it normal to take a bit?

I think it's normal. It was several hours for me.
 
I spoke to a specialist at the 5th ave store in NYC, and she said that even though they get shipments everyday, it's not for all 3 carriers. I haven't seen any available for Verizon.. ever lol.
 
This will be my 5th night. Houston, looking for Verizon 16GB black. My old phone actually bricked itself on Sunday, so I hope I can find something soon.

Most nights, I've seen zero availability within 300 miles. One night I saw one in Austin. Another night I saw one north of Dallas (Frisco).

If I order one for delivery, can I keep playing this game to hedge my bets?
 
This will be my 5th night. Houston, looking for Verizon 16GB black. My old phone actually bricked itself on Sunday, so I hope I can find something soon.

Most nights, I've seen zero availability within 300 miles. One night I saw one in Austin. Another night I saw one north of Dallas (Frisco).

If I order one for delivery, can I keep playing this game to hedge my bets?

Around 2 AM last night.. I saw about 3 stores in Austin have stock. Does this mean they possibly get updated at random times throughout the night?
 
This will be my 5th night. Houston, looking for Verizon 16GB black. My old phone actually bricked itself on Sunday, so I hope I can find something soon.

Most nights, I've seen zero availability within 300 miles. One night I saw one in Austin. Another night I saw one north of Dallas (Frisco).

If I order one for delivery, can I keep playing this game to hedge my bets?

Yes.
I ordered one online so gotta wait 4 weeks to come in.
If I get one locally I'd just cancell the online order.
 
Around 2 AM last night.. I saw about 3 stores in Austin have stock. Does this mean they possibly get updated at random times throughout the night?

I've heard similar stories, but I'm too old to stay up that late.

I should create a mechanical turk task for this, LOL
 
But your credit card would be charged full price for the 10pm order... can that be reconciled at the store?

I ordered one by adding a line to my family plan online.
The other one Im trying for a local pickup is as an early upgrade.
Once you get to the store you can arrange and put it any way you want. Full price, early upgrade, full upgrade, add a line etc...
 
A bunch of stores in Boston just got stock.. was just checking random zipcodes, if anyone is interested

edit: scored a white 32gb at northpark in dallas.

also can anyone answer.. do they hold phones for more than one day? :/
 
16gb black AT&T

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16gb black AUSTIN TX cdma verizon
 
16gb black AT&T

columbus oh, novi mi, lyndhurst oh, indianapolis, chicago il, knox, willow bend, houston galleria, highland village houston, domain austin, barton creek, woodland, germantown, nashville, schaumburg, skokie, kansas city, tulsa, west count st louis, promenade little rock, germantown, bloomington, edina
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16gb black AUSTIN TX cdma verizon

That Verizon phone in Austin lasted 8 minutes. Too damn far to drive from Houston...

Now the question is, should I stay up all night hitting the ENTER key over and over... I guess not; If the stores near me had AT&T stock, that means they've done their inventory.
 
My luck that the one day I don't check they have stock near me haha. If Verizon though I doubt it. So just waiting now patiently, I've heard good times for black 32gb models like a week or so for most of
 
Wow for the last 3 nights I have been adding all 6 verizon iphone 5 models to my cart in hopes that any of them would be available and now I find out that searching for "all eligable items" means a store that has all 6, when I was just searching for ANY of them.

I feel like I could have passed up an iPhone 2 days ago or something if I had entered a specific model instead of all eligible.
 
That Verizon phone in Austin lasted 8 minutes. Too damn far to drive from Houston...

Now the question is, should I stay up all night hitting the ENTER key over and over... I guess not; If the stores near me had AT&T stock, that means they've done their inventory.

I checked all over Central time zone and only 1 store had any cdma phone and that was austin. I guess verizon iphone 5 is scarce compared to at&t and I would just try my luck at radioshack, target, walmart, local VZW stores, and online reservation with Apple.
 
Boston got stock at 11??

Yeah the store in on Boston street or whatever it was had stock of the 32g white one at 11 CST.. then i noticed more stores getting stock so i checked back in texas and sure enough my stores had them too.

again does anyone know if they'll hold for more than a day? :/ if i call them will they be more inclined? haha
 
Yeah the store in on Boston street or whatever it was had stock of the 32g white one at 11 CST.. then i noticed more stores getting stock so i checked back in texas and sure enough my stores had them too.

again does anyone know if they'll hold for more than a day? :/ if i call them will they be more inclined? haha

Damn it, at 11 CST so that makes it 9 eastern.
They updated it that early?
What happened to 10PM?
And I doubt they will hold it for more than a day.
You can call them and try though.
 
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