I just got off the phone with my local AT&T store to confirm that they will be allowing pre-orders to pick up there phones starting at 7am. (even though I know AT&T confirmed this, you never know what a random store may end up doing) She was a little clueless, and when I asked she responded with "no, you can actually pre-order now." I told her that I had already pre-ordered and just wanted to be sure of the pick-up time, to which she replied "no, since your direct fulfillment, your phone wont be shipped till later, and we will call you when it arrives. I then informed her that the phones are currently sitting in Dallas with an expected delivery to the stores on 6/18. She seemed surprised and said "well I guess you will be ok then." Seems that some of the AT&T store employees may not even be fully aware of how the pre-order process is currently working. Kinda funny to think that those employees have no idea that customers are out there tracking the movement of planes, and know more about the whereabouts of their inventory than they do, lol.
Even if they dont call me, I'll still show up on Fri because I'll know right when my phone hits the store. Kind of annoying seeing as how I work right across the street from the store, and can see the UPS trucks when they make their drops.