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No new iPhone this year, from the horses mouth.

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mmomega said:
Oh I agree with you guys that I rarely if ever take any advice from my local salesmen, just there are p-lenty of customers out there that are not very techy and the salesman is their friend - he works at the company so he MUST be informed and correct if he is telling it.
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you're gullible :rolleyes:
 
mmomega said:
Oh I agree with you guys that I rarely if ever take any advice from my local salesmen, just there are p-lenty of customers out there that are not very techy and the salesman is their friend - he works at the company so he MUST be informed and correct if he is telling it.
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Consider the source. He's trying to make a sale...he couldn't care less about your interests...only his

Salesmen are never your friend

JD914 said:
you're gullible :rolleyes:
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Indeed
 
mmomega said:
Horses's Arse...
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remember having a fun conversation about the iPhone 3GS with a supervisor at the Plymouth O2 store. she swore blind it wasn't going to get announced etc etc. Guess what?

Jobs is on record as saying there's a new phone. It's just a fail thread and a cheap salesman con trick.
 
Applejuiced said:
...and will tell you whatever it takes to get that commision today.
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My God, has society gotten to the point where they ACTUALLY believe what a salesperson is saying? Of course he is going to say whatever he damn well pleases to get commission. You people act like this is a new practice for business.
 
Come on guys. If :apple: does release a new iPhone it will be on the apple site before anything. We all know Steve Jobs and his band of "merry" men are great at being up front about the products so - this thread as pointless and semi informative as it is. Is just talk. Now!

I want it to leave AT&T I love my PHONE. I hate the service though - It is dumb that being a customer that can't do half the stuff that should be done with a next gen phone.

I hope it is verizon. Sprint is worthless and has shown that over the years.
 
seems like att iphone people are a holes. i had the free upgrade to the 3g to 3gs but the guy tried to use the 400 price. and i knew he knew cause he said that i could get the special price!
 
So any other ATT employee's on the forums and have you been told to tell your customers this ?
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Any AT&T employee that you talk to in a store or on the phone is going to learn about a new iPhone at the same time as the general public. Generally after the general public, in fact, unless they keep up with tech news of their own initiative.
 
Just out of curiosity, why are people even debating about such crap. Anyone with a brain knows that noone outside Apple's executive board knows whats coming when. To the OP - why would you waste everyone's time posting such crap?
 
mmomega said:
Or Horses's Arse...

So, my g/f went by the local ATT store about 20minutes ago to activate an old phone for her son (lost his iphone) anyway, the guy at the store said she might as well go ahead and get a 3Gs because Apple is not going to release an iPhone this year due to the iPad being released.

So this guy is telling everyone that comes into the store this information, guessing to either sell more 3gs's or to make himself sound like he has some insider info.
So any other ATT employee's on the forums and have you been told to tell your customers this ?
How about everyone on the forums give him cause he is the new guy to go to for leaked info.
(817) 477-8247 is the store number. Mansfield, TX

If this is true, no worries I guess, but I'd be fairly pissed if some idiot at the store said he got his information from corporate, ended up talking me into a 3gs because I needed a new phone and 3 months later the new phones drops and I'm stuck in another 2yr contract.
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OP you are just asking to get flamed
 
Shenaniganz08 said:
OP you are just asking to get flamed
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Nope just trying to spread the word that these types of things are happening so if anything at all comes from the thread, people that read it may second guess anything they hear from an ATT rep.

Sure I could have gone about it a different way and even named the thread differently but I'm not sitting and watching the net 24/7 so there is a possibility I could've missed info about a new iphone not being released; I came here since you guys know you're chit for the most part. My bad.
 
to1986 said:
Just out of curiosity, why are people even debating about such crap. Anyone with a brain knows that noone outside Apple's executive board knows whats coming when. To the OP - why would you waste everyone's time posting such crap?
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You also need to get cracking on the other posts stating new iphone in particular month, new macbook pro's on the way I have proof.

What else do you do reading random posts on forums if not wasting time, wasn't an article or front page news... u :(so angry.
 
mmomega said:
Oh I agree with you guys that I rarely if ever take any advice from my local salesmen, just there are p-lenty of customers out there that are not very techy and the salesman is their friend - he works at the company so he MUST be informed and correct if he is telling it.
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I'm sorry, but when I worked retail seeing phones, computers, printers etc., we had several sales people on the floor all day. Some salespeople were honest and told the customer the truth, others lied and told them something to get a sale. Remember that salespeople male a commission to make up for the no salary or the small salary they earn. They also have sales goals for each month that they have to meet along with extended service plans.

Most people I had contact with were not tech savvy, they only knew what they read in the newspaper, a tech mag, or what they saw on the news that day or night. Sometimes it was hard to tell them what really was going on and what they SHOULD buy!

All the manufacturers of computers and cellphones then did a one day event each fall to discuss and show their new products to all the sales force. Also, any good salesperson would check inventory each day before they went on the selling floor to see what was in stock and what products were due to arrive. As has been shown here with Best Buy stock, there are dummy sku's with or without names attached to them.

I personally don't like a salesperson who just blatantly lies to get a sale to fill his quota...makes sales people look like used car sales people!
 
Unfortunately people contributed quite a few off-topic posts, and I don't see the discussion going anywhere fruitful, so I've closed the thread.
 
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