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People in NY doing AT&T NEXT Beware, look at this I just got from Apple

penajmz

penajmz

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I was trying to do a dummy purchase to see how everything would go tonight then THIS happened. Whaaaaaat!?

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I don't know if that's specific to just NY, as I believe I saw other people mentioning it in other threads. They didn't say where they lived, but I think this might be a widespread move by carriers to get people INTO their stores.
 
I'm pretty upset! I wanted to preorder with Apple as I think it is more reliable. Now I don't know what I'll do.

This sucks!
 
jlake02 said:
Wow, I'm going to be angry if AT&T forces me to camp vs. pre-order. :mad:
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Your location says L.A. I'm in Los Angeles and did a mock Next upgrade of iPhone 5s and no such issues here.
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penajmz said:
Anybody solved this yet?
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I just asked AT&T on the Live Chat (literally as I'm typing this) if that was true and the guy said:

Unfortunately, that is true. I don't have any further information on why that is the case.
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I also asked on the Apple Chat and they said to check with AT&T because they don't have any information.
 
I did a mock upgrade to the iPhone 6, and I live in New York and I received no errors.

Obviously we cannot check-out yet, but you would think it would say something then right?

I even did my upgrade eligibility and it did not say anything about not being able to order, in fact it pushed me to the Apple website for pre-orders.

Who knows, but I would really like a firm answer on this.
 
SRLMJ23 said:
I did a mock upgrade to the iPhone 6, and I live in New York and I received no errors.

Obviously we cannot check-out yet, but you would think it would say something then right?

I even did my upgrade eligibility and it did not say anything about not being able to order, in fact it pushed me to the Apple website for pre-orders.

Who knows, but I would really like a firm answer on this.
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You can't do it with the iPhone 6. Try it with a 5s.
 
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According to a call I just had with Apple, if you are using or have NEXT, you cannot buy any phones from Apple either online or in-store. You are forced to use ATT if you live in NYS.
 
Been living in NC for 4 years, use to live in NY, THEY STILL THINK I LIVE THERE!!!
I got this message when testing a buy of the 5s, "upgrades are not allowed for your account in this market"
 
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I wonder if people that couldn't order AT&T next online last year will be able to this year. It was super frustrating!
 
lenard said:
Been living in NC for 4 years, use to live in NY, THEY STILL THINK I LIVE THERE!!!
I got this message when testing a buy of the 5s, "upgrades are not allowed for your account in this market"
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Even though you moved to NC, your account is still listed in the NY "market" where you created it and I would also guess that you kept your phone number(s) from NY.

Dave
 
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