possibility of upgrading if you recently bought the iPhone 3g?

[Razeus]

hmm... why would one be out of luck. AT&T verified this info for me LOL. secondly, why would you be happy about someone getting screwed, especially since they just dropped $300 on a phone? After doing a little research, LOL, i also discovered that AT&T had a similar program last year, for all those who asked when purchasing a product and were either lied to or forced to deal with uninformed store reps (either way the customer gets screwed.) Again not everyone has time to dig thru rumor mills and the such. Some of us have lives. LOL a buddy of mine told me about the new upgrades, only after i showed him my phone, so ive been on these rumor sites for a week now. But again Why would you be happy about someone getting screwed, it seems as though you want this to happen. Luckily we have choices as consumers, and even if ATT decided to go against its decision to allow for exchanges, I could always just return my purchase and cancel my contract. there are alternatives. So no one is really out of luck. Especially in this economy, if you can drop that kind of money on a phone companies are more than willing to work with you. Trust me i called Sprint before i bought my iphone and they tried everything to talk me into signing on with them. Too bad they suck. Let's hope AT&T uphold this decision.

where in my post did I say I was happy about someone getting screwed. He didn't get screwed. He made a purchase and made it at the wrong time. We are busy, but in the internet age, it's common practice to google the electronics device you're purchasing beforehand to make an informed decision.

 

[MacAndMic]

where in my post did I say I was happy about someone getting screwed. He didn't get screwed. He made a purchase and made it at the wrong time. We are busy, but in the internet age, it's common practice to google the electronics device you're purchasing beforehand to make an informed decision.

You are correct to an extent Razeus but in this day in age we are also VERY busy. What we do here about the iphone is mostly through tv commercials.

Even if you are an electronic junkie, where did Apple say that they would be releasing a new phone? It is ALL speculation from people who have nothing to do with Apple.

Apple brings this on themselves. Give a longer anticipation date instead of 2 weeks after the announcement. Not that it really matters, in the end, they make their buck.

For me, I bought a 3G on 5/15 and knew about the "rumors" but at the time the only thing solid was 3.0 coming out (which they annouced WAY ahead of time), not a new device. After dinner, I am running down to my store to return it, I have 30 days. Hopefully they will be nice and just say we will honor the new contreact price on the release date to me and let me continue to use the 3g til then, if not, no big deal, I have a backup. They however will have to re-do contracts twice. Sure, I'll have to pay the re-stocking fee, much better than buying a new one all over again.

troutspinner

 

[MacAndMic]

I bought a 3G on 5/15 and knew about the "rumors" but at the time the only thing solid was 3.0 coming out (which they annouced WAY ahead of time), not a new device. After dinner, I am running down to my store to return it, I have 30 days. Hopefully they will be nice and just say we will honor the new contreact price on the release date to me and let me continue to use the 3g til then, if not, no big deal, I have a backup. They however will have to re-do contracts twice. Sure, I'll have to pay the re-stocking fee, much better than buying a new one all over again.

troutspinner

Update...... I just got back from the store and returned my 3G that I bought on 5/15 and ordered the 32gb 3Gs. I did have to pay the 10% restocking charge.

The new phone was $299.00 plus tax, no activation fee as I paid that on the previous phone so it is already bought and paid for.

They did give me the option to use the current phone until the new one is available but I would have had to pay the full price on the new phone. Then on launch day that would then credit my return phone and then the difference in price from full price to subsidized price. Since I have a backup phone I just did it the way I did to alleviate any confusion.

On the bright side, my store opens at 7am next friday for pre-orders only so they can get us in and out quickly. They then open the doors at 9am for everyone else.

troutspinner