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Got to AT&T at 6:30am and 2nd in line here. First person in line got here at 6:00am. Now we are up to 9 people in line. No word from employees yet on anything.

Most AT&T stores should be posting a sign of what they DON'T have in stock.
 
Most AT&T stores should be posting a sign of what they DON'T have in stock.
Waiting to see. They have about 20 employees inside and are setting up a snack table right now. So....I got that going for me.
 
We have over 50 iPhone 7 black 128gb, 256gb black about 20, and then silver and gold in most sizes

So, not tons? Sounds about normal for a moderate to high traffic store on a normal launch.
 
West County Center near St Louis, MO at 6:39 AM. About 50 people in the walk-in line and I'm the only one here for reservations.

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So, not tons? Sounds about normal for a moderate to high traffic store on a normal launch.

Not really! At least not for my store! We usually get plenty but it's to fulfill preorders, not walk ins! First time after working here for 3 years that I see so many phones for walk in customers! And only about 4 pre-orders
 
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Not really! At least not for my store! We usually get plenty but it's to fulfill preorders, not walk ins! First time after working here for 3 years that I see so many phones for walk in customers! And only about 4 pre-orders

What store/location?
 
I got to my local VZW store (Omaha) at 6:15. I'm #7 in line. (Hopefully that's a good sign 7th for the 7). Probably not though lol.
 
Not wanting to kill anyone's buzz. My cousin pinged in glad he went late. At 7am cst in Tulsa ok at a T-Mobile store and was told with the small line " we don't have pluses order online"

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Welp.. after 9.5 hours of waiting.. no 7 Plus and no jet black 7 at my AT&T. Best part is, not only am I now going home empty handed.. I'm tired as hell so I'm gonna miss work today for no reason. :(


Wow.. I'm so sorry, I was going to go to my local att too. I don't know you personally, but I legit feel bad for you. Hope you get some rest man.. can't believe they didn't have a damn sign..
 
Welp.. after 9.5 hours of waiting.. no 7 Plus and no jet black 7 at my AT&T. Best part is, not only am I now going home empty handed.. I'm tired as hell so I'm gonna miss work today for no reason. :(
 
I vape but holy hell are 98% of people who vape annoying and weird as can be! Most of them do it to try and look cool....The other 2% of us just wanted to stop cigs hahaha
It's 100% actually and is probably as bad for you as smoking. We'll find our in 10 years.
 
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Only 7s at my AT&T store no jet black and only 128GB. Regular 7 black works for me so I'm happy.
 
Nothing to take pictures of, I am in a mall in NJ with BB Mobile and the carrriers. No lines.
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Welp.. after 9.5 hours of waiting.. no 7 Plus and no jet black 7 at my AT&T. Best part is, not only am I now going home empty handed.. I'm tired as hell so I'm gonna miss work today for no reason. :(

I went last night to BB and the carriers in a mall. All told me then there was no Plus or jet black 7. Not sure why ATT could not tell you ahead of time.
 
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West County Center near St Louis, MO at 6:39 AM. About 50 people in the walk-in line and I'm the only one here for reservations.

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Thanks for sharing those! I live around the St Louis area.. I never go down there for any releases like this since I order online all the time. Nice to see people coming out.
 
Everyone needs to do it once. I did and I immediately swore to never do it again. You should make the most of it. Hopefully some fun people show up. The time I went there were 150+ people in line. It was fun but torturous at the same time.
I agree - everyone needs to do it once. I remember that I did this for 2 separate phones at 2 different stores. I tried early am and was always wayyyy back in line. Seeing some of these empty line pictures is crazy - I have never rolled up on an empty scene like this. But alas kids and work changed and thank goodness Apple and AT&T interfaced better and I could do 2 year contract/NEXT now directly through Apple. Every preorder since then (except the Watch) has been smooth (even the much maligned 6+ launch) and like today, the phone arrived on launch day. Better than waiting for sure but miss those lines and the conversations.
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West County Center near St Louis, MO at 6:39 AM. About 50 people in the walk-in line and I'm the only one here for reservations.

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Hilarious - I am in STL and that's my 'home' store although the Galleria is closer to work. Best of luck with reservations - hope it goes well.
 
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This thread has been fun to read - hope all who waited were lucky to get what they wanted. Stores are open here in St. Louis now so there should be some stories soon.
 
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Just an update from me. My store opened at 8am (little over 3 hours ago) and surprise surprise, no Plus Models whatsoever. 12 hours spent in line for nothing. Well, not quite nothing, as I had my mom meet me there when they opened and she ended up getting a matte black 128GB 7. I also pre-ordered a 7+ 128Gb jet black. After looking at her matte in person though, I am strongly considering switching my order to a matte 7+ 128GB, as ill get it a month sooner and it will hold up better over time, all while still looking amazing. Not sure yet though.
 
Just an update from me. My store opened at 8am (little over 3 hours ago) and surprise surprise, no Plus Models whatsoever. 12 hours spent in line for nothing. Well, not quite nothing, as I had my mom meet me there when they opened and she ended up getting a matte black 128GB 7. I also pre-ordered a 7+ 128Gb jet black. After looking at her matte in person though, I am strongly considering switching my order to a matte 7+ 128GB, as ill get it a month sooner and it will hold up better over time, all while still looking amazing. Not sure yet though.
Damn that sucks dude. We all been there though. I waited for an iPhone 3GS in white at an apple store many years ago and ended up leaving with a black one. Thats why i always preorder on apple.com now. And i also pay full price for it since it ends up being the same thing anyway. Good luck
 
Damn that sucks dude. We all been there though. I waited for an iPhone 3GS in white at an apple store many years ago and ended up leaving with a black one. Thats why i always preorder on apple.com now. And i also pay full price for it since it ends up being the same thing anyway. Good luck
That's actually what I planned on doing, and tried to do. When I went to pre-order on Apple.com for full price payment, they requested the last 4 digits of the account holders social (I'm on family plan), despite me being a manager on the account with the ability to add/upgrade lines! Well I didn't know the social and it was 2am so I decided to try through the Verizon app, which I realized would be a better idea anyways as they have the $650 trade in deal.

So I'm on the Verizon app and it's not giving me any buttons or option to pre-order/upgrade a line, when I know for a fact I'm an account manager. I was so frustrated I just went to bed.

I called Verizon the next morning, and first inquired why Apple was requesting the Account holders social when I'm an account manager. They said since I was made an account manager after the account was created Apple's system could only detect the Account holder and that's why it was prompting for her social. Fair enough I said, but then asked why I couldn't make an order through the Verizon app. They said oh no you should be able to. Well I said I can't and they verified I'm an account manager on their end. After a bit on hold they said we forgot to make the change to your login for the app/website. Essentially they said I was marked as an account manager but the change never got applied to my online login/account. So their fault, that I couldn't pre-order.

Tried to do it the right way, nope. Tried my luck at waiting in line, nope. Sigh...Oh well, my 6 plus works fine I can wait a month or two it just pisses me off that it was problems on their end.
 
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