Pre-ordering 5s (Yeah, I know, just hear me out)

[joeblow7777]

What if I told you (hypothetically) that I know of a retailer that has been accepting pre-orders of the 5s since it was revealed on the 10th.

Is it possible that such a retailer could get in trouble for this?

 

[twisdit]

What if I told you (hypothetically) that I know of a retailer that has been accepting pre-orders of the 5s since it was revealed on the 10th.

Is it possible that such a retailer could get in trouble for this?

Sprint was taking pre orders since 9/13 for the 5S. I just came back from the sprint store half an hour ago. You get a $50 gift card that you use towards the purchase on Friday and they hold one for you. Just tell them what color and size Check with your carrier

 

[mloffa]

Uh, no. Individual retailers can do whatever they want in terms of accepting "pre-orders." Whether they have enough stock to cover all of the pre-orders is another story but they really can do whatever they want.

 

[Adelphos33]

A retailer can reserve phones for whatever customers it wants. This retailer is not advertising them as preorders on the internet, which is Apple's likely only requirement

 

[joeblow7777]

Okay. I was under the impression that there was no way to reserve a 5s before the 20th. That's certainly how people have been acting, talking about logging on to place orders online right at midnight.

So I thought that any retailer or service provider accepting pre-orders might be risking getting their hand slapped by Apple or something.

 

[scaredpoet]

The only trouble they might get in is with their customers, if they end up being unable to meet the demands of the people they've taken pre-orders from in a reasonable amount of time. If stock is constrained, there's no telling what you might get or when. Especially since historically, Apple has made their own retail channels the priority during a launch period.

And if you're someone preordering from such a vendor, there's no guarantee your pre order will be fulfilled faster than someone ordering at 12:01 am from the Apple website.

 

[Holty123]

It's not what you know it's who you know some stores stick to the rules some don't

i have a store who has saved me two iPhones every year since 2007

it's business at the end of the day

 

[bwsteg]

Unless you went to sprint on the 13th as soon as they opened, you are not guaranteed a 5s. Sprint is very savy. What they do is tell people that they can pre-order by purchasing a $50 gift card. That's half-true, only until they run out of stock. So what happens to the rest of the people? They now spend $50 at that particular store...Genius on the part of sprint...

 

[12vElectronics]

I've had bad experiences doing a pre order from anyone NOT Apple.

 

[karmatourer]

They are not pre-orders.You are getting in line and that $50 you pony up does not guarantee you a phone on release day.Radio Shack did this last year and it worked for me.Only 2 of us got phones on release day though.

Okay. I was under the impression that there was no way to reserve a 5s before the 20th. That's certainly how people have been acting, talking about logging on to place orders online right at midnight.

So I thought that any retailer or service provider accepting pre-orders might be risking getting their hand slapped by Apple or something.

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Same with Radio Shack.

Unless you went to sprint on the 13th as soon as they opened, you are not guaranteed a 5s. Sprint is very savy. What they do is tell people that they can pre-order by purchasing a $50 gift card. That's half-true, only until they run out of stock. So what happens to the rest of the people? They now spend $50 at that particular store...Genius on the part of sprint...

 

[vigilant]

I don't trust others with preordering either.

I have a complicated account so i had to call Verizon and get them to change a couple things so it will go by quickly at the Apple Store. Otherwise i'd probably be there for hours.

I don't trust anyone but Apple for preordering. I don't trust anyone but Verizon for setting up my account.

 

[tymaster50]

If you HAVE to get the 5s, don't go to radioshack unless you call multiple times, they get so few phones it's ridiculous. One time they got a shipment of a grand total of 3 iPhone 5's. Just mind bowing.

 

[vigilant]

If you HAVE to get the 5s, don't go to radioshack unless you call multiple times, they get so few phones it's ridiculous. One time they got a shipment of a grand total of 3 iPhone 5's. Just mind bowing.

Doesn't surprise me at all. If I had to guess, I bet Radioshack gets small shipments because of their seemingly constant violations of advertised price. Interesting article on Business Week I think about how companies that violate that get much smaller shipments.

http://www.businessweek.com/article...phone-discount-defeated-apples-price-controls