Pre-Ordering In-Store + Home Activation = Waived Fee?

[carebearsx3]

I had read a few posts on this site saying that you can pre-order the phone, and then when you get it at the store, you can tell them that you'll activate it at home. Would that result in a waived Activation Fee?

 

[Tara Luvs Apple]

I had read a few posts on this site saying that you can pre-order the phone, and then when you get it at the store, you can tell them that you'll activate it at home. Would that result in a waived Activation Fee?

No, because the fee is charged to your phone bill.

 

[LetMeBlastU]

I had read a few posts on this site saying that you can pre-order the phone, and then when you get it at the store, you can tell them that you'll activate it at home. Would that result in a waived Activation Fee?

Damn I just posted something similar. sorry bout that

 

[carebearsx3]

No, because the fee is charged to your phone bill.

WTF? But they're not doing the Activation... Ah, well. Hopefully I'll get a gay employee, and talk him up a bit.

 

[rudiger10]

If they activate it at the Apple Store, can they transfer contacts from my blackjack 2, or will I have to go to AT&T for that?

 

[FamiliaPhoto]

WTF? But they're not doing the Activation... Ah, well. Hopefully I'll get a gay employee, and talk him up a bit.

It isn't about the employee at the store. The charge is for transferring phones on the network. That way you pay the fee no matter where or how you activate it.