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RESERVE online PICKUP IN Apple STORE currently live and working
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Why do people do this...Your just clogging the system for everyone else. FLip the situation around for a second and think if there are people buying gold in hope they can exchange for silver later. Just wait like everyone else. This really irks me.
Just stopped by at my local Apple Store in Walnut Creek, California, before they opened. The Apple guy who opened the door told me that they were no longer selling 5S phones in the store to walk-in customers, and that they were ONLY selling them via online reservation and in-store pickup.
Understandable due to the tight supply, but crazy nonetheless.
Understandable due to the tight supply, but crazy nonetheless.
Well... since I'm pinging the Apple site every 15 minutes, part of me thinks that is good. But I would be mad beyond belief is there was an unclaimed phone, physically there, that they would not sell me.
Crazy indeed!
Crazy indeed!
Order a new line. We you are in store for pick up tell them you'd like to cancel the order and purchase the iPhone "device only."
Chinese Holiday
I can't believe there's no inventory on the stores anywhere in Southern California area. They said there's a Chinese Holiday this week? Is that why Apple returned the reserve online because we probably won't see any shipments this week anyways.
I can't believe there's no inventory on the stores anywhere in Southern California area. They said there's a Chinese Holiday this week? Is that why Apple returned the reserve online because we probably won't see any shipments this week anyways.
Cool. Will that work?
I was under the impression that once you complete the order online, you're charged for it and your contract is renewed.
In my opinion, this is how it should have been from them get go at all stores.
UPDATE: it's a little crazier than I thought. When the store opened at 10am, there was a line of about 20 people. Another Apple guy comes out and says that to get a 5S you either need to be there at 8am (before they open) to get a ticket, or do the online reservation.
That's just annoying...
I've been checking online all morning in Houston for a 32gb silver AT&T for my wife and a 16gb Space grey Verizon for a friend with no hits what so ever for either but my friend was able to walk into an Apple store just then to get the 16gb Space Grey for Verizon so the online reservation does not seem to accurately reflect available stock.
So I just ordered a 32gb grey t-mobile 5s to pick up at one of the stores in Austin. I wanted to confirm whether my UK credit card would be accepted (I'm still aware that it may be declined however I believe now that the order is placed I can call the payment specialists and change my payment to a wire transfer or something else). As soon as I ordered it, I went back to the personal pickup availability menu and that model is now currently unavailable at that store. Just demonstrates that the online inventory is updated in real time.
I want to buy a Verizon one full price. How do I do this using reservation? My girlfriend has Verizon plus an upgrade.
Should we just use the upgrade to reserve the phone, then when we get to Apple, tell them we want to pay device only....but wont the upgrade still be used?
Should we just use the upgrade to reserve the phone, then when we get to Apple, tell them we want to pay device only....but wont the upgrade still be used?
I'm sorry, but I kind of find this hilarious since Silver is MUCH easier to find than the Gold. Seriously, is there anyone looking for a Gold in hopes of trading for the Silver later? Not likely.
If they are handing out tickets it usually means those are the ones they currently have in stock so you should have stopped and not just walked by.