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The U.K. iPhone 4 Thread
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Just had someone prank call me trying to interest me in buying the new iPhone 4. Thought it was rather hilarious so I'll share it with you seeing as it's an iPhone 4 related forum
"Phil from O2" sounds to be about 18/19 years old, with a broad Yorkshire accent, and oh, surprise, I live in Yorkshire.
Phil seems as though he's not sure what he's going to say next with lots of "errrrm"s and "well...errrrm"s
Now, Phil, from O2 says that he's calling from a Private Number (withheld) because he's calling from a private office of O2. There must be nobody else in this office of his cos I can't hear anyone else making calls to customers in the background. Phil tried to call me, at 1am, and ask if I was interested in buying the new iPhone. I said yes. He asked if I had an iPhone, or any other mobile I would trade in and get money off the iPhone 4. I said no as I've already sold mine.
Now here I was wondering if this guy's going to be able to offer me the chance to reserve an iPhone for Thursday morning. He asks me for what plan I'm currently on I say O2 simplicity, he asks how much I pay a month, I tell him I'd rather not divulge that information seeing as he should know it...if he's already calling from O2 that is...but he goes ahead and tells me about the £10pm O2 simplicity plan. I tell him that's not enough minutes and stuff for me, and I hear him tap on a laptop and bring up the O2 price list and read it from the website...wrongly...he read the O2 simplicity non-iphone prices to me.
Then I question why it's a withheld number and he says "wellll, erm, I could get someone from the O2 customer service team or something to call you back and reference your codes and stuff...is ten minutes okay?" I said ok then.
Ten minutes later the same guy calls back and says "hi I called you about ten minutes ago about the new iPhone 4..." I told him, yeah hi Phil, I thought an O2 customer service number was going to call me? He says "yes, I'm from customer services" So i said prove it, how do i know you're from O2. He ummm'd and said "So you know I'm from O2, I'll just ask you a few questions, would you mind telling me your mothers maiden name?" I say "Wait a minute, that doesn't tell me you're from O2, that just gives you my mothers maiden name and then you go away and steal my identity...now, what are you calling for and why should I believe you're actually trying to genuinely offer me a chance of getting an iPhone on thursday?" at which he changes his tone and goes "ALRIGHT THEN F*** YOU YA F***ING P**** YOU CAN SUCK ON MY BALLS THEN" and he hangs up.
What a strange prank call. I wonder which of my friends put someone up to that haha.
As you were...
Are you sure that was a prank? Sounds like an O2 customer services call to me
I got the tracking email from apple at 2:41am, got a tracking number but it doesn't seem to work on the UPS site yet, on apple the tracking info delivery date says '24 Jun 2010 (Subject to change)'
In that case, I would say your chances of it arriving 23rd are pretty slim.
Its most likely the shipping info has been sent to UPS, but they still have still to pick the phone up from Apple.
Mine's shipping via TNT! Just got email in the middle of the night.
It's got a TNT tracking number, which isn't recognised on the TNT website (starts 8 ) - anyone else had this?
It's got a TNT tracking number, which isn't recognised on the TNT website (starts 8 ) - anyone else had this?
mines shipped, on the uk one has a tnt like number, and on the us one has the long 1Z number that ups use.....
on BOTH websites it says carrier is ups and delivery is tomorrow
no tracking works, but it didnt for the ipad straight away either
on BOTH websites it says carrier is ups and delivery is tomorrow
no tracking works, but it didnt for the ipad straight away either
I seem to be first central Scotland person to have iPhone 4 shipped - 3am GMT.
I note the following
- Invoice shows 23rd delivery but all other references to 24th
- UPS carrier (although have '8.......' & '1Z......' tracking no's.)
- Tracking number(s) not recognized yet
I note the following
- Invoice shows 23rd delivery but all other references to 24th
- UPS carrier (although have '8.......' & '1Z......' tracking no's.)
- Tracking number(s) not recognized yet
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Got my shipping confirmation as well and found a few tracking numbers one beginning with 8
But also if you go to the Apple US store you get a tracking with a Z reference as well.
Tried both with UPS and neither work yet.
But also if you go to the Apple US store you get a tracking with a Z reference as well.
Tried both with UPS and neither work yet.
I think the tracking numbers will probably be live shortly - touchwood. I have exactly situation to you
Yep, precisely the same for me too! Nice thing to wake up to...
.... One more get up to go...One more get up to go...One more get up to go...One more get up to go...One more get up to go...
Lol... it makes me happy to see that I'm not the only person who counts down the time to "exciting things" by the number of sleeps/times I get up... haha, there's loads of us on this thread
Lol... it makes me happy to see that I'm not the only person who counts down the time to "exciting things" by the number of sleeps/times I get up... haha, there's loads of us on this thread
We're all a bunch of geeky nutters...
/but we mean no harm
The Engadget review is making me drool even more so, and did I mention anywhere in this thread that it's my Birthday tomorrow!!