Hey guys i called a store and she said it was possible to do it. She said you'd need to complete the transaction, then return it, and re purchase at full price. I may do this if something becomes avail.
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Hey guys i called a store and she said it was possible to do it. She said you'd need to complete the transaction, then return it, and re purchase at full price. I may do this if something becomes avail.
They won't do a hard pull on your credit record for the line your making (and then canceling)? I'm still probably out of the running as I have a gift card to use
Columbus?
Which Store in Columbus?
I have had 2-3 apple emplyees tell me different things. I think tey are getting worn down with all the questions.
I was going to try standing in line Saturday morning, but I am not sure they will have a shipment by opening.
I have been trying to do instore pick up, throughout the day.
It says they have stock at times, and by the time I get ot check-out, it is gone. (happened 3 times so far)
I have also tried to purchase online for instore pick up at night. Anywhere from midnight until 3:30am. No luck
Which Store in Columbus?
I have had 2-3 apple emplyees tell me different things. I think tey are getting worn down with all the questions.
I was going to try standing in line Saturday morning, but I am not sure they will have a shipment by opening.
I have been trying to do instore pick up, throughout the day.
It says they have stock at times, and by the time I get ot check-out, it is gone. (happened 3 times so far)
I have also tried to purchase online for instore pick up at night. Anywhere from midnight until 3:30am. No luck
Are you saying there are still about 50 scalpers every day? That's high! Where are you? I'm assuming NYC?
I wish I was kidding, and no, in what I would think is a small market of Jacksonville, Florida. It's crazy about the only thing our store can hold stock of is Sprint, everything is gone first thing usually.
I think what's happening is that there is a server pool for that handles the inventory api and also the first pass availability check form the site (before you go into the actual checkout part)
I use the ip6plus python inventory checker which works great and it shouldn't be doing any caching on the client side but I do notice that sometimes it reports inventory late, and then it will hold into it for 15 minutes while the actual stock was sold out in 30 seconds. 15 minutes seems like a nice round number that describes an update timer somewhere in the system.
so I think it's hitting a server in the pool that is just getting the stock updates not right away. The actual checkout part of the process is much closer to real time and I think that explains why the check out process is erroring out for a lot of people because it's probably a single server or at least a very small server pool that is responsible for that last part of the check out process.
Although I do think that the location check in the check out is closer to real time, it's only the very final purchase button that is actually compared to the real-time stock.
Also, I think different servers in the front line pool are not updated at the same time. so I might be hitting 1 server with my local python script while iStock is hitting a different. so we may not be seeing the same data.
I would like to compare notes with iStock though to see if this meshes what you think is happening. Supposedly, the inventory gets updated in real time as units get scanned into the system, so it doesnt match the behavior we are seeing where big batches of stock appear and disappear in multiple locations at the same time.
I use the ip6plus python inventory checker which works great and it shouldn't be doing any caching on the client side but I do notice that sometimes it reports inventory late, and then it will hold into it for 15 minutes while the actual stock was sold out in 30 seconds. 15 minutes seems like a nice round number that describes an update timer somewhere in the system.
so I think it's hitting a server in the pool that is just getting the stock updates not right away. The actual checkout part of the process is much closer to real time and I think that explains why the check out process is erroring out for a lot of people because it's probably a single server or at least a very small server pool that is responsible for that last part of the check out process.
Although I do think that the location check in the check out is closer to real time, it's only the very final purchase button that is actually compared to the real-time stock.
Also, I think different servers in the front line pool are not updated at the same time. so I might be hitting 1 server with my local python script while iStock is hitting a different. so we may not be seeing the same data.
I would like to compare notes with iStock though to see if this meshes what you think is happening. Supposedly, the inventory gets updated in real time as units get scanned into the system, so it doesnt match the behavior we are seeing where big batches of stock appear and disappear in multiple locations at the same time.
Great news-- I just placed an order for a 'new line' AT&T 6+ due to issues porting my number (didn't want to lose the phone) ideally, I want an unlocked phone to use on t-mobile.
If I buy the AT&T phone outright, I'll be able to use it on t-mobile?
Yes you will be able to.
Please let me know how the process goes as i couldn't get a VZ phone in time :/
If Apple had been able to get the required approvals in China prior to launch and made China a launch country this wouldn't be an issue.
which store is that ?
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Anybody in texas knows which store has the least buzz so i have a better chance of getting what i want if i stand in line ?
Spent the last 6 hours (crazy i know) clicking refresh on seaturtle.org. At this point, I've been on the site so long I might actually adopt a seaturtle.
3 times it came up available. 3 times I hit check out and error'd out. SKFLSNKJLGNDFKGL
How is the 6 so hard to get, at least for me.
3 times it came up available. 3 times I hit check out and error'd out. SKFLSNKJLGNDFKGL
How is the 6 so hard to get, at least for me.
You mean silver? Have you went to the Apple Store? They may not be making them available for personal pickup but that doesn't mean they don't have any.
Called all the targets showing in stock and they said they were all out and it's not accurate.
gotcha, thx.
I called and they said the 6+ i wanted showed up in iventory but it was already reserved from a preorder. seems odd but nothing I can do about it