I think the per-store allocation was set up between AT&T and Apple long before the 3GS was even announced. You were allowed to pre-order from what was left...not the other way around. Plus, no one made you pre-order. You could have waited in line with the rest.
As for the "class-action lawsuit", not a chance. What are you going to tell the judge, "I couldn't spend my money exactly when I wanted to. They made me wait!" Good luck with that.
I can see you failed to either read what I wrote, misread what I wrote, or are just trying to be rude. So I'll re-iterate my points for you in a more clear way I hope.
1- I never said I was filing a class action. That's moronic. I said that I can see that there are lawyers who would go for that because some people got screwed over. It happens ALL THE TIME. I've gotten class action letters no less than 15 times in my adult life that dealt with AT&T, T-mobile, Qwest, Vonage, Directv, Comcast, and several other telecomms and information providers for things that were smaller and way more insignificant than this.... and a lawyer pocketed a LOT of money off of each of them.... the consumer ended up with nothing (or maybe a $5 credit or something else equally stupid). I can see that this is one of those times where a law firm may hop on to it and run with it in hopes of getting a settlement of some sort for a CLASS OF CONSUMERS. Read it a few times slowly and you might see that. I don't foresee myself or anybody else that would be involved in a class action standing in front of a judge saying anything... as it isn't small claims court or Judge Judy.
2- No.... I really couldn't go to the store and do it and "wait in line with the rest" as you put it. I am on a company plan and my work makes me do things through the premier site online. That is their policy. If I want a phone via AT&T... I have to do it online or through premier phone support. When I called in they told me to place my order online. I did that. No phones. No answers as to why my order never processed completely to the point of shipping my product.
3- I did EXACTLY what AT&T told me to do within the date range they told me to do it in order to have 2 phones shipped to me BY today at the latest, and they still can't tell me where my order is or even IF it will ship within the time period specified. They only say it is backordered and will not be shipped today and to call back in 14 days if I haven't heard anything. Yes.... 14 days.
So my question is.... what was the point of getting an order in by a certain date if that really didn't matter and didn't guarantee people anything? I understand that I'm getting a different price per month (which is nice, but really it is fairly insignificant), but I'm a customer all the same and AT&T didn't tell me that they reserve the right to just send me my product whenever they darn well feel like it because I happened to be on a company plan. As a matter of fact... the page said stuff that was quite different (like order by the 13th, which I did, and you will have the phone on the 19th... which I don't). According to their page I'd have my phones today. They aren't here.
So my question is... what is the point of doing pre-order? Apparently you don't know, but you do have plenty of snide answers to throw at me that don't address my situation in the least, but rather are aimed at trying to make me look like bad for asking a question. Thanks for your time.
If AT&T had a simple glitch and let me know what it was and what they were going to do about it I'd be fine. Instead they act like they are doing me a big favor by taking my money. That's poor business.
