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Best Buy pre order

Went to Best Buy today and pre ordered the Incredible. Cant wait for the 29th! upgrading from a G1 running on ATT. So happy to get rid of ATT!
Best Buy turns the $100 mail-in rebate into an instant rebate, so its $199 in store.
Anybody else get theirs on order today??

hoop762 said:
Went to Best Buy today and pre ordered the Incredible. Cant wait for the 29th! upgrading from a G1 running on ATT. So happy to get rid of ATT!
Best Buy turns the $100 mail-in rebate into an instant rebate, so its $199 in store.
Anybody else get theirs on order today??
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I went to my local best buy store too. They said only 2 ppl had pre-ordered all day. I heard they do not honor the new every two discount so I'm sure alot of ppl will pre-order via vzw online tomorrow. I'm actually really surprised that there has not been any vzw htc incredible commercials. I have seen plenty of vzw moto droid commercials. I would think that they would want to take advantage of the large viewing audeinces watching both the NBA and NHL playoffs, but I guess not. I suspect that Incredible may not be as big to the general public as the moto droid was. Which is fine with me I talked to a CSR @ vzw and she told me that the incredible is shown as in stock and there was no note on the device stating that it would not ship before 4/29. She did say the launch date for all channels (stores/webstores) is 4/29. Best buy told me that pre-ordered phones can be picked up on or after 4/29.

when i went to BB one of the mobile guys asked if he could help me...i asked him about the pre order and he didnt know anything about it. Had to ask his manager what that was, so im guessing they hadnt done any pre orders that day.
I love android and my G1 but cant wait to get some better hardware

I was the first to pre-order at my local store. It only cost $100 to put my name in the hat for two incredibles (..and of course they gave me two $50 dollar gift cards which I will use towards my phones next next week). The girl said the store will receive a greater amount of phones if more people pre-order at that location.
if one person pre-orders, they may get 5 phones
if 15 preorder, the store will get 25 phones (examples, but she has seen other pre-orders use the 15=25 numbers)
going from At&t (no complaints) with a Kaiser (wife has a moto q9 with a broken "a" key) to verizon with two incredibles.

Wait 100$ to preorder? So you have to pay 300$ when you get the phone?

I just got my new homeowners tax refund and once the check clears tomorrow I'll be marching into Best Buy and preordering that beautiful beast of a phone. Cyanogen expects that it will be simple for his roms to work on the Incredible since its very close to N1.

Pre-Ordered mine on Monday. I asked about getting it early and the lady said no. It sucks that some people who ordered through Verizon have gotten theirs today.

polo2883 said:
Pre-Ordered mine on Monday. I asked about getting it early and the lady said no. It sucks that some people who ordered through Verizon have gotten theirs today.
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where did you hear that some ppl already got theirs?

Yeah I hadn't heard this either.

oneeyejack said:
where did you hear that some ppl already got theirs?
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There are a couple of videos up on androidfroums that show people who got theirs early

Hmmm, maybe best buy will get theirs early then.

i just got on the list with my local verizon store, they said they should have theirs by the 27th

Hmmm, I may have to cancel my preorder then.

[ strike ]I pre-ordered mine on the 19th but they still haven't charged my card. Should I have been charged? Or are they waiting till it ships to charge me? Has this happened to anyone else? I just want to make sure I'm not the only one. [ /strike ]
Ooooppps just realized that this was for best buy pre-orders, sorry

Last I read in forums was the Best Buy gets their inventory of phones on 4/24

i would leave any preorders that you did online alone, they will have it shipped to you by the 29th. if best buy or local stores get them early, they arent going to be able to give them out until the 29th anyway.

HTC Incredible is a great phone but i want to see it upclose before getting into a contract. I think it might be too plasticky but i will still get it.

There was an error at verizon on phone orders allowing them to get shipped early. They've plugged that mistake. Those lucky enough to have done a phone order on the Monday got them early.

I have mine pre ordered with Best Buy. Between my New Every Two and some BB Reward Zone certificates, I'm getting mine for ridiculous inexpensiveness!
Sorry, but I had to gloat.

Just pre ordered mine today and got Best Buy to price match Verizon on the 529.99 that big red is offering. BB wanted me to pay 599.99 but I'm not doing that.

So who has the best preorder deal.

I just called my Radio Shack and they said they stopped taking orders yesterday. Do you think that is for every reseller. A girl here at work said she pre-ordered hers at a kiosk in Sam's club. She bought a 50 dollar gift card and then has to pay 150 the day of pickup. Plus Sprint is supposed to give a 70 dollar credit on her bill. I don't know what that is for but they seem to think you get that every time you re-up your contract.
So other than Sam's and the Shack are there any other stores I should check?
Thanks,
Phil

It might be worth your time to check out
www dot evpdiscount dot com .
It is a division of Sprint (or perhaps a third-party company???) that offers discounts ranging from 5% to 25% or so off your monthly bill. The discount is determined by who your employer is. The downside is your employer may not be a member. Mine was not, but I managed to get it set up and was able to pre-order through EVP. There is no cost or obligation to your employer. Also, the EVP price for the EVO itself is only $174.99, so that will save you a few bucks as well.

however, with that website you have to wait for your rebate (the $100 and the $25..), where best buy and radio shack you don't have to wait for the rebate

Looks like I'll have to wait on the rebate. I went ahead and ordered it via the EVP. Hopefully it ships on the 4th and I can get it early in the following week. The RS guy said their promotion ended yesterday so I figured I just needed to get my name on a list somewhere.

wildcard said:
however, with that website you have to wait for your rebate (the $100 and the $25..), where best buy and radio shack you don't have to wait for the rebate
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That's a good point. I forgot to mention that. However, if you have a business account, they employ something called "flat rate pricing," which means an instant rebate. I was fortunate enough to be porting over a business line, so the entire up front cost will only be $174.99 plus tax. They also throw in free overnight shipping AND free activation.

PAPutzback said:
Looks like I'll have to wait on the rebate. I went ahead and ordered it via the EVP. Hopefully it ships on the 4th and I can get it early in the following week. The RS guy said their promotion ended yesterday so I figured I just needed to get my name on a list somewhere.
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I specifically asked if it would be shipped on the 4th and received a few days after that and the response I received from the EVP representative was that they usually receive units early and will ship them out as soon as they come in. He also mentioned that it is more likely that EVP customers would get them earlier than the 4th rather than later.
I'm crossing my fingers, hoping desperately that he's correct. Time will tell, but if it get's here ON the 4th, I am one happy camper. Having to wait the extra weekend would be torture...

Sweet, I never thought about Radioshack before. I've been on a "5 days after the 4th" list for the Evo at Best Buy, and I just called RS and they confirmed that they'll have spare units first come first serve at 6AM. :-D I'm not sure if I should take my name off the BB list now or wait to see how RS plays through.

I just ordered mine from sprint for $299 with 28% off full the phone plan(Woot love my work). She said 299.99 with $100 off mail in rebate but after i gave her my work info she said they would do it for $250 with $100 mail in rebate. They will have it delivered on the 4th in the am. So glad to get this over my Nexus One with ****ty t-mobile.
P.S I just read that if you order from sprint they wont ship it till jun 4th. I just called and thats true. I canceled my order
Edit: Word I just got one for $300 from local guy that went to Google I/O. He wanted $600 but money talks and bull **** walks.

I preordered mine from a local store... celltekWireless. They've got a pre-order site set up... sort of.
www.celltekwireless.com/reservemyevo
Just send your name and phone number and a rep will get back to you to confirm your request to pre-order one.

shep211 said:
I just ordered mine from sprint for $299 with 28% off full the phone plan(Woot love my work). She said 299.99 with $100 off mail in rebate but after i gave her my work info she said they would do it for $250 with $100 mail in rebate. They will have it delivered on the 4th in the am. So glad to get this over my Nexus One with ****ty t-mobile.
P.S I just read that if you order from sprint they wont ship it till jun 4th. I just called and thats true. I canceled my order
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They are all shipping or coming out on the 4th. If I get it Monday or Tuesday I'll be OK. IT is not like everyone else will be ranked up and have the better sniper rifle.

erikivy said:
That's a good point. I forgot to mention that. However, if you have a business account, they employ something called "flat rate pricing," which means an instant rebate. I was fortunate enough to be porting over a business line, so the entire up front cost will only be $174.99 plus tax. They also throw in free overnight shipping AND free activation.
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they just told me that they can't do business accounts, I have to go through Sprint Business or something like that

wildcard said:
they just told me that they can't do business accounts, I have to go through Sprint Business or something like that
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I don't know, man, they didn't say anything like that to me. Maybe the rep you got didn't understand what you wanted to do, or perhaps they're new? Sorry it didn't work out for you.

Sprint corporate stores lying to existing customers - no evos for you

So I starting calling the corporate sprint stores in my area and I noticed they were all asking if I was an existing (EC) or new customer (NC) before telling me if evo's were available. Turns out they are lying about their evo stock to EC. They will sell you one only if you're a NC
So I called a store, and told them I was a tmobile customer.
"We have 5 in stock so if you come in the next 30 minutes you can get one" .
Then, I told them I wanted to buy the phone outright, full retail, no line activation
sprint rep told me they don't have phones in stock for me.
Immediately I called sprint customer service; they called the store. (10 min after original call). Store now says none are available, and there is a waitlist.
I'm not the only one.
http://androidandme.com/2010/06/car...unning-low-but-could-be-higher-than-we-think/
Try it yourself:
Around Sunnyvale, Ca
5 of 6 stores I called asked if i was an existing customer before answering if they had it in stock. 6 store said none.
2 of 2 stores, told me they had stock, then changed tune when they found out i was an existing customer.
I should have just gone to the store, waited for them to present the phone. then reveal I'm an existing customer. If they try to pull it back, then call sprint customer service.

Sprint may be trying to lure new customers to their network. More money on a new customer than an existing one. Shady but it may be true.

Lol this is so true. My wife and I were on vacation in Florida this week. We decide to go to a sprint store to see if any were available. They ask is this for an existing account or new account. I say new account. Mind you at least 5 people were in front of us asking for evos. Bottom line, when we said we were new customers the manager pulls out 2 evos for us and set up our account. Needless to say we got very strange looks at us and probably some middle fingers behind our backs as well. Feeling sorry for the existing customers.

Remember a corporate store does not get paid on the new or upgrade like a third party agent would. So I do not see the incentive outside of perhaps signing new customers. But then again I would hope they want to keep the old ones as well
Sorry to hear that you are having these issues.
A letter to Mr. Hesse would be good to report this [email protected] - don't expect a nice reply from him though It's automated. Email [email protected]
he will like it - no really he would.

No surprise really since they work off commission..
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This happened to me.
I'm an existing Sprint customer. I entered into a 2 year contract in December and got an HTC Hero.
I visited a Sprint corporate store in Culver City, California on launch day at 10:00am. I took my lunch break early (hour lunch). I signed in with the person at the front kiosk and it took 45 minutes before a sales person seen me. I told him I had a Hero, am not eligible for an upgrade, and would like to purchase an Evo outright a full price, and have my account moved over to it. He said he couldn't do this and he could only sell the Evo to customers who were eligible for an upgrade or if I wanted to add a new line. I was pissed and was going to be late coming back from lunch, so I left.
On the way back t work I called Sprint customer service from my phone. I explained what happened and the customer service rep said the store should have been able to sale me the phone at full price as long as I had the phone activate in the store, which I was going to, because I was going to have my account moved over. The customer service rep said she'd call the store to find out what happened on my behalf. I asked her if she could have the store hold a phone for me because they'd probably be sold out by the time I got off of work. She said she couldn't do this because the phone was in high demand.
Later at work I got a voice mail from the customer service rep I talked to earlier. She called the Sprint corporate store that wouldn't sell me the phone and talked to the manager. The manager agreed to hold a phone for me until I got off work for the inconvience.
After work I visited the Sprint store. The manager directed me to the person earlier who wouldn't sell me the phone earlier. The first thing the sales rep told me when I sat down was that they were instructed not to sale the phones to existing customers unless they were eligible for an upgrade or adding a new line. I think it's the store managers instructing their employees to do this to make their numbers look better or something.

Glad I didn't buy off sprint. I got a hero back in December too but got my evo from ebay. $520 and came with an extra 2gig sd. And since it's a google IO evo it has a month for free with full data. Now I have two sweet android phones! :3
Somewhat related: Add the $292 (total) speeding/changing lanes without indicators/not keeping distance tickets I got trying to get to the post office before it closed. Good thing the radar got me doing 90 and not the 155 before I hit the breaks!

pirokosan said:
Glad I didn't buy off sprint. I got a hero back in December too but got my evo from ebay. $520 and came with an extra 2gig sd. And since it's a google IO evo it has a month for free with full data. Now I have two sweet android phones! :3
Somewhat related: Add the $292 (total) speeding/changing lanes without indicators/not keeping distance tickets I got trying to get to the post office before it closed. Good thing the radar got me doing 90 and not the 155 before I hit the breaks!
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I'd say, all in all, you paid way too much for your phone (including your tickets) But at least you have two phones now. (sarcasm if you didn't get that)
And 155mph to get to the post office? Get real. If true, you're damn lucky you didn't kill someone. Idiot.

They aren't lying. Their telling you the truth, you just failed to ask more question. They only have stock for new lines... if someone wants it without adding a new line, they'll order it and have it sent to the store overnight. I had my company rep order it for me and I got it Monday, $502 shipped.
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And 155mph to get to the post office? Get real. If true, you're damn lucky you didn't kill someone. Idiot.
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I HIGHLY concur with this statement... fool.

This is not new. T-Mobile was doing the exact same thing when the HTC HD2 ca me out...mainly due to the low supply.

T mobile was doing the same with the HD2

Reps in stores get more commission off building a brand new accounts and new activations. It's like this on all carriers.

They aren't lying. Their telling you the truth, you just failed to ask more question. They only have stock for new lines... if someone wants it without adding a new line, they'll order it and have it sent to the store overnight. I had my company rep order it for me and I got it Monday, $502 shipped.
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nope. they are lying. if you read the thread its not sprints policy to separate stocks for existing and new customers. they rater get more commission buy refusing to sell to me rather than another customer. they refuse by telling me they have none when they do. Of course, sprint structures their commission in away as to encourage this behavor.

guess i got lucky
I was depositing a check at an ATM and saw a Sprint store a couple shops down so I decided to go in and see if they had any. After telling the girl behind the counter that I was an existing customer and wanted to buy it outright she told me they had a waiting list going but that they had received a shipment Wednesday that they had not checked yet. She took my number and said she'd call me after they sorted through it. I went across the shopping center to have lunch and when I was finished eating my phone rang. The Sprint rep had pulled one for me. I ended up getting my phone for nothing out of pocket. She suggested to add a 3rd line to get the phone at the new activation cost, waived the activation fee and billed the cost of the phone to my account which wont post until NEXT month. Sorry to hear about the troubles you guys are having...

I got one from the online store...ordered yesterday at around 10am and it's "out for delivery" from UPS right now. Just in case you haven't checked that out.

katastrofik said:
I was depositing a check at an ATM and saw a Sprint store a couple shops down so I decided to go in and see if they had any. After telling the girl behind the counter that I was an existing customer and wanted to buy it outright she told me they had a waiting list going but that they had received a shipment Wednesday that they had not checked yet. She took my number and said she'd call me after they sorted through it. I went across the shopping center to have lunch and when I was finished eating my phone rang. The Sprint rep had pulled one for me. I ended up getting my phone for nothing out of pocket. She suggested to add a 3rd line to get the phone at the new activation cost, waived the activation fee and billed the cost of the phone to my account which wont post until NEXT month. Sorry to hear about the troubles you guys are having...
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And you also got an extra phone bill every month for 2 years for a 3rd line.
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While telling people only new/upgrade accounts can get the phone is shady and unethical, I have to admit I wouldn't mind being able to restrict it to that at my store. It sucks selling something and making 0 money off it when the next guy would put some $ in your pocket. But alas, I just sell them to whomever. (assuming I have any in stock lol)

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I got one from the online store...ordered yesterday at around 10am and it's "out for delivery" from UPS right now. Just in case you haven't checked that out.
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they shipped mine using USPS and it says Guaranteed Delivery Day/Time: June 11, 2010 12:00PM
guess what, it's past 12pm and there's no USPS guy, no delivery
i wished they had shipped using UPS

radio shack
I have been going to radio shack here in NYC for sprint stuff. No lines, just walk in and grab an EVO. Everyone goes to the sprint stores, but honestly the radio shack guys on 12th and broadway are super nice. They held a pre for me last year and now hooked me up with the EVO on launch. I saw there were lines at the sprint stores, but no prob at the rat shack.

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I have been going to radio shack here in NYC for sprint stuff. No lines, just walk in and grab an EVO. Everyone goes to the sprint stores, but honestly the radio shack guys on 12th and broadway are super nice. They held a pre for me last year and now hooked me up with the EVO on launch. I saw there were lines at the sprint stores, but no prob at the rat shack.
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I was investigating where to get mine from on release day. I am a current customer not eligible for an upgrade. I was going to be buying outright. bestbuy wanted 599 for outright, radio shack wanted 499 outright and sprint wanted 450... I talked to someone at a commission based sprint store and he explained that they were not selling outright because the store made no money off of it. I was a little annoyed, but understood why... plus that store only ordered 15 evos. I then went to radio shack. they told me that they had a very large order and that they would be able to sell me one outright... The day of the release, I woke up at 6 in the morning and headed over to the radio shack that said they would sell it outright. When I got there, the sales rep that I had talked to before appologized to me and told me the regional owner of all my areas radio shacks had sent out an e-mail telling them not to sell outright.... I felt defeated.... I decided to just wait till later and get it when I could. I was driving around my home town around 3 p.m. and drove by the corporate sprint store and decided, why not. I went in, walked right up to a rep, no lines at all, and asked if they by chance had any evos left and that I wanted to buy it outright. he sat me down, walked into the back and walked out with an evo. he told me that after this one they only had 3 left. He explained to me that corporate stores don't make more or less on upgrades or outrights. To finish up this long story, I ended up getting it for 450 from the corporate store in my area. Not all of the stores were turning away outrights. Next time there is a new phone release, I am going back to that store. If any of you are in St. George, Utah, It is the only corporate store there...

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they shipped mine using USPS and it says Guaranteed Delivery Day/Time: June 11, 2010 12:00PM
guess what, it's past 12pm and there's no USPS guy, no delivery
i wished they had shipped using UPS
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Didn't know USPS does guaranteed delivery? They are the slowest shipping out there.. Yeah, they should've used UPS or FedEx for better tracking..

How of us pre-ordered with Best Buy and got backordered?

How many of us pre-ordered with Best Buy and got back ordered? I ordered a 32g White on the 8th.

I pre-ordered from BB as soon as it was available (32GB W). Got an email notice yesterday the device has shipped (from OH). This morning the device is in Buffalo.
Due to arrive on Tuesday, per UPS tracking.

Same thing. Shipped from OH and coming on Wednesday. If my preorder back from the 8th went to back order status I would go find a store that has the model you want and talk to the store manager. That's not right (don't care what or how it happened) thats not good customer service and last time I checked the majority of the US economy is what?.......a service economy.

bummed
Now I am bummed I found them at a Best Buy close to me and I called to have it transferred to store so I can get it now but now it says order being fulfilled now and they cannot transfer now. They said I should get it Thursday or Friday so much for pre-order.

it's ridiculous how pre-order is to be shipped after the retail store have it in stock. i've always thought pre-order is to be shipped out so that the buyer would have it on the same day it's available to consumers.
cancelled pre-order, pick 1 up this morning. i'd be surprise if they sell much @ my local best buy, no ads or any indication they have it in stock. no display unit. most reps don't know they have it other than mobile department reps.

Gosh, that really sucks guys. I pre-ordered mine on Amazon, got annoyed with the delayed shipping (and decided to upgrade to a larger capacity), and ended up walking into my local Best Buy and picking one up.
Why can't these companies do a pre-order right. It shouldn't be that hard. You don't even have to guess at the demand! There is no reason that I should have been able to walk into the store and buy one when you guys are stilling waiting to receive your pre-order.

Yup.
There's just no reason to pre-order these things. You know there won't be a stampede to get them and the pre-orders are always handled in some funky manner.
Either do it the Apple way where pre-orders are literally delivered to peoples' doors the day the product is released or at least make it so that people can pick up their device in-store on that date.

Pre-order actually worked out OK for me. My local BB, while it had >60 of these devices on 17th, 100% of them were 16GB devices - I want a 32GB device. Who know when this BB store will get 32GB in inventory?
I'll have my device on Tuesday - soon enough, I suppose.

At least you had the option / appearance of a preorder... My two closest stores didn't do them. They did tell me they had a 32GB physically in hand today so I drove 35 miles only to find out they won't get them til tuesday... Hopefully.
Spent an hour today getting F'd in the A by BB. Nice letter heading to corporate today after talking with 2 douche managers. Tips? Ideas?

Bukem75 said:
At least you had the option / appearance of a preorder... My two closest stores didn't do them. They did tell me they had a 32GB physically in hand today so I drove 35 miles only to find out they won't get them til tuesday... Hopefully.
Spent an hour today getting F'd in the A by BB. Nice letter heading to corporate today after talking with 2 douche managers. Tips? Ideas?
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Here are a few that could help them:
-Ship preorders early so they arrive on Launch Day. If not possible due to various reasons, clearly indicate that on the preorder information.
-Allow people that preordered and are on backorder to pickup their preordered model in the store.
-Dont wait until customer opinion surveys reach rock bottom before attempting to fix the problem. High end electronics retailing should equal good customer service. I dont care that you might only have 5-10% margin, to the customer they are still paying on average more than other items.
- Have an equal or slighly smaller quantity of device accessories along with the tablet.

Dang I am so jealous I am still waiting for my pre-order. Thursday is suppose to be my day.

I pre ordered on the 8th. When I found out they wouldn't start shipping them out until the 17th, I canceled my order. I ended up going to my local BestBuy on the 17th to pick one up.
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I walked in a got one no problems lol cancel it and go in to the store
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Do NOT pre-order from Sprint "telesales"

So I called to cancel my pre-order from the Sprint website since there are other retailers out there who are offering sweeter deals. Sprint has been unable to cancel the order (merely an hour after I placed the order) and are now telling me I am stuck.
I'm fairly surprised that in this day and age customers cannot cancel an order for an item that supposedly is weeks/months away from shipping.
So the overwhelming lesson here is - don't order anything from Sprint. That was the worst buying experience I think I have ever had.
Well, there's United airlines but they are in a class of fail all by themselves.

i had no issue preordering

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i had no issue preordering
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Okay, but did you cancel your pre-order? The OP had a bad experience canceling, not the original pre-ordering.
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obscurenetworks said:
So I called to cancel my pre-order from the Sprint website since there are other retailers out there who are offering sweeter deals. Sprint has been unable to cancel the order (merely an hour after I placed the order) and are now telling me I am stuck.
I'm fairly surprised that in this day and age customers cannot cancel an order for an item that supposedly is weeks/months away from shipping.
So the overwhelming lesson here is - don't order anything from Sprint. That was the worst buying experience I think I have ever had.
Well, there's United airlines but they are in a class of fail all by themselves.
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give you $50 for it...

Lesson learned.
Investigate first.
I've been there.
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I just ordered for wirefly and save $50, F*ck Sprint!

i had this issue when the OG evo came out. I pre ordered it from sprint the day of pre orders. 2 days later they announced that best buy was getting the white evo.
I right away tried canceling my evo pro order from sprint and they wouldnt let me. I waited about 2 weeks and called back and canceled it with no problem.
I think you should wait a few days then call them again to cancel the pre order. I think at 1st its so crazy with pre orders and stuff so give them a break.

I called to cancel a few hours after my order. Had to go through 3 people but he finally did it. Got a lot of "Well we will you have see if that can be canceled" blah blah. They had no problem charging my cc the second I clicked to preorder for an item not yet available, how is canceling that so hard? Anyway, got it cancelled and ordered though wirefly with cheaper/better insurance. Sadly I forgot to go through fatwallet for cash back.

what was the total cost of the wirefly pre order???
my order from sprint came out to be 235.74
maybe i should cancel my sprint pre order and get it from wirefly. do they ship the day it comes out???

I preordered online and then found the Wirefly deal.
Had to call in but was able to cancel the order and get my eligibility status reset and order from Wirefly, which went flawlessly and ended up being closer to $75 cheaper as Wirefly didn't charge taxes to my area.
Sprint representative did say my money would be tied up for about 10 days before being credited back. He also mentioned that there was no way they could match the price even though I didn't even mention anything about that.
It wasn't a difficult process for me at all. Hopefully Wirefly will have the phone to me within a reasonable timeframe around the 18th. I don't mind missing it for a few days if it saved me $75.
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Warrior 3000 said:
what was the total cost of the wirefly pre order???
my order from sprint came out to be 235.74
maybe i should cancel my sprint pre order and get it from wirefly. do they ship the day it comes out???
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Mine was $149.99 even but as I said in another post, I wasn't charged any sales tax.

Bestbuy is pre-ordering as well. They give you $50 if you pre-order and if you trade in your OG Evo, they'll give you an additional $50

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Bestbuy is pre-ordering as well. They give you $50 if you pre-order and if you trade in your OG Evo, they'll give you an additional $50
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I and others just preordered at best buy and no money was given either way. They just give you a piece of paper that says you are preordered.
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scottspa74 said:
I and others just preordered at best buy and no money was given either way. They just give you a piece of paper that says you are preordered.
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Wow... Does that mean they will charge your card when you receive the phone? And the phone will ultimately cost $100? If so then sweet... Glad I didn't jump on the Sprint preorder today... thanks guys!

unfortunately I jumped on the Sprint pre-order and now they refuse to cancel my order. I called 3 times and escalated and was told order is too far along on their process and cannot be cancelled, even though they said it hasn't shipped nor do they know when it will. I'm so pissed at them, I know its B.S excuse not to cancel my order. in any event I will wait get the phone and then return, this way it will cost them even more money for shipping and return, and then buy from somewhere else. I told them they prefer to do that than cancel order and they didn't care.....and they wonder why companies loose money

Wirefly is also giving a good price on pre-oders $149 ( $50 off) and Amazon is giving $50 off as well.