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I called around to different Radio shacks asking if I pre order what time can I come to pick it up, one store said they are scheduling appointments for people to come in bc they dont want everyone in the store at once...
3 other stores I called said they will just call me when it gets in but they have no idea when the shipment will even get their but it usually gets in around noon so about then...then they ramble on saying "oh you can get it on the 5th too"
lol yea right..let me wait till the 5th
maybe BB can give me a better answer on how early on the 4th I can get it.
take THAT Shack! BB FTW
My RS asked for a time when I placed my pre-order, and I asked for first thing in the morning... 8AM for this particular shop. YMMV
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What time BB telling you?
My appointment time at The Shack is 8:30am.
My Shack opens at 9:30, so that's when I'll be there.
They asked me when I wanted to come in. Said I was the first pre-order they had.
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the one near me is 9am
"we'll call you Thursday"
They said they may open early but aren't sure. Over 20 ordered there so far.
They told me at 9:30am, gaureented delivery by 9:30am
They asked me Fri or Sat, I said Fri. They asked morning, afternoon, or night, I said maybe afternoon since if they get shipment on Fri, it would be after 12pm. But I will check on Thur and see if they have it, and go in the morning. I don't think they can stop us, if they have it in hand already.
Said come in when the doors open!
The Shack by my house usually opens at 9:00, but the manager said he'll open at 8:00 to get me my phone before I go to work on Friday. He also said his Sprint rep confirmed he'll have the phones in store by then!
the radioshack i preordered mine asked what time i wanted to get it. i don't get off work until around 5, so i'll be getting mine that friday at 7.
pretty excited; this should be a great phone.
The Radio Shack where I pre-ordered opens their doors at 9:00AM.
They said they will be ready to roll when the doors open.
I will sitting on their door step at 8:30AM drueling.
I will call a few days before to make sure they received their EVO shipment.
My RS asked me what time I said 8am, I was the 12th person to preorder as of 3 o'clock today.
As a side not check your receipt and tell me when you preordered and what the pin# at the top is, the manager at my store told me that is the number that tells them how many have sold nationwide.
Mine says 127,768 as of today. I am just curious if that is correct.
I understand if you don't want to give me the exact#, but I am just curious if the early orders have much lower #'s and so on.
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My RS asked me what time I said 8am, I was the 12th person to preorder as of 3 o'clock today.
As a side not check your receipt and tell me when you preordered and what the pin# at the top is, the manager at my store told me that is the number that tells them how many have sold nationwide.
Mine says 127,768 as of today. I am just curious if that is correct.
I understand if you don't want to give me the exact#, but I am just curious if the early orders have much lower #'s and so on.
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I'm in the 14k range. I pre-ordered at 7pm on the 14th, which i believe was the first day pre-orders were available for The Shack.
The manager I talked with told me the appointment thing is not a corporate thing. They are probably just trying to avoid being overrun in the morning. I was at the Pre launch waiting in line in the morning (10 or so people) and within an hour of being open, the store was empty. Did have some nice cookies though
He said all phones will be at the store by the 4th.
Roman G said:
My RS asked me what time I said 8am, I was the 12th person to preorder as of 3 o'clock today.
As a side not check your receipt and tell me when you preordered and what the pin# at the top is, the manager at my store told me that is the number that tells them how many have sold nationwide.
Mine says 127,768 as of today. I am just curious if that is correct.
I understand if you don't want to give me the exact#, but I am just curious if the early orders have much lower #'s and so on.
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5/15 - 34K
Rad Shack / Sprint were very stringent on the Eligibility for upgrade in order to pre-order the phone. You _had_ to be eligible now in order to sign-up.
The only thing I could think of as to why would be they may release to the phone to pre-orders early. Im kinda expecting a call early that week.
I work for Radioshack; our memo instructed us to ask people when they would be available to pick up their preorder, because it would get very hectic with everyone in the store trying to activate all at once. Our stores usually have a max of four registers, and activating and ringing up takes a decent amount of time if it all goes perfect. So it's understandable if some stores took initiative and started setting times instead of asking; a lot of people who've preordered at my store keep saying, "oooohh, I dunno, maybe sometime around noon. I dunno." We only hold the preorders for two days, so it's important to have a date and time in mind so people don't forget.
As for shipments... we honestly have no idea when they're coming in. I hate to be negative, and I'd love to say we'd have it in early (like video stores with new release movies), but... realistically, based on previous history... I'd be surprised if we got the phones on the 4th. We'll see though, hopefully we'll have them early *crosses fingers*
But I will check on Thur and see if they have it, and go in the morning. I don't think they can stop us, if they have it in hand already.
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Wrong. If a store sells a phone before its release date, there are fines involved; not to mention Radioshack as a whole could lose the ability to sell Sprint phones. It's a MASSIVE breach of contract, so I would lose that mentality real fast.
Rad Shack / Sprint were very stringent on the Eligibility for upgrade in order to pre-order the phone. You _had_ to be eligible now in order to sign-up.
The only thing I could think of as to why would be they may release to the phone to pre-orders early. Im kinda expecting a call early that week.
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Also contractual agreements. We can't sell the phone outright or on 1-year upgrades, under any circumstances. I'm sure if you had an upgrade eligibility on June 1st, they'd let it slide, but in the end that'll depend in individual managers, so ask. That said, we are supposed to be getting more than our preorder total... quite a few more... but I can't reveal how many; suffice to say you'd be okay going in day-of, so long as your eligibility date is June 1st.
Since I'm assuming it's too late to preorder an EVO at BB or RS and still get it on release day, how many of you will be waiting in line at a Sprint store to get one?
What store will you be at and how early will you get there?
I'll be at the Sprint store in Tucson, AZ probably about 6AM or so, sound good?
I pre-ordered here in Dallas, TX and the RS store manager said they would be open at 6am and i could get my phones then. just FYI. good luck!!
I've got a couple of friends that are going to the local Sprint store at about 5am, unless I get a call from RS on Thursday. They told me that if they get any extras over the ones that have been pre-ordered, they would call me. I have an idea of the amount of Evo's the Sprint store is getting and I have a feeling that there's going to be a lot of people there early.
No need to go early to stand in line sprint stores are getting a lot of evos
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No need to go early to stand in line sprint stores are getting a lot of evos
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don't listen to him! he's trying to deceive us!!
Going to my local Radio Shack at 3am to wait. They open at 6am and I hear they will only have a few non-preorder phones for each store. I figure 3am will get me in the front of the line. I'm in Brooklyn.
i dunno how practical it would be, but it would be fun to see a "waiting in line picture thread" and just have everyone post up pics of themselves, their gear, or their watches
just a thought. good luck everyone!
I am going to be at sprint store at 5 am. Lakeland Fl.
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i dunno how practical it would be, but it would be fun to see a "waiting in line picture thread" and just have everyone post up pics of themselves, their gear, or their watches
just a thought. good luck everyone!
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Okay, who wants to make the thread?
intristin said:
Going to my local Radio Shack at 3am to wait. They open at 6am and I hear they will only have a few non-preorder phones for each store. I figure 3am will get me in the front of the line. I'm in Brooklyn.
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Be careful you don't get jumped. "BK ain't no joke". I always see stories about people getting jumped when they picked up their Nintendos, Playstations, etc.
It might not be to late to preorder depending on your locations. I'm in Birmingham, AL and I couldn't find a place to preorder but my fiancee is in Ames,IA and their Sprint store had one preoder spot left, and Best Buy wouldn't let her do it over the phone but she is one her way there now to try to secure our phones for friday.
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Be careful you don't get jumped. "BK ain't no joke". I always see stories about people getting jumped when they picked up their Nintendos, Playstations, etc.
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lol, i don't know how many people are hot to trot to steal a traceable phone though
i just called my local sprint store. they're opening at 8am friday. i'm considering it. they're going to have 23 of these bad boys just on display. apparently there are going to be quite a few businesses
down there that are thinking about picking them up. like freaking H&R block is going to be there. lord.
I pre-ordered my from Best Buy in West LA over 3 weeks ago. They called me and set up an appointment on Friday to pick it up, which is I think is great... I hate lines... I do assigned seating for movies too. Anyway, they told me that if you don't have a pre-order you ain't getting a phone on Friday.
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Be careful you don't get jumped. "BK ain't no joke". I always see stories about people getting jumped when they picked up their Nintendos, Playstations, etc.
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I live in Midwood Brooklyn which is mostly upper middle class, really no crime around here to speak of. But of course I will be watching my back. As they say, crime can happen anywhere.
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It might not be to late to preorder depending on your locations. I'm in Birmingham, AL and I couldn't find a place to preorder but my fiancee is in Ames,IA and their Sprint store had one preoder spot left, and Best Buy wouldn't let her do it over the phone but she is one her way there now to try to secure our phones for friday.
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I called every radio shack and Beast Buy in the city, everyone is completely sold out and have been for a week. I even got laughed at a few times for even asking such a "ridiculous question" as they put it. My only hope is to stand in line. A Sprint Store is not an option for me since I don't do rebates after getting burned so many times.
Seems Best Buy here wont even have units for sale on launch day, the radio shack near my house said they would have a few, whatever that means. So I have no choice but to camp out and hope for the best.
I was able to pre-order ours today from evpdiscount.com, she said they had only placed 400 preorders total for the evo and ours should ship friday. If you get a company discount..ie. chase, ups, credit union....order from evpdiscount.com, they give you a 125.00 dollar rebate. So 174.99 for the phone is a nice perk.
Funny, turned out our 1st pre-order was canceled since I never got back to them with payment info, I completely forgot to call them back. Oh well. They are preordered now.
Jeff
Spoke to my company rep and he'll have one shipped on Friday, receive it Saturday.
the best buy here in RENO, NV opens at 10am.. so im gonna be there at 10am..... LAFF.. Shoulda pre-ordered.
I'll be showing up at my local sprint store in New Bedford Mass at around 5:30-6. They open at 8. The manager told me today that they would be receiving Evos every day including Sunday for a little while. I'm not worried though don't think there's too many people in this area that will wait in line. He told me for the Pre there was a little line but only cuz it was by invitation. And worse comes to worse ill drive to Mexico if I have to to get one Friday,lol.
oh yea! i will be there bright n early either at radio shack or sprint store. probably at radio shack since its $200 there vs $300 at the sprint store... coming from an at&t tilt, i'm doing the 30 day gurantee to ensure i get service.
you guys r lucky, all these radio shacks and sprint stores where i live if full of lazy novice people. they dont even know half of the evo features yet alone any smartphone.
so with that being said. if my sprint store or radio shack even got 200 pre-orders they would still open at they normal hours 8am or 9am. even if sprint gave them a letter or email to open the stores at 6am for pre-orders only they wouldn't do it because they 2 lazy
I am trying to see how many evo's were sold this past weekend? I did preorder and really like my phone. Just curious to see the numbers.... I did find this link for what it is worth... Not sure it is says much, but that was all I could find so far....
http://www.streetinsider.com/Analys...extel+(S)+Into+HTC+EVO+4G+Launch/5697680.html
ive heard between 1.5-2 mill from various sprint/shack employees
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and two of those are mine! Just waiting for Monday morning delivery from UPS.
My guess is 600,000-750,000. I have no sources or inside knowledge, it's pure speculation on my part, but it sounds more accurate than the numbers I've seen so far in this thread.
When I was at RS getting my new phone, the regional manager from Sprint Ken, walked in and apologized in person for how long it took to get the phone activated and also said 700,000 were pre-ordered.... So not sure that was true, but I am thinking it was....
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My local radio shack manager said their entire company only had 10,000 phones, so 60-some thousand sounds about right.
I can't wait for my 2 to get here tomorrow...
100,000 sounds reasonable, 1 million is insanity.
Sprint stores around here sold out by mid-day Friday but some RS stores still had units by mid-day on Saturday. A RS sales rep whom I had given my phone # actually called me to see if I was still interested in buying it Saturday...
Puerto Rico can be a weird market tho. RS and BB had no accessories whatsoever too, Sprint stores had the standard stuff that Sprint stores all over the US do. I actually went by BB today to look at cases, they had Droid Incredible cases even tho Verizon left Puerto Rico around 3-4 years ago and there's no Verizon market here at all, lol.
The one sprint store I stopped by yesterday afternoon had a 30-person wait list. Take it for what it is worth.
Did you ask how many we're upgrades?
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!
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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.
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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
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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 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..
I'm hearing from our IT guy that handles our mobile accounts that our Sprint rep has placed an order for me, but that the phone is on backorder.
Anyone else hearing this?
Anyone know how long I'm looking at?
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I'm hearing from our IT guy that handles our mobile accounts that our Sprint rep has placed an order for me, but that the phone is on backorder.
Anyone else hearing this?
Anyone know how long I'm looking at?
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Where have you been? I'm guessing that you're going to be looking at 1-2 weeks. In my area, the local Sprint store has a wait list of about 60 (and rising) people. He did tell me though that as of this week, they are getting roughly 10-20 a day, each day. So, hopefully by Monday next week, there'll be stock for people to just go in and grab one.
Well, I knew that it was on backorder around a week ago (June 8 reports), but then I read that they were back in stock (June 10th reports). I assumed that they were still in stock, but apparently not.
My order for one was placed yesterday...1-2 weeks! I sure hope not!!!!
Just chatted with sprint.com and they said its not available on sprint.com or telesales and they don't know when it will be available again. They said if you can find a store with it, that's your best bet.... unreal!
this sucks because they are having trouble ordering my replacement
Also spoke with my local store and they have a 20 person backorder and are getting 3-5 phones in per day which ends up being ~ 7 day wait.
Srpint.com had them for a minute today. I called to replace my defective one, in hopes the new batch would be better. By the time he ordered the return kit for the old one, then he had to get supervisor permision to adjust the price on the new one, they where out of stock again. BS
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Just chatted with sprint.com and they said its not available on sprint.com or telesales and they don't know when it will be available again. They said if you can find a store with it, that's your best bet.... unreal!
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Sprint online reps are stupid.