I pre-ordered my sgs3 in a local Sprint store, but they haven't receive any in stock yet. is it normal for sprint's brick-and-mortar shops to not have pre-orders ready the same day as online pre-orders?
Sine they are a Brick and mortar store they work on 'Launch date'. You can pre order but its more of reserving a phone when they come in. If you pre order from a web retailer you have to be able to upgrade at the point of purchase.
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I went to 3 stores this weekend. None of which had even seen the GS3 and had no idea when they'd be in.
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I wanted to get a thread going on where people find Evo's available to purchase.
I went to Sprint and they only had 5 and sold out in a few minutes. I am sure this phone will be easy to get in a few weeks, so I am not too worried, I just want one sooner than that.
Telesales might be an option.
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Will be additional pre orders for next weeks shipment arriving at radioshack stores. This is new info in the last half hour. If you want to order, be in store first thing june 5th, the phones arrive on june 11th
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The Sprint store we went to in a south suburb of Chicago had at least 30 of them, but would not tell us exactly how many. They were not sure when a new shipment would be in and I was told that new customers had priority over existing customers.
after seeing such a line..good luck finding them after today.
local 3rd party store showed 30k at 6am(pacific) just checked now and down to 1800 ...that from the dist they get from
Called the Sprint service/repair center in Chicago (Lincoln/Devon), they're getting a new shipment in tonight. They said they'll have plenty for tomorrow but I reserved one anyway.
Hope this is the same at other stores...might want to try the corporate repair centers first, they seem to be getting more of them.
san diego/la jolla, radio shack costa verde, sprint utc.
good luck if you're still trying to get yours
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.
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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?
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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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Well, today I walked into my local AT&T Retail Store.. wanting to take a peek at a SGSIII to find out that they actually do not have demo/display units !! Asked the owner when they would be looking into receiving them.. said that the last he heard was not until at least the 2nd week of July or later !!
Can anyone confirm this ?
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my local corporate store told me to go back tomorrow morning at 9, they've been told not to sell them until the 31st, at least that's what they told me on thursday
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my local corporate store told me to go back tomorrow morning at 9, they've been told not to sell them until the 31st, at least that's what they told me on thursday
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Really? 31st? Of June? Sounds fishy...
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my local corporate store told me to go back tomorrow morning at 9, they've been told not to sell them until the 31st, at least that's what they told me on thursday
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There are only 30 days in June.
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my local corporate store told me to go back tomorrow morning at 9, they've been told not to sell them until the 31st, at least that's what they told me on thursday
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I think they're pulling your leg... There is no 31st in June.
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Pretty accurate for almost all carrier stores from all of the other threads on this forum. Very short supply, pre-orders are even not being filled. BigBox stores might have gotten a small amount each. I'd expect 3rd party resellers not to see this phone for a few more weeks, corporate stores maybe in the next week...Samsung had some serious sourcing issues on a few of the parts for the US variants.
Att non corporate stores choose when and what phones they will carry since they have to pay up front for their inventory. Best advice go to a corporate store
Corporate sprint store near me is suppose to have them July 1st. I plan on swinging by tomorrow to see if it happens on not.
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Just went to my corporate at&t store they still havent got them and dont know when there getting it. So i showed them mine its the first one they saw.
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maybe I misunderstood and said 1st lol but they told me this sunday and I hope itll be there cuz my phone just got dropped in some water by my son
So I tried 3 Best Buy location this morning.
The first said they only had enough for the people who pre-ordered, and that they might get more in tomorrow.
The Second said they don't have any and don't know when they will have any.
The third (at a major mall) said they were sold out, but might get some in later today or tomorrow.
The good news is that I was told by a manager that they have extended the $200 working phone trade-in deal until November 1st!
That's good news about extending the promotion, I pre-ordered on the 12th, I still haven't received an email from BB, I'm hoping to get it over the weekend.
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My local store got enough black for preordered plus additional 2 for walk ins. Didn't get enough white to fill preorders.
I have my replacement but every place I have been to isn't selling new ones yet.
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i waiting too
Bought mine at best buy att variant if interested in purchasing now
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Bought mine at best buy att variant if interested in purchasing now
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I heard on the radio today that AT&T was selling them again. But, both Best Buys within an hour of me said probably later this month before they even get any in stock.
I did a search on the best buy website for stores within 250 miles and found one store 80 miles south of me with only black in stock. So of course I went down the next day and passed 2 best buys to get to the one that had a few blacks in stock
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The guy I talked to at a corporate store told me that Samsung was only paying AT&T through the 15th of this month to handle the returns and that he guessed that would be close to when they would start selling them again at AT&T stores. That's just his guess though.
Oct 14 is relaunch date, if best buy has them they will sell it to you, as of right now no note 7s in at the best buy I work at.
I would try best buy online, I bought mine last week on sept 28th. Got a message the next morning that it was going to be delayed, was kinda sad wanted to cancel but decided to wait it out. On the 30th I got a confirmation email saying it was shipped and lo and behold it was delivered the same day. I used overnight shipping and they even credited me for it because of the possible "delay" beforehand.
yeah you just have to find the right store, I never owned the Note 7 before the recall, then on Sept. 23 I called my local ATT corporate store, and they had the Blue Coral in stock and I asked if they would sell me one.... the sales guy had to ask the manager, so I walked out with brand new coral blue N7 within 10 mins.
I just ordered one on the Best Buy website. In my area in-store pickup is currently unavailable. But they will ship it to you, and you can get next-day delivery for an additional charge.
I think they are getting a new stock, because I was not able to place an order for delivery or pickup yesterday.
Wonder if they are shipping them on Southwest Airlines
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