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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.
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:
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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
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..
DISCLAIMER: This is a rant about AT&T's incompetence. Read at your own risk.
Fed up with T-Mobile's ongoing data issue in my neighborhood, I decided to jump ship to AT&T. Last Friday, I signed up for a 2-line family plan, ordered two GSIIIs (a blue for myself, and a white for my wife), and let the waiting game begin. On Monday night, I got a shipping confirmation, with a scheduled delivery on Thursday (today). On my way home from work, I tracked the package and saw that a delivery attempt was made, but my apartment number was missing. Having received countless packages via UPS (Amazon Prime member), I called UPS immediately upon walking through my front door. UPS informed me that no apartment number was indicated on the package and that I have to contact the shipper to have it added. I immediately asked if I could pick up the package at my local UPS depot, and the service rep informed me that the sender placed a restriction on the package and it can only be delivered (I can't pick up the package in person with a government-issued photo ID? Sounds like BS to me, but whatever). The rep then stated that UPS will require permission from the sender in order for me to pick it up in person.
I call AT&T and explain the situation to their service rep. The rep admits that the apartment number was omitted from my package's shipping address (really? I mean, really???) and that she'll be happy to contact UPS and have them change the address. I asked the rep to inform UPS that I am permitted to pick up the package in person. She stated that she will make the arrangements with UPS and placed me on hold. After a few minutes, the rep came back online and was "happy to inform me that she was able to get my apartment number added to the shipping address." Unfortunately, UPS will not allow me to pick up the package in person and will only deliver it, because of a restriction placed on it (BS - just a few minutes before, a UPS rep told me that the package can be released to me with sender's permission).
Here's the kicker. My billing period with T-Mobile is ending on Saturday, and I don't want to incur an additional month's charge (T-Mobile doesn't prorate final bills) in the event that my numbers aren't ported out in a timely manner. AT&T sure knows how to impress a new customer. If their employees are unable (or just incompetent) to correctly fill out a shipping label (seriously, how freakin' difficult is it to enter the apartment number into the correct field?), what does that say about the company? They were certainly competent enough to quickly charge my debit card for the phones!
I haven't made up my mind yet, but I'm considering refusing the package, getting my money back, and staying with T-Mobile. I haven't even used AT&T's service yet, but they've already managed to make a negative impression on me. T-Mobile's data really sucks in my neighborhood, but do I really want to commit to doing two years' worth of business with a company that not only can't seem to get their logistics right, but doesn't even know the policies of their shipping partner?
Again, this is just a rant. I probably should have gone to the store and saved myself the aggravation.
KGBKNY .. I can relate to issues also with AT&T, however .. until you get a real issue, what you experienced could have happened with ANY company.
AT&T is good .. although there systems only show that I have been with them since December 2005 (when they bought it back from Cingular), I have in fact been with AT&T since 1994 (and I even still have my first cell phone .. and it still works). I started with CellularOne in '94 in which was bought out by AT&T .. AT&T ran into financial issues and split its mobility department away from corporate AT&T and called it Cingular .. then of course, come 2005, AT&T regained control.
Now, in 18 years .. there has been ups and downs, and in all instances, they have come through for me with no problems. I have a family plan, 5 lines .. but believe me, they have perks for there long time customers that cannot be beaten. An example of one perk .. I now have a Samsung Galaxy S III .. most people on here (or around the world) are paying anything from $150 to $800 for this masterpiece .. I myself received the Marble White when the second batch was released last week .. paid absolutely nothing for it .. sorry, let me correct that, $ 4.95 for overnight shipping !!! But, here is the other perk .. no contract extension.
So, give them a chance, a shipping mishap is a little issue .. when you receive a $ 1M phone bill from them, then complain .. :laugh:
Cheers .. and welcome to AT&T :highfive:
everyone makes mistakes and there are shipping errors all the time no matter the company or the parcel company itself. Don't judge AT&T until you get on their network. Plus like you said you could of gone to the store.
Goodluck
Just get the phone and you'll be satisfied. Sheesh. everyone makes mistakes. It shouldn't influence you to think badly of a company unless it happens on a consistent basis. I understand that it's beyond stupid how someone didn't enter the apartment number but it's one mistake... I would just advise you to give it time.
I been with at&t for 6 years and I have no complains. Excellent service and great customer service.
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KGBKNY .. I can relate to issues also with AT&T, however .. until you get a real issue, what you experienced could have happened with ANY company.
AT&T is good .. although there systems only show that I have been with them since December 2005 (when they bought it back from Cingular), I have in fact been with AT&T since 1994 (and I even still have my first cell phone .. and it still works). I started with CellularOne in '94 in which was bought out by AT&T .. AT&T ran into financial issues and split its mobility department away from corporate AT&T and called it Cingular .. then of course, come 2005, AT&T regained control.
Now, in 18 years .. there has been ups and downs, and in all instances, they have come through for me with no problems. I have a family plan, 5 lines .. but believe me, they have perks for there long time customers that cannot be beaten. An example of one perk .. I now have a Samsung Galaxy S III .. most people on here (or around the world) are paying anything from $150 to $800 for this masterpiece .. I myself received the Marble White when the second batch was released last week .. paid absolutely nothing for it .. sorry, let me correct that, $ 4.95 for overnight shipping !!! But, here is the other perk .. no contract extension.
So, give them a chance, a shipping mishap is a little issue .. when you receive a $ 1M phone bill from them, then complain .. :laugh:
Cheers .. and welcome to AT&T :highfive:
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I agree...and concur what is said..They have had their ups & downs..but considering all of the BS I have gone through with Sprint..Verizon..T-mobile...AT&T mobile is the best hands down.Now..I will say this..check out the different stores in your area...not all are the same with regards to how well you will taken care of..or the knowledge of the staff...Luckily we have plenty of stores to choose from where I live..and can tell you there are night and day differences in both the staff and the store managers in each. Don't go in blowing steam...that will get you zero respect and help..but talk to them as you would expect to be talked to..and remember to get all of the techs information if you have to complain to the manager..They will be more than willing to help and keep you happy...even when dealing with issues of their other services...I got mine with a early no charge upgrade..and no extra fees because of issues I had with their stupid u-verse..and getting my Atrix 4g earlier this year...The longer your with them..the more perks you can get..you just have to know how to talk to them..
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Thanks for the replies, everyone. However, my story gets even better. UPS is now showing "Returning to Sender" when I enter the tracking number. Now, I definitely have to wait for AT&T to receive the package in order to get the account canceled and my money credited back. Moreover, I also have to endure another month of T-Mobile. I swear, it almost seems like the universe is telling me not to sign up with AT&T. J/K
This has not been a positive experience at all....smh.
I switched over from Sprint and had some issues too with ATT.
First I started a new family plan with 2 lines that I was putting over from Sprint. The next day I decided to port over another one of my numbers from Sprint and grab the GS3. I was told to choose a individual plan for my GS3 until I receive the other 2 phones and then I just Derrick my plan from an individual plan to s family plan.
Well everything appeared to go fine, until they went to port my numbers over..they got all the numbers mixed up and I had to go to the ATT store to get a new sim card. So after that everything was all good.
Also the FedEx guy delivered my GS3 to the wrong house. Luckily the house was only 3 houses away from mine and I was able to catch the delivery guy before he got of work.
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A short update to my situation. Turns out that when a shipper requests restricted delivery from UPS, the address cannot be amended, even it's something as minor as an inclusion of an apartment number. If a package cannot be delivered to the address listed, UPS will automatically return it to sender. To make a long story short, I spoke with a customer service rep who spent a good 30 minutes helping me resolve this issue. Although I will have to wait until the returned package hits the warehouse for the money to be credited to me, I was given the option of buying the phones at my local store, located a block away from my place of work, and having my numbers ported to the new phones.
As they say, cooler heads prevail. During my lunch break, I went over to the store (the manager and the individual who processed my purchase were extremely knowledgeable and helpful) and bought the phones. It took about 5 minutes for the numbers to be ported over, and I was on my way back to the office. A short while later, I received a call from an AT&T rep with whom I spoke earlier in the week regarding the status of my order. She reviewed the notes on my account, apologized profusely for the inconvenience cause by the shipping mishap, and stated that she will waive my 1st month's bill to compensate me for it.
On a side note, seeing the speed test numbers (20 Mbps down, 13 Mbps up on the Upper East Side in Manhattan) made me question my sanity for dealing with T-Mobile's 0.5 Mbps for the past year.
So my wife and I both received email approval for the Gear VR now. No more "pending fulfillment".
Ship dates..... Wife's APRIL 18TH!! MINE MAY 8TH!!
I guess 4 to 6 weeks is out the window, even if you pre-ordered your phones the first couple days like we did. Bummer. But hey... At least they're Comin'!
I guess they are going to say it's 4 to 6 weeks from approval date lol.
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Mine says expected ship date April 1st.
Mine also says April 1st, but I picked the Gear S2.
I haven't gotten an email yet, but I checked my submission status, and it says approved, preparing for shipment. I went with the watch. Not keeping it, figured around $300 extra would be nice I used my trade-in money for the VR.
Yeah April 18
Yeah I got my email last night saying mine would ship on April 18th... but then to claim my 6 free games I need to set up my Oculus account my midnight on April 20th. So how is that even possible?? Can I set up the Oculus account early without the VR unit so that I can claim my free stuff?
Just got an email stating I am ineligible for the Gear S2 because my receipt denotes an in-store or online purchase. Anyone else get this?
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Just got an email stating I am ineligible for the Gear S2 because my receipt denotes an in-store or online purchase. Anyone else get this?
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Didn't you HAVE to purchase the phone online to get the Gear S2?
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Didn't you HAVE to purchase the phone online to get the Gear S2?
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Yes, the promotion was online or over the phone only.
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Yeah I got my email last night saying mine would ship on April 18th... but then to claim my 6 free games I need to set up my Oculus account my midnight on April 20th. So how is that even possible?? Can I set up the Oculus account early without the VR unit so that I can claim my free stuff?
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I did notice at the bottom of the disclaimer about signing up for the game pack it says something. Here is a copy:
"Please make sure to create an Oculus account and download your
6 games before 11:59:59pm PT on 4/20/16 when the download expires,
or within 30 days of receiving your Eligible Product, whichever is later."
So at the end you see it says, at least in my email copy, on "4/20/16 when the download expires, or within 30 days of receiving your eligible product, whichever is later." Which I would take to assume that we're covered if we receive the Gear VR after the 20th, as long as we activate the free games within 30 days of receiving it.
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I see this for my Gear S2:
Submission Approved. Preparing for Shipment. Shipping Date estimate: Pending
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I did notice at the bottom of the disclaimer about signing up for the game pack it says something. Here is a copy:
"Please make sure to create an Oculus account and download your
6 games before 11:59:59pm PT on 4/20/16 when the download expires,
or within 30 days of receiving your Eligible Product, whichever is later."
So at the end you see it says, at least in my email copy, on "4/20/16 when the download expires, or within 30 days of receiving your eligible product, whichever is later." Which I would take to assume that we're covered if we receive the Gear VR after the 20th, as long as we activate the free games within 30 days of receiving it.
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No idea how I missed that. I feel dumb. Yeah mine says the same thing.
Well, this almost sent me over the edge. Trying to call the fulfillment company now to see if this can be straightened out. I ordered it online at full price from a consumer account, not a business one. Weird.
"Congratulations! Your submission has been approved; however because the
purchase receipt you uploaded denotes an in-store and/or online business
purchase, you are only eligible to receive the Samsung Gear VR with 6-game
bundle. We will ship your Samsung Gear VR to the mailing address you
provided when registering for this Offer. Your estimated shipping date is
April 1, 2016."
If you received the email about being ineligible for the Gear s2, you should still be good. Just got off the phone with customer support (50 minute wait) and they said a mass e-mail erroneously went out stating users were getting the opposite of what they selected. He verified my order was for the Gear S2. I would call just to be safe, but you should be good. He said I was his 35th case for the same issue.
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I see this for my Gear S2:
Submission Approved. Preparing for Shipment. Shipping Date estimate: Pending
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Same here
I'll have to call customer support in the morning. Their open hours didn't mesh well with Hawaiian time.
You have to call prize logic at (888) 795-6442. They manage the promotion.
FYI, when I called, they guessed what it was about. The emails about getting a VR instead of S2 were errors. I was told that my S2 was being prepped for shipment April 1st.
I checked the status of mine at the link in Samsung's email and put in my email address. I submitted my first claim for my first new line on the 16th. I'm approved but don't have a ship date. I submitted my second claim for my second line very early this morning and that's approved also, and no ship date. My second claim was for the $100 towards Samsung products on their website they are offering at this point because they aren't going to be able to ship the VRs until the summer of this year for people registering late. I think it's crappy of them to offer $100 instead of $150 which was the value of the bundle, but I could use a wireless charger and/or a quick charge battery pack.
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Just got an email stating I am ineligible for the Gear S2 because my receipt denotes an in-store or online purchase. Anyone else get this?
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Yes; I got a similar email stating I was ineligible for the Gear S2 because my recipt was for a Store purchased S7.
I immediately responded back vi the web page & told them that was incorrect & that the receipt was printed from Verizon on-line for an on-line purchase.
Another response was received stating that they had escalated my complaint. I am now waiting for more response from them.
I'm thinking that this has happened to a lot of people & hope they take care of it quickly.
JB
I placed an order October 14 (23 day ago) to get a Pixel XL phone from Google. Today I received an e-mail telling me that my order was canceled. I called customer service and Mark explained it was cancelled because there's something wrong with my credit line (Google Credit – Synchrony Bank).
I contact them (Synchrony Bank) via chat, and they said (Naomi North) everything is OK with the account. My credit line still on $3,000 and no activity was observed except the Pending charge for the Pixel XL order.
I called you back Google and Quanidria explained the bank (Synchrony Bank) remove the AUTH for this transaction, so they have to cancel the order.
I called Synchrony Bank again and Yashira from customer service says, they can keep the authorization for a limited time, BY LAW (about 20 days). If Google did not charge the item during that time, the authorization automatically is removed.
I already waited 23 days ago. The Pixel Phone XL is not available (additional unknown waiting time). Now, I need to place the order again when the phone become available and I'll be at the end of the line (4-6 weeks waiting time). THIS SUCKS!
If Google accept the Synchrony Bank as a method of payment, they should know they have a limited time to charge the Pixel XL to the credit line they offer. If delivery time are higher than authorization from Synchrony Bank, they should know this will happen.
Google should send an e-mail explaining the situation, before cancel the order so we can fix it and start all over again. No notification on this matter was provided.
I already bought a $30 case & $10 Tempered Glass for my Pixel I’ll not receive. I need to place a new order when the item becomes available. If I choose Synchrony Bank as a method of payment, and they don’t ship this item in a promptly way, the cycle will start over again…
Google service is a nightmare. They can't restore a cancelled order. They can't modify any order placed. They don't even know what the heck was going on with the order. Probably they don't realize yet that all the customer that order the phone via Synchrony Bank, will get the authorization cancelled, giving that waiting delivery time is 4-6 weeks (more than the 20 days authorization remain active).
I'm wondering if this happen to anybody and how Google address the situation. Please comment.
Did you check your synchrony bank account after you purchased regularly? did the charge sit there pending for that period of time? It sounds like most people got shipping notifications today for their XL - 128GB order, many of which discussed using the synchrony bank for the financing, so you may have just been unlucky and had something glitchy happen, there has been a few reports of that. I guess my account just showed a pending charge today, so I'm wondering did you never see that for 20 days, or did yours pop up and then immediately get cancelled?
I'm in the same boat as you ace, they're dragging their feet on everything to do with my order too. Most unhelpful bunch I have ever dealt with in my life. My order was from the eighth, of october.
I got lucky, I got my 32 gig at best buy. The guy selling it to me was pissed because his was still a month out, he ordered thru google
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I never seen the charge during 20 days. Suddenly two transactions appears on Temporary Transactions, one for the "hold" and the other as a credit funding back my account.
ElYukiPR said:
I placed an order October 14 (23 day ago) to get a Pixel XL phone from Google. Today I received an e-mail telling me that my order was canceled. I called customer service and Mark explained it was cancelled because there's something wrong with my credit line (Google Credit – Synchrony Bank).
I contact them (Synchrony Bank) via chat, and they said (Naomi North) everything is OK with the account. My credit line still on $3,000 and no activity was observed except the Pending charge for the Pixel XL order.
I called you back Google and Quanidria explained the bank (Synchrony Bank) remove the AUTH for this transaction, so they have to cancel the order.
I called Synchrony Bank again and Yashira from customer service says, they can keep the authorization for a limited time, BY LAW (about 20 days). If Google did not charge the item during that time, the authorization automatically is removed.
I already waited 23 days ago. The Pixel Phone XL is not available (additional unknown waiting time). Now, I need to place the order again when the phone become available and I'll be at the end of the line (4-6 weeks waiting time). THIS SUCKS!
If Google accept the Synchrony Bank as a method of payment, they should know they have a limited time to charge the Pixel XL to the credit line they offer. If delivery time are higher than authorization from Synchrony Bank, they should know this will happen.
Google should send an e-mail explaining the situation, before cancel the order so we can fix it and start all over again. No notification on this matter was provided.
I already bought a $30 case & $10 Tempered Glass for my Pixel I’ll not receive. I need to place a new order when the item becomes available. If I choose Synchrony Bank as a method of payment, and they don’t ship this item in a promptly way, the cycle will start over again…
Google service is a nightmare. They can't restore a cancelled order. They can't modify any order placed. They don't even know what the heck was going on with the order. Probably they don't realize yet that all the customer that order the phone via Synchrony Bank, will get the authorization cancelled, giving that waiting delivery time is 4-6 weeks (more than the 20 days authorization remain active).
I'm wondering if this happen to anybody and how Google address the situation. Please comment.
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Let me ask you... Did you initiate correspondence with google either via chat, phone or email. The reason I ask is that I placed (my reorder from their screw up Oct. 4th) on Oct. 28th. A week later I noticed what appeared to be a duplicate charge on synchrony account and when I called synchrony to inquire, they said it was a reversal and the order had been cancelled. called google and one person verified that it had. I was pissed. Called google again and they said no, everything was fine. In reading other peoples posts I determined myself that part of the process is the pending will drop off after a period of time like you mentioned. Through some more calls to google I kept getting reassurance that my order was fine and a week ago it went from preordered to pending and then last night it went from preordered to processing and the charge has reappeared on synchrony as well as payments.google.com. So what I'm saying is that the people we are talking to don't have a clue and that in fact your order may be fine. As I received a email from google AFTER calling to inquire about the order that it had been cancelled and that was in fact not true. Hopefully your order is still intact and you are getting info from google reps that I feel are temps they've brought on to field the massive influx of calls due to their mismanagement of this launch and they don't understand what they are looking at with the tools given them. I don't think they are able to look at anything more than what we can see on our order pages. Sorry for the long post but just wanted to offer you a scenario that maybe your order is okay. I can't guarantee you that it is but this has been my experience. And I've had way too much experience in dealing with them since Oct. 20th when my first order was supposed to be here. Probably spent 20 hours on phone, chat and email in the last 3-1/2 weeks. Good luck.
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Let me ask you... Did you initiate correspondence with google either via chat, phone or email. The reason I ask is that I placed (my reorder from their screw up Oct. 4th) on Oct. 28th. A week later I noticed what appeared to be a duplicate charge on synchrony account and when I called synchrony to inquire, they said it was a reversal and the order had been cancelled. called google and one person verified that it had. I was pissed. Called google again and they said no, everything was fine. In reading other peoples posts I determined myself that part of the process is the pending will drop off after a period of time like you mentioned. Through some more calls to google I kept getting reassurance that my order was fine and a week ago it went from preordered to pending and then last night it went from preordered to processing and the charge has reappeared on synchrony as well as payments.google.com. So what I'm saying is that the people we are talking to don't have a clue and that in fact your order may be fine. As I received a email from google AFTER calling to inquire about the order that it had been cancelled and that was in fact not true. Hopefully your order is still intact and you are getting info from google reps that I feel are temps they've brought on to field the massive influx of calls due to their mismanagement of this launch and they don't understand what they are looking at with the tools given them. I don't think they are able to look at anything more than what we can see on our order pages. Sorry for the long post but just wanted to offer you a scenario that maybe your order is okay. I can't guarantee you that it is but this has been my experience. And I've had way too much experience in dealing with them since Oct. 20th when my first order was supposed to be here. Probably spent 20 hours on phone, chat and email in the last 3-1/2 weeks. Good luck.
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When what he is saying happened happens, you get an email stating that your order has been put on hold from the google store and then an email right after stating that it has been canceled so nope mine was indeed canceled.
In fact I then had to place another order myself because they are not able to place another order for you.
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Let me ask you... Did you initiate correspondence with google either via chat, phone or email. The reason I ask is that I placed (my reorder from their screw up Oct. 4th) on Oct. 28th. A week later I noticed what appeared to be a duplicate charge on synchrony account and when I called synchrony to inquire, they said it was a reversal and the order had been cancelled. called google and one person verified that it had. I was pissed. Called google again and they said no, everything was fine. In reading other peoples posts I determined myself that part of the process is the pending will drop off after a period of time like you mentioned. Through some more calls to google I kept getting reassurance that my order was fine and a week ago it went from preordered to pending and then last night it went from preordered to processing and the charge has reappeared on synchrony as well as payments.google.com. So what I'm saying is that the people we are talking to don't have a clue and that in fact your order may be fine. As I received a email from google AFTER calling to inquire about the order that it had been cancelled and that was in fact not true. Hopefully your order is still intact and you are getting info from google reps that I feel are temps they've brought on to field the massive influx of calls due to their mismanagement of this launch and they don't understand what they are looking at with the tools given them. I don't think they are able to look at anything more than what we can see on our order pages. Sorry for the long post but just wanted to offer you a scenario that maybe your order is okay. I can't guarantee you that it is but this has been my experience. And I've had way too much experience in dealing with them since Oct. 20th when my first order was supposed to be here. Probably spent 20 hours on phone, chat and email in the last 3-1/2 weeks. Good luck.
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Thanks for your time... I received an e-mail and immediately I check the status on my account. It says CANCELLED (see attachment). Did your order appears CANCELLED too, or never been at that point? My delivery estimate date was November 23-25. If this happened to you, maybe my order is okay. I HOPE!!! Google have the worst customer service I ever had.
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Thanks for your time... I received an e-mail and immediately I check the status on my account. It says CANCELLED (see attachment). Did your order appears CANCELLED too, or never been at that point? My delivery estimate date was November 23-25. If this happened to you, maybe my order is okay. I HOPE!!! Google have the worst customer service I ever had.
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No, I'm sorry. Mine never said cancel on the order page like that. In two different phone calls Google told me it was cancelled and one of them sent me an email stating it was cancelled but was obviously incorrect seeing as how my phone shipped yesterday and will be here tomorrow. I was just hoping you had the same situation that i did and that it was okay. I'd like to hope it isn't cancelled but I'd say that from the looks of that yours is cancelled. Sorry about that
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No, I'm sorry. Mine never said cancel on the order page like that. In two different phone calls Google told me it was cancelled and one of them sent me an email stating it was cancelled but was obviously incorrect seeing as how my phone shipped yesterday and will be here tomorrow. I was just hoping you had the same situation that i did and that it was okay. I'd like to hope it isn't cancelled but I'd say that from the looks of that yours is cancelled. Sorry about that
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* sigh *
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I know. ????. Google really screwed a lot of us. Good luck in getting a new phone.