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I'm headed to my local Best Buy store to be there when the doors open at 10:00 a.m. today to pre-order the Evo... is anyone else going to get this phone right away? For those who don't know, if you gave Best Buy your email address at the Evo page on their site, they sent out an email last night around midnight pacific time saying that you could pre-order the Evo now. There doesn't seem to be any way to pre-order it online yet, so I'm gonna be at the store today! See you there?
Let's try to get an idea of which store you pre-ordered from and how many people were there, or if you're going to wait and try to get one when it comes out June 4th?
just did...10:00 Chicago!
pre-ordering the Sprint Evo 4G at 10:00 a.m. May 13, 2010
Give us the details when your done.
Amazon or wirefly will probably have it cheaper but you do go on.
awesome rockky, how did it go? for those of us who haven't preordered a phone at best buy, what can we expect? what's the process like? were there many other people there? preoorder supplies limited?
wrb123 said:
awesome rockky, how did it go? for those of us who haven't preordered a phone at best buy, what can we expect? what's the process like? were there many other people there? preoorder supplies limited?
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preordered.....just give them $50.....done deal
Just preordered mine. $50 down. Filled out a sheet with my contact info. Done deal. Can't wait!
10:10 am !
first to preorder mine @ BEstbuy SPringfield Ohio .
hell the employee had no idea that the preorder was a go !
slapped down 50 got a 50 card to hold onto till the 4th then it will beapplied to my phone WOot !
http://radioshackwireless.com/templ...geid=7831&refcode1=RSK_4444_000_SITESEARCHEVO
I am heading to RS to do my preorder! 20$ off accessories and it's 2 miles away verses 50 miles away!
Sporkman said:
10:10 am !
first to preorder mine @ BEstbuy SPringfield Ohio .
hell the employee had no idea that the preorder was a go !
slapped down 50 got a 50 card to hold onto till the 4th then it will beapplied to my phone WOot !
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me too, STL Missouri, BB rep new but the mobile guy did not, then the mobile was shocked at the $199.99 price tag, as he looked at his iPhone in disgust. haha
Neither of them knew what they were doing and one was a manager but I have my receipt locked in the safe Christmas or Birthday eek:I will figure out what to say to the wife later) is early for me!
Just went to a seattle suburb best buy and they said I CAN'T pre-order this phone because they don't carry sprint phones in the store?! they said they can only carry 3 of the major carriers so they have verizon, att, and tmobile. i showed the email i got and they said sorry, order it online. i explained that i can't order it online because their website says to get it in the store... wow. I guess ill try radioshack even though I hate that store.
When you go into pre-order can you order it for the full price or do they only do pre-orders if you are signing a new contract?
Went to a Sprint store, and they took my name, address, phone number, and social security number, and they said that will reserve an Evo for me on the day it comes out. They said theywill get a line like they did for the Pre, but can schedule me for any time of day (after the rush dies down) so I can just walk in and choose a plan and walk out. They will call me on the 3rd (the day before it comes out) to schedule a time for me to come in. Sounds good - buying it directly from Sprint is fine with me anyway. Getting a little bit tired of Best Buy, and Radio Shack is so 1980 anyway
Well made my pre order at best buy. $50 and thats it.
Done. Leaving bestbuy as we speak
After reading online about a gift card we're supposed to get i went back and got mine. Would've been nice if the best buy guys mentioned this in the first place. Appointments are to be set on the third when they call people based on when they made the preorder. I'm 8th in line at my store
by the way, the Sprint store didn't require me to put any money down, they just took my information and said they will call me the day before. so, maybe try the sprint store if you don't have the $50 right now. the guy i dealt with was a sales manager or something to that effect and was very friendly and knowledgable, he said he guarantees i will have one reserved. no gift cards though he said they don't even know which contracts are applicable for this phone yet for sure, but he said he's pretty sure it will be "80 bucks" which makes sense based on the 450-minute plan for $69 and the $10 fee for 4G.
The store I called said they are not doing reserves or pre-orders, wtf
preordered mind at bestbuy 50dollars down cant wait to june 4
going to pre order mine later today
I just preordered at One of the BB's in Las Vegas. 50$ commitment thogh they said I could use the 50$ for something else or apply it towards the phone at release. So it's almost like a free preorder. Thogh you can't preorder if you are too broke. I went to BB, a retailer I abhor, because they weren't as dumb as the broad I talked to at radioshack two days ago and becase they always deduct mail in rebates at the time of purchase.
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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
tmacgarris6727 said:
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.
SilverStone641 said:
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.
nyne7lac said:
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
Sprint?
The Shack (Radioshack)?
Best Buy mobile?
I personally pre-ordered mine at Best Buy Mobile, but I don't know if I'm getting mine tomorrow or not because I have graduation
skip it the evo only comes out once. im also getting mine at best buy in Houston (Fairmont)
I pre-ordered mine for bestbuy so i'll be going there. There better honor the fact I'm number 11 on list so no excuses when I come through with my cash in hand.
Best Buy. 8AM. I am #2 on my Best Buy's reserve list. Plus no rebate is the best.
EDIT: Just thought about it, but it seems kinda cool that an Android device actually has a good amount of hype behind it. That alone will make it an iContender.
8:05am @ Best Buy.
im #11 too
RS 7am san antonio texas
1 @ 8am from Sprint / 1 @ 10:40am from BestBuy
Free from sprint muhaha
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BEST BUY JUST CALLED ME!!!! they told me that they got mine in and i can come get it tm at 8
Best Buy mobile, didn't gave any number so..........first time in the morning.
screen is a little too small I might be putting this one on hold for at least 10 or 12
... o'clock tomorrow
The Shack at 7:00
Best Buy in Houston, 12pm. I was on the second wave of preorders scheduled for 6/10 delivery, but I guess they got a bigger shipment to fit me in. SCORE!
Phone history:
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iPhone 3G
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EVO *****ES!
I just got the call from The Shack. They are opening at 6am but expect a rush from those who didn't preorder. I'll be there just before 7am to pick my pre-ordered EVO.
Best buy, just called them and am getting mine at 745am, hurray!
RadioShack in the Woodbridge Mall in NJ.
They don't open until 10am so i made my appointment for first thing when they open.
chandlerw88 said:
skip it the evo only comes out once. im also getting mine at best buy in Houston (Fairmont)
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Getting mine at the Sprint store in Houston, also. Specifically, Westheimer and Shepherd.
Just pre ordered mine today... or at least tried to after seeing so many people here doing so.
they said no more pre orders so i got on the waiting list
waiting list was good! they called me to come in at 730 AM at the Radio Shack.
lady there said it was gonna be $250 for the upgrade. Nice.
Just called the best buy and picking up at 9:30 am surprised cuz I was number 25 on the lisar thought I was fin b one of the last ones....
How many of us pre-ordered with Best Buy and got back ordered? I ordered a 32g White on the 8th.
I pre-ordered from BB as soon as it was available (32GB W). Got an email notice yesterday the device has shipped (from OH). This morning the device is in Buffalo.
Due to arrive on Tuesday, per UPS tracking.
Same thing. Shipped from OH and coming on Wednesday. If my preorder back from the 8th went to back order status I would go find a store that has the model you want and talk to the store manager. That's not right (don't care what or how it happened) thats not good customer service and last time I checked the majority of the US economy is what?.......a service economy.
bummed
Now I am bummed I found them at a Best Buy close to me and I called to have it transferred to store so I can get it now but now it says order being fulfilled now and they cannot transfer now. They said I should get it Thursday or Friday so much for pre-order.
it's ridiculous how pre-order is to be shipped after the retail store have it in stock. i've always thought pre-order is to be shipped out so that the buyer would have it on the same day it's available to consumers.
cancelled pre-order, pick 1 up this morning. i'd be surprise if they sell much @ my local best buy, no ads or any indication they have it in stock. no display unit. most reps don't know they have it other than mobile department reps.
Gosh, that really sucks guys. I pre-ordered mine on Amazon, got annoyed with the delayed shipping (and decided to upgrade to a larger capacity), and ended up walking into my local Best Buy and picking one up.
Why can't these companies do a pre-order right. It shouldn't be that hard. You don't even have to guess at the demand! There is no reason that I should have been able to walk into the store and buy one when you guys are stilling waiting to receive your pre-order.
Yup.
There's just no reason to pre-order these things. You know there won't be a stampede to get them and the pre-orders are always handled in some funky manner.
Either do it the Apple way where pre-orders are literally delivered to peoples' doors the day the product is released or at least make it so that people can pick up their device in-store on that date.
Pre-order actually worked out OK for me. My local BB, while it had >60 of these devices on 17th, 100% of them were 16GB devices - I want a 32GB device. Who know when this BB store will get 32GB in inventory?
I'll have my device on Tuesday - soon enough, I suppose.
At least you had the option / appearance of a preorder... My two closest stores didn't do them. They did tell me they had a 32GB physically in hand today so I drove 35 miles only to find out they won't get them til tuesday... Hopefully.
Spent an hour today getting F'd in the A by BB. Nice letter heading to corporate today after talking with 2 douche managers. Tips? Ideas?
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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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I had to ask at the counter, but the Anaheim, CA Walmart got 2 of these in stock today. I just purchased one. There is one left. Or there was when I left the store. $199 + tax ($213.35 out the door).
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P.S. Goodbye Sensation, hello SGSIII!
Omg ima call them right now!!! Was yours a pre order?
Also what carrier? T-mobile?
Is the price for upgrade or new line?
It was not a pre order, and it was an upgrade.
Wait, cheaper than Costco? I'm gonna return mine right now!
sorry, missed the question on the carrier...yes, it is T-Mobile.
Blue or White?
blue...but I'm sure it's gone by now.
No worries, I'm not eligible to upgrade at Wally World until Friday. I'm just trying to figure out if I should just settle for a blue, or call every store in SoCal for white. That's the same store I got my Sensation from last year. Walmart in general seems to get their stock refreshed fairly often.