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OK, so I preorder my phone from Amazon on may 15th doing the 2 year contract crap, and days later get the news like everyone else of the customs B.S. I wait no stress I'll get it when I get it. I did send in a couple emails so they didn't just keep me in the dark, and also to get bumped up to 1 day shipping. After a couple of weeks I got my email saying it's coming, and they took the payment. (yeay!) Then later that day on Jun 4th, I got a few more emails from them, (Amazon wireless) saying "Action needed to complete your order.... ...we've been working to finalize the activation of your new phone. The activation was initiated, but we have not received confirmation from SPRINT that your activation was successful for this order... Bla, blaa, blaa..."
I pay them no real attention, so I noticed in my sprint account that I'm still eligible for the upgrade with contact extension. I say hmmm, thinking I guess it will go away after I activate my phone. On Jun 5th my phone arrives I open the box with greedy anticipation of the touch and feel of my sexy new device. (yeay! It's here) I root it put my apps on it put my text and
mms's from my of EVO on it then activate it. Yeay!
Now today is June 7th I check with my sprint account and I'm still eligible for an upgrade (w/two year contract B.S....)
So what do I do? What would you do?
I'm saying I should go get that GS3 now too... Do you think they'll catch on that they didn't remove my upgrade if I were to attempt use it again on the GS3? Then bill me after for full cost?
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I'd wait a few days before you jump the gun on the G-SIII. Since you bought it through Amazon, there may be some different processing that needs to take place.
If by this time next week it still doesn't show up, then I'd give it a shot.
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OK, so I preorder my phone from Amazon on may 15th doing the 2 year contract crap, and days later get the news like everyone else of the customs B.S. I wait no stress I'll get it when I get it. I did send in a couple emails so they didn't just keep me in the dark, and also to get bumped up to 1 day shipping. After a couple of weeks I got my email saying it's coming, and they took the payment. (yeay!) Then later that day on Jun 4th, I got a few more emails from them, (Amazon wireless) saying "Action needed to complete your order.... ...we've been working to finalize the activation of your new phone. The activation was initiated, but we have not received confirmation from SPRINT that your activation was successful for this order... Bla, blaa, blaa..."
I pay them no real attention, so I noticed in my sprint account that I'm still eligible for the upgrade with contact extension. I say hmmm, thinking I guess it will go away after I activate my phone. On Jun 5th my phone arrives I open the box with greedy anticipation of the touch and feel of my sexy new device. (yeay! It's here) I root it put my apps on it put my text and
mms's from my of EVO on it then activate it. Yeay!
Now today is June 7th I check with my sprint account and I'm still eligible for an upgrade (w/two year contract B.S....)
So what do I do? What would you do?
I'm saying I should go get that GS3 now too... Do you think they'll catch on that they didn't remove my upgrade if I were to attempt use it again on the GS3? Then bill me after for full cost?
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Why don't you call Sprint and see what they say.
I would just wait because it may take longer, or if it goes through and they see you 'abused' it, will make you pay in full, or some other negative penalty on your account, like no upgrade for you in 2 years.
I've been with AT&T since 2003 (Cingular/AT&T Orange) and I've never asked for any early upgrade or bill extension. I've always been on auto pay and never late with payments. My offical upgrade is May 7th 2013.
My fear is that the S4 will be out of stock with a 2 week ship time if I wait until May 7. And lets be honest.... I really want the S4 (coming from iphone 4)
I've read some accounts of people getting an early upgrade if they ask "nicely". My quesiton is, who would I ask? 611? AT&T brick store?
I would like to be able to take advantage of the Wal Mart deal, so should I go to walmart and ask for an early upgrade? What about Best Buy?
Thanks for the tips!
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I've been with AT&T since 2003 (Cingular/AT&T Orange) and I've never asked for any early upgrade or bill extension. I've always been on auto pay and never late with payments. My offical upgrade is May 7th 2013.
My fear is that the S4 will be out of stock with a 2 week ship time if I wait until May 7. And lets be honest.... I really want the S4 (coming from iphone 4)
I've read some accounts of people getting an early upgrade if they ask "nicely". My quesiton is, who would I ask? 611? AT&T brick store?
I would like to be able to take advantage of the Wal Mart deal, so should I go to walmart and ask for an early upgrade? What about Best Buy?
Thanks for the tips!
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I'm hoping to get an early upgrade too, as my upgrade date is May 2nd. I plan on calling the stores in my area every day starting on the 26th to see if they got the phones in. Then I'll go to the store and ask very nicely...I've heard if it's only a week or two, they usually just do it.
Well darn. It looks like the Walmart price is 198 now
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I've been with AT&T since 2003 (Cingular/AT&T Orange) and I've never asked for any early upgrade or bill extension. I've always been on auto pay and never late with payments. My offical upgrade is May 7th 2013.
My fear is that the S4 will be out of stock with a 2 week ship time if I wait until May 7. And lets be honest.... I really want the S4 (coming from iphone 4)
I've read some accounts of people getting an early upgrade if they ask "nicely". My quesiton is, who would I ask? 611? AT&T brick store?
I would like to be able to take advantage of the Wal Mart deal, so should I go to walmart and ask for an early upgrade? What about Best Buy?
Thanks for the tips!
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Hey bro I am one of those who got the early upgrade. I was officially available for an upgrade on May 9. I first chatted with an AT&T rep who advised me that if I dialed 611 and spoke with Customer Care they would be willing to give me an early upgrade. After I called and advised them about my conversation with the chat rep, they helped me out immediately. Also, they attempted to charge me $249.99 over the phone for the GS4. I reminded them that online the phone was $199.99. So the Customer Care rep spoke to a "supervisor" who "approved" me to have the phone at the website price. A $36 first month activation fee is still required but I can happily say my phone is "pending shipment"
My upgrade is in June. But I called today and they said I could upgrade as soon as the phone is not on pre-order but "in-stock" online. When do you think that will be?
Yeah, I just called 611 AND my local stores and I got a ton of different policies...
-611 says: You can order (not preorder) the phone TOMORROW (6/23) and they will honor the 30 day early upgrade and have it shipped out.
-Corporate AT&T store 1 says: No early upgrades at all. Ever.
-Corporate AT&T store 2 says: Early upgrades are fine as long as it's within the same month of your upgrade, so May 1st would be the earliest I could pick it up. Oh, and he gave me the line "It's not like this is an iPhone, it's just an Android."
So what the hell? Why are there three different policies when it comes to early upgrades?? I would expect it to be different between corporate vs resellers, but they should all keep to the same policy.
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Oh, and he gave me the line "It's not like this is an iPhone, it's just an Android."
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Ha! Classic.
snappjay said:
Yeah, I just called 611 AND my local stores and I got a ton of different policies...
-611 says: You can order (not preorder) the phone TOMORROW (6/23) and they will honor the 30 day early upgrade and have it shipped out.
-Corporate AT&T store 1 says: No early upgrades at all. Ever.
-Corporate AT&T store 2 says: Early upgrades are fine as long as it's within the same month of your upgrade, so May 1st would be the earliest I could pick it up. Oh, and he gave me the line "It's not like this is an iPhone, it's just an Android."
So what the hell? Why are there three different policies when it comes to early upgrades?? I would expect it to be different between corporate vs resellers, but they should all keep to the same policy.
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Wow! I guess your best bet is to call 611 tomorrow and order the phone. See when is the expected ship date, and please keep us posted!
Generally they will do an upgrade during the month that your upgrade is available. Best bet is to stop at an AT&T store but don't expect them to price match a lower price if they give you an early, early upgrade.
I got an early upgrade my self I wasn't post to upgraded until November 2013 I went int too the ATT Store they added additional year on my contract I was able to get pre order of the Samsung Galaxy S4 the rep was really nice to me in store.
I end up paying $450 Samsung Galaxy S4 1 year contract which was fine for me I was cool with it I only had my Samsung Galaxy Note 1 for only 1 year.
So I just tried calling 611 since the phone is officially released and I see it on the att website to order and they said that the early upgrade doesn't cover GS4 and that I was told incorrect information...
At this point, I'm throwing my arms in the air and saying "screw it". Why even have an "early upgrade" policy if it's inconsistent?
guys, I'm not due for an upgrade till Nov 2013, i called in and spoke very nicely to a lady at ATT, and she said she could give me the upgrade for 200$ as an early upgrade. the only thing is they can't send out s4's yet, as they're currently online or retail only, so i can call back on launch day and shell send out one, i note has been made to my account.
BUT!! I'm greedy, so i still went to an att store and asked if i can do the same thing, and the guy said they don't have the ability, i said the rep on the phone said i could, he checked my account notes, and said 'oh OK then', so i was able to get him to write down on the back of his business card that i can do an early upgrade in store on release day.
just sharing what i did to get Mine, if you guys wanna do it too
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soraxd said:
guys, I'm not due for an upgrade till Nov 2013, i called in and spoke very nicely to a lady at ATT, and she said she could give me the upgrade for 200$ as an early upgrade. the only thing is they can't send out s4's yet, as they're currently online or retail only, so i can call back on launch day and shell send out one, i note has been made to my account.
BUT!! I'm greedy, so i still went to an att store and asked if i can do the same thing, and the guy said they don't have the ability, i said the rep on the phone said i could, he checked my account notes, and said 'oh OK then', so i was able to get him to write down on the back of his business card that i can do an early upgrade in store on release day.
just sharing what i did to get Mine, if you guys wanna do it too
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Did you go to an AT&T corp store? I called every corp store within 2 hour drive time and they all say "within the same month" or "not at all". I even had a 611 lady call the corp stores to tell them about the 30 day upgrade policy and tbe corp stores said that they wouldn't honor it.. even coming from 611.
Like I said, it would be nice, but I'll just wait until next Wednesday. The last 611 gentlemen KNEW that I was going to ask about the S4 and told me, as soon as I asked about the early upgrade policy that it doesn't count toward the S4. So it looks like they are adding "notes" to my account every time I call.
My upgrade is in July, wonder if i should get the upgrade or just wait for the Note 3 hmmm.
My upgrade wasn't due till July 3rd, I phoned 611 and spoke to the rep, who not only gave me my unlock for my S3, may reason for calling, I asked about an early upgrade, and she ok'd it, had to check with a supervisor I think as she put me on hold. Pre-ordered S4 $199 +tax, usual 2 year contract extension.
Been a customer since 06, and have never asked for early upgrade, bill extension, never paid bill late.
/shrug, be polite ask nicely and you maybe rewarded.
I have used an early upgrade in the past using 611. The "ONLY" thing though was that "I HAD TO PURCHASE" it from ATT over the phone while I was on the line with them. They WOULD NOT let me use the Line Upgrade from any other business so the price through them was $50 more than from Walmart in store.
So I have two lines available for upgrade as of May 2nd and May 5th. So this time I will wait for those dates to pass this time. Specially since I have seen other businesses off it for a cheaper rate again that ATTs price. Walmart has always been good for me on a few occasions during upgrading, and another time was Radio Shack had the lowest price. Either of those two above I did NOT have to re-do anything with my data plan (Grandfathered Unlimited Data plan) as they called ATT while I was in store anyways. I also have another line due for upgrade in the middle of July, so it will probably be saved for the Note 3.
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My upgrade is in June. But I called today and they said I could upgrade as soon as the phone is not on pre-order but "in-stock" online. When do you think that will be?
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its in stock online and not in preorder status anymore
I tried to order over the phone...they said I can't til April 30th...store says I can do early upgrade on may 1st since it'll be the same month...man att has gotten strict lately...between July 2012 and march 2013 I upgraded my one line like 4 times without issue and always got subsidized pricing...
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Anbody who preorderd the note 3 from T-mobile...have you received any info on shipping? the money still hasnt been taken out
kelkee said:
Anbody who preorderd the note 3 from T-mobile...have you received any info on shipping? the money still hasnt been taken out
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There's a thread going with T-Mobile pre-orders in the Q&A forums. I pre-ordered on the 18th, first date it was available. Had an estimated delivery date of the 26th which came and went. My card was just charged yesterday, thinking they will start shipping today or tomorrow. My status is still as backordered.
This whole pre-order thingy is whack, should have just waited till Wednesday and gone in to get the N3 and Gear watch same time.
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Anbody who preorderd the note 3 from T-mobile...have you received any info on shipping? the money still hasnt been taken out
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I pre-ordered on the 19th. My cash was held on Friday but I haven't received any shipping info. I've called in asking for the status and was told they won't ship anything until the 2nd. I'm thinking I should have just gone into the store since I ordered ground shipping and will have to wait that long now. Kinda sucks.
I feel yall...whats the damn benefit of preordering if you get it when the stores get it...hell you could save on the shipping cost...COME ON T-MOBILE
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I feel yall...whats the damn benefit of preordering if you get it when the stores get it...hell you could save on the shipping cost...COME ON T-MOBILE
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Now that you mentioned shipping that just made me more upset, $25 overnight shipping to get it maybe 1 or 2 days later than stores? WTF....
Also if there is a problem with the device, ordering in the store is MUCH easier because you can just walk in and swap it out. Online orders you have to ship it back to them, wait up to a week for them to look over it and hope they don't lose it (they lost my S4 for 3 weeks in their receiving warehouse) then mail you out another and you get charged $5 for a "swap" fee.
Top it off, you can't cancel the order once you pre-order it. This whole pre-order thingy stinks of BS. T-Mobile rep said to wait for it to ship (whenever that will be) then wait for the UPS man and refuse delivery, that's the ONLY way to cancel it. You'll lose your shipping charges too. Nice eh?
I forgive them though, they did get my LG G2 delivered to me 2 weeks before the store release date. =)
I had to order mine online to quality for my promotion (10% off service and $50 account credit). It also claims I'll have 2-4 days to wait for it (free shipping, no expedited option was available). I'm willing to be patient to save $218 over the course of two years, though
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Anbody who preorderd the note 3 from T-mobile...have you received any info on shipping? the money still hasnt been taken out
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Here's 40 pages worth of answers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439759
Went to the closest T-Mobile store yesterday. They will start selling them tomorrow. They will only get 8. The sales rep said I should be there as early as possible. I will have it first thing in the morning.
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dkb218 said:
Went to the closest T-Mobile store yesterday. They will start selling them tomorrow. They will only get 8. The sales rep said I should be there as early as possible. I will have it first thing in the morning.
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I called 5 stores and visited one in person on Monday. All the stores have them in stock and go on sale Wednesday. I didn't hear anything about low stock from any of them. Most likely the rep just wants to get you in there asap to get a commission, lol. I had one rep badger me to sign up with service now, then come back and buy the phone on Wed, lol.
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I called 5 stores and visited one in person on Monday. All the stores have them in stock and go on sale Wednesday. I didn't hear anything about low stock from any of them. Most likely the rep just wants to get you in there asap to get a commission, lol. I had one rep badger me to sign up with service now, then come back and buy the phone on Wed, lol.
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I'm in SC and will also pick my note 3 up tomorrow around 10am we they open. And my area has 2 locations each with only 8-10 black in stock.
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I was also planning to pick it up in store, because the preorder didn't really seem to have any advantage to it.
I did some calling around, and it does seem that each store isn't getting too many units. My local retailer is
about 10 minutes away (running), and it opens at 10 AM. I'm also actually a college student, and I have a calc. lecture
until 9:50... I'm really tempted to leave class 20 minutes early. haha. Is it worth it?
The T-Mo Corp Store I work in as a RSA got 15 of the black only. We do not have a Demo phone to show customers. I will be buying my phone tonight before I leave the store. Most of the stores that I talk to got under 15 some got demos some did not. My store has never sold out of a Galaxy phone on day one.
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The T-Mo Corp Store I work in as a RSA got 15 of the black only. We do not have a Demo phone to show customers. I will be buying my phone tonight before I leave the store. Most of the stores that I talk to got under 15 some got demos some did not. My store has never sold out of a Galaxy phone on day one.
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Same here at my local stores nether received demo phones because even though I planned to get it I wanted to check it out first o well...
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3 hour count down. Stopped by the T-Mobile store again yesterday. They have 8 black and 5 white in stock. The rep said he doesn't think it will sell out early. Still I start work at 9:30 and I'll be there at 8:30.
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I pre-ordered on Sept 18, it is shipping today. The tracking number says it is in Kentucky. Whoo hooo!
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Well I have had mine since 1034am and so far I'm not liking it as much as the mega 6.3. It's basically the same size as the note 2 the no big difference there. There is auto correct while typing. It is rooted however the system is keeping certain root apps from working, such as wifi trevE mod which I still haven't figured out. Anyone that has a work around on the wifi trevE mod please by all means help me out with a link & screen shot of the settings. Thanks in advance.
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Lets start a thread for those of use who preordered through Best Buy (regrettably) and post when we preordered, color, location and when we received our notices that our device is ready for pick up.
PS. I got BB to tell me what position in line I am for my preorder, the customer service rep I spoke with talked with the store that I preordered from and she said I was either #4 or #6, she couldn't remember which one it was.
Obviously I haven't received mine yet but will post on here the second I do.
Oct 3rd
Menomonee Falls, WI
White
I preordered 10/15, black N4, Maryland. TBD when I receive the notification. But I called last night and she said mine is in the system and will be ready in store the 22nd. Although she said most likely it will processed the 22nd and than ready for pickup the next morning. My main concern was since I preorderd so late, would that effect when I could get my phone. Seems it won't be an issue. I did enroll in text message notifications too. I'm ready!
Wow, that is good news for you. Hopefully it is true.
I'm going to call my store this morning when they open and see if they have any new information. I need to ask about my email address I gave them too because I never received a confirmation email from when I ordered my phone which is weird because my wife did get a message.
Yeah I know. I never knew if when you had preordered mattered or not but seems not. I'm going to call again today to verify. Is your wife the primary line? I didn't get the confirmation either but realized my father is still the primary on our family plan so he received it. So that's why I told the women I spoke to to sign up me up for text alerts which will keep me updated on the status of my order.
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Yeah I know. I never knew if when you had preordered mattered or not but seems not. I'm going to call again today to verify. Is your wife the primary line? I didn't get the confirmation either but realized my father is still the primary on our family plan so he received it. So that's why I told the women I spoke to to sign up me up for text alerts which will keep me updated on the status of my order.
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No we both actually don't have service with Verizon yet. The plan was, when I received the phone to switch to Verizon.
Still got my fingers crossed that I will have it this week still but who knows....
Oct. 1 Black
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Westminister, CA
Will let you guys know when I get a notice
Local best buy knows nothing. They say they don't have inventory yet but they receive weekly shipments on thursday and it might (or might not) be on the truck. They have no clue what position I am on the wait list; they have no clue if they have an allotment. They have no clue when they will make the phone available if they do receive it. In fact calling the person I spoke to ... would be a good description.
I called my Best Buy last week and the guy told me I would be able to pick it up on the 24th. When I preordered the lady told me I would get an email the night before it's available. So I'm not expecting to hear anything until Thursday night.
I ordered the black one.
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Local best buy knows nothing. They say they don't have inventory yet but they receive weekly shipments on thursday and it might (or might not) be on the truck. They have no clue what position I am on the wait list; they have no clue if they have an allotment. They have no clue when they will make the phone available if they do receive it. In fact calling the person I spoke to ... would be a good description.
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I'm kicking myself for switching my preorder to Best Buy. They still haven't sent a notification on a Sprint Note 4 a family member ordered.
If I find out I have to wait til 10/31, I'll be livid because I can't switch back to ordering it from Amazon. Also I need to purchase it through preorder to get that rebate--I'm paying full price for the phone.
This really is the worst handled launch of a phone.
I worked for Best Buy on and off over the years in their Mobile dept. The way it works is the district warehouse sends a predetermined number of product to each store based on sales rank for various products - regardless of the number of pre-orders the store may have received. For example, I pre-ordered a Black N4 from my local best buy the other day, and talking to my former co-worker she looked up the number of black N4s assigned to be delivered to our store. RSS showed 11 were ordered for our store, though the system does not say when they will arrive, or if they will all arrive at once. Best Buy employees have no ability to look up pre-order quantities so you cannot tell if of the 11 expected to the store one will be allotted to you. Pre-orders are filled in order of receipt, so the earlier you were to pre-order the more likely it is you'll get one the day/day after they receive them. Best Buy will get a truck on thursday morning (23rd) likely having the first round of N4s on it. So thursday they will process the delivery and you'll get a notification mid to late afternoon that they have your phone (if there were enough delivered to get to your name) You shouldnt get any notifications from best buy until the store you ordered from processes their received stock and your pre-order is filled in store and is awaiting pick-up.
Hope this helps.
Just got off the phone with a sales rep at my local BB where I preordered. He said he doesn't have any new information but they are expecting to receive Verizon note 4s in on Thursday and I should check back with them then. I'm going to keep calling every day to see when they actually get some in. Also, once we know that they are starting to get them in, it wouldn't hurt to call around to the other BBs in the area to see if they maybe got more in than the store you ordered from. It may be a long shot but if a store got like 20 of them in and only had 10 preorders, the remainder will be available to be sold. In that case, you can simply go that location and have your preorder fulfilled through that store. Again, probably a long shot but at this point, I just want the damn phone asap.
I'll keep everyone posted.
Well let see... When I was in store doing my pre-order with Gift Card on my BB credit card, I was promised the 17th as discussed in prior thread(s). I never actually believed this since various Best Buys deceived me so much on my qualified trade in being a Droid X. Even the original rep had got smart with me in the store I pre-ordered and rudely swung her monitor around showing my Droid X was listed in there system as a $0 value. She was correctly corrected by both a co-worker and manager of which I further had them write my trade in model and acceptance of trade upon picking up my pre-order when it arrives on paper.
As the 17th passed with no email or notification that my Note 4 was in store, I called and finally reached a different manager. He right away told me that there was a lawsuit of some sort between Verizon and Samsung or Best Buy - he really didn't give me much information regarding that other than Verizon had just sent them a letter around the 14th demanding they would not receive shipments until the day of the 23rd and be allowed to release them then. The manager also promised me that mine would be available as of that date and that even further, they would likely actually receive the shipment on the 21st or 22nd and start sending folks like me notifications of pickup ready for the 23rd.
That is where things stand at this point with me. Gee, I wonder what to expect next...
A few weeks ago I wanted to preorder the N4 but my best buy said they were done with verizon note 4 preorders. But than a couple weeks later, on 10/15. I went back into the store and I was able to preorder a N4. My question is, if I'm preordering the phone, that should mean that's one additional N4 my best buy needs to have shipped to it's store. It makes absolutely no sense that none of us shouldn't get our PREORDERED N4 on release day. That is the whole point of doing a preorder, or else why bother. Like I said in my previous post, BBM told me a date of the 22nd being in store, which they will process it than or that night, and be ready for pick up Thursday. I hope this remains true. I know I preordered very late, but I still a preorder. My thinking is that say my best buy originally was told they were getting I don't know, say 30 Verizon N4s. Well they got confirmation they could actually receive 40 so they opened preorders back up and that's when I got mine. I'm hoping this is the case at least.
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A few weeks ago I wanted to preorder the N4 but my best buy said they were done with verizon note 4 preorders. But than a couple weeks later, on 10/15. I went back into the store and I was able to preorder a N4. My question is, if I'm preordering the phone, that should mean that's one additional N4 my best buy needs to have shipped to it's store. It makes absolutely no sense that none of us shouldn't get our PREORDERED N4 on release day. That is the whole point of doing a preorder, or else why bother. Like I said in my previous post, BBM told me a date of the 22nd being in store, which they will process it than or that night, and be ready for pick up Thursday. I hope this remains true. I know I preordered very late, but I still a preorder. My thinking is that say my best buy originally was told they were getting I don't know, say 30 Verizon N4s. Well they got confirmation they could actually receive 40 so they opened preorders back up and that's when I got mine. I'm hoping this is the case at least.
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Only time will tell. Hopefully they will start receiving the devices in the next day or so and have them available to us that preordered relatively early (Oct 3rd, in my case). That would be the best case scenario, worst case scenario is they only receive a couple devices of each color and this goes on for weeks until they fulfill all of the orders.
Fingers crossed, getting pretty anxious here
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A few weeks ago I wanted to preorder the N4 but my best buy said they were done with verizon note 4 preorders. But than a couple weeks later, on 10/15. I went back into the store and I was able to preorder a N4. My question is, if I'm preordering the phone, that should mean that's one additional N4 my best buy needs to have shipped to it's store. It makes absolutely no sense that none of us shouldn't get our PREORDERED N4 on release day. That is the whole point of doing a preorder, or else why bother. Like I said in my previous post, BBM told me a date of the 22nd being in store, which they will process it than or that night, and be ready for pick up Thursday. I hope this remains true. I know I preordered very late, but I still a preorder. My thinking is that say my best buy originally was told they were getting I don't know, say 30 Verizon N4s. Well they got confirmation they could actually receive 40 so they opened preorders back up and that's when I got mine. I'm hoping this is the case at least.
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Basically the Pre-order guarentees the $200 working phone trade in offer, and that if there arn't enough phones on the first truck, on tuesday (usually the next delivery day for bby) you'll have guarenteed product. Verizon store is the same way if you go in and pre-order. It's basically just a hold to prevent someone from walking in and buying the N4 once they have one available. It's supposed to reduce people calling in and coming to store asking alll the time "Do you have this phone now?"
Unfortunately bby gets what Samsung sends them, then from there they send their pre-determined shipments out to the stores based on store sales statistics, not so much on pre-order demand.
Information regarding Verizon Note 4/ Best Buy:
I hope everyone is well. I work for Samsung inside of Best Buy, and I am also awaiting a note 4 via verizon. I can tell you in OUR circumstance, all intial orders tracked through RSS were pre-orders ONLY, and not all preorders will be met. We are currently getting in only 6 (4 black, 2 white) at my location. They are "on order", and are expected in later this afternoon or early tomorrow morning. They are available FOR sale prior to the 23rd, but more than likely, Best Buy will tell you that they are not or you won't know because your e-mail doesn't go out until late tomorrow night.
They are on there way and you should be receiving e-mails no later than tomorrow evening if you were the first couple of pre-orders per color. There will be a VERY limited amount, so for those pre-ordering late, my best wishes are with you.
I just wanted to give you a straight, no bs response unlike some of the things I've read/heard/ seen dished out from BB employees.
Best of luck and I hope you all get your phones soon!
Samsung guys in best buy work for Samsung, not best buy. They don't even have access to best buy sales systems. Besides asking a mobile sales rep for the incoming quantity that is shown in RSS there would be no further information except sales guidelines for when they are allowed to actually sell the device. Best buy has to abide by Samsung / Verizon's contract as to when they will sell their phone. Same thing for PS4 Xbox etc... Sell a product prior to the agreed release date and best buy can be sued for a ton of money loose rights to sell product etc
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Samsung guys in best buy work for Samsung, not best buy. They don't even have access to best buy sales systems. Besides asking a mobile sales rep for the incoming quantity that is shown in RSS there would be no further information except sales guidelines for when they are allowed to actually sell the device. Best buy has to abide by Samsung / Verizon's contract as to when they will sell their phone. Same thing for PS4 Xbox etc... Sell a product prior to the agreed release date and best buy can be sued for a ton of money loose rights to sell product etc
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The interesting part is RSS has the street date listed as 10/17/14, so there is nothing prevent the sale. POS picks up the street date and will not allow sales ahead of the street date based from RSS. The only thing claiming 10/23/14 is a sheet of paper that is often wrong.
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Information regarding Verizon Note 4/ Best Buy:
I hope everyone is well. I work for Samsung inside of Best Buy, and I am also awaiting a note 4 via verizon. I can tell you in OUR circumstance, all intial orders tracked through RSS were pre-orders ONLY, and not all preorders will be met. We are currently getting in only 6 (4 black, 2 white) at my location. They are "on order", and are expected in later this afternoon or early tomorrow morning. They are available FOR sale prior to the 23rd, but more than likely, Best Buy will tell you that they are not or you won't know because your e-mail doesn't go out until late tomorrow night.
They are on there way and you should be receiving e-mails no later than tomorrow evening if you were the first couple of pre-orders per color. There will be a VERY limited amount, so for those pre-ordering late, my best wishes are with you.
I just wanted to give you a straight, no bs response unlike some of the things I've read/heard/ seen dished out from BB employees.
Best of luck and I hope you all get your phones soon!
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I was told I am number 4 or 6 (the BB rep that called me couldn't remember after contacting the store). You said that your store is only getting 6 in total. Do you think all stores are only going to get 6 in (or about that amount) or do you think that some stores may receive more/less?
I really hope I'm in the first wave of devices they receive.
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Samsung guys in best buy work for Samsung, not best buy. They don't even have access to best buy sales systems. Besides asking a mobile sales rep for the incoming quantity that is shown in RSS there would be no further information except sales guidelines for when they are allowed to actually sell the device. Best buy has to abide by Samsung / Verizon's contract as to when they will sell their phone. Same thing for PS4 Xbox etc... Sell a product prior to the agreed release date and best buy can be sued for a ton of money loose rights to sell product etc
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We do work for Samsung, but we have complete access to all numbers for Best Buy as well .
The release date was weeks ago in the system; they are fair game when they arrive and your name is called.
I was waiting until the S8 came out to trade in my Note7. So, I went to an AT&T store today to preorder. They told me the deadline (Dec. 31, 2016) for exchanging the Note7 had passed, and that I wouldn't get any credit toward the S8. They did let me restart my Next plan, but I'm back at month 0 and the money I paid in for the Note7 is gone.
Is this correct? I don't see anything on the AT&T website about a deadline. Was there a notification about it as part of the software updates (which I had blocked)?
And would this mean, for someone who had bought the phone outright rather than on the Next plan, that AT&T would give them nothing when they brought the Note7 back? There is certainly no incentive to return it in that situation, assuming they want the remaining devices back.
Actually, it gets somewhat worse. The store ordered the wrong phone for me (S8 instead of S8 Plus) and there is a charge on my bill for $613.77 that shouldn't be there. I called the store and they said to call customer service. I called customer service and they said to go back to the store.
Hey bro, I just returned my note 7 (and the case) last Thursday for a FULL REFUND. They dropped $294.64 in my account. My at&t next was void and then I could start a new one.
You made the mistake by asking what your phone was worth. You must say I want a full refund for my note 7 and all the accessories. I kept hearing this December 31st date but it's nothing official. What they mean to say is after the last update (around December 31st) you will not be able to charge your phone. But we blocked those updates.
I then went to best buy mobile where they have the best offer for the s8 plus. You get $100 off... Yes $100 off PLUS all the Samsung promotions (gear vr and controller)
Hope you can go back and speak to the manager.
Keep me posted...
-b0Ne
That's interesting. Thanks for the info.
The manager at the store said there was a December 31 deadline. I sat there and looked through the AT&T website, and told him there was no deadline listed there. He said, "Well, it says that in our info."
I also went through the online chat when I got home. They said I couldn't get any credit for the installments already paid.
After going back to the store today, I did at least get them to remove the $613.77 charge they had put on my account (which they acknowledged was an error, charging me to pay off the Next plan on the Note7).
It's great you got them to give you a refund. Maybe I'll take another crack at calling customer service after I actually give them the phone back.
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Hey bro, I just returned my note 7 (and the case) last Thursday for a FULL REFUND. They dropped $294.64 in my account. My at&t next was void and then I could start a new one.
You made the mistake by asking what your phone was worth. You must say I want a full refund for my note 7 and all the accessories. I kept hearing this December 31st date but it's nothing official. What they mean to say is after the last update (around December 31st) you will not be able to charge your phone. But we blocked those updates.
I then went to best buy mobile where they have the best offer for the s8 plus. You get $100 off... Yes $100 off PLUS all the Samsung promotions (gear vr and controller)
Hope you can go back and speak to the manager.
Keep me posted...
-b0Ne
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That's interesting. Thanks for the info.
The manager at the store said there was a December 31 deadline. I sat there and looked through the AT&T website, and told him there was no deadline listed there. He said, "Well, it says that in our info."
I also went through the online chat when I got home. They said I couldn't get any credit for the installments already paid.
After going back to the store today, I did at least get them to remove the $613.77 charge they had put on my account (which they acknowledged was an error, charging me to pay off the Next plan on the Note7).
It's great you got them to give you a refund. Maybe I'll take another crack at calling customer service after I actually give them the phone back.
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Dude, I would be threatening them with a call to the Consumer Protection Agency.
I didn't receive anything that says I had to turn my Note in by Dec 31, have them show you where they sent that message to you.
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I was a victim of Samsung's mandatory update last week, while still waiting to (hopefully) exchange it for a S8+. I had originally bought mine full price at Best Buy, then activated it at an AT&T store, exchanged for the 'safe' version etc.
The update disabled the USB-C port and charging, so I was forced to take it in. With a promotion on the S7 Edge I also received a Gear S2 watch, a Galaxy TabE, (both 99 cents without requiring a new contract; just 10$/Month device fee) And was able to use 99$ out of my 200$ + credit on a Gear VR.
I was sad to finally let go of my Note7 after so much resistance, but suffice it to say I walked out pleasantly surprised at the extras I received.
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I was a victim of Samsung's mandatory update last week, while still waiting to (hopefully) exchange it for a S8+. I had originally bought mine full price at Best Buy, then activated it at an AT&T store, exchanged for the 'safe' version etc.
The update disabled the USB-C port and charging, so I was forced to take it in. With a promotion on the S7 Edge I also received a Gear S2 watch, a Galaxy TabE, (both 99 cents without requiring a new contract; just 10$/Month device fee) And was able to use 99$ out of my 200$ + credit on a Gear VR.
I was sad to finally let go of my Note7 after so much resistance, but suffice it to say I walked out pleasantly surprised at the extras I received.
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But they didn't give you any problems with the exchange like the other guy here saying you're screwed because you didn't exchange in December ehhh?
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But they didn't give you any problems with the exchange like the other guy here saying you're screwed because you didn't exchange in December ehhh?
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I was told that myself at an AT&T store when I inquired about it in mid-December, even knowing both AT&T & Samsung's website said differently. However I know a lot of those guys are working on hearsay or don't bother to look it up, so I'm the type to just drive to the next AT&T store and try again. There never was and still isn't an end date to the recall according to the ATT website, which is exactly what they refer to. Even regardless of the N7's condition.
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KeeganWolf said:
I was told that myself at an AT&T store when I inquired about it in mid-December, even knowing both AT&T & Samsung's website said differently. However I know a lot of those guys are working on hearsay or don't bother to look it up, so I'm the type to just drive to the next AT&T store and try again. There never was and still isn't an end date to the recall according to the ATT website, which is exactly what they refer to. Even regardless of the N7's condition.
EDIT: Can't post URL's yet but it's ATT website article KM1122948
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I looked at that article, never saw anything about a Turn in date deadline
I remember seeing a sign at my ATT store which is an authorized dealer that said to get refund you had to turn in by DEC 31. So maybe it deals with third party stores that are not corporate stores? I have heard people say DEC 31 was the deadline but never found nothing official on that. Still no matter what they should take the phone and give a refund as its an official recall and they can't make you eat the money lost. Maybe you need to go through Samsung now to get a refund? Who knows as companies loves to do the run around game
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I remember seeing a sign at my ATT store which is an authorized dealer that said to get refund you had to turn in by DEC 31. So maybe it deals with third party stores that are not corporate stores? I have heard people say DEC 31 was the deadline but never found nothing official on that. Still no matter what they should take the phone and give a refund as its an official recall and they can't make you eat the money lost. Maybe you need to go through Samsung now to get a refund? Who knows as companies loves to do the run around game
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They should have provided a Loaner until the replacement was available, like they originally said they would and like they did in some markets.
The only replacement for a Note is a New Note...
Well I am hoping when the new note 8 comes out Sammy doesn't forget about us note 7 owners and how we was done wrong. But I'm sure they will. Heck I would take a fixed note 7 but they are not to be sent to the US market from what I read.
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I'm picking up my S8+ on Friday, at which point I'll drop off my Note7 at the AT&T store.
My plan is to wait a few days then contact AT&T, saying "Now that you have my phone back, when do I get a refund for the money I paid in installments and sales tax?" My hope is that this gets automatically refunded once they physically get the phone, despite what the store manager said about a December 31 deadline.
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I'm picking up my S8+ on Friday, at which point I'll drop off my Note7 at the AT&T store.
My plan is to wait a few days then contact AT&T, saying "Now that you have my phone back, when do I get a refund for the money I paid in installments and sales tax?" My hope is that this gets automatically refunded once they physically get the phone, despite what the store manager said about a December 31 deadline.
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Why don't you just hand them the Note 7, get refund, buy S8+, or it should be swap?
That's essentially what I'm doing. But the manager said no refund after December 31. Actually, they initially charged me $600 in remaining payments, but I got that reversed (they admitted the charge was an error).
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Why don't you just hand them the Note 7, get refund, buy S8+, or it should be swap?
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Can anyone who has had success exchanging their phone tell me their store location? Seems random but I am at the point with att I want to leave. I am trying to return my note 7 and the stores keep telling me no. The call center is telling me they have to but every location I go to its the same crap. Both corporate and other have the same stuff about dec31st..... doesn't make any sense to me but maybe if I can prove locations are in fact honoring the exchange I might have some luck.
At this point it seems like more a choice than corporate policy and all the hoops I've jumped through just this week I am at my breaking point.
I returned my note 7 for a full refund two weeks ago at the highway 151 store in San Antonio. They also gave me a refund for my case that I purchasedI'm picking up my s8 plus on Friday. Got a $100 off coupon for purchasing the phone at best buy mobile.
They refunded all my money on my debit card. They told me I couldn't get cash because they didn't have enough money in the store to give cash. They told me they could put it on any debit card of my choice.
-b0Ne
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I was also given the same story about no refund being issued after Dec 31 but I refuse to take that as an answer. I called customer service at least 6 times and was placed on hold many of times, everyone kept telling me the same story and I just kept asking to speak to a manager and kept climbing up the chain. I mentioned taking legal action and they said a manager would call me back within 72 hours and he never did. I called the 7th time and the operator issued me the refund on everything i had paid except the tax (she said i had to try to claim that at the store where the phone was purchased. Will return once I get my phone today in the mail.
Good luck and don't let them take your money!!!
I took my Note7 back to the AT&T store today, having received my S8+ yesterday. After an hour there (most of it while they were on the phone with customer service), they said they couldn't take it back at the store, but they printed out a shipping label for me to return it.
At this point, I'm debating whether to mail it to AT&T and try to get my past payments refunded, or just keep the thing--maybe use it as a music player or something.
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I took my Note7 back to the AT&T store today, having received my S8+ yesterday. After an hour there (most of it while they were on the phone with customer service), they said they couldn't take it back at the store, but they printed out a shipping label for me to return it.
At this point, I'm debating whether to mail it to AT&T and try to get my past payments refunded, or just keep the thing--maybe use it as a music player or something.
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I'm confused, did they give you your money back for it?