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My Nexus One/HTC Ordering Debacle

I ordered a replacement AT&T Nexus One on Monday 6/7 at 8:00 am.
I received no confirmation email, just one stating that my card had to be authorized, etc. The funds ($529) almost immediately went on hold from my account. I called immediately following the order, stating that I hadn't received a confirmation for the new device/shipping label for the defective device. She said "We're about to switch over our system, so I'll push it through manually. You should receive your Device and shipping label within 24 Hours". Great, I said.
This morning, I woke up and still nothing. No shipping label. I called again. Spoke to a different HTC rep. I told her I hadn't received the confirmation etc. She said the funds were awaiting authorization. I explained that they had been authorized, just not updated on there end. She checked and saw that, talked to a supervisor, and "pushed the order through". I should be "receiving the shipping label within 2-3 hours and the device within 24". Great, I said.
3 hours later, no shipping label. I called again. This time, I talked to a seemingly more savvy rep. He told me the same, the funds were awaiting authorization. I explained that this was the third time I was calling about this. He placed me on hold for a few minutes, came back on the line and said, once again, "I've pushed it through". I told him that the last two reps said the same, to no avail. He kindly placed me on hold again. When he came back, he said "I've given the order priority and escalated the situation. You should receive your device within the next 24 hours".
I REALLY wanted to believe him. I couldn't.
3 hours later, I called back and spoke with another rep. This gentleman was clearly a smart guy who had it together. I told him the situation. He reviewed the action taken by the last three reps and said "I just dealt with this same type of situation on my previous call". The real story came out.
Apparently, HTC/Google screwed the pooch.
They've "switched over to a new system", meaning everyone who purchased seemingly within the last week has been left in "Order Limbo". That's right folks, HTC has my money and my phone. Not only did they neglect to warn customers that they were making this switch, they also didn't notify their CSRs (customer service reps). This man actually called the texas corporate office to get to the bottom of the situation. He was extremely kind and helpful. He had told me about the previous customer who had ordered and not received. He was headed to Kuwait with the army. I told him my situation wasn't quite as dire, as I was just using an old, broken G1/Dream in the meantime. He snidely remarked "that sounds worse than Kuwait to me". I chuckled, but wanted to move on to the bad news.
He said it is totally out of his hands, he'll make the notes on my account. He explained that several orders were placed in this 'Limbo" period. They are apparently stuck in the "awaiting authorization" phase of the process. The must be MANUALLY PROCESSED by the Texas corporate office. He said they're begrudgingly giving him "24 hours or bust" till shipment. That means that not only will my $529 Nexus One not be delivered next day, it won't be delivered the next day, or the next day, or maybe even the next.
HTC, Google, I love you. Please don't screw this up any more. Please provide some sort of fix for the faithful customers. Your product rocks. Your service reps are extremely kind and attentive. Your system is, apparently, a mess right now.
I should not suffer because you have made the mistake of switching over your "system" and fudging dozens of orders.
My final rep said, jokingly, "No good thing comes without pain". I said, "I thought the $529 was the pain".
Please, HTC/Google, fix this, get me my phone, and then do something else on top of it to make me happy. This is to the point of frustration.
Figured this might clear things up for anyone experiencing the same. We can cry together.

Uh dude...they said to give them 24 hours. You gave them three after each call. At least you didn't get a defective phone after a long wait like I did. I'm down 1124 for the nexus one until htc processes the return of my defective one.
I know you are anxious to get your hands on the phone, but you must understand that nothing in this world runs smoothly 100% of the time.
Anyways, just wanted to give you some perspective on your situation. Good luck. Hope you enjoy the phone whenever you get it.
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You should call your bank to let them know that you're buying the phone and how much the total charge will be so they don't hold it up. Also, don't freak out so much. This happened to a lot of us, myself included, when the phone was released.

needmoregigs said:
Uh dude...they said to give them 24 hours. You gave them three after each call.
I know you are anxious to get your hands on the phone, but you must understand that nothing in this world runs smoothly 100% of the time.
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They said I wold receive a shipping confirmation after 3 hours on two occasions. That's why I called back. Only on the last call did I get actual, factual, accurate info.
I can't believe you guys are just like "whatever". I get that in the scheme of things, it's just a phone, but it's a $529 investment. I'm paying for a premium product - I expect premium service at every level.
The thing that really bothers me is that I wasn't notified in advance, ie. "We are undergoing system maintenance and orders are subject to delays". I was told next-day. I expect next-day. I work in social media. My phone is one of my greatest tools. My first Nexus has "Bad RAM", that's why I'm having the replacement unit sent out. I think I have a bit of a right to be upset at this point.

chordmasta said:
They said I wold receive a shipping confirmation after 3 hours on two occasions. That's why I called back. Only on the last call did I get actual, factual, accurate info.
I can't believe you guys are just like "whatever". I get that in the scheme of things, it's just a phone, but it's a $529 investment. I'm paying for a premium product - I expect premium service at every level.
The thing that really bothers me is that I wasn't notified in advance, ie. "We are undergoing system maintenance and orders are subject to delays". I was told next-day. I expect next-day. I work in social media. My phone is one of my greatest tools. My first Nexus has "Bad RAM", that's why I'm having the replacement unit sent out. I think I have a bit of a right to be upset at this point.
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If you're having a replacement sent out, why did you have to order a new one?

I chose the "We'll hold $529 from your account, send a new unit, you send the old, we diagnose and charge whatever, subtract that from the $529, and release the rest" method because I was told I'd get it a phone the quickest this way (within 24 hours). It's now been 52 hours and I just received the shipping label for my unit that needs repair. I was supposed to receive that within 24 hours as well.
Do you understand why this is all very frustrating? Communication has been 100% initiated by me, I have not been kept up to date, and only one rep has been transparent with me. Meanwhile, I'm Nexus-less.

[Horror Story] How HTC is so incompetent and ridiculous. Show your support!

Hello everyone, this is my horror story that began on June the 30th of 2010 and is still ongoing.
All for a swap of my defective HTC Nexus One phone.
I request that you please show your support as the only way we can ensure something like this doesnt happen again is to band together.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=120012004718856&v=wall
Here is the story:
I had arranged for my nexus one which had started to accumulate dust underneath its screen to be replaced by HTC. When I received the replacement, the unit had a faulty screen, power button and the battery cover would not fit properly. As a result, I filed a complaint online and received a call back from an agent who advised my that a replacement can be set up for the DEFECTIVE REPLACEMENT UNIT that I had received.
I told her that I would like to go ahead with that, but I'm currently busy and need the device and I would appreciate it if she could call me back on the 25th of August to set up a replacement. She agreed and scheduled me for a call back.
I ended up not needing my device for as long as I had anticipated and called in myself on the 14th of August to set up the replacement myself and had it arranged. I shipped the defective unit and according to the details from FedEX the unit was received on the 24th of August at the repair facility. The previous agent did STILL give me a call back on the 25th of August. She confirmed with me that she saw on the notes for my case that I had called in and had the replacement set up, and if I was satisfied. I told her yes, I have sent in the defective unit and am just waiting for my new unit to come back to me. This was on the 25th of August.
Two weeks later, I called in to HTC and inquired about the status of my phone as I had received no notification or my new device. I was advised that for some reason, my previous ticket was CLOSED AND DISCARDED. ***WITHOUT A REPLACEMENT UNIT BEING SENT BACK TO ME***
Since that date, I have been calling HTC almost EVERY SINGLE DAY, speaking to supervisors after supervisors, who have ALL promised me call backs but have NEVER called me back (for the exception of ONE SINGLE PATHETIC PHONE CALL, to advise me that Britney, a supervisor at the call center, had NO information for me).
I have since called in almost every day, and EVERY SINGLE DAY I have been promised a call back from a manager, or Upper management, but HTC has failed to deliver EVERY single time.
I have been lied to by agent after agent, and supervisor after supervisor, and what is even more sad is that I still have NO INFORMATION about the status of my device after an astounding MONTH AND A HALF.
I have spoken to agents by the following names at the call center:
Chardene
Chantelle
Christopher
Daniella
and 3 others whose name I cannot remember
Supervisors by the following names:
Nicole
Daniella
Pamela
and two others whose names I cannot recall at this time.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE AGENTS HAS PROMISED ME CALL BACKS EVERY SINGLE TIME I HAVE CALLED. AND I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE CALL BACK (FROM BRITNEY, who is supposedly working on my case, who did not even speak to me, but left me a message on a phone number that I specifically asked *on at least 5 occassions* to not call me at).
HTC has absoloutely dissappointed me.
The following are my case numbers that were created by HTC that are relevant to this issue:
10CAC37***124 - This is a repair ticket which was created WITHOUT MY CONSENT, and I was advised by Chantelle, that the reason this was created was due to the fact that a unit cannot be in HTC's posession unless there is a ticket created. They told me not to worry about it
10CAD3****0107 - this ticket number is the replacement that was setup for my DEFECTIVE REPLACEMENT DEVICE and WAS DISCARDED WITHOUT A NEW DEVICE BEING SENT BACK TO ME
10CAD2****0073 - this ticket number was created for the defective unit which had dust underneath its screen, and was to be replaced originally with a WORKING unit.
The serial number for my device that was sent in is: HT03TP9**153
The serial number for the defective replacement device which was sent back is: HT03TP9**136
HTC promises to its customers that once a defective device has been received, a new replacement device will be shipped out the NEXT business day. Clearly, these are all lies. Not only have HTC displayed incompetency in helping out a PAYING customer, but they have LIED on many occasions to their customer.
I even called the corporate head office and left a message on the voice machine about this issue, but did not receive a call back. Hopefully, this will now get sorted out.
The original defective device was set up to be replaced on the 30th of June, 2010 and it is now September 2010 and we are still nowhere.
(Sept 20th) last time i spoke to them was on Monday, I was supposed to get a call back from upper management of the call centre on that day, but of course, that was another lie. So i called in myself and asked to speak to someone.
ended up speaking to a supervisor who claimed that she promises first hand that someone WILL call me back by the end of the day today (monday), and what do you know. today is wednesday and still no information, no call backs and im sure ill be on the phone with them again shortly to figure out whats going on now
UPDATE #1: On the 22nd of September I called in again and spoke to a supervisor first, then I was told im being transferred to a manager. When I was transferred, it was another supervisor, who said management isnt available.
End of the conversation resulted in the promise of a call back after Ms. Simpson would speak to her MANAGER, Krishana, and would call me TODAY before the end of her shift at 10 PM EST. BEfore i hung up, I told her i would gladly wait for management on hold all day and she told me that something like that is not possible. She PROMISED me that she would call me back, 100% for sure and let me know what happened.
And well, no call back, nothing at all.
UPDATE #2: September 23rd, I got an email from Google's android team and was advised that they followed up with HTC for me and if i do not hear back in 72 hours that I should call them.
This was after I submitted a complaint to google's online systems.
the saga continues.
Update #3 from September 23rd: I called in at 10:00 PM at night and asked to speak to Daniella Simpson (the supervisor who had promised to call me back) right away.
After speaking to an agent first, when I was transferred to her, she said shes sorry for not calling me back, but she got busy. She said that she had a lot of things to do, and that she was going to call me back today and how I was the first name on her list of things to do. *YEA RIGHT* Its 10 PM and she was thinking of giving me a call back now?
She told me that she emailed her superior Mr. Harris about the whole case, and he emailed the repair center. She said I should hear back today from them for sure.
That was it. I told her about how Google had contacted me and she basically said that she will forward the concerns to Mr. Harris.
and on we go
update sept 25th: so after not hearing back on Friday or today, i decided to call in and figure out if anything new had happened.
when i called i spoke to an agent named Gary, he said no supervisors are available and no managers either. Just out of curiosity i aksed him to check the notes for my account, and he goes, they were updated today last.
they read "device shipped" and had a tracking number. So no one called me back, no info from anyone, no tracking numbers before i had called in, and i don't know what they are shipping back.
talk about irresponsible. we'll i guess ill find out in a few days what happened and ill keep you all updated
follow the facebook group for up to the minute updates and information. I will keep you all updated

hmm i think this is the case where you need your IMEI & S/N number and go to the police ...

Credit card issuer...

Damn, that is horrible service. I'd take them to court if I were you, sounds like you've gathered more than enough evidence to do so.

****ers. Tell them that you refuse to hang up without an answer. Tell them that the next phone call is to the CC company and the police.
Can't wait to hear how this unfolds...

im on the phone with them as we speak. and im speaking to another supervisor.
she tells me that we have no info, and promises me again that someone will call me back as soon as possible.
i advise her that no one has called me back until now, why should i believe you now? she says because she is a different person *BULL*****
so now ive asked to speak to a call center manager and am now on hold waiting to speak to them.
just to advise you guys that in the past, ive also been put on hold to speak to management but everytime they come back after 10-15 minutes and say "oh im sorry, but he/she isnt available, and will call you back" but i dont get anything.
this time shes actually tranferring me, lets see what happens.
i will keep you posted.

mixxy said:
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she tells me that we have no info, and promises me again that someone will call me back as soon as possible...
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With the IMEI they know exactly what happend with your phone ..

I just Googled this and it seems like a common problem with the Nexus One customer support. Look here, someone else had a very similar thing happen and one of the replies said "Another one of these. Seems a huge number of phones are going missing."

Post it on one of there tweeter pages

ok, so i just got off the phone with them.
the supervisor did NOT transfer me to management, but to a higher supervisor; one i had spoken to before (on Friday, the 17th of Sept). She told me upper management would have called me back on Monday, but of course they didnt, and then when i called back on monday another supervisor told me upper management would call me back.
okay, on to today. so i spoke to daniella simpson a higher level supervisor who said that NO ONE from upper management was available to speak to me and that no updates were received. After complaining for about one hour and going over with her about details after details, she basically told me she'd call me back today.
when i told her ill gladly wait on hold all day, she said she cant do that because she is the only supervisor on duty.
will keep u guys posted.
if you can, please show your support by joining the facebook group or relaying the story to anywhere you can. I'm hoping to get media attention to finally get this handled because nothing else is working.
and i know i can file a dispute with my cc company, but that would take even longer.

no bueno You will reach a point where you have to assess if the time you are spending is worth not just buying a new phone and washing your hands of the entire situation. I know it's the principal and such but everyone's time is worth a certain amount to them...I hope you find recourse before your reach the end of your limit dealing with this.
Sounds like you are going the distance though...best of luck!!

sorry you got shuffled.
the energy spent on this endeavor would be much better tossed at anything else. do a charge back on your cc and move on.
(shrug)

I bricked one of my Nexus Ones after one click rooting. I tried to flash a theme as a ROM...oops. Since I have two Nexus Ones I just decided to send it in to HTC and see what happens rather than get frustrated fixing it myself. I shipped it off and it was back in my hand in six days working great.
Sorry you are having such a difficult time...makes me feel lucky. I have to say I was very happy with HTC service tho. They even emailed me an overnight prepaid shipping label and my Nexus One was shipped off an hour after I called them.

deprecate said:
no bueno You will reach a point where you have to assess if the time you are spending is worth not just buying a new phone and washing your hands of the entire situation. I know it's the principal and such but everyone's time is worth a certain amount to them...I hope you find recourse before your reach the end of your limit dealing with this.
Sounds like you are going the distance though...best of luck!!
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i already purchased a samsung galaxy s, and yes ur right it is the principle
had i been working fulltime right now i would not have put this much time into this, but i guess graduating from uni and applying to jobs for a few weeks has its benefits during the down time.
i said the same thing to the high level supervisor, and said had i had a full time job, what would the outcome of this case be?
mind u i paid 676 dollars for this device shipped to my door, and being a student, that kind of money is not easy to come by

If it were me, I would keep calling back. Hang up, and call right back. Just keep pissing them off the same way they're pissing you off.

rickytenzer said:
If it were me, I would keep calling back. Hang up, and call right back. Just keep pissing them off the same way they're pissing you off.
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haha well i cant sink to that level because it gets me nowhere, and it'll be more time consuming on my part than theirs who just have to answer the calls.
im going to try to issue a charge back with my credit card company soon. lets c. i told them id wait until friday

I'm still waiting for my replacement. I did my cc "authorization" sat morning.... no email sent for shipping (did get a return label email though). I finally called today, and the lady said she would "email" the warehouse for shipping.... lol.

why not check up on the tracking number to see where your phone is, if the phone is signed and recieved its not your problem what so ever, call up htc, give them the tracking number and tell them to do something about it.
my experience with htc is very good, im quite surprised that they pull this kinda of bs on you.
gl with that

This is happening to me as we speak... mmrrraaa **** HTC right?

vvaffles said:
why not check up on the tracking number to see where your phone is, if the phone is signed and recieved its not your problem what so ever, call up htc, give them the tracking number and tell them to do something about it.
my experience with htc is very good, im quite surprised that they pull this kinda of bs on you.
gl with that
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Mine has never been that great. W/ my Kaiser, HTC wouldn't he'll because it wasn't a US tilt. With my xperia x1a, went back and forth between Sony and HTC(fixed problem myself). Judging by emails, i'm guessing that ht c's websites work is based somewhere out of the united states. My emails have such weird syntax that it reminds me of the commercial that says : this is Peggy!

Verizon rant...

This is sort of a long story. Sorry, I just had to put this in writing to get it off my chest, I am beyond frustrated with Verizon...
I bought a Galaxy 10.1 4G LTE from Verizon Wireless online back in July. I got and love the crap out of it. It is awesome. Then I got the dreaded newton rings, and read through the epic thread here on XDA and decided to get it fixed or replaced. I walked into a Verizon store (which are becoming more common that McDonald's around me) and told them my problem and asked for a replacement. This was 9/22/2011. He said since I ordered online they have to order the replacement online and I would have it in two business days. Great. I would rather have the thing right now, but I can deal with that.
Two days later, I get an empty brown cardboard box. I call Verizon 'customer care center' and they say to wait another day or two to get the new tab and put my old tab back in the box and ship it back. They at Verizon never want their customers without a device, so make sure to wait until you get the new one, then you have 10 days to return the old one. Okay.
Two days later, still no tab. I call Verizon again. Their system says the tab is on back order, and as soon as they get one in stock they will ship it out. Okay. Another week later, I call back, same response. Another week later I call back, same response. WTF? How can a product be on back order for that long if you are still selling them in the store?
Finally (11/4/2011) I called and wasn't going to buy their back ordered story, and the lady was pretty helpful. She kept me on the line and conferenced in someone from the technical center. This lady said in a condescending tone that I had the return box, why didn't I return it to them. They can't process a new tab until they get the old one. They have 700 of them in stock, I just need to send them my damaged one and they will ship out a replacement or repair it in 1 to 2 business days. She was kind of rude, like why did I wait this long. Whatever. I boxed up my tab and shipped it off to them on 11/7/2011. FedEx tracking confirms they receive it on 11/9/2011. Nice. Maybe by the end of the week I'll have my new tab.
Nothing. I call again on 11/16/2011. Customer care rep says hmm, they are showing back ordered. I said I've heard that one before, call tech support. She calls tech support. The lady at tech says that she sees they received my old tab, but there is no note or pending shipment for the new one. She will put that order in right away and overnight a new tab to me, so I will have it on 11/17. Good, finally I might get my tab by the end of this week.
Today, 11/18/2011. I get an empty cardboard box with instructions on how to ship my tab to them for repair. I call customer care. Hmm, system says they are back ordered. Call tech support. Tech support guy says, nope there are plenty of them in stock. He sees that the order was placed on 11/16, but has no idea why they haven't sent me a new tab yet. He is going to initiate an investigation, which could take a few days. He does send me his e-mail info and contact info for his supervisor, so now at least I have someone to call direct at tech support.
Almost two months since I first initiated the repair order, two weeks without my tab, and Verizon has no clue what is going on. Great. Maybe next week...
I should have bought the WiFi version.

May I suggest finding a better Vzw store to deal with. I work with the largest indirect VZW dealer and have helped 2 put 3 people swap there's with no issues. I really hate to hear the run around you are dealing with. I would be livid. Hope this is resolved soon for ya.
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Get in touch with me
I work as a consultant at Verizon Wireless, I forwarded your post to my boss, I will do my best to help you. Send me a private note and I'll be in touch.
Jim

Thanks for the replies and the help. The guy handling the investigation called on Friday night and said that his records showed that the replacement was shipped and delivered to my office. Since I was at home, I couldn't confirm that, but suspected it was the empty cardboard box I got. I checked this morning, and it was. The tech did send me his e-mail and his supervisors direct number, so I left a message with the supervisor and will keep trying to get this resolved! Everyone I talk to seems like they want to help, but nobody is quite sure how to get things done. They have different policies for the tablets than their phones, and nobody seems to know how to handle the tablets.

DMMCD -
Email sent to the parties involved, along with their boss. Hope it does something....
Jim

Thanks for helping, Jim. Yesterday there was a lot of back and forth e-mails between people within Verizon, which Jim was kind enough to keep me updated on. I did get a voice mail on my work phone from a tech support supervisor last night around 6:15 pm, but I just got the message this morning. I left him a message with the information he requested (tracking number for sending my old tab back, which I gave to two different tech support reps previously). Hopefully today brings resolution. It would be nice to have my tab for Thanksgiving holiday.

I would file a complaint through your State Attorney Generals website in regards to all of this. Then VZW's Consumer Government Affairs department will research the matter and are required to respond to your complaint and to the Attorney General.
Put a little heat on them. Get as many eyes on this as possible. That's absolutely ridiculous. Unfortunately, as with most companies, the CSR's are limited to notes and what's on an account. They can tell you things all day long and try to help you but they're limited to what's in front of them.
EDIT:
For Pennsylvania the State Atty General Consumer Complaints can be found here:
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/complaints.aspx?id=451#
Here is the form you can submit the complaint with online:
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/complaintforms/bcp_form.aspx
Again it's all just a suggestion, you're not penalized for doing it, it's your right as a consumer. You're not suing them, you're not taking them to court or anything. You're just making a formal complaint that they have to recognize and address, then they have to identify steps they took to resolve your situation to the Attorney General.

Hopefully it won't come to that, but we'll see...
I thought things would happen today, but so far this morning I have left two messages with a tech support supervisor, along with a message for a different supervisor yesterday, and e-mailed the original tech support rep with no replies at all. The only info I had that things were happening at all were from the e-mail traffic that Jim (tommydorsey) was kind enough to forward on to me.
I don't like being left in the dark. I would like a call from somebody, even if it is to say that no progress has been made. Why can't I just walk into a Verizon Wireless store and have them hand me a new tab? That would have ended this insanity two months ago, and I would be a very happy customer.

I ordered mine online and got an in-store replacement for the Newton's ring issue. And used the opportunity to upgrade it to the 32GB model. Their are allot of Verizon "Premium Retailers' that have are pretty poor in my experience. I stay away from them and only do business a with Verizon owned store. Those experiences have all been excellent.

The store I went to is a large Verizon owned retailer. It seems like a lot depends on the particular sales rep that you have the fortune of speaking with.
I did finally get a call back from the tech service rep. He said the warehouse claims they sent the Tab to me last week. We checked the tracking number, and I confirmed that what they thought was a Tab was actually an empty cardboard 'recovery' box with that tracking number on it. I offered to take a picture. So he is in communication with the warehouse to see why they sent a recovery box rather than a tablet. The saga continues.

Okay, I got a call from the tech supervisor around 5:45 pm who said "headquarters" shipped out a tab and I should get it tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that it is not another empty cardboard box...

dmmcd - I hope this works today. Fingers crossed.

Yey, I finally got something. Of course the name on the label was Don and I am Dan, so it was given to the wrong person in my company and I had to track it down. But I got a "new" tab.
Which bugs me a little, it is a "certified like-new replacement". I really hope I don't have any problems with it. I guess at this point I am happy to have anything. I also lost my screen protector when I sent my original tab back to them.
The screen is different than my original one, and has the SAMSUNG logo on the bottom of the screen. I hope it stays free of the newton rings.
A tech support supervisor texted me to make sure I got it. Still not really blown away by this customer service. It took over two months to get to this point, and the last 2 1/2 weeks I was without a tablet. The last week seemed like intense negotiations just to get anything out of them at all. Too much confusion within the company. I still think they should have honored my exchange at the physical store and avoided all this mess.

Your buying expierence

Hi Guys,
How have you found the buying expierence to be?
I ordered mine the start of this month and just missed out on the discount. When I ordered I got an email saying it would be a couple of weeks and that was okay, but I have seen that it is back in stock and I still haven't been sent the device according to the website(I am currently on holiday). I go into orders when logged into small and don't see anything, but I can click on the link in the email and it shows my order with the status.
I have tried emailing them and have not had a reply, tried calling them, and when it does ring it just gets cut off.
How has your expierence been, as I may forget all about this phone if it does t get better(plus I now ha e a £40 off voucher for the phone).
Jim

Hi Jim,
Have you checked the tracking service to see if they've given the parcel to the post office? I ordered my phone at 10pm and received it two days later at about 12:30 pm.
I've had the Honor 7 for a couple of days now. The phone runs very smoothly (I even opened up every application on my phone and it had about 1.4gb RAM free and was still working smoothly. I don't have the most intensive apps installed but I wouldn't be doing anything near as taxing as what I did). The finger print sensor is very accurate and quick. It'll take some time to get properly used to all of its features, such as sliding your finger down for notifications and up for recent apps. You can also hold your finger on the sensor to go back to the home screen and tap it once to make it act as a back button. The camera is quite good too but I don't really take pictures so I can't give a proper review of it. Emotion UI is alright and if you're not too fond of it you can just install Nova Launcher like I did. As for the battery I usually get 5-6 hours of screen on time with me using my phone mainly for facebook, whatsapp, skype and watching YouTube videos. I can't give any comments on gaming performance since I don't game on my phone , I imagine it would run most games fine though. I just ran an AnTuTu Benchmark while typing this up and got a score of 52247 if that's of relevance to you. When did you try calling them? They're busy on weekends and when I tried on a weekday the call went through straight away and they were quite helpful. The phone was a steal at £250 and at £210 it's an even better deal so I'd definitely advise buying it.

My experience has been pretty bad.
Ordered on launch day as soon as it went live on website. So expected to receive the phone. Then the website said 7 days. Then 5 days. Then 9 days. And finally 3 weeks. All along people were receiving their phones who ordered 2/3 days after I did as well. In the end I cancelled the order.
Today I used the discount code emailed to me by vmall and tried again. Phone was in stock, order processed and a confirmation page was displayed with order number on it. However, no email confirmation has been received and it does not appear in my 'recent orders' on the vmall site either. And of course the phone is now showing as out of stock too.
I called vmall support and was told that basically I have no order. Which is annoying to say the least.

I ordered at 11am today, didn't get an email but just checked my order and it has been dispatched, seems like there's problem with your order, best keep trying to get hold of them maybe.

for me, vmall UK worked perfectly. 3 days wait, then the email it was dispatched and arrived next day.

And now, despite being told I had no order by the vmall support line, I have just had an email to say mine has now shipped already. Very confusing stuff.

I have waited only 3 days too.
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I have worst experience from vmall UK. first I ordered from 29th August using my credit card which I'm using everyday and it working perfectly fine but after ordering they next day I got mail which said that my card is expired, that's impossible! and got email in which they told me to contact so I did CA on phone line said that card I used was expired and I need to provide the card details to them so they can order again, so I gave them my card detail and person said everything is ok now and your card has been accepted. which was same card I used it earlier, but after 2-3 days I haven't got any news about it so I called them again but I got constant engage tone for two days and so I called again CA told me that our staff are NOT allowed to take customer's phone number over the phone and I need to place the order again, so on 2nd Sept. I order again and till than I sent them three email in a week but I haven't got any replay, furthermore when I called them over the phone last week to know order status they said that stock will come next week and told me to call again mid next seek, Today again when I ask they said that they are going to instruct warehouse to despatch soon and I will hopefully get tracking number by today evening but as of 23:39 I haven't got any tracking number or despatch email, they are liar and unreliable company and just to take orders they are giving wrong hope and incorrect delivery estimate which is
complete unfair business practise
Also even before order I called and ask about NFC and they poor knowledgeable CA lady said indeed it have NFC which is completely false information
Poor inventory and order processing system and very limited information and technical information about products seems like they made in hurry to to gain high numbers of sale in short time
Worst customer service
And unreliable company
EDIT/UPDATE: Today 10AM I called them again to inform that all my friend who ordered last week or before me already got that order and why I have to wait , CA said Sorry for the delay and said that I also ordered Honor View case and selected part delivery but somebody missed to acknowledge that on system means all order they are handling manually, after that phone call my status is now showing as "PART-SHIPPABLE" let's see what happen

My issue with regards to calling the CS number seems to have been a weird combination issue of nexus5/3/Spain roaming, although it worked fine and my.Missus phone samsungs3/3/spain roaming.
I spoke to customer services at the start of the week and they said there was nothing wrong with my order and they were getting 1000 new units and they are shipping on first in first out basis, which I challenged as I advised people ha e ordered after me and already got there phone. I will call again today as I no faith in the CS services, but I also ordered a cover as well, and maybe this is causing an issue as the above comment suggests.

Just spoke to CS and she has said the batch of devices they were getting has been delayed.
I questioned about the numerous times I have clicked the order link provided by themselves and see the device as showing in stock was not true, and they are only uptp the 27th of August with fulfilling orders.

I ordered mine on Monday and it was in my house on Tuesday. Faultless. Was able to track it as well.
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My buying experience from vmall was one of the worst.
At start everything was fine. I pre-ordered the phone and i waited until they'll have it on the stock. I've waited for like 2 weeks. Then I've got message telling me that my payment was rejected. The strange this was that they already took money from my card when I placed the order. I look on my account - my money is back and there is no information about any transactions - nor accepter or rejected. I told them to charge my card once more and then it was ok.
Status change - Package sent! YAY!! finally!!!
but, wait.. quick glance at my invoice... shipping address - WHAT THE F...? Somehow - noone from vmall was able to told me how - the street name in billing address was changed and it looked like someone placed it in google translate and translated it from polish to english... so the result was that the package was going to the non-existent address. Just great. After contacting via phone with vmall they told me they'll do anything they can blablablablablalba.... i talked to them few times, no effect.
In final, I've got my package, but only because I have contacted DHL by myself and they were so kind to change delivery address to correct one. No help from vmall at all in that matter. And after the package was delivered, email from vmall came and it was like "dude, you were saying that the address over there was wrong, but someone took the package! look ,there's signature!! the address was correct, you moron, but you said it was incorrect!".
Just no comments... i replied them that they were useless etc, I gave them screenshot from DHL tracking saying that the address is wrong and there is need of contact and attached them DHL emails that I had... it was like one week ago, still got no response...
TLDR: Vmall support is USELESS, totally useless and the people over there are stupid and cannot understand simple things. They couldnt tell me how did they got the strange shipping address (translated polish street name via google translate. WTF!? from when you do that and what for!?)...

I've personally found Vmalls support excellent. The stock issue is down to the production side and out of their hands. When I've phoned they've been efficient (split my order so the phone was sent, which was then dispatched an hour later). I phoned earlier today to cancel the flip cover as I'm just fed up of waiting (and realised the flip to turn screen on feature won't be as useful as it was with the H6, what with the H7's double tap/fingerprint methods to access the screen). The woman said "do you want to give it to me?" and I thought I accidentally phoned Babestation, but then realised she was referring to the order number! Cancelled it no problem.

Display - Static (tv snow) screen

I just got my OnePlus 5 today and I started using it for about 30min and then the screen started freezing and locking up and then finally when all colorful static (tv snow). I think its a back connection as i can still unlock the phone with my thumb and power it off buy holding power then taping the screen guessing were the power off button is. the sounds for the unlock work to.
If anyone has an idea to fix this that is not going to void anything please let me know.

ReaperII7 said:
I just got my OnePlus 5 today and I started using it for about 30min and then the screen started freezing and locking up and then finally when all colorful static (tv snow). I think its a back connection as i can still unlock the phone with my thumb and power it off buy holding power then taping the screen guessing were the power off button is. the sounds for the unlock work to.
If anyone has an idea to fix this that is not going to void anything please let me know.
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This has been a huge buzz kill ?

Nightmare. Get that RMA in!

You should send it back

kboya said:
Nightmare. Get that RMA in!
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Ya and to think I almost didn't pick it up tonight was going to wait tell Monday. Glad I stuck out on lunch.......

Well iv got the RMA in, part of me just wants to return and get refunded but it's such a nice phone.......

Chat Support.
So I talked with a live chat rep named "Lovely" about 30 min ago. I had made a support ticket and a RMA so i just put both the info and my order imie and location. Got routed over to a support chat rep. "Lovely" almost rate away. Lovely did the I need 2-3 min blurb, after Lovely came back they said they would approve the RMA and send me an email.
SO! I'm sending it back for replacement.........serves me write for buying it early.
anyway this is the email i got
"Hello ************,
Good day!
We have begun processing your RMA. These are the product(s) approved for return:
1. OnePlus 5
Please follow the steps below to complete the RMA process:
Step 1: Get prepared
• Please take the necessary precautions in making sure you back up all your data and remove any additional accessories or personal items from the device.
• Please include the receipt for your device in your parcel. This can be found in your OnePlus.net account under My Orders.
• Please be sure to include the official data cable and charger bundled with the device.
Step 2: Ship your device
• You will be contacted within 2 business days by our partner Futuretel. They will send an email to you with a pre-paid shipping label; please print this label and drop off the parcel at your convenience.
Please note: All returned products are subject to inspection upon arrival. Should the device not meet the conditions of our warranty, we reserve the right to have it resolved by either of the following two approaches upon your confirmation:
1) Customer will pay for the quoted repair fee to repair the device
2) Customer will can request to ship the device back unrepaired.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Lovely"

Got a FedEx return label via email and it's been dropped off at a pick up point. Looking like it will be there on Tuesday.

ReaperII7 said:
Got a FedEx return label via email and it's been dropped off at a pick up point. Looking like it will be there on Tuesday.
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According to their promo video RMA should be finished and you should get a working phone within a week, you'll be able to let us know if they live up to the hype.

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According to their promo video RMA should be finished and you should get a working phone within a week, you'll be able to let us know if they live up to the hype.
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I will most definitely let everyone know how the RMA process goes. I also took a picture of the box and phones two IMEI's so I will be able to confirm that I do in fact get a new phone and not the same one.

I subscribed to this thread just to see how it goes. Good luck, OP! Let us know how it goes.

So my phone arrived at one of Oneplus' partner companies. As a result I opened another live chat to get an update on my RMA status. I got routed to Lois who was also quite nice and understanding. I asked for the status of my RMA and how long I would be waiting for my replacement. Lois informed me that the hole process could take up to 12 day after the parter company inspects the phone witch could also be up to 2 days. Which it's 14 days...... I think you all know were I'm going with this. So I asked to cancel my orders and send everything back for a full refund. Lois said they would only be able to do a parcel refund for the oterbox and extra dash cabal I ordered. So at this point I'm not happy and ask for my case to be escalated and that compensation be considered for my inconvenience.

So I got an email from OnePlus later last night. They have placed a new order for my Midnight Black 8/128. So if it ships today it should get to me for Friday. We will see....

Looks like the phone shipped out today got a tracking number emailed to me and the tracking number is saying it will be delivered tomorrow. Will let everyone know if I get the phone tammorow!

So I got the phone delivered today, send in the RMA later Friday night and iv got a new phone on the next Thursday. I'm quite happy to say the very least. We will see if this phone lasts longer as oneplus did send me a total new unit I looked at the IMEI's are in fact different.

Congrats OP!