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So, I know the release date is tomorrow, but what are the odds a retailer would sell them early? Does anybody on here work for a retailer and can confirm whether this is a soft release date or a hard release date?
I'd like to know if a store is selling them today so I can try to get one on my way home from work tonight.
Since it must be activated, they would get caught selling early. I think I might buy my accessories on Amazon. I'm rather pissed that BB isn't getting in screen protectors for a screen so big.
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Since it must be activated, they would get caught selling early. I think I might buy my accessories on Amazon. I'm rather pissed that BB isn't getting in screen protectors for a screen so big.
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That's why I'm curious whether it's a soft or hard release date. A hard release date means that they retailer has a contractual agreement to not sell early and may be fined by the manufacturer. With a soft release date it's more about marketing and some of the stores really don't care if they sell early.
i ordered mine online and im still waiting for shipping confirmation. i may go to wirefly here in a bit and talk to customer service. they been pretty helpful so far. Last time when my droid x was suppose to ship, I went to customer service and they moved me up the list and sent it out right away because it was the day they got it.
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That's why I'm curious whether it's a soft or hard release date. A hard release date means that they retailer has a contractual agreement to not sell early and may be fined by the manufacturer. With a soft release date it's more about marketing and some of the stores really don't care if they sell early.
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While doing my pre-order I asked when I could come by and pick mine up, the sales associate wasn't sure and asked another. His response was "They'll definitely by here on the 24th, but maybe the 23rd, so you'll just need to call and ask." So I called just a bit ago, the lady was reading from something you could tell and said something to the effect of "Launch date for the XOOM is the 24th.." *mumble mumble* "do not release to customer until launch date". So if someone gets one today, they can count themselves lucky.
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While doing my pre-order I asked when I could come by and pick mine up, the sales associate wasn't sure and asked another. His response was "They'll definitely by here on the 24th, but maybe the 23rd, so you'll just need to call and ask." So I called just a bit ago, the lady was reading from something you could tell and said something to the effect of "Launch date for the XOOM is the 24th.." *mumble mumble* "do not release to customer until launch date". So if someone gets one today, they can count themselves lucky.
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Good to know, thanks. Was this at Best Buy?
The people I talked to at Costco last night would probably sell them early if their inventory showed them, considering both stores thought I was talking about the Zune, then asked what the Xoom was. Of course, if you got past the Costco sales people, I'd assume the Verizon booth people would probably shoot you down when it came to activation.
I guess I'll jut have to wait 23 hours and take an early lunch tomorrow.
I spoke with the nearest VZ corporate-owned store, and as soon as I informed the rep that I managed a corporate account, she was very forthcoming with information.
The 24th is a 'hard' date, and she confirmed that they would have them in-store available for purchase. She was even kind enough to provide me with her direct number so that I can call ahead and she would have one ready for me.
Not bad, eh? I was going to order it online, but VZ isn't taking pre-orders (only BB it seems), so it won't be 'visible' online to order until tomorrow. Even though VZ has free overnight shipping, I'd rather just walk into a store and pick it up.
I'll compare online pricing with the store price, so I should get a decent deal on the Xoom.
damn looks like Wirefly's twitter misinformed me about processing on the 23rd so it looks like I will be getting a day after everyone picks it up from the store . Oh well at least Im getting it
Twas the day before Xoom and all through the retail chain not even a sale, the employees were told not even for a hundred thouse.
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So Wirefly's twitter says Xoom is shipping today but Wirefly's chat sales rep says nothing is set to ship out today. I hate it when right hand has no ****ing clue what the left hand is doing. No idea who's info is correct.
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So Wirefly's twitter says Xoom is shipping today but Wirefly's chat sales rep says nothing is set to ship out today. I hate it when right hand has no ****ing clue what the left hand is doing. No idea who's info is correct.
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i know the feeling. Still glad just to be getting it though
Ehhhh why is everybody talking like they're upset???? Isn't this thread supposed to be "HAPPY XOOM EVE EVERYONE!!!" ??? lol. OMG just 1 more night and i'm picking it up tomorrow First...tablet...ever...excited...iPad...is...dumb...
We need a countdown thread...less then 18 hours for me
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We need a countdown thread...less then 18 hours for me
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http://www.timeanddate.com/counters...day=24&year=2011&hour=09&min=45&sec=00&p0=127
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http://www.timeanddate.com/counters...day=24&year=2011&hour=09&min=45&sec=00&p0=127
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Shouldn't it be at 10 o'clock exactly?
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In 12 hours i will be walking into my Costco from the back door
So, has anybody verified yet if the $539 wifi Xoom at Sam's Club rumor was valid? There's nothing yet on their Web site, and my closest Sam's club is 30 miles away...
My local Sam's Club did not have it at all. And as you said, its not on their site yet.
Yeah, I called around and it's looking like only some selected stores will be carrying the Xoom, maybe the sames ones that are carrying the iPad. None of those are close to me, so I'll be off to Costco today to get my wifi-only (and then return the 3G version once I see that the wifi-only version is decent).
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So, has anybody verified yet if the $539 wifi Xoom at Sam's Club rumor was valid? There's nothing yet on their Web site, and my closest Sam's club is 30 miles away...
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As it has been said about 100 times, the picture was from a setup store. Its 589 at sams.
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As it has been said about 100 times, the picture was from a setup store. Its 589 at sams.
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Obviously, I hadn't seen it verified that the price at the setup store wouldn't make it into reality, and if that's been verified "100 times" since the wifi Xoom started selling this morning, I'd be amazed. Indeed, my question was about confirmation one way or another about whether or not that price would be the official price, which could only be settled today.
I also haven't seen the wifi Xoom at any Sam's Club stores, period, at any price. So, a good answer would have been, "It's available at some Sam's Clubs, but it's selling for $589." Incidentally, what stores have you seen it at? I called the three within an hour's drive of my house and they all said they won't be carrying it. Apparently, only certain stores might be carrying it (and they weren't sure), probably the limited number of stores that also carry the iPad.
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Obviously, I hadn't seen it verified that the price at the setup store wouldn't make it into reality, and if that's been verified "100 times" since the wifi Xoom started selling this morning, I'd be amazed. Indeed, my question was about confirmation one way or another about whether or not that price would be the official price, which could only be settled today.
I also haven't seen the wifi Xoom at any Sam's Club stores, period, at any price. So, a good answer would have been, "It's available at some Sam's Clubs, but it's selling for $589." Incidentally, what stores have you seen it at? I called the three within an hour's drive of my house and they all said they won't be carrying it. Apparently, only certain stores might be carrying it (and they weren't sure), probably the limited number of stores that also carry the iPad.
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It was covered on every major place that ran the $539 story that this was a mock store and a mockup potential price, and there was no real indication that any store would actually be selling this low or selling it at all with any widespread availability, especially considering Costco is only selling for $589.
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It was covered on every major place that ran the $539 story that this was a mock store and a mockup potential price, and there was no real indication that any store would actually be selling this low or selling it at all with any widespread availability, especially considering Costco is only selling for $589.
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Hence my freaking question... You know, to verify or debunk the rumor.
Damn, these forums are frustrating sometimes.
I went to my Sam's Club (Naperville, IL) and they don't even have a date for them to arrive in inventory. The local Costco however, had the big display with cardboard XOOMs with gel case for $589.
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Hence my freaking question... You know, to verify or debunk the rumor.
Damn, these forums are frustrating sometimes.
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Exactly what I was saying... No one has been able to confirm the price or availability. Not sure what else you want people to tell you. I was simply informing you that the first poster isn't incorrect, it really has been said a million times that this is a mockup price.
I don't think that meeting informative answers with snarkiness is getting you anywhere. If you've read up on any of the articles that this was reported in when it first came out (been a while now) you'll see that there really isn't any information on the Sam's Club price or release. The only response you're gonna get is this unless you contact a store and get a concrete answer.
I was waiting on Sam's myself but with Amazon being tax free and free shipping, it works out to almost the same as Sam's price+tax.
The Sam's Club in Kenosha WI did not have it either, nor could he tell me if and when to expect it. I wound up buying one at the BB up there since they offer 18 months same as cash, and sales tax is half of Illinois.
UPS 2nd Day Air has an option for saturday deliveries, it may or may not be extra, I know Amazon Prime does it and they use UPS 2 day.
Anyone know if UPS included saturday delivery with all 2 day orders now? Their website makes it seem like its an add-on charge but they dont explicitly say it is.
If it isnt included in all 2 day shipping then does anyone know if Play uses saturday delivery?
Someone please say yes...
usually during holiday season all 2nd day shipping has the saturday option, so possibly. however, i doubt it.
It's been answered a million -1 times. The answer is no.
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It's been answered a million -1 times. The answer is no.
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what is their source?
Does this apply to UK too or just 'merica?
No when I ordered my nexus 7 there was no Saturday delivery
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No when I ordered my nexus 7 there was no Saturday delivery
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did it ship out on a thurs?
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did it ship out on a thurs?
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No but others in the nexus 7 forums did and they didn't get it till monday
The answer is no.
UPS charges $15 for Saturday delivery which is more than twice the cost Google charged to deliver the package.
Google really screwed us on this one >=(
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From past experience.
And I called Google and UPS for a Saturday delivery and both rejected. I had to leave town on Monday so I was hoping they would deliver on Saturday.but they wouldn't. I'm sure others had same experience as well.
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The answer is no.
UPS charges $15 for Saturday delivery which is more than twice the cost Google charged to deliver the package.
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Well they charged $14, which is a completely ridiculous price in the first place. Amazon gives you saturday delivery for a fraction of that (or included with Prime).
I cant believe they are going to ship on thursday and not include saturday delivery. This is absolute incompetence. 6 day shipping for $14... un f***ing believable.
They should be busting their asses to get these things shipping tonight if they are going to charge that much and not do saturday delivery. Whose dumbass idea was it to ship on the day that would take longest possible shipping time?
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Google really screwed us on this one >=(
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What did google do?
This is getting annoying. "Google screwed us when we were ordering" "Google screwed us when shipping" "Google screwed us with packaging" "google screwed us with 30 units available"
Google didn't screw anyone. The only thing that close was the ordering system. They should have had a pre order.
Shipping. Do you think its easy to ship out probably 10 000 units in 2 days? Shipping is UPS side. Google has nothing to do with shipping. If you want it so bad. Get it from TMO or any place that sells it retail. That way you have it in your hands the second you pay for it.
This is why we can't have nice things. People complains and points fingers when nothing is wrong. Just because they are excited.
You waited for least 2 weeks now. Another week isn't going to ruin your life.
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What did google do?
This is getting annoying. "Google screwed us when we were ordering" "Google screwed us when shipping" "Google screwed us with packaging" "google screwed us with 30 units available"
Google didn't screw anyone. The only thing that close was the ordering system. They should have had a pre order.
Shipping. Do you think its easy to ship out probably 10 000 units in 2 days? Shipping is UPS side. Google has nothing to do with shipping. If you want it so bad. Get it from TMO or any place that sells it retail. That way you have it in your hands the second you pay for it.
This is why we can't have nice things. People complains and points fingers when nothing is wrong. Just because they are excited.
You waited for least 2 weeks now. Another week isn't going to ruin your life.
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Well there you go, a simple pre order would of been enough to help us out and Google didn't do that so yes they screwed us on this one. At least they should have the common decency to give us Saturday shipping or have it listed as an option. But i understand that maybe UPS fault? But still not even preorders were offered .
10,000 units in 2days is trouble some to ship, but from what i have heard, no ones N4 has been shipped yet not even one. (at least in the U.S)
So I stand by my last post :]
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Well they charged $14, which is a completely ridiculous price in the first place. Amazon gives you saturday delivery for a fraction of that (or included with Prime).
I cant believe they are going to ship on thursday and not include saturday delivery. This is absolute incompetence. 6 day shipping for $14... un f***ing believable.
They should be busting their asses to get these things shipping tonight if they are going to charge that much and not do saturday delivery. Whose dumbass idea was it to ship on the day that would take longest possible shipping time?
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$14 for shipping is cheap. Move to canada.
Anything you buy from the states is almost least $20 for 2 weeks delivery time. That's for something that weights a pound. I paid $100 to ship a turbo over from the states to canada. That took 2 weeks. It cost a dealer about $1500 to ship a car. And i'm paying $100 to ship a turbo that weights maybe 15lbs. Both takes about the same time to deliver. That's ridiculous.
Just because companies spoils you with free shipping doesn't mean its ridiculous for another to charge. N4 is stupid cheap as it is. Just be wait.
Unless you are willing to ship something for free and with saturday delivery, don't complain.
It depends to be honest. If you need it sat, my suggestion is to track it. If the phone is in a local distribution center, call them and arrange a pick up
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At least they should have the common decency to give us Saturday shipping or have it listed as an option. But i understand that maybe UPS fault? But still not even preorders were offered .
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yeah I agree they should have had an option for saturday but think about it from google's POV.
They have a ton of unit to ship and mistakes will happen if they don't keep things simple.
Google isn't a hardware complain, They are a search engine, advertising and software company. So they could only have 100 warehouse workers trying to get everything out vs apple with 1000 (made up number) so its easier for them and have lessen the chance of a mistake. Or shipping the saturday ones with regular shipping times.
Who compares shipping to Amazon? Seriously. Amazon sends a million shipments a day. They have their own carrier distribution facilities. Amazon is in a league of their own with shipping so don't expect other companies to live up to their level.
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$14 for shipping is cheap. Move to canada.
Anything you buy from the states is almost least $20 for 2 weeks delivery time. That's for something that weights a pound. I paid $100 to ship a turbo over from the states to canada. That took 2 weeks. It cost a dealer about $1500 to ship a car. And i'm paying $100 to ship a turbo that weights maybe 15lbs. Both takes about the same time to deliver. That's ridiculous.
Just because companies spoils you with free shipping doesn't mean its ridiculous for another to charge. N4 is stupid cheap as it is. Just be wait.
Unless you are willing to ship something for free and with saturday delivery, don't complain.
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So because you pay international shipping rates it makes sense to charge international rates for domestic shipping as well? If anything that makes the shipping price even more absurd.
Stop acting like Google is some mom and pop company, they are one of the richest companies in the world and have been shipping phones out of Play for the past year with multiple warehouses, they do not pay full price for shipping like we do because they ship thousands of products a month and get bulk discounts like every other retailer. Ive gotten far better and cheaper service from Ebay stores than I have from Play, and they have to pay full price for shipping.
The poor service would be much easier to swallow if they didnt charge far more in shipping than any other retailer on the internet.
NICE!
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/20/nvidia-shield-300-june-27/
I already ordered mine and was really happy with my decission, this just makes it even better with a lower price and an actual ship date, really impressed and happy with Nvidia so far. Keep it up!
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I already ordered mine and was really happy with my decission, this just makes it even better with a lower price and an actual ship date, really impressed and happy with Nvidia so far. Keep it up!
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same here. now i can spend the extra 50$ on tegra enhanced games or something on steam!
I am not sure why but Nvidia already took their money from my credit card. could this mean that they are going to ship early for us. I hope so cuz it turned out to be a large sum of money when taking into account the exchange rates and the tax from nvidia.com
Edit: nividia just replied to me support request and it was a credit hold of the money and that some banks don't show any difference between the hold and actual payment.
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I am not sure why but Nvidia already took their money from my credit card. could this mean that they are going to ship early for us. I hope so cuz it turned out to be a large sum of money when taking into account the exchange rates and the tax from nvidia.com
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My American Express shows a pending charge to Digital River Pacific for $361.99. This is a hold, which can be placed months in advance of shipping, to confirm that the card has sufficient funds available at the time of processing the shipping. Best Buy does this with my preorders. It means that they are gearing up to ship, but the actual, and correct charge will happen when it ships.
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My American Express shows a pending charge to Digital River Pacific for $361.99. This is a hold, which can be placed months in advance of shipping, to confirm that the card has sufficient funds available at the time of processing the shipping. Best Buy does this with my preorders. It means that they are gearing up to ship, but the actual, and correct charge will happen when it ships.
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I hope what your saying is true because it's the first time I pre order anything and it appeared on my back account as if they already took the money.
Thanks a lot man
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Retail?
Does anyone know when this will be in retail? I want to know if it will be at Gamestop on the 27th or if that is the day they head to gamestop.
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Does anyone know when this will be in retail? I want to know if it will be at Gamestop on the 27th or if that is the day they head to gamestop.
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I don't think you will see it any retail store. Itll be a great device but I don't think there will be enough sales to put it on shelves.
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I don't think you will see it any retail store. Itll be a great device but I don't think there will be enough sales to put it on shelves.
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It will be at Gamestop. It is confirmed. It is pre-orderable in stores. The release date just says June 30th as it has since it was pre-orderable...
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It will be at Gamestop. It is confirmed. It is pre-orderable in stores. The release date just says June 30th as it has since it was pre-orderable...
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website still says 30th. so i am guessing either 1: they will start selling it on the 30th. or 2: they just haven't updated the date yet.
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website still says 30th. so i am guessing either 1: they will start selling it on the 30th. or 2: they just haven't updated the date yet.
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although gamestop website shows jun 30 for release date it is actually june 27th as well. I ordered my shield from gamestop today and sales rep confirmed in their system that gamestop will be receiving units on jun 27th.
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although gamestop website shows jun 30 for release date it is actually june 27th as well. I ordered my shield from gamestop today and sales rep confirmed in their system that gamestop will be receiving units on jun 27th.
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Yes. I am hoping mine gets to my store because none showed up in saturdays shipment and it did not appear that any were on the way for tuesdays. (I did not have it pre-ordered until yesterday so that could be my fault)
Preordered mine around the 15th and got a email stating that they won't charge my card til it ships and will charge the new price. Well on the 21st a charge was done to my card for the old price. Does this mean it is shipping and what about the new lower price?
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Preordered mine around the 15th and got a email stating that they won't charge my card til it ships and will charge the new price. Well on the 21st a charge was done to my card for the old price. Does this mean it is shipping and what about the new lower price?
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The same thing happened with me and they said that it is just a credit hold to make sure that each card is good for it. However i think the price your talking about is with tax. I think nividia. Com took around 30$ tax which just hurt
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It was the old price and tax for a total of $399.34 when the email said it was going to only charge $349.34. And it was not a hold it was a full charge out of my account.
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My American Express card still shows the original price as a "Pending Charge," which indicates that the charge has not been confirmed for processing by Nvidia, and is, rather, a preliminary hold to confirm that the card is correct and that the available balance is sufficient.
It's possible that those of you who show a charge either are using debit cards or card companies that don't distinguish between pending charges and processed charges.
On a similar topic... does anyone know if Nvidia is going to ship our pre-orders early, so that they arrive on/about the 27th, or will they ship on the 27th and we will receive them sometime next week?
well bad news via gamestop today the manager showed me a email they received "shield has been delayed from the 27th to an unknown date ie they don't know when hell they will get it" that pretty much sums it up another guy over at nvidia forums posted the same thing , kinda ticks me off
I preordered mine directly from Nvidia and it shows credit card pending. I ordered next day evening so we will see when we get it.
Very excited about this product. I even went out and bought a brand new gaming PC with 3 monitors for fun.
Cannot wait to see Borderlands 2 streamed to it haha. Epic!
Nvidia says it won't ship this month
We know you’ve been looking forward to receiving your NVIDIA® SHIELD™. And we’re eager to get it into your hands.
But we won’t do that until it’s fully up to the exacting standards that NVIDIA’s known for. And some final quality-assurance testing has just turned up a mechanical issue that we’re not happy with.
So, while we announced last week that SHIELD will ship this Thursday, we’ve taken the hard decision to delay shipping until next month.
The issue relates to a third-party mechanical component, and we’re working around the clock with the supplier to get it up to our expectations.
We apologize for the delay and thank you for your patience. But we want every SHIELD to be just right.
We’ll let you know when we have an exact shipping date in July. We think it will be worth the wait.
NVIDIA Customer Care
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looking forward to this. but i think i will wait a bit more
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
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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.
tu3218 said:
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
tu3218 said:
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.
Kmclove14 said:
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.