wow am i mad at cingular/AT&T
ok so i called 4 different cingular stores the week after iPhone was announced. I was top 5 at each store of these on the waiting list for the iphone. i went into today since the iphone will be launched later this month and wanted to check if the list was all good and if they had any more info for me....nope..they DELETED the lists, yes each store. i couldnt beleive it i was furious, basically they said AT&T can no longer have a waiting list, and to go to apple..........ya sure lemme get right on that one month before the launch lol. I remember calling apple too and they said they wont do waiting lists and to just try cingular, which did the waiting list
basically im screwed out of an iphone now since i hear the max any store is getting is like 40 phones? =/
basically im screwed out of an iphone now since i hear the max any store is getting is like 40 phones? =/
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Get there early, like everyone else who wants one. It's not like you're the only person who got dropped.
Somehow, I suspect Apple will be making a few of these phones. Look on the bright side; by the time you get one they'll probably already have upped the memory to 8 or 16 GB~!
ok so i called 4 different cingular stores the week after iPhone was announced. I was top 5 at each store of these on the waiting list for the iphone. i went into today since the iphone will be launched later this month and wanted to check if the list was all good and if they had any more info for me....nope..they DELETED the lists, yes each store. i couldnt beleive it i was furious, basically they said AT&T can no longer have a waiting list, and to go to apple..........ya sure lemme get right on that one month before the launch lol. I remember calling apple too and they said they wont do waiting lists and to just try cingular, which did the waiting list
basically im screwed out of an iphone now since i hear the max any store is getting is like 40 phones? =/
I thought Apple put the kibash on pre-orders and waiting lists?
basically im screwed out of an iphone now since i hear the max any store is getting is like 40 phones? =/
Do people really need to get one this quickly? It's just a phone.
I'd rather wait for people to get all the dodgy first models. This is a pretty high risk experimental product remember. What if the touch screen doesn't work that well in everyday use?
It was really bad that they got rid of the waiting list though. Maybe you should go with someone else and tell them about it. Mobile phone companies hate losing to the competition. Though in this case they might not care much as they know the iphone will sell.
They should have at least called you to let you know they were deleting it.
That would have been nice, but I've gotta say that actions like this: "i called 4 different cingular stores the week after iPhone was announced. I was top 5 at each store" are one reason why companies don't use waiting lists.
I agree. People calling up multiple stores to get on waiting lists can really screw things up for everyone else. So may people get on these lists and never bother honouring their commitment and because of that other buyers get turned away. Pre-orders I can understand, not may people pre-order from multiple locations if they have to lay down a non returnable deposit. I think Apple are doing the right thing by providing a fair and unbiased point of sale.
Good luck getting your iPhone - I'm envious!