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[Galaxy S III General] 3rdamention:
Did you preorder? Does it say they have them online on their website or did you go in and ask?

I would like to know if the stores have them in stock, even though every single store in Indiana says they do not have the AT&T Version.
[Galaxy S III General] Bigben7:
I had a preorder for blue but since they didn't have them they allowed me to get a white one they had extra in stock.
[Galaxy S III General] 3rdamention:
How did you know they had white ones? Did it show up on their website that they had them in stock or did you simply drop in and ask?
[Galaxy S III General] Mandralan:
I finally got mine. I did not get my pre-ordered one though. I went to a different best buy that had it on hold for me from yesterday and picked mine up this morning. The guy at this best buy even called the other store and cancelled my pre-order with them for me (tried to fulfill the pre-order at this store, but since the original one did not have stock the system wouldn't let him)
[Galaxy S III General] PsycloneTW:
Just for grins I checked the 10 local stores in my area. All of them have the white in stock, none have blue.
[Galaxy S III General] Bigben7:
has anyone on any carrier got the blue?
[Galaxy S III General] PsycloneTW:
I got one of the only 2 GS3's to arrive on 6/22 at the BB where I pre-ordered. Both blue, both for Sprint.
[Galaxy S III General] Bigben7:
I went yesterday they told me they had extras and they held for me until today.
[Galaxy S III General] LightningGA:
I got a ATT Blue GSIII on Friday the 29th from BB.
[Galaxy S III General] Bigben7:
Does it look purple? The mock one at bb looked blue on front but more purple on back.
[Galaxy S III General] ph00ny:
Color shifts quite a bit between blue and purple
[Galaxy S III General] 3rdamention:
Just got my email to pick up my Pebble Blue AT&T Galaxy S3 at Best Buy in Indianapolis. It does not show as available on their stock online. So do not assume that your store does not have them if it says UNAVAILABLE online. Going to get it in a second, my wife is bringing home lunch, lol.
[Galaxy S III General] wgarrido:
http://www.androidcentral.com/att-galaxy-s-iii-hits-stores-friday

July 6th is the day!

(yes its a double post but there are 2 BB threads for some reason.)
[Galaxy S III General] powerkatwedel:
Verizon?

Anybody getting updates on their Verizon preorder from Best Buy? Are they going to make us all wait until 7/10?
[Galaxy S III General] 1Android:
I am #1 preorder at my BB. Today is the 10th and i still havent gotten an email. Im a little nervous they wont have it today
[Galaxy S III General] Gadgetz:
I'm preordered through BB but if AT&T gets the phone first then they get my money. I'll just have a $50 gc for BB :cool:
[Galaxy S III General] XxAndroid:
I pre ordered on the 12th and my email also said estimated date of arrival on the 21st.
[Galaxy S III General] garyd9:
This whole thing is a huge mess. I just placed an order on the AT&T website and they ensure delivery on or before the 28th (I spent time screwing with BBYM, so missed out on the 21st date.)

If BBYM calls me before the 25th with a phone for me to pick up, I'll call AT&T and cancel that order.

If not, I'll drive over to my local BB store (where I made the BBYM preorder) and cancel that pre-order. I'll also be very loud complaining about how they purposely misled me and didn't reveal this "street date" thing when I made the preoder, etc - until they exchange this $50 gift card for the cash I paid for it with.

At this point, I'm extremely annoyed at best buy.
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
In our system it does say street date of the 28th... However it did say a week after the S2 launched was the street date so I'm unsure of this is the case. Usually we would have an alert saying change of launch date since its such a popular device coming. All this makes no sense to me and my team at my current store.

Reps and higher ups saying 21st and inventory saying 28th... I'm going with my gut and saying 21st is a go (as long as stores get them in). A lot of us normally don't trust our inventory system as at times its very unreliable on dates.
[Galaxy S III General] XxAndroid:
I hope that's the case. I'm sticking to the 21st regardless what I've heard from best buy.
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
I'm not guaranteeing anything I'm just speaking on behalf of my past experiences and team experiences and gut feelings.

Any other questions feel free to let me know
[Galaxy S III General] XxAndroid:
Would you get your phone quicker if you have the phone shipped to your house vs shipped to the store ?
[Galaxy S III General] garyd9:
A very old saying: hope for the best, but plan for the worst.

Well, I'm hoping that best buy calls me before this weekend with a phone - but also planning that they probably won't. The only thing I know for sure at this point is that I'll have to cancel an order - I just don't know which one.
[Galaxy S III General] stuff:
I feel that BB SHOULD have the phones shipped out at a normal time. I mean, what's the point in pre-ordering a phone from BB when I would've done it at ATT. I chose bestbuy because I could pay with my paypal account instead of ATT online which is only a CC option. I pre-ordered mine on jun 7th, though it shouldn't make any difference.

I too am going with my gut feeling that we will receive them by the 21st. No word on a delay at all from what I can tell (officially from ATT).
[Galaxy S III General] cent_0_o:
I would hope that if there was going to be some kind of delay they would have let us know by now. I would hate to have to wait another week for my phone.
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
Faster to store IMO. Pending on what's in warehouse. Ship to home you can have 2 day air if you want to be faster that way. But as far as free shipping. Ship to store is faster
[Galaxy S III General] XxAndroid:
Thank you, I've been beating myself up for ordering in the store ' ' / . I thought it would be a couple days later.
[Galaxy S III General] stuff:
I ordered the phone online and it did not give the option to pick up from a local store. It made you choose to ship to your house. So I dunno if it'll be faster or not really.
[Galaxy S III General] send2amrish:
only reason i ordered at a best buy store was to take advantage of the $50 phone freedom GC. this waiting is killing me...i so wanna throw my iphone 4 out of a moving car...hopefully thursday we will get some good news!!!
[Galaxy S III General] Bizdady:
Ya the gift card was a nice bonus plus they gave me $350 for my gsm Nexus so that saved me the headache of listing on craigslist or Ebay.
[Galaxy S III General] pdubcramp:
So for those of you who are going to do an exchange, are you going to unroot and lock the bootloader prior to returning?
[Galaxy S III General] cbond007:
yup. I already did. Now I just have to hope I can get one before the 25th before my 30 days is up...
[Galaxy S III General] pdubcramp:
Heard most employees don't even look, but I guess I should do the same once I know I can pick it up.

Godspeed on the exchange, you're not the only one with a deadline.
[Galaxy S III General] Bizdady:
When I traded in my Nexus they only looked at the exterior, and under battery for water damage. I actually went in and forgot to remove superuser. Since i was stock I forgot i had flashed it lol
[Galaxy S III General] 3rdamention:
I also preordered at Best Buy last week. I was the first one to do so in my store, the girl even told me they "weren't taking preorders for the Galaxy S3" and some dude had to jump in and say, "Yeah we are!" The guy offered to help me out but I stuck with the girl saying "Well, she can figure out how to do it with me!~" Plus she was really hot!

I am playing the waiting game just like the rest of you. Also, I dont know if it has been mentioned yet, but if you are a Rewards Zone Member, they have been sending out $5 Reward Zone Certificates that expire July 1st. I guess this is simply to generate some business going through Father's Day and into 4th of July HOliday.

I didn't get any emails or notifications, but saw it posted on a website yesterday so I logged into my Rewards Zone Account and sure enough, I had a $5 Certificate that had NOTHING to do with my current points I have earned, its a freebie.
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
Btw guys we did recently change our 30 day return/exchange policy. It's now 32 days. Reason being... Some people thought it was a month but if a month had 31 days in it its not exactly a month.. Example: Bought something on May 6th 30 days would be June 5th. So we changed it to 32 days to give the customer a full "month" instead of 30 days.
[Galaxy S III General] cbond007:
Thats good to know. Lets just hope Best Buy will get some in before my 32 days are up, which is next week....
[Galaxy S III General] Gadgetz:
I wish I wasnt such a tech geek.....I've never been so anxious for a damn device, EVER! Nothing wrong with my current A2, but the suspense and secrecy of this launch is killing me. Oh well, I've waited this long, a few more days wont hurt :/
[Galaxy S III General] Bizdady:
Is everyones order still showing up? Both my orders dont show in my order status webpage.

Hmmm...

Just checked on the Android page and they are gone there too.

:confused: :eek: :(
[Galaxy S III General] garyd9:
I've never been able to pull my order up on any webpage - probably because I pre-ordered in a store.

I called around a few BB's today, and I'm hearing absolutely nothing different. They are still saying the "street" date is the 28th, and that I shouldn't expect to actually get the phone until next month.

If someone who works at BBYM can check, is there any info on stock/ordering for store 0825? Have they ordered already? More than 2 blue AT&T ones? (I'm #2 on the pre-order list for that store.) Any projected dates?

Thanks

Gary
[Galaxy S III General] cent_0_o:
I hope they come through. I got a gift card from my wife so I can finish paying the phone. If they are talkin next month I'm gonna be pissed.
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
Guys this is even frustrating for us. Now att models are not showing up in our inventory and only the sprint ones are. And for those stores that got pre orders have some inbound.

This is so confusing and frustrating for all of us. Including myself. Waiting for an att s3
[Galaxy S III General] ReggieTee:
Are you getting any 32gb models. I can wait if Best Buy is. They only showed the 16gb model when I preordered 6/5.
[Galaxy S III General] garyd9:
That's confusing - the stores that have ATT preorders do have some inbound?
[Galaxy S III General] Gadgetz:
I'm assuming you ordered online? Can't check status on my order since I did it in store :(

If this is true, i'm not waiting unless my local stores don't have any I can buy before then. Might be a good time to use that $50 BB gc to buy a Samsung Galaxy player...if they even sell them.
[Galaxy S III General] Bizdady:
Its showing up again, guess it took a nap.
[Galaxy S III General] Gadgetz:
I hear ya man. I think I speak for everyone when I say thank you for trying to be of assistance from the inside for us, we appreciate it.

Still same status though?
[Galaxy S III General] wililye:
any news?

it's hard to just wait without any notice or any infomation from bestbuy
[Galaxy S III General] Bizdady:
Ya :( Processing lol
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
Yesterday when I was posting about the stores having ATT inbound... Well the SKUs are no longer in our inventory system... So I have no idea what is going on. I would assume that the ATT ones are still inbound..

I'm only giving info that we know. Yes, yesterday our inventory said street date is the 28th... When I looked at Sprint today, it said the 21st.... So maybe the ATT one did get "unofficially" pushed back!?

So aggravating.. For being an employee and being a customer waiting for the damn phone!!!
[Galaxy S III General] jerrygooch:
Here's my 2 cents...

I called best buy to inquire about my order.. its back ordered according to the shipping lady so they transferred me to the mobile dept. Who pretty much told me the same thing except this lady said it could still make it to me on the release date. (I'm doubting this). 2nd I inquired about price matching. They said they only price match with physical locations and not their competitors websites (149.99 with upgrade at target and amazon). I was trying to get a 50 buck discount or even gift card as credit. I thought I read that others were getting best buy to hook em up with the discount. I've read so many pages here and in the att forum I may just be going crazy. I'm so peeved!
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
I wonder... Phonedog just mentioned the "embargo" for the US version was lifted at 12:01 EST... So I am wondering if we will have a lot more information tomorrow... Maybe this is why in Best Buy's inventory system the phones are showing up "Not a valid SKU"....

HMMMMMM!!!

Link to video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiK4FtTlp8o&feature=g-all-u
[Galaxy S III General] Bizdady:
I like that flip case in the video.
[Galaxy S III General] garyd9:
Perhaps, but I thought you said at one point that the SKU _was_ showing up, but then today it disappeared? (My interpretation might be wrong.) That almost sounds like BBYM is aborting sales (or presales) of the device.

One thing I did find amusing was that phonedog, in particular, thanked BBYM for the device - yet BBYM claims that they don't have and never have had any of them.

I'm also curious what BBYM is going to say about that "street date" after Samsung's press conference tomorrow. I wouldn't be surprised at this point if Samsung announces a launch date of June 21st, but BBYM still claims a "street date" of the 28th.
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
You are correct in the first statement.. Yesterday ATT S3 was showing up... Today it wasn't, Sprint S3 was today and wasn't yesterday. Phonedog thanks BBYM that gives them "devices like these..." Guaranteed that all the videos on YT, Samsung sent them. Tomorrow shall be interesting, if I find out ANYTHING at all about the release at BBYM, I will post here. And remember, our inventory system isn't always right about dates, they can just put a "safe date" there if they want.

Again.. This is getting confusing and ridiculous
[Galaxy S III General] garyd9:
In the morning, BBYM will post a note saying that any pre-orders made under the old SKU are now null and void (as the SKU doesn't exist anymore.) Anyone who had pre-ordered under that old SKU is just SOL. (I'm being sarcastic, obviously.)

Just a wild guess, and I don't know how BBYM works, but perhaps the SKU was pulled because they are no longer accepting "PREorders"? That would imply a few different things, such as the retail availability is close at hand (we can hope) and that preorders already made will be available soon. (On the other hand, it could also mean that they realized that they won't be getting any in anytime soon, so they should stop taking preorders to prevent some very pissed off customers.)

At this point, I don't believe anything that the kids working BBYM at my local stores tell me. Most of the teenagers working in the stores are beyond clueless. There's one BBYM manager that works at a store close to me that seems to have a clue, but I'm not sure, as I'm usually entirely too distracted looking at her body to hear anything she says. (If the S3 had curves like her, I could certainly understand the "designed for nature" saying...)

Anyway, I'm very grateful that you're sharing information as well as your insight based on experience. So far, it's been more informative than the information I've been getting from calling local stores.

Take care

Gary
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
We are still taking preorders... Just in our inventory, it's saying in valid sku. We process our preorders through our activation portal and registers and not a direct reflect on our inventory page until product is released...
[Galaxy S III General] biggstkk:
Dunno if this helps anyone or means anything but I pre ordered on bestbuy.com a few weeks ago. I checked my bank account just now (1am central time) and I now have a pending transaction from Bestbuy.com. I'm hoping this means that they are processing payment because they are getting ready to ship. Checked online and order status is still backordered. So we shall see. Just letting everyone know.

Edit: I also checked my status online earlier and the order didnt even show. Maybe this is also another indication of something happening soon. Love my Cappy and Infuse but I'm eagerly awaiting my delivery. Everytime I see the UPS truck drive down my street I get all tingly. lol
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
That's awesome actually!!! Means your phone is in hand (or just about to be) Aka, awaiting shipment to your house...

Least that's how we were told when online pre orders work. Once card is processed, item is about to be shipped.
[Galaxy S III General] XxAndroid:
That would make sense to me. Hopefully we get some information tomorrow. Please keep us posted on ANYTHING you find out about best buy.

---------- Post added at 11:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:27 PM ----------

If this June 28th "street date" is true would it be better to have the phone shipped to your house rather then picking up in store ?
[Galaxy S III General] garyd9:
I second that! If it helps, the store I ordered from is 0825. (In case things differ between stores, etc)

Thanks

Gary
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
I go into work at 1 pacific so I'll know shortly after that and as soon as I have a chance to update you guys I certainly will...
[Galaxy S III General] XxAndroid:
Thank you, I can't go by everything in the at&t forum, I mean it will obviously be good news if they get shipping info but it could be a diferent story for best buy orders then at&t orders.
[Galaxy S III General] biggstkk:
I've also heard that. Hopefully it's true. Will post more when I know more. Sure sucks being a techie sometimes! :)
[Galaxy S III General] LightningGA:
Really hoping BB has their preorders in store tomorrow!!!
[Galaxy S III General] madgalaxy:
I pre-ordered from Bestbuy.com over the weekend and yesterday my order status changed to "backordered". Although when I go in and add the S3 to my cart it says I will get it Thursday or Friday with express shipping.

Not sure if Bestbuy's system automatically labels pre-orders as backordered in the status page until the release date comes.
[Galaxy S III General] send2amrish:
phantomevo77 maybe you can answer this question for me before i attempt to try this in a BB store.

Since Target is offering the phone for $149.99 on an upgrade, would BB price match that? Should i try getting price match when i go pick up the phone or do a price match through the customer service counter?

I also signed up for the BB phone freedom earlier this year and will have a $50 GC applied to the final bill hence i could get the phone for a sweet price of $99.99 if BB allows the price match. Or will they not allow the price match since i'm already getting a $50 GC?

Hopefully you can answer this question and I can be prepared when I go into my local BB store TOMORROW.... x::fingers crossed::x
[Galaxy S III General] jerrygooch:
Well today checking my bank account I noticed all 215 dollars were released and showing available. I thought they cancelled my order but I had no email saying this anywhere. I called them and told me its back ordered (no ****) they extended it my back order. And now I'm kinda feeling I may be better off cancelling my order and talking to my att store about ordering through them or waiting and picking it up in store.
[Galaxy S III General] chconser:
C'mon guys. I think it's appropriate to say now that we need to give at least one (if not more) "thanks" to phantomevo77. I've only seen a handful of "thanks" sent his way so far. He has been very open & helpful as our inside eyes & ears to BBYM. Considering that's the topic of this thread, I think we owe him that at least. Give a brother some love. He didn't have to say anything at all, right?

To phantomevo77:

Regardless of what the status of our shipments are, thank you for going above & beyond to keep us informed when you could have more easily not bothered. I for one appreciate you going out of your way to keep us "in the loop".
[Galaxy S III General] mehal88:
In the past, I have been able to get bbym to match amazonwireless without a problem. I think it basically depends on the person helping you. I've called another store in my area to see if they would match amznw and they said no. But the store I normally go to match items on amazon and amazon wireless without any questions. I think they are not supposed to match things online but the employees either dont know or dont care. Try your luck, if they do it, good for you.
[Galaxy S III General] cbond007:
Has anyone heard any updates on Best Buy S3 release?
[Galaxy S III General] pdubcramp:
I pre-ordered in-store, so I expect to hear absolutely nothing until it's physically ready for me to pick up. Also did it Monday evening; I'm not holding my breath.
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
Hey thanks for the love, I'm just trying to help out in any way I can and share the info that I have.

Honestly it really depends who you talk to. For me I would do it in a heartbeat. The gift card is yours and you don't have to use it on the purchase of the phone. So it shouldn't be a problem. Go up to CS first I would say, unless you have a good relationship with some of the BBYM guys.

Also, I'm going to speak for almost every BBYM employee right now.... When the phone arrives and they are doing the activation for you, please make sure to tell them that you signed up for the Phone Freedom. We have no way of tracking it in store so we have to apply the promo for you during activation. If no one tells us, we normally just continue with the activation and we start ringing it up and customers ask for the $50 PF gift card and we either have to manually discount it or take a 15min phone call to our help desk and get you a gift card.

So this is to everyone that is planning on getting the Phone Freedom gift card, PLEASE tell the BBYM associate before they start activating your phone.
[Galaxy S III General] garyd9:
I canceled the pre-order I had with AT&T directly, but so far have left my pre-order with BBYM intact. I also ordered an international sgs3 (blue) from amazon with overnight shipping.

UPS usually delivers to my house around 7pm, so if I hear from BBYM that I can pick up the phone before then, I'll refuse the UPS delivery and take the phone from BBYM. Otherwise, I'll have an unlocked, unrestricted, nocontract quad-core phone. (No LTE, but I can live with that considering AT&T won't have LTE in my area for at least 18 months.)

At least this way, I know I'll have a phone this weekend - and has the added benifit of annoying my credit card company.
[Galaxy S III General] cbond007:
I'm blown because everyone in the Sprint thread is getting their tracking info today. I'm just going to stop by BB on my lunch break tomorrow and see whats poppin'
[Galaxy S III General] 3rdamention:
BestBuy's Price Matching Policy states they DO NOT match online website prices, only brick and mortar stores. Here is the exact quote:

Does Best Buy match the prices of Internet retailers?

No. Best Buy does not match the prices of Internet-only retailers or the website prices of our local retail competitors' stores.

Here is the link:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Payment-Pricing/Best-Buy-Price-Match-Guarantee/pcmcat204400050011.c?id=pcmcat204400050011

This is VERY YMMV if you get them to price match Amazon or Target.com, but their price match policy clearly states they DO NOT price match web site prices.
[Galaxy S III General] Bizdady:
Sprint is probably hogging up all the S3's :eek: :(
[Galaxy S III General] phantomevo77:
Yes, however if you have a Target near your Best Buy, shouldn't be a problem since Target honors their online price as well.

If you don't have a Target... That's managers choice at that point.
[Galaxy S III General] cbond007:
I just got off the phone with a BBM employee (MD Store) and he said they should be getting some for pre-orders in and some extras either today or tomorrow.