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[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] 3rdamention:
Called the only Best Buy that showed they had AT&T G3s in stock, about 50 minutes from my house, they told me "Yes we have them in stock, but we are being told to hold them until tommorow!" I said "Really?" He said "Yeah, sorry we cannot sell them until tomorrow!"

Since I didn't have my preorder at this store, I didn't pressure about "Well, what If I have a preorder!" I simply said "OK" and hung up. That is so ridiculous really! I preordered on 6/6, my reciept says it will be available on or before June 21st, now a store has them and cannot sell them cause they are holding them until July 1st. Meanwhile, other Best Buy stores around the country are selling them, giving out their preorders. It just seems like every store just makes up their own rules. What the heck is this July 1st date anyways? AT&T have been selling this for weeks.

Just when I thought Best Buy couldn't screw this up any more!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cent_0_o:
I really can't understand what is going on with this whole mess. I hope you guys get your phones soon. I had to give up. I ordered through ATT on Thursday and my phone should be here today. I just knew that bb would have my phone when I went in on Friday to cancel my order (my luck you know). The still didn't have it or have any idea when they would. I did get a 50 dollar gift card for my trouble. A nice enough gesture I guess.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
It's almost like some BB's are franchises and are free to make their own rules. I definitely appreciate that my BB was able to take care of me how and when they did but it's amazing to me that the rep selling the phone didn't know stock was on hand, yet the CS manager had 3 of them on hand when I talked to him just a minute after the rep telling me they didn't have any. Something seems awfully shady about this. Just like others being able to walk into a store, preorder on the spot and given the phone once they get the preorder email while another customer who had preordered at the same store weeks ago still has not gotten his phone.

The way the CS manager explained it to me while we were talking about the experience as I was getting my GS3 activated, he said the inbound preorder phones are not tagged for anyone in particular in transit, when they get scanned in once on location they get assigned to a customer according to the date they preordered and that process is fully automated, as is the email it generates once the phone is assigned to you. So how a customer who has already preordered can be skipped over for someone who happened to luck out and show up and "preorder" on site and walk out with the phone is beyond me. Seems like my CS manager wasn't being 100% honest or that store figured out a way to work around the automated processes.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] XxAndroid:
Alright I broke down and bought a pebble blue last night from a different store. When my white pre order comes in at my local store will I be able to exchange them ?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] 3rdamention:
What store? Best Buy? AT&T? So crazy, my store that has them and says they cannot sell them until tomorrow, and you bought one last night. Best Buy continuing to create their own rules I guess. AND, the store I preordered from knows nothing, one minute it is Apple, next minute it was delayed, next minute "You will get it before Verizon!"
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jojo_angelov:
man, that's crazy! how can they say not until tomorrow?? The release date was 2 days ago !!!! not the 31st.... that sucks....
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] XxAndroid:
Best buy, I called 4 different local stores yesterday afternoon, the one I pre ordered from has none in stock, 2 of them have plenty in stock but won't sell untill the 1st, and the one I picked the phone up from had one in stock and they let me buy it.

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Could somebody answer this ?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] KryptosXLayer2:
If they get it within 30 days, then of course you can exchange it....
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] AnaMayShun:
My Best Buy Mobile called me last night. Said my phone was in, but Corporate won't let them give it to me until Sunday. Told me to show up at 10am.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] clay101eve:
In Waco, TX the BB store is launching tomorrow but has preorders available. Or so I was told.

The BB Mobile store in the mall has preorders AND a small stock for walk in buys, however, they refuse to sell any until they launch tomorrow regardless of preorder status or not.

Now, I'm not getting a GS3 any time soon, I'm stuck with my GS2 (aww darn) but hopefully this information helps anybody in my area.

Clay
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jbadboy2007:
My bb in Lansing mi told me that they were officially launching the device tomorrow and I would be able to pick up my pre order then. That's cool with me as long as I get mine. :D
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Rayn1328:
Im near Ann Arbor is this the sprint only? No tmobile? Thanks
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jbadboy2007:
Afaik sprint
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
Post of the year! /thread

Keep us updated for sure, I too find something fishy with the whole thing
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Ascertion:
My best buy said they aren't selling until tomorrow and that they do have some in. Though he wouldn't disclose how many they had. And this is for the Sprint variant.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] skatin707:
Well, lets all hope for the best tomorrow! Then when tomorrow comes and goes, hopefully we will have a better idea of a true release date.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ricktat:
My local store has 3 that they have stated they can't sell. Only for preorders.

ATT version

I asked this morning about buying one and they said tomorrow. I said ATT tommorrow? They said yes.. I said you are sure ATT tomorrow? They said yes.. Come in and we will sell you the phone.

For giggles I had my wife call back tonight to re-confirm... New answer was Sprint only.

This is a store in the mall so not really worth complaining and having real managers like the regular stores.

Its inconvinient for me to go to the mall tomorrow at noon.... even worse to go just to have to fight to get them to honor what they said on the phone... So back to waiting.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jbrook10:
Finally!

Today was a good day for me. Got my ATT Blue this afternoon. So far I love the phone. I was worried it would be a little uncomfortable to hold like Razr Maxx is to me, but this phone feels much better. Speed is great too!

Also, after the hard and aggravating wait yesterday I found one in stock a store that I didn't pre-order from. I called that store on my pre-order store asking to buy or transfer the phone. I was told no many times but took it up to the store manager I ordered from. He said he would see what he could do. Late yesterday I got a call saying that someone would pick the phone up from the other store so I could buy today. I do appreciate the employees going above and beyond for me yesterday. It was a rocky road but worth the wait.

Good luck to everyone else. I hope tomorrow works out like BB said it would for many.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bmoreboy02:
I went to bb today to get my gf a case for hers. I gave her my white one and am buyin a blew one tomorrow. Let me say this if you dont have a gs3 yet you will tomorrow. When he opened the csbinet there were about 50 phones. He said the reason they cant sell any is bc sprint sent out a letter thursday sayin no more can be sold til sunday. Target, walmart and sprint stores also have plenty
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] skatin707:
Well, I'll call all east coast Best Buys within 75 miles tomorrow at 0900 and report back by 0930EST.

Anybody else from the other time zones planning to share your local experiences?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] KLLSWITCH:
i will be west coast here and im getting up at 900 to start calling stores or heading to one if i get my email
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] skatin707:
Alright, we just need central and mountain time zones to report in.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bmoreboy02:
Its sunday guys....bb dont open til 11
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] misterio53:
I got my preorder email today saying it will be available for pickup tomorrow, I'm in south Texas, Mcallen area. Mine is a blue sprint version....
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] KLLSWITCH:
haha your right ill be up at 1045
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] skatin707:
Mine opens at 9 every day.

Regardless, I'll be at work at 0500 to 1500. Maybe I can leave for a bit if phones get released.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] accrews2001:
After talking with the store nearest me where I pre-ordered last night, and them saying they probably wouldn't get any until mid-July, I decided to change tactics. The store 30 min away had been receiving phones for pre-orders only (showing up as available online and I had called to confirm this). So today around 11:30am I went to this store to pre-order there (Magnolia store 176 on Hulen street, Fort Worth, TX). Only it and one other store in Arlington have been receiving phones near me.

The store manager happened to be there and asked me which one I was pre-ordering. When I told him Pebble Blue, he told me to hang around for 10 minutes and I might be able to walk out with one since they had fulfilled all of their other pre-orders. He just had to confirm they had them in stock. 10 minutes passed and he came by and said to just hold on 10 more minutes. I did gladly.

At 12pm, he said they didn't have any in stock, unfortunately, but expected to receive some more soon. Even worse news, he said though, was that they had just received a corporate email 9 paragraphs long, and the very last paragraph said starting with pre-orders today, they wouldn't be able to sell any phones until AT&T's launch date, which they hadn't announced to mine or his knowledge. He said if they did it anyways they could be fined thousands of dollars. (9 paragraphs - last one - I bet most BB employees don't read that far down)

This pissed me off to no end, since I could've gone the previous night to pre-order. I told him I had been hearing all kinds of different stories on the forums of BB's telling customers that and then reading that other stores were still handing them out. He said, that's because they are getting fed different information every day from corporate and he would much rather call me with good news "early" than to give me false hope and tell me "tomorrow." I said I understood and left dejected.

At 7pm, I checked my email. At 2:50pm I received my BB email to come pick up my phone. HALLELUJAH! So much for dinner with the in-laws - I'm gettin' my phone! Then I just prayed that same store manager hadn't spread the word and that he wasn't still working. Needless to say, I picked up my phone at 8pm! Oh MY PRECIOUS!

Kind of ridiculous after him telling me that, but now I'm just happy I don't have to wait anymore. Still nothing from the original store I pre-ordered from though but so much the better if that helps someone else get one sooner at that store.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Knight613:
I just don't understand Best Buy's logic in having to wait for AT&T to announce a new launch date when their launch date was last week. Knowing AT&T, they won't even announce a launch date since they probably figure it already launched.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] skatin707:
CompUSA is advertising them as available in store for sprint and ATT. Interesting, I'll check this out.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Sephirothvfc:
Wdguy what exactly is the shady business

That best buy is doing? You where all over the place and all I got from it was, they wanted to get specific information from you, another time (maybe) went in and bought a phone outright and when u tried to buy a phone in contract they put you in a waiting list. Maybe you bought the last one outright and they had no more?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] dcaplinger76:
Every store within 100 miles of me in Oklahoma City is showing available for pickup in store now... wonder if its true

Edit: Yep, I forgot to mention it's for Sprint
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] 3rdamention:
Must be Sprint then cause I only see one store Best Buy in all of the Oklahoma City Area that has any AT&T phones, and it is only the blue one.

It looks like every single Best Buy store in the state of Indiana has the Sprint GS3 for pickup TODAY! However, I only see one single store in the state of Indiana that has the GS3 in stock for AT&T. I think that whole July 1st Business was another story, and they were getting confused with Sprint cause today IS Sprint's launch day. Looks like my store isn't any closer to getting any AT&T GS3's in.

I also emailed Best Buy Corporate yesterday about my disappointment in their lack of communication and misinformation at their stores. They never responded. I am sure the people that matter don't work on weekends, but this whole Best Buy Preorder is one day of disappointment followed by the next day of disappointment.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ram8704:
Going by BBY's website it looks like only the sprint versions are in stock.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lopezpm:
Just got an email from the Novi Michigan store. Too bad I already picked one up the day after launch from another store. So if anyone is close by, they will have an unclaimed white one for Sprint.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wolfc70:
Just called BB in Oshkosh, no phones. None, not even for Sprint. This is getting very frustrating. The store employee told me the delay was due to overheating problems. Sigh. I'm not sure of what I should do, I have been waiting for two weeks. I just want my darned phone!!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jbadboy2007:
Fn bb only has white WTF I called 5 of them
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] 3rdamention:
Does it show on their website that they only have white? I would like to know if the Best Buy's have stock, but the website doesn't show it. There is not really any Best Buy stores in Indiana that has AT&T Galaxy S3s.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] 1Android:
I'm really irritated that BB claimed a june 28th launch for the verizon version and hasn't followed through. I wasn't sure if they would be able to launch before the carrier, but they are a global company and I figured they may have some weight on their side to release. Guess I was wong. I had never bought or pre-ordered from BB before. This will be my last.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] chill145:
Yeah it's seriously frustrating. I called once on Friday and then yesterday. Asked numerous times during the calls if they will have it for verizon and they said yes. Guy even told us to get there early today

And what do you know, no lines and no phones. Asked the rep why they don't have them when two people said yes and she said we were supposed to have them. You don't tell people you have them and to get there early on a Sunday if you don't know for sure.

I didn't think they would have them but would have kicked myself if I didn't go and they did. Just going have to wait on verizon, not dealing with best buy anymore
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Tommo153:
A friend of mine just called a local bestbuy and they have stock but will not sell it because AT&T has no official release date yet.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] aNdroidnut:
None of them have ATT. I have been calling since the 28th and even the ATT store by me does not have them in stock and replied with a no date answer. I believe in the mean time I will get a note and just swap when the time comes. Surely it cannot be another 30 days.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] aaron130:
Just got mine!!!! Mannn this thing is PURE SEXINESS!!!! Hey I'm getting the notification for the update, if I update I can still root correct?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kydkupa:
All the Best Buy stores in Houston that were claiming July 1, are saying the hold up is because of some lawsuit between Samsung and Apple. And what's funny is I got my phone from their store and rep said they have yet top receive any galaxy s3 devices at all. The communication between the reps is abysmal.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] skatin707:
Pre- order or walk in? ATT or Sprint?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] aaron130:
Well I walked into sprint. But I did get a $50 gift card a few weeks ago but there were like 10 walk ins all getting one too.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] KLLSWITCH:
every best buy around me in nor cal is showing the sprint version available too but no store has the att version
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] screwhead728:
Yeah you right, my bad lol. I have the 2 forums open at the same time refreshing both.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Chevyboxer:
In New Hampshire/Boston. Sorry was excited. Let me clarify I live in Boston but preordered in NH to avoid tax.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pathtologos:
NO ONE else? I'm scared to call again...lol
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Chevyboxer:
I'll take a pic once I get it so no one thinks I'm trolling. 3rd in line right now behind people buying prepaid phones.........
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cbond007:
I called my BB (MD) where i pre ordered and they said they are expecting a drop shipment today for the Sprint S3's, but she just doesnt know what time today. She also said that she doesn't know if it will be delivered by UPS or Fedex
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Mr Ian B:
boy it is quiet in here, either BB has not gotten their overnight shipments, they are coming in later today or we all got punked.

Ian B

When I got my Evo LTE on release date at BB, they called around noon and the phones had just arrived about 15 mins earlier. Planning to take a long lunch around that time today in case they call, I can swing by and pick this beauty and the beast up.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] screwhead728:
Man I can't wait to see those pics.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jojo_angelov:
Guys, any news on the BB S3 supply? I've called my BB so many times over the past 3 days that they know it's me calling, so I guess I'll just wait and see what you guys find out :)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] palecat:
Just called and they don't have them but are expecting a shipment "very soon" and of course I asked if that meant today and that's what they were lead to believe. Central VA.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Danibal79:
So help me...if you're trolling I swear me and about 100 others are going to track you down...:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] qhinton:
Send a pic of the store
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Tkdawg22:
Just called my local Best Buy in Hoover, AL. They said they still expect them today for preorder customers. They are supposed to call me.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] screwhead728:
I seriously want to see pics at the store, the bag, the phone itself, EVERYTHING.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pathtologos:
Lol...that's funny. If I go ill even take a pic of the bb employee handing me the device.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Jahspree:
Lol let's just tell him make a video and film the whole trip.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] screwhead728:
LOL!! in 1080p!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pathtologos:
We're forgetting that u can't shoot video or pics of the device with the device itself...unless you're picking up 2 of them, like me. :p
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] stevesprivateaccount:
Oh I have a feeling someone is going to be very disappointed after a drive to New Hampshire.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] fatboypup:
at least he can live free or die :highfive:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
Not yet, but they said today. They had two truck deliveries yesterday so I might not know till this afternoon and I am West Coast time.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
I noticed that too. If sprint can do it why not at&t? There are only 2 pre orders at my store. So frustrating. I am pretty sure stores like La Holla have gotten two shipments. No fair.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Boss Daddy:
Best Buy

NORTH ARLINGTON TX

200 LINCOLN SQ , ARLINGTON , TX 76011

Show to have some in stock, don't know of which kind though (White, Blue, Carrier etc.). Hope this helps anybody around the Dallas/Ft.Worth area. Happy hunting!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] KLLSWITCH:
yea im pretty pissed im calling my store when they open i dont get why every store has the sprint model but none of the att model its so frustrating ive been told so many different things by best buy i just want my dang phone lol
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] airerik:
I still haven't received any e-mail from BB for my Sprint pre-order. I checked online and the 10 nearest stores around me all have the white, but none have the blue (which I ordered). I don't think that's accurate because when I called on Friday, they told me they had some and couldn't sell them until July 2nd. Both colors of AT&T say unavailable on the website for the stores around me.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] 3rdamention:
Keep us posted, you and I are only 2 of the remaining few left waiting on a Best Buy AT&T Preorder. Everyone else smartened up and bought it from AT&T. I even said like 3 days ago I was done waiting, I was going to order from the AT&T Store, got busy, and figured I could be patient another day. Here we are, 24 days after I preordered, and I have nothing, my store has 5 different reasons as to why they don't have it (lawsuits, cannot sell them, no release date yet, it has been delayed, etc).

This whole "We cannot sell them because AT&T hasn't announced the release date yet" excuse people are getting is the one that pisses me off the most. Just call up AT&T and ask them, is that so hard BEST BUY? One of the stores I talked to yesterday had them in stock online, I called, they couldn't sell them till today they told me, that afternoon, they had none online. I specifically said AT&T and I am sure he was thinking about Sprint. So frustrating.

I wish I wouldn't have emailed corporate yesterday, cause I have another 2 or 3 things I would like to tell them, so they are going to get another email on Monday detailing more frustration and miscommunication.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] NL5:
Yep, same here. This is getting ridiculous. :eek:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] KLLSWITCH:
yea im about to go buy a one X just to get rid of these gift cards i have and never buy anything from best buy again
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Knight613:
The thing is even if Best Buy had AT&T phones in stock, they'll tell you they aren't allowed to sell them because they haven't gotten a launch date from AT&T. AT&T is more to blame than Best Buy for this fiasco.