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[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] brave1:
Was this the Southpark Meadows location? Please tell me it wasn't 290 & Mopac. I just pre-ordered there yesterday.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Comando156:
Just got the email today mine is there. But won't be able to grab it until after work tomorrow.... Long wait.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] markmunsch:
OUCH...it was the 290 & Mopac location...sorry to hear that you got "screwed." That's really weird though as they made it sound like they've had the phones for a few days. They said that they had some issues with the system yesterday, but it still sounded like they had been selling them yesterday and today, I guess they didn't have many pre-orders.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] phantomevo77:
This is true for every Bet Buy... To those that PM'd me... This is your answer... Most stores have at least 4-5 of each color on a UPS truck heading toward your store.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nickleson:
How do you check the stock of best buy stores?

Nevermind I found it
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] brave1:
Damn... sounds about right given everyone's experiences thus far. Thanks for the info though! Judging by your ordeal, looks like my morning is gonna be all filled up.

This company clearly has some serious issues. Might be a good time to short their stock.;)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nickleson:
Are you a best buy employee or something?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] phantomevo77:
Yes, sorry havent been very active today. With work and these massive wildfires in my area.. Have stuff to worry about than this thread (no offense guys lol)

Off subject:

This is what I mean by massive wildfires..
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nickleson:
On subject: That's awesome that what I found out is confirmed. Hopefully tomorrow I can finally have the phone in my hand.

Off subject: Is that colorado or new mexico? I actually was in a lecture where the presentor predicted that the trend of increased wild fires would continue. It's kind of awesome and crappy that he was right. more crappy.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] phantomevo77:
Colorado
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] yokken:
I've got a bunch of work to do tomorrow, but I'll be home all day. Man, I really hope I get that email tomorrow. Plus with Google I/O, I'll be one excited guy.

Tick tock...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] EthanMG:
where at? i preordered at the best buy by the colorado mills mall in lakewood, store 382. i go to mines. any info you could maybe give me about when my store will get any in would be fantastic! just dont get in trouble like the best buy employee who was informing those in the at&t thread did, before the threads got merged. his account got deleted =/ im mostly curious because i was the second preorder at the store, and my store got ONE phone in yesterday, so i have still have to wait, haha. oh well. thanks again!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cent_0_o:
This is really starting to get frustrating. Does anyone know if I can return a gift card from best buy. I know that I can return the $50 dollar gift card that I got when I preordered the phone. My wife also got me a gift card to pay for the rest of the phone for my birthday. She still has the receipt for the card. I hope they can do something becuase it would be crazy for me to have to wait for the preorder when Ill probably be able to pick it up from att before my phone comes in. Thanks for any info.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Tahde:
Damn the phones. Hope you and your loved ones are all ok.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] moz68:
+1 Stay safe!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Cruzin95:
Picked up my phone last night at BB in Fort Worth, Texas. They had problems activating and whatever else they have to do. I was there for two hours, they gave me a free screen cover.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] rookie789:
Please explain how you check the inventory in a specific best buy store. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zaisaroni:
Find the item online then search store availability by zip code or address.

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[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
Alright guys, tomorrow is the day, tired of excuses, tired of uninformed csr's, tired of general lack of info, its time to put up or shut up! If Amazons showroom doesnt produce my phone tomorrow im cancelling my preorder, emailing as many corporate coats as possible, and will immediately terminate my account with AT&T. And as the contracts come up for my family, they will come along with me. Enough is enough
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pnizzle20:
anyone gonna try their luck at an att store? i know I am !
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] thehavock18:
I feel you. I am in that same boat. I will go to sprint so I will still have unlimited.

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That will be my first choice. I will cancel with BB on the 28th if I do not have my phone and list my unlocked GS2 on Ebay for around $300 and shove the 240ish I will get from BB and go to the ATT store and buy my phone.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tuffluck:
aren't we still unsure as to whether BB or ATT stores will even have the phone tomorrow? it seemed like an easy answer a few days ago, but i've seen contradictions pop up since then.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cent_0_o:
I would think we would know by now if they would have them. I think they are just towing dates out there now. I'm sure we will here for sure by july 2nd next.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] rr1122:
Got my phone from AT&T

I was tired of BB not knowing when the phone will be shipped for the pre-orders that were done online, every time i call they just give some random reason for it being delayed and some are even rude so just went ahead and canceled my BB order and did a pre-order at AT&T store yesterday morning and it was shipped last night and I'll be getting my phone this afternoon (I'm a premier member if that helps). Will never do business with BB what makes me mad is not that the phone is being delayed it's just that they don't even care to communicate.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
I wish the distribution chain was clear....im blaming AT&T for the shipping/order filling woes bit I dont know if its a situation where AT&T said us first, 3rd parties later, if AT&T or Samsung is controlling the shipping, if Amazons showroom put in their order too late, etc. I think AT&T has the stockpile cause their orders are going out very fast now. Guys ordering as late as the 24th are getting their phones already. Either way, enough blame to go around, I just want my phone already.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zmore:
This has been on mind all week. I think it boils down to AT&T getting priority being the 800 pound gorilla, more than BB and other 3rd parties being incompetent.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] rockstarbrad04:
I just got ahold of my bestbuy, after checking online inventory and seeing they had blue gs3s in stock, and they did say they have the blue ones they are selling now and still waiting on the white ones.

He assured me i was second on the list for the white ones when they come in so I "should have it in my hands soon".

Now the length of this forum goes to show thier definition of 'soon' and ours differ, but I do have that glimmer of hope again I might get it later tonight or tomorrow
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
I gave in and called my BB last night. They still don't have any but I asked if he could check how many preordered and how many are coming in. He said they only got the sprint ones and they are gone. Then right away said for AT&T the system says 0 incoming. Either he had looked already or just was BSing me. Sigh...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] drksilenc:
still nothing in all of pittsburgh...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
Its highly unlikely any gets them in before tomorrow.....out of all the orders here, just a handful have been filled, and a couple of those were fake preorders, as in done on the spot to allow the sale :(
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pnizzle20:
I'm starting to think its highly unlikely that a majority of us have out orders fulfilled tomorrow too, just called my bb and got the usual run around, something about customs hahaha. about to head out to my att store to order. will let you know how it goes.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bigblue95z:
I'll be very disappointed if the ATT SGSIII does not show up today at BB. The store 30 min from me got some in Monday, but none for here. I'm going to sell my phone here in about an hour, and until the SGSIII comes in, I'm back to the stoneage with my BB Curve 8310. lol. Soooo PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE show up!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] moz68:
So, just got off the phone and was told 4 blue 7 white att S3 in transit to Alpharetta, GA BB by North Point Mall. CSR couldn't give me a ETA but said if I pre ordered would get my phone when they arrived.

That's been the question all along "WHEN!!!"
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] drksilenc:
who ever is shipping these things really needs to start doing tracking numbers ffs what company cant do this idk but its redic.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tuffluck:
i'm sure they'll come in today BECAUSE i actually went and just ordered through ATT because i got so sick of the uncertainty. hopefully like others the phone will ship today and i'll get it tomorrow...so IF BB and ATT stores actually get them in tomorrow like some speculate (and many disagree with), hopefully i will at least get it in the mail by that same time. but i ordered through ATT today because i believe they won't actually come in anywhere tomorrow.

my luck is off this week. it's very possible my phone will be shipped to antartica and i won't be able to get a replacement because they will have already sold out in all of the world (except antartica obviously).
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] arcobianco:
I got tired of waiting for my White SIII preorder from BestBuy, so on Monday I read that the Blue SIII was available in some BestBuy Stores. I called and even went into the store, they said that I had to preorder the phone and so I did after being told they don't take preorders anymore. I used the giftcard from the White SIII preorder to preorder the Blue SIII, and an hour later I was notified via email that my Blue SIII was ready to be picked up, I guess they already fulfilled most of their preorder and that there was a work around to get the Blue SIII. I couldn't really wait for the White one anymore so I figured I'd be smart about it and just preorder the Blue SIII so that when, if when, they receive extra stock for it, I would be receiving it before non-preorder gets it, but surprisingly I was able to get it same day and within two hours of preorder.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bluesolarflare:
I am very close to doing the same. There are two stores near my job that have the Pebble Blue in, but no one seems to have Marble White.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] arcobianco:
I don't really care what color I get, but the Blue one is fairly nice. I really like the White version, but I still have a few days till it comes in and I can do an exchange since it's still in my preorder. They say that the White is supposed to come in this Thursday, but if they don't, I have fourteen days to return or exchange my phone, otherwise I am locked into my two-years.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bluesolarflare:
So you got PB and still have a preorder for a white one and they will let you swap for white when one comes in??
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pnizzle20:
this is just pure comedy now, so i gave up on BB and went to ATT to order the phone. after about 20 minutes of the employees not being able to figure out why the oder will not go through, they come back and tell me " we figured it out, it won't let us put it in because we are getting the phone tomorrow." i was like wow, and left.......
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] arcobianco:
I just know that if you upgrade(add a line/or get a new contract) to some other phone, you have a number of days to get it exchanged or returned. If say your preorder for the white SIII comes in within your trial period, you may exchange it for the white SIII. But if it doesn't, you should return it and reverse your upgrade(add a line/or new contract) so you won't have to continue that trial period and when you do the same thing over again you get a fresh new trial period. (Just something to keep in mind)

Pretty much they'll let me swap it out as long the Pebble Blue is in good condition, no scratches, or damages, and they'll give me the white as long as I'm within the time frame.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wolfc70:
I pre-ordered mine at BB on 6-18. No word yet, in fact, BB in Oshkosh has yet to recieve any Sg3 phones. I'm sure they will arrive, but this whole process leaves lots to be desired. (Ordering my Asus TFP this past January was much easier, as BB new what was arriving at stores).

The local AT&T store said that it was not even showing up as available for pre-order. I tried on AT&T's site too, and could not get it to accept my upgrade. This is getting frustrating...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bluesolarflare:
My only concern about this is that I would not want it messing up my grandfathered unlimited plan. If it doesn't then I might just have to do it.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Allockse:
Just picked up my phone from the AT&T store. Best Buy is a joke. Looking forward to calling them on my GSIII to cancel their order.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
Make sure to let them know ur calling from that phone, which according to them, has not launched yet.

They would have got the "are you that ****ing stupid?" look, and I would have turned and left. These guys :smh:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] hellogalaxy:
Just pre-ordered online for 3rd time

Ok, here it goes again. I pre-ordered on BB website twice for GSIII Pebble Blue before and each time the status was "backordered". In hopes that by now BB would have them in store, I canceled the preorders. But now, it doesn't look too promising that BB would have them in store anytime soon. At this point, I don't care when I get it, as long as I get it.

Interestingly, the status for my new online preorder says "1 item(s) - Order in process of being fulfilled; Usually ships in 1 - 2 days."

Does anyone remember if they got the same status and whether it changed to "backordered" soon after?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tico1986:
I called all my local att stores and best buy stores. Nobody has any att GS3 and only one best buy store ever got ONLY one pre-order. They all say tomorrow, so lets see.

This is in south florida btw.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pnizzle20:
do you guys have any idea why the att store would tell me they can't put an order in for me? i wanna go back or call them back to straiten it out, i refuse to go through best buy at this point.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mattucf:
The more I read..the longer I wait..the more my hatred grows. I hope I can avoid the path to the darkside. If only I didn't have $280 in BB giftcards!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] amerikian:
I checked BB In Store availability this morning and sure as ****...they showed In Store in my local BB store: East Side Madison, WI. I waited for the doors to open at 10am, went straight to the desk, and they started the process. It took a full hour, but was finally able to use my wife's upgrade for my line. Got my SGS III! Rooted - WiFi Tethering enabled...waiting for some more stable ROMs before I flash those quite yet...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jbadboy2007:
I'm still waiting for a sprint gs3 so good luck
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cent_0_o:
Same boat. I have gift cards so I have to wait. Freakin bs. Last time I ever doing any business with best buy.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] screwhead728:
There is a BB store that shows they have it available, but when I called, they told me only for pre-orders. I pre-ordered mine at another BB store.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] deserted1:
I know this isnt the right place but which way did you go about for the tethering. Did you use the link in the dev forums or something different?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] brave1:
Just scored a pebble blue in Austin, Tx. I have a pre-order at another store, but website showed availabilty at this store. Called to confirm availability and went and picked it up. My original store with the pre-order wants me to come in to cancel the order... not likely.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] send2amrish:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1732262
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] LightningGA:
Just spoke to my local BB, still nothing in for ATT. They have 4 GS3's ordered but still not in transit. They still have no idea when they might be in. They said, call back tomorrow. Annoyed!

NOT sent from my preordered Blue AT&T Galaxy S III. Come on Best Buy!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] arcobianco:
I was worried about my unlimited data plan too, but over at Best Buy they asked me what I wanted to keep and I told them I wanted my Data Unlimited and my Insurance for my line, and they verified with me that I still have it. The next day I called AT&T to see if I still had my unlimited data plan and I still do. If ever they mess anything up, go back to Best Buy and tell them I want to reverse my upgrade because I didn't get my unlimited data, as long as your within the time frame you should be good.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mehal88:
Called my best buy(DC Area) this morning, they said they have only had ONE SGS3 for at&t preorder come in. I didn't ask whether it was blue or white though. I am #2 on the list, just my luck. They said that they are expecting more either today or tomorrow, I'm going on vacation Friday so I'm hoping to get it before I leave orelse I'll be stuck waiting for another week.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] phantomevo77:
Again.... Our inventory system will not show "in transit" for the initial launch and release for the phones.. they are dropped shipped by UPS and could arrive at any time. That Best Buy isn't informed that obviously....
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zmore:
Called my local NYC BB one last time today, and they said they still hadn't gotten any AT&T S3's in, blue OR white, even for pre-orders. When I mentioned that AT&T is expected to have 'em in-store tomorrow, he said "oh - then we should definitely have them then". Riiiiight.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cent_0_o:
Plus they only hold your phone for a few days I think. At least thats what they told me on the phone. I actually cancelled some weekend plans because of this whole mess fearing that I would lose my pre-order.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] NunHugger:
Well..I said screw it. Went to AT&T and preordered today. Just not going to pick up the Best Buy preorder. I put no money down...so I ain't too worried about it. I am hoping that my case works as some of those who preordered yesterday....and recieved it today.

Funny thing, is that the reps at the AT&T store said that they should have the "in store model" tomorrow. That's about all they knew,..or wanted to tell. Whatever they were doing on thier ipad and phone seemed more important.

The good thing...one less thread to check.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] amerikian:
Yes - link in the dev forum

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I figured if i called I would get that same run around. I just went in, told them i wanted it, and had them do the upgrade. They got stuck on the activation - AT&T had it blocked on their system. I thought for sure I was gonna get screwed...but I asked them to call AT&T and set it up. It took a while but they did it.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mehal88:
When I called my BB a few days ago they said that it was showing "In Transit". Guess they were BS'ing too. Although they could be referring to the SINGLE handset that they supposedly received...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nickleson:
I called my best buy today and they said they had not received it yet; then they said that it is in transit and should be here with in the next few days. They said the exact same thing a few days ago. I'm becoming more confused by these answers.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pnizzle20:
man! i tired ordering from the att store a little bit ago and the tards tried forever and couldn't figure out to even get my order in, they eventually said its because they are getting them tomorrow.. riggggght
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nickleson:
I just got off the phone with someone at corporate. He sounded like he was high up on the food chain because he was telling me that he was going to talk to the merchant team about the status of the phone. Well what he told me was that he knew nothing about the phones release. This has just become an embarrassment for best buy at this point. Not even the execs know what's going on.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mehal88:
I doubt even the AT&T stores are going to have them for store release tomorrow. Given that Sprint already delayed official release until July 1st, I see AT&T doing something simlar.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bizdady:
Finally my online preorders came in today!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bluesolarflare:
One of the AT&T stores that I called near where I work said they are expecting the phones in on the 28th.

A store I called close to my house said they have no idea when the phones are coming out.

So it really isn't just Best Buy, but AT&T themselves don't seem to know much or anything solid about when the phones are coming because we keep getting different answers.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pnizzle20:
sheet my current phone is due back to BB on the 7th in order to stay in the 30 day return policy window, not looking good
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] send2amrish:
my case mate pop case came in today...sadly still nothing to put in there. :(
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] billmckee:
Sweet - very cool. Did your online order status show it coming and update properly before it arrived? I've had best buy stuff show up at the house and get my tracking info and online stuff updated after, so was hoping something like that might be going on here - but as mine still sits backordered and my card keeps charged and credited - guessing mine's still no where near shipping...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] send2amrish:
this might be a good sign that the stores will be receiving them tomorrow, wishful thinking atleast. when did you preorder btw?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] KryptosXLayer2:
That's a laugh.... so ridiculous
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gr8Danes:
I just got a call from the manager of my local store after emailing the executive listed earlier in the thread. They have a blue one that I can come get if I want it.....at this point, I don't think the color is going to be the deciding factor.

Though, they blamed the lack of contact on not having my order on record. LOL Yea, right.

None the less, going to pick it up her in a few minutes. :D

Anyone interested in the email address for him, here it is. It's worth a shot, worked for me.

gregory.johnson6@bestbuy.com
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tuffluck:
cancelled BB order at 12pm, called ATT 1pm, got my tracking number 4pm, due on doorstep by 3pm tomorrow.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bluesolarflare:
I did the same thing last night. I got a call from the regional manager and he said he tracked down a Marble White in Southern California and he is going to head down there tomorrow to physically see it for himself and then have the phone hand delivered tomorrow to the store where I ordered from for pickup. Let's see what happens tomorrow.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
Wow what did you say for him to do that?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pnizzle20:
i just ordered through ATT, crossing fingers