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[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zaisaroni:
I checked in the Twin cities, and the first store I called said that was a mistake.

If their on hand counts are off either due to a funny pre-order or other issue, then it will automatically show up online.

I can't begin to tell you how frustrating this is at work when someone finds some old item we haven't had forever, but slipped through the inventory system and still shows onhands.. They wonder why out of 20,000+ items we have a few wrong. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
I must of not seen that store. I was using La Quinta's zip. I used to live there.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] chopard:
Just picked up mine! Colorado
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Pacorocko:
Oh yeah, I think I read something earlier about Phone Freedom or something. Is that what you're referring to? Is that something I need to sign up for first? If so, how and what is it?

The reason I care now, is that Wirefly doesn't have the phone in white. And the only way my wife would agree to switch over to Sprint (She's on Verizon now and hated Sprint when she had them before...) is if I promised to get her this phone in white. So I guess it's either BB, or wait til wirefly DOES get it, which the lady on the phone said is completely up in the air.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jvjidNite:
California- Los Angeles area will be receiving their Galaxy S III on Saturday.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bizdady:
Just called my local bestbuy (Encino, Ca) even though I ordered Online and was told they have no idea about incoming shipments and are being told all carriers are being pushed back to the 28th.

At this point im better off canceling and going with Wirefly if Im going to wait. Ill save $50 and the activation fee.

But then Id have to sell off my bestbuy gift card that I used to buy phones plus wifey wants the white one. Ahh im better off waiting :( lol
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] G3noobie:
Just got off the phone with my local (Johnson City, Tn) Best Bendover rep and he says they have received a internal email stating that all of the AT&T preorders are being shipped. The only thing he could say for certain is that the Sprint preorders are delayed. REALLY? He said try calling back in the morning with a possible update. I told him I was thoroughly disgusted with the total lack of communication from Samsung, Sprint and BB for not being honest with their customers on this matter. Not calling Mom when you was suppose to be home at 11 and showing up at 4 will get your a$$ beat.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] danipoak:
In pretty sure there is no activation fee at BB.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Mr Ian B:
You have made my day, hope it is true. THANKS button hit for info.

Ian B
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bizdady:
Sprint charges you an activation fee, right now wirefly has a promotion where they will waive it off.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Chevyboxer:
Just called the NH store. She first asked which carrier when I told her Sprint she said that they're supposed to get them in tonight to be ready for tomorrow. Said they would call me to setup a time.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] danipoak:
I know. And the BB guy told me they were waiving it as well.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mercado79:
Phone Freedom was something different. You had to sign up in February. This is another promotion they introduced for Evo LTE pre-orders, and then kept it going even now (see here), and then also offered it, to me at least, for the GS3 pre-order.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Jahspree:
Best buy doesn't have the power to waive the activation fee. They could possibly call sprint and try and get it waived but they themselves don't have the power.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bizdady:
My bb online receipt shows one time activation free from Sprint so I'm just going by what was sent to me.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Ind3lible:
Best buy I ordered from have no clue when they will get them.. sigh. Last time I pre order from them. Smh
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] PsycloneTW:
Bummer, I have a $50 GC in my car that I was handed when I pre-ordered which I will use when I pick the phone up. My status: no e-mail and I haven't called them to check on it. Doesn't sound like anyone knows what the hell they're doing anyway...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] MadFlava:
I called just to check knowing they wouldnt have them. They told me tomorrow as well.

Knightdale, NC
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lepapirriky:
I call couple hrs ago, and they told is not here yet, wait until we call you. Ask them if there is any eta? And nothing....maayyybe tomorrow but still wait until we call you :S

Mesquite, Tx
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pathtologos:
Exactly the same in ft lauderdale, fl
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mercado79:
New message posted on the Best Buy forums:

http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/Mobile...int-Delay-with-Samsung-GS3/td-p/534284/page/2
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Ind3lible:
Awesome news!! Would be so happy if i got it today :). Been a crap day do yeah!!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] antyx:
I've called my local BB 4 times today and I've spoke with 4 different people...They have each told me that they did not have any in but that Sprint is shipping them to their store overnight and I should be able to get my preorder tomorrow. Also of note is that each asked me first off if I had preordered the phone before they told me that info...I'm sure if I had said no then they would have told me the official release has been delayed to next week...Here's to hoping I get it tomorrow...:good:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cardinalryan:
Available in Springfield, Illinois.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] thehavock18:
Springfield IL has a blue one.. No White
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] send2amrish:
Preorder or walk-in? Phone call or email?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] chopard:
Per order from BB
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jerrygooch:
Dang I figured Conway, AR or Little Rock would have been more likely! Rogers is 3 hours away from Conway. If I didn't get 9 miles per gallon I'd probably call em and try and work a deal out.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
Did you get an email? Pictures?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] yokken:
The EP store (where I preordered) says they have some for preorders but I have to wait for the e-mail. They also said they can't look up how many preorders they have, or what position I'm in. They told me to call corporate. Corporate told me they can't see any of that information, and that the store lied to me. I called the store back and they told me their manager said they can't view that information. I'm sick of the bull****. I just want my phone.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] joedoe:
Fifteen minutes ago received the pickup email: Bay Area, CA!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] chopard:
My good friend is the manager, he called me this morning to let me know. Then I got the email when I pulled into the parking lot.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
Love your avatar. Nice to see someone else watched it.

Yeah, I think the communication is poor. Otherwise the wait wouldn't be so bad. I guess BB probably isn't used to people wanting stuff that isn't on the shelf. I am pretty sure most people just walk in and buy what they see. Most have no clue what is coming. I have a super hard time when at AT&T or BB not interrupting the sales guy to tell the customer just wait a little longer for XX phone or whaterver it is. Or to correct the sales guy. My fiance knows I can't stay at the AT&T store long without interrupting someone. Its worse at the AT&T store btw.

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No fair! You are pretty close to me too.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zmore:
Not directed at me, I know, but, Fringe wasn't popular or something? It was X-Files version 2.0. Loved it, and was always at the top of the TV torrent lists (oops), but maybe not the regular TV ratings.

(/me passes out some red licorice :)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tico1986:
Wow a small explosion of people getting their emails and such but yet no pics or screen shots. I'm going to get my haircut after work and hopefully there will be some more progress by that time.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
I know its like the best ever. I think the Nelsen ratings are crap! They need to take account online views. I ditched cable and I am Netflix/Hulu via the Xbox only.

Okay that was side topic of the day.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] yokken:
Fringe is the best.

I can't really hang out at the AT&T store or Best Buy because inevitably a sales rep will come ask me if I have any questions and I'll ask them something like "do you know when you're getting in x" and they'll say no, but tell me they've heard the new iPhone is coming out soon. Then they'll try to list off specs to me, and I'll correct them about something like the maximum microSD size you can put in. I taught some BB reps about retina displays and how they're calculated based upon ppi, the distance of viewing, and how many "arcminutes" are between each pixel depending on the distance. If the distance between one pixel and another is less than 1 arcminute, it's not discernable by the human eye, and therefore called (by Apple) a retina display. Schooled 'em big time.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
You need to made a video of that. That is so funny. BTW there are some good sales reps but usually they move on to bigger and better things. At least that is my thought.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
Picked up mine on saturday =)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] yokken:
Red Vines are the specific liquorice you're referring to. ;) But I don't think it should be compared to the X-Files. It's much more intellectual in my opinion. Season 4 left a little to be desired but it was still good nonetheless.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tico1986:
I got in trouble a while back schoolin' Geek Squad. Manager said I was harassing them, so I don't do that anymore.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] drksilenc:
lol thats quite funny tico.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] yokken:
The knowledgeable reps are usually the ones who are only working there because they couldn't find anywhere else. I applied to work at BB a few years ago. Didn't get the job, but I guarantee I know more than... I don't mean to be arrogant, but probably every single person there? But you can't expect every minimum wage corporate electronics store worker to know everything.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] arcobianco:
Which one did you preorder, the white or blue?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] joedoe:
A blue one.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] yokken:
When did you place your preorder? No one saying they got their emails has said when they preordered!

I preordered on the 21st, in-store. I'm probably like 20th in line... :(
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Cruzin95:
Another email notice recipient here, order is ready for pick-up!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] joedoe:
I did my preorder in store on June 11th.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
I can't believe this is really happening.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] send2amrish:
Guys,

Please if you could state color, date of preorder & location when posting that you got an email would be great...it will really help the rest of us, i think atleast...

thanks
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ranchosteve:
I have yet to get any email from my BB online order :(
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
For those of you who have traded in your phone to BB, did you restore to stock OS? I am on SHOShock2 right now.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bizdady:
What does your order status show in your online account?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] thehavock18:
I am on AOKP but have the offical ATT ICS rom ready to flash and will factory reset / format the SD card before I go in. I also already got rid of the yellow triangle so no way to tell it has been rooted or changed.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jayrod88:
Bolingbrook, IL

-sent from my mobile device
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] EthanMG:
i preordered at 11am on the fifth, so i called my store to ask if they had gotten any in, and they said yes, but they were for preorders and were handing them out in the order they got preorders, so i mentioned that i had to be one of the first, and she looked it up. turns out, i was the second, and the store had only gotten one =/ she said the next shipment wouldnt come today. ugh.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] thehavock18:
Only 200+ ish miles away.. I am in IL near ST. Louis border.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] yokken:
Just called my BB to ask them to cancel my preorder because people preordering at AT&T today are already getting tracking numbers. I asked for the supervisor right away. Turns out it was the guy I spoke with earlier today. He told me they don't have access to cancel preorders. I told him it says in the presales agreement in my email to contact the store to cancel. He told me he could make a note to not reserve it once it comes in. I told him I want my gift card money back today. THEN he told me they didn't do gift cards for this phone. That set me off. I told him "actually, you did, I have a $50 gift card sitting right in front of me that one of your sales representatives gave me when I came in to preorder the phone. It also says in the presales agreement I can get a full refund if I cancel." He told me to come in and "see what we can do". What a ****ing idiot. A supervisor had the audacity to blatantly LIE to me MULTIPLE TIMES IN ONE DAY. Makes me want to order it from AT&T, but I know BB will **** me over even more if I do that.

I'm actually tempted to call corporate and file a complaint.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tuffluck:
kind of a crapshoot. if your BB phone comes in tomorrow, you may wait till wednesday to get the one from ATT. if you wait till wednesday to get the one from ATT, may as well wait for thursday to get one in store at ATT provided the payoff is that you may get yours from BB tomorrow. or you may not get the one from ATT until friday, at which point you should have just gotten one in the ATT store thursday or just given BB another day or two of a chance. funny how much we are on pins and needles for a 2 or 3 day wait.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] yokken:
I'm going to end up waiting until Thursday no matter what the f*ck I do.

Swear to god though, if I don't get a phone on Thursday someone is going to lose their job.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bluesolarflare:
A lot of Pebble Blues are popping up in the Best Buy search for areas in Southern California as in store, but I have yet to see a Marble White show up.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] qhinton:
Just got mine literally 2 minutes ago. Finally at last on my way to pick it up
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tico1986:
Called my store in south florida again and nothing yet
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zaisaroni:
Eden Prairie? Some might say that was your first problem :p

Getting ahold of corporate might not be a bad idea. I understand there are supply constraints in the retail channel, but just be honest about what you know! So much misinformation and conjecture is out there over this launch, and they aren't doing themselves any favors... Then again many customers aren't either.

I have had enough trouble in the stores over the years with buying "new" products only to find they were returned. Almost 3 years ago I bought a 64gig iPod touch only to open the box and find an 8gig in there. I make a bit of a point to avoid them at most costs, and in my job search i'm not considering them based on personal experiences and their market/financial situation, but the BB Mobile stores have done well for me, and matched Amazon for years.

I ordered at Burnsville Center last week in person myself. I called once today and was told they haven't gotten their delivery for the day and to check back later so I would guess they're optimistic. I'll probably just swing by as it's a quick drive, and a lovely evening. :cool:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gr8Danes:
Hay, cool. A couple other Minnesota folk in the house. :D

I ordered from the IGH store. Still waiting.......
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bluesolarflare:
It's just good practice to be in communications with your customers. I work in the Tech Support field and when we have to open up a ticket directly with our engineers over seas, we continuously update the customer with the progress every 48 hours(24 if the issue is severe) with an update even if there is no new information. We just send an email or call to say "Hey we are still working on this" just to keep the lines of communication open and not let the customer feel like they are left in the dark.

At first, I wasn't upset, but now all I really wanted BBY to do was release a statement saying that they missed the targeted 21st release date and that they are just waiting. Pretty much sucks for all of us who still don't have a phone yet.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zaisaroni:
They list the Blue GS3 in stock online.... Maybe call them or stop in?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zmore:
I think I have come to terms with getting "shafted" by high demand and useless non-ATT pre-ordering...

Any time this week is fine. Lesson learned.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gr8Danes:
Yea, for the pre-orders. Apparently, my white order isn't in yet and the blues are all spoken for. Damnit!!

The way my luck goes.....should have ordered from AT&T, would have had it already.....ordered a blue.....would have had it......

Next shipment.....the 28th.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] KriztopherKY:
ATT's not much better...called our corporate store in town just a bit ago, and was told they had just released them for shipment because of a custom's holdup ...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ranchosteve:
Order Date: 06/07/2012

Order Status: 1 item(s) - Order in process of being fulfilled.

Was the a $50 gift card bonus for preordering?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bigblue95z:
What??!!! Just called and said no. And I preordered there!!!!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] thehavock18:
Showing online at best buy
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] yokken:
Was waiting for the site to come back up to post this.

Just got off the phone with corporate filing a complaint against the supervisor. Turns out I'm ACTUALLY the only blue AT&T preorder at the entire store, which is hilarious because the supervisor told me earlier today that they had the phone and were contacting the preorders to come pick up their phones, and to wait for the email. When I called later, a girl told me they hadn't received the phones yet. I told her I had been informed earlier that they HAD received the phones and were filling preorders. This makes the story even better, because the supervisor lied to me before he lied to me about not being able to cancel the preorders.

This whole situation is laughable because I couldn't get an order status or place in line out of ANYONE until I called corporate to file a complaint. Shows you how much they try to keep your business without putting any effort into actually checking into your order. The corporate CS rep told me (after calling my store to figure it out) that my store doesn't keep a preorder "list" like they used to, and that their computer system tracks it now. I still don't get why they can't just look it up.

I asked if she could get the activation fee waived, or make a note to waive it. She said she couldn't do that, but she would e-mail my store to work with their AT&T rep to waive my activation fee. I'm not expecting ****.

But damn. If I don't get an e-mail tomorrow telling me to come pick up my phone… I'm gonna be sad/mad/crazy. If I'm the only blue AT&T preorder… damn.

And the website says NOT AVAILABLE for all stores around MN. 16GB, Pebble Blue, AT&T.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] JayFReaZy:
Just called my BB in Rego Park, NY where I placed the pre-order for a white s3 and nothing! If BB doesn't have it by Wed afternoon, I am pre-ordering at at&t in order to pick it up on Thursday the 28th. Extremely frustrating, especially when I pre-ordered on the 6th.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bizdady:
Two more dayyyyyyyyys!!! But at least I know my baby is on its way :D

Scheduled Delivery:

Wednesday, 06/27/2012, By End of Day

Last Location:

Palatine, IL, United States, Monday, 06/25/2012

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Mine switched to that status on Saturday so id say yours should ship soon. The $50 gc was for the Phone Freedom promotion early in the year.

Did you sign up for that? I got the gift card before my shipping notice.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bluesolarflare:
If anyone is in Southern California and is looking for the Pebble Blue, these are the BBY stores that have it right now (non pre-order) as of 4:21pm. Call before heading out and good luck.

Los Angeles County

Burbank, CA

1501 N Victory PL

818-845-5121

Pasadena CA

3514 E Foothill Blvd

626-351-9516

Orange County

Tustin CA

2982 El Camino Real, Tustin CA

714-669-8355

Riverside County

Mira Loma, CA

122281 Limonite Ave

951-360-0817

Murrieta CA

25080 Madison Ave

951-696-2001

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Also Chula Vista is showing

WHITE

in stock. Gave them a call and they said they have 3 in stock however they are for pre-orders and they expect another shipment of whites in tomorrow and Friday.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kydkupa:
Okay I'm about to get mine. Doing the hardware swap right now. Pics in a sec. I had a pre order, but went to a different store that had them for sale since my store has yet to receive their pre order shipment.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
it was a promotion back in february

if you bought it instore, you could have applied the $50 freedom card to your phone purchase
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jerrygooch:
Well guess I was wrong about today. There's always tomorrow :)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
And the next day
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jerrygooch:
Can always be hopeful it ships before the 28th :)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ReggieTee:
My best buy preorder was cancelled today because they didn't realize I picked it up Friday lol. Got an email today saying it was cancelled.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ph00ny:
thanks for the headsup. I called my local best buy where i pre-ordered from and guy told me that my pre-ordered unit has been sitting there for a while....

I had 0 calls or emails. They asked me if i didn't get a phone call...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bizdady:
I hate dealing with reps. Just used it online on a 32gb micro sd card and some headphones for the kiddo lol
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
Well bro, hate to say it, but prepare to be sad/mad/crazy cause it's more likely than not you won't get anything until Thursday. So what came about the complaint?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] thehavock18:
Stopped in to the store to see if they got any last minute shipments. Rep told me that ATT has not released the phone yet and there is no date could be in July lol. 28th I will go to ATT and get it
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] galaxyvirgin:
Called to see if my phone had came in, rep told me some time in July. Ill be going to ATT on Thursday to pick one up I guess. Ordered on 6/5 in Bham AL
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wgarrido:
I wouldn't base it on what they say.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] sfernandez:
Some half azz good news. I called Fresno Riverpark Best buy and they did recieve some ATT in stock today buy it was for pre-orders only so he couldnt sell me them. So atleast BB is getting em in. He also stated call back thursday and they should have some then.