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[Nexus 7 General] adiliyo:
I understand that they can't cancel an order once its gone into the shipment phase, but why can they cancel some and not others, unless the quoted email was from an order placed much later than mine it doesn't make sense.

If it means they're boxing up my tablet for a Monday shipment, its not a consistent experience.
[Nexus 7 General] adiliyo:
Man, I forget how much gamestop rips people off, I got 160 for my elite Xbox not 5 months ago
[Nexus 7 General] hullbay:
Probably having something to do with placing the orders and receiving stock of x amount of tabs only to be cancelled on later? Not sure, although I agree if it's before shipment it shouldn't be a problem.
[Nexus 7 General] altrikdout21:
On Shipping: Just got off the phone with a Google CS rep, and he said that whether or not we'll have to sign for the package is usually up to the shipping company.

UPS is going to deliver my package, and they usually don't require a signature on anything I've bought over here, so I'm expecting not to sign for it.
[Nexus 7 General] Rock-&-Roll-Hedgehog:
You are typing & on the phone. Now that is dedication. :cool: I hope the TNT deliveries for the UK are signed for as well. But I doubt they will have that info. I'm toying with whether or not I should ring them myself.

P.S Do we have to do the image captcha thing (when we post) in perpetuity or is it just a noob thing?
[Nexus 7 General] IncredibleMango:
UPS sometimes makes me sign, others not. So... I don't know what to expect!

P.S. Noob thing. Get 10 posts and you can do quick reply, signiture, and no captcha!
[Nexus 7 General] altrikdout21:
Haha well I was on hold for about 10 minutes so I had some time :p

I'd give them a ring, couldn't hurt!

And yeah as Mango said, it is thankfully a noob thing! I was getting so frustrated when I got the captcha wrong...:eek:
[Nexus 7 General] panman86:
Well, I got $155 for essentially an 4gig 360 slim plus 5 old games. I was satisfied, especially seeing as I didn't have to mess with ebay or craigslist.

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I never used the 360. It sat in my entertainment center collecting dust for 6 months. Why would anyone do anything? Obviously the justifications will be based on personal preferences.
[Nexus 7 General] Outrager:
I don't mind Gamestop buying your used games/consoles for cheap and selling for high. That's how they make money and if people are too lazy to sell it on their own then they can sell it to Gamestop quickly. What I don't like about Gamestop is when they sell "New" games that have been unwrapped and most likely played by the employees. Also, a lot of their employees don't really know much about games, but there are some really nice ones that do and are very friendly.

Some of their trade in prices are kind of scary low though. My brother traded in a Wii around winter time and it was like $40 and that's including a $20 bonus promotion they were running.
[Nexus 7 General] knitnerd:
UPS Signature Required

UPS shipments can be sent Signature Required. Amazon does this for more expensive items, and other times it doesn't. It is up to the company doing the shipment whether or not this gets set. I checked our UPS profile at my office and it looks like Signature Required is the default and you have to choose "No Signature Required" as a free option.

So it looks like if UPS leaves it at your door, it was either sent that way from the shipper (not necessarily Google/Staples but some third party who doesn't care) OR you have a jerk for a UPS driver.

I always have my shipments dropped at a business location if possible because they will leave just about anything on my porch and I've had things stolen a couple times.
[Nexus 7 General] jptech:
Charge just reappeared on my card

07/07/2012 Pending GOOGLE *Cellfish Media $ -280.42 Processing

I'm assuming this means they're gonna ship it on Monday.
[Nexus 7 General] k_flan:
Ordered on the 27th, no new charge here.
[Nexus 7 General] Rock-&-Roll-Hedgehog:
I just checked my bank account too. No new charge pending here either, I also ordered on the 27th June (from the Uk Playstore).
[Nexus 7 General] plambda:
Same. Although I'll be out of town for two weeks, I'm coming home for the weekend and would like to have it for when I next travel. So hoping it arrives by the 13th.
[Nexus 7 General] mtfsandlin:
No new charge for me either. xD
[Nexus 7 General] gavinfabl:
The winner is ebuyer. Not heard of them before. Now they've had great publicity by shipping early :)
[Nexus 7 General] iucidium:
Leave now in peace.
[Nexus 7 General] DagsJT:
The Archer book is one of the freebies that we get in the UK, the other is Transformers. Americans get a Bourne book, some magazines, some music and the movie.
[Nexus 7 General] demandarin:
I got a feeling us u.s. buyers will get it next week. those ebuyer u.k. people lucked up being able to get it early. i know they stoked. i hope they answer any questions people who havent recieved yet may ask.

lets see some xda user hands on videos ;)
[Nexus 7 General] chrisjm00:
I see what you're saying, but if they mass produced these things and had them waiting at their warehouse when pre-order opened, what other way would there be? Maybe the reason that they are taking longer with getting the pre-order ones out is because of that. Is there a possibility that the retailers got theirs first is because there wouldn't be any pre-loading of accounts on those units? Maybe they needed to wait to have the accounts synced up with the devices before they could receive them from Asus for shipment. Which would make alot more sense than opening up boxes and syncing devices. That's a possibility too. The sorting and keeping things straight can't be easy, depending on how many people wanted their devices loaded with their Google account. Asus ships out the batches that are ready and don't need to be pre-loaded. Google forwards those to retailers to keep their shipping department unrestricted for when the next batch of loaded pre-orders come through. Maybe they are just waiting on Asus to send that second batch to them with all the accounts loaded. Or maybe it is Friday, I'm not awake, and this really doesn't make much sense. :cyclops:
[Nexus 7 General] armyboy11b:
We get transformers too
[Nexus 7 General] ajg74:
and anyway, I didn't tick no "link my device to my account" button when I ordered, I don't even recall there being such a button, so Google stop pissing around and ship it out already!!! Grrrrrrrrr
[Nexus 7 General] vxv831:
why why why to bother with preloading? never done it for any other devices, lallalalallalalallalala.sick of this... bored to death really.

Nexus 7 will be on sale for the next 6 months and every month it will be cheaper. only reason to preorder was because they promise to pre deliver or at least deliver first. now i can not cancel or i can not forget..
[Nexus 7 General] Sarg92:
I do find it somewhat annoying that ebuyer have already shipped devices whereas there is nothing from Google Play UK but never did Google state an exact release date. It seems like ebuyer started shipping without Google's permission hence all other UK retailers have the release scheduled for next week.

If other retailers start shipping before Google Play UK then there would be an issue but just because one retailer started shipping before the actual release doesn't mean that Google have done something wrong.
[Nexus 7 General] charlesky:
The problem is that it already is ready, and people have pics to prove it.

The only reason we're waiting is because Google Commerce isn't as efficient at sending out orders as a place like ebuyer.
[Nexus 7 General] Thebeast715:
wow

I went to sleep on page 568...

That many posts and nothing has changed lol. Where's Ronald this morning?
[Nexus 7 General] mlilliman:
;) Must admit to feeling a bit of a turd coming on here and telling you all about receiving my Nexus. If there's anything you want me to check or try out on the device, I don't mind taking requests!

Describing and taking photos is about the best I can do as I'm supposed to be working... won't be able to upload 'hands on' video footage and the like.
[Nexus 7 General] limitedtime:
So, I just woke up. And basically there is no new info and no emails? I only ask because I have to get ready for work and dont have time to read everything I missed. I dont have an email...from Google/UPS that is.
[Nexus 7 General] ktz84:
The 19 July was only ever given by the Dixon group as a shipping date so far as I can remember. There was a lot of speculation a couple of days ago about an eminent release to retail on the 12 July which seemed to be backed by shop employees themselves on several sites. I'm guessing the 12 July was to be the release date but for some reason that was pushed. Whether Google go that message out to all the retailers or not - who knows. So I woudn't assume that Ebuyer delibrately flouted any Google embargo. Google's ambiguity over dates only contributed to the situation.

It also interesting to note that the 12 July fell just after the 3 week announcement at Google IO when they said 3-4 weeks. Of course Google built a buffer into the announcement however the intention would always be to shoot for the earlier date and only delay out the end if that was absolutely necessary given that consumers will always want at the earliest possible time. I think there is enough in there for me to be pretty sure that Google was just p1ssing everyone around and they've now got the result they've got.
[Nexus 7 General] vxv831:
i wonder why the rest of the UK shops haven's started selling it, online and at the shops. If the embargo (or whatever silly reason that was) is already broken by ebuyers, then everyone should just go ahead and sell..
[Nexus 7 General] rcolddroid:
no news on my pre order yet. if goggle is going to sell items that need to be shipped they need to study how Amazon does it. my kindle fire was sent immeadiately after ordering. also, i just had a problem with an order at Amazon and the CSRs there took care of it immeadiately. the lack of follow up information on the pre orders has been frustrating. all goggle has to say is that the first shipments will be going out on so and so date or if there is a problem and that there will be a delay. obviously something occurred as some of the retailers expected to ship their pre orders yesterday and then were told to delay until later.

just got an email from office depot. the nexus 7 is in stock and if i order now i will get it in 3 - 5 business days. hmm, that means between next Wednesday and Friday. so now i have to beleive that our pre orders will be here by then unless goggle has completely lost it or i have, lol

one correction left side says release date TBD and right side says 3 - 5 business days which i assume is after the release date has been determined
[Nexus 7 General] Rueben_:
How is the thickness of the device is it nice to hold ;)

Also this is how im feeling right now :P
[Nexus 7 General] Atmazzz:
Other than GameStop, name the lots of sites that were taking preorders the next day.
[Nexus 7 General] Defiant81:
So its safe to say that the Google rep who told me my nexus 7 was shipping on Wednesday lied to me.

Ordered June 27 US, no email or charge
[Nexus 7 General] punitenshu:
The only thing I'm curious about is how quickly the browser runs. I've got a Transformer Prime and the browsers are slow and hang like crazy. Since this is another ASUS tab, that's my only major concern.
[Nexus 7 General] tdoyle:
Congrats to you lucky buggers who got a hold of your 7 today!

I guess I'm a bit disappointed with Google over this whole thing (I ordered mine from the play store on the 2nd) but this stuff happens I suppose....
[Nexus 7 General] :
Well, today is Friday the 13th. I'm sure we'll get good news...

MB860, CM7.2.0, Faux 026b1 1Ghz
[Nexus 7 General] __Blaz0__:
Order Date: June 27, 2012 10:46:49 AM UTC-7

Still no word from Google. No status change, bank account activity. Michigan here. Detroit area.

I am wondering if it has to do with individual packaging. It seems the big bulk boxes have made it's way out. I know I will never do this again.
[Nexus 7 General] Defiant81:
Google lies
[Nexus 7 General] adomanico01:
And honestly the only other thing to expect with an ASUS tab is shipment delays...

The trend continues.
[Nexus 7 General] brizey:
Yeah, I had my KF shipped second day and I got it the next day. Read an article where they are trying to get to a next day model with same day as an option. The only time they screw up is when they do that crap where it gets handed off to the post office on a second day order. Only has happened to me maybe twice in 100+ orders. I get stuff early more often than I get it late with them. I sometimes wonder if Google and Amazon missed an opportunity to collaborate to take on Apple. Googles tech and Amazon's logistics and content.
[Nexus 7 General] shane_huskey:
They can just scan the serial number barcode and link it to your account, no need to actually turn the device on.

He said Americans get the movie also

I think the checkbox was on the final page when ordering, and if I remember correctly, it was ticked by default. If you didn't want it linked, I think you had to uncheck the box
[Nexus 7 General] mlilliman:
Feels nice, reasonably weighty. Build quality is better than I expected - there are no gaps where the glass meets the case surround, which otherwise could easily trap dirt build up. The rear is excellent... it kind of looks leathery but feels a rubbery plastic; there's certainly more grip than having a smooth plastic or aluminium back. Looks like a well made device.
[Nexus 7 General] jwischka:
Just called Google. I preordered as soon as the page went up (before the actual announcement) so I should certainly be in the first wave, but no info yet.

Google is now claiming that "we do not have any contracts with retailers, so people who are receiving them are receiving the manufacturer (ASUS) model, not the Google one. We are finalizing shipments, and hope to have them out by Monday."

When pressed for what exactly the difference between the "Google Nexus 7" and the "ASUS Nexus 7" were, he couldn't really tell me.

I must say, not the best overall experience.
[Nexus 7 General] ajg74:
Really??? Damm I should have taken more notice when ordering, still I don't care, it should in no way slow down shipping, if Google would just say something, ANYTHING about what is going on, esp now that people who ordered from Ebuyer yesterday have got their devices!!!

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YAY Ronald's back!! :D
[Nexus 7 General] Rueben_:
I bet you any money that when I go on Holiday in 7 days the nexus 7 will turn up when im not there :p
[Nexus 7 General] shane_huskey:
I'm not sure, but that sounds like it might be incorrect information. I guess they could've split the devices like they did with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, but if that were the case, Google would not be able to tell Gamestop, Sam's Club etc. to hold packages, that would be an ASUS decision. As far as I know, they is only a "Google Nexus 7 manufactured by ASUS" and not an "ASUS Nexus 7." I could be wrong...
[Nexus 7 General] pclov3r:
What do you think?
[Nexus 7 General] RBFesquire:
Perhaps the Play Store ones have Google stamped on the back instead of ASUS!

That would be very cool and worth the wait IMO :)
[Nexus 7 General] flub:
My precious Nexus 7 arrived safely from Ebuyer

set up

Got £15 play credit instantly

pre loaded with Transformers movie

update came in so now on 4.1.1

running butterly smooth
[Nexus 7 General] mlilliman:
Do you have any particular website that is problematic, or is the Prime laggy in general? It's difficult to distinguish sometimes between the speed of the internet connection, how busy the server hosting the website is, and the speed of the client device to know where the issue is. Both my desktop machines can be slow at times and they're running new hardware that is overly specced for internet browsing.

Having said that, pages on the Nexus are rendered swiftly and the zooming, pinching etc. is all really smooth (I can see why Google called it Project Butter :)). No complaints here, so far.
[Nexus 7 General] antikryst:
I'd actually be happy of the ship later today so I get it Monday. One more day to go.
[Nexus 7 General] rdubbs007:
Lies. Your sig doesnt have it there.
[Nexus 7 General] __Blaz0__:
I will be shocked if I see mine before next Friday. That's just the feeling I have. I'm tempted to cancel and just pickup at Sams Club come Tuesday or whatever. I think the whole thing stinks. I should have known better than to pre-order something with no release date. I guess I get what I deserve. No charge has been made to my credit card, so at this point the only thing I have at stake here is a time investment. If I leave my order, it saves me from driving around town. I want this thing bad, but there is some serious nerd rage in this thread.
[Nexus 7 General] jwischka:
Ya think?

It sounded like an absolute load of crap to me - particularly when the people who have theirs already have a big fat "Google" across the front.

Reality: this launch is a major dumpster fire, and it's (mostly) Google's doing. I will certainly have significant second thoughts before ordering directly from them again.
[Nexus 7 General] vxv831:
google nexus vs asus nexus

Person that knows his **** vs person that knows jack ****..
[Nexus 7 General] woundedworld:
Can you please plug some headphones in to that beauty and give us a general consensus?
[Nexus 7 General] pclov3r:
I cracked up making this one.
[Nexus 7 General] flub:
whats that union jack in my sig

ooh its my nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] rdubbs007:
cant read a picture.

on a serious note, who thinks that B&M stores will start selling their stock today since ebuyer gave google the middle finger? also heard that google's hold audio said that resellers can do what they want with their stock......

i guess that is why they called adorama yesterady huh.....
[Nexus 7 General] MarkyMark8609:
So what happens to the retailers who "jumped the gun" in these situations?

Surely Google must have communicated to them not to ship the tablet, yet they must have ignored it and shipped them.

I'm more intrigued than bitter (ok, so I'm a little bitter :p)
[Nexus 7 General] jwischka:
Didn't you read? They aren't shipping the *Google* tablet!

:rolleyes:
[Nexus 7 General] crankcaller:
Yeah I'd like to know that too. Wasn't aware of the Tegra 3 Audio debacle when I ordered.

Is the Audio OK? or Piss Poor? Both terms used by Audiophiles btw.
[Nexus 7 General] Hemidroids:
Do what?

Order a product and have them ship it when they said they would?

You're never gonna do that again?

LOL....some people!!
[Nexus 7 General] Gigalabz:
The People who ordered via the online retailer (ebuyer) also have recieved the free google play store credit :(
[Nexus 7 General] crankcaller:
Yeah but we get the super duper free Google support stockings.

As modelled by Sergey Brin
[Nexus 7 General] diecast17:
Asus/google may not restock them for a while.

I am sure this is Asus's fault, and Google isn't helping with no official statement or shipping date.
[Nexus 7 General] MarkyMark8609:
ok change Google for Asus...

Same question
[Nexus 7 General] delta136:
this was a known fact. I don't know where the other rumor started, but EVERYONE gets the free $25 credit

This has been known for over a week
[Nexus 7 General] tylerwatt12:
Quoting megapenguinx on Reddit
[Nexus 7 General] thekillingtree:
i'm just gonna go to adorama in an hour and try to pick one up.
[Nexus 7 General] pclov3r:
I think i'll post one more
[Nexus 7 General] californiarailroader:
How can we sleep when our beds are burning? :D
[Nexus 7 General] __Blaz0__:
No, I simply meant pre-order somehting with no actual release date. Like I said... My fault. You must have Google stock or work for them.
[Nexus 7 General] Ayenn13:
Good for them!

Why so selfish?

There was nothing about that offer being exclusive to GP pre-orders. The offer is exclusive only to "For a limited time, includes $25 of credit to spend in the Play store". It doesn't even specifically mention pre-orders of any kind.

People getting free sh!t is awesome! Imagine how happy those people are if they doubted they would get the credit or didn't even know they were going to get it. That. Is. Awesome! :highfive:
[Nexus 7 General] pclov3r:
LOL tell me to stop posting these
[Nexus 7 General] Gigalabz:
i knew this i was just telling the guy that i quoted in my post that it isnt just GP orders that got it.
[Nexus 7 General] punitenshu:
Well the major problem is that regardless of the site you're loading Chrome and the default browser frequently hang on many of the Primes to the point where you have to wait for a dialog to pop up that asks if you want to kill the page or wait (and it generally comes back to life immediately if you click wait). When it's not stalling it's just plain slooooooow at loading pages (my GNex loads pages faster on 4g than my TFP does on FIOS, and my PC on FIOS loads most sites I frequent pretty much instantaneously).

There are threads about the browser crashes here on XDA, along with the GMail app crashing to the point of being unusable for some people as well.

Glad to hear it's nice and smooth for you though. I'm getting my hopes up that this little guy will actually be good for leisurely web surfing.
[Nexus 7 General] t-readyroc:
Phandroid's take on it. (the ordering fiasco)
[Nexus 7 General] Rueben_:
One for you lol
[Nexus 7 General] Gigalabz:
im not arguing that. i was clearly telling another poster that all tablets are recieveing the free $25 as he seemed to think otherwise.
[Nexus 7 General] ejkeebler:
Seriously, while no one has a legal course of action against google, i'm certain we have the right to be frustrated and/or disappointed. When you preorder its a promise on both parties, not just the party who was given the money. I promise i'm giving you the money and you promise to give me one before they run out. Now the frustration is:

a) it's very apparent they have started shipping as evidence for over a week now people have not been able to change orders, because they have already started the "Shipping process" ok well we've all paid for 2 day shipping and that means it should have been here practically a week ago, but its not its just sitting in a warehouse

b) no one from the play store has an ETA on anything yet, for all we know we are still 2 weeks away, that would put us past the 3 week mark and from the looks of it past the ability to pick one up in the store from sams, etc, and saving money, so that to me sounds like i didn't get in the first batch, even though I pre-ordered.

c) claims of people who ordered from google play of already receiving devices, so that again tells me i pre-ordered for no reason, because as stated by many people all a pre order does is guarentee you a device in the first batch, well clearly that wasn't the case.

d) the fact that when you call support (I personally have not yet) they give you no type of answer as to what is going on.

e) finally now there are reports that they can only ship 10,000 a day if you guess that 60 or 70 thousand units (which seems low tome, but i'm clueless) were ordered during the pre-order that could mean 6 or 7 business days until your pre-order finally gets shipped, which again puts it past the 3 week mark indicated when i ordered.

on the flipside, we now have reports that their may be different support models for those who've ordered through google play and that it also might not even be the same "google" tablet? That would frustrate me if I canx my order and got one from a source in the store and no one has spoken to that either.

Thats why so many are frustrated, and venting on a message board seems to help a little bit, what's the big deal?
[Nexus 7 General] skappy7:
I was followed by 2 18-wheeler UPS trucks on the way to work :eek:
[Nexus 7 General] Zyxxeil:
These memes never get old ROFL.
[Nexus 7 General] pclov3r:
When do you think the google play orders will ship?

Wednesday next week?