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[HD2 General] joe_coolish:
So my story is pretty good. I talked to my local rep at around 2:30. He said that they were sold out and there was a list as long as my .... well, it was long. I said that I was a loyal iPhoner and had drug my wife from t-mo 5 months earlier when we got married. I said that we both would be coming back to t-mo only if I could have this phone.

I knew that this was the only chance I had. I needed to put out the bait of 2 commissions as apposed to 1 (or even just an upgrade). He took down my name and number and said that he'd call if anything changed. Well, around 4:00 he called me and said that they had a couple of people that backed out and that "if I kept it a secret, he'd keep one for me" but I needed to act before 7 when he got off work. I quickly called my wife and explained what was up. When she got home from work we raced over and I got my beloved :) I was funny cuz one of my Halo buddies was there with his wife trying to pull the same thing I did to get HD2s.

I got home and was very happy :) WinMo totally made up for my xBox RRODing the night before! Geez, some times I really hate/love microsoft, ya know?

oh, and p.s. The store just got in some HD2 this last week. Haven't checked but I wouldn't be surprised if they are already sold out. I really am happy that the HD2 is doing so well. Maybe venders will see that it has market potential and make good BINs (Apps are for pods) for the phone? Yeah, I'm talking to you facebook!
[HD2 General] RKnight1983:
All of this just makes me really glad that I was waiting at my local store 10 minutes before they opened the door and I was 1st inline. I actually planned my morning around it lol.
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
Funny thing; I just popped over to newegg to check on their accessories and put "htc hd2" in as a search term. It only returned 2 results, both of them were "Unavailable" unlocked HD2s ;)

Oh, not trying to toot my own horn here, but I am really trying to get us an "Accessories" section opened up under "T-Mobile USA HTC HD2" for various reasons. If you are a mod, or know one, please point them over to my "Requesting New Accessories Section" thread.

Our 1024's are very much unique and I have tons of questions and info on possible Accessories for them.

(Also, I plan to post some DIY Instructables once we get the thread opened :D)
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
You should know, this makes you both hated and envied :P
[HD2 General] tbonezx11:
I told my boss 2 weeks before "opening day" that I was going to come in early on the 24th so I could leave at 8:30 (normally when I'm at office). I got to store 45 min before they opened & was 8th in line ... the store only got 14 phones.

I got #13 after "patiently" waiting as the guy two people in front of me kept asking questions as he turned in his Blackberry! UGH...and then the couple in front of my bought 2!
[HD2 General] tuppaacc:
lol they are sold out on Tmo store but overstock on LA Craigslist

hahah lol yeah I'm going to sell mine this week. winmo is back in the day now (maybe untill winmo7 but there won't be an official release for HD2) android is prob a better choice and F*** the iphone that stupid overpriced crap with features worst than my winmo 2003 ... lol lame :P haha
[HD2 General] bravo261:
i asked my mother to drive 15 miles at night in the rain to pick it up in portland Oregon and fly it down the next morning with her to SoCal. she flew standby for cheap and got delayed in salt lake...but her baggage got here on time!

got it for $400 off craigslist instead of the $500 out-the-door price. on occasion, i can love that bickering woman
[HD2 General] ministersin:
I tried to get one from TMobile when the second round came available online.

When I called they were not available as an "upgrade." Only to new customers. So I started a new line of service with the 2 year contract.

I got the phone, installed the sim from my old phone in it and never even activated the other line.

When I called to cancel the other line within my 14 day time period, my plan was to keep the phone and just have them bill me the other $250 for the phone (I had paid $199 with contract).

Turns out they told me to wait and then cancel the contract after my 14 day period and I would only have to pay the 200 early terminations fee. Which is cheaper than paying the extra 249 for the phone if I cancel early.

So I actually got the phone for $399 instead of $449 because I went the long way around the loop to upgrade my G1.

Major upgrade from G1 by the way, Great phone. Some lag. But AMAZING ability to tweak it. I am sure I will be able to tweak away any lag.
[HD2 General] domineus:
my story is easy

I looked on craigslist someone sold it for 375 all accessories unlocked and still in box

I jumped on it =3

touch hd2 for 375 I can easily resale it for 475 and make a 100 dollar profit =)

but uhm I'm in love with this phone sorta
[HD2 General] bored2nite:
Wow.... these stories are amazing

Being on the other side of all this makes me appreciate my phone more and more. I was fortunate to be (what seems like now with even employee demand) one of the selected few to be trained throughly on this phone.

The date this near perfect device fell into my hands? : March 18th, 2009.

3 hours of training, walk out of auditorium (held at an IMAX theater) with my Halo 3 and Gears of War 2 i won lol... to get handed my brand new Tmo HD2... i remember i didn't have my 2nd line sim card with me, so i went to the closest store to get one and get it activated as those reps in the store probably hated me. lol

I even remember having my 8gb sd card with cabs ready to load on it before i even got home with the thing. I thought i was going to be sad to leave my TP2 with that awesome keyboard but that lasted about 2 seconds when STICK TOGETHER popped onto the screen lol.

I feel bad when people call and come in and there is nothing we can do. They sell out so fast that it even surprises me... I am at a high volume store and some times we will go from 10 to 2 in a hour... even I am like where is my one or two to sell???
[HD2 General] cu2cool:
1.) Called around all the Walmart's and T-Mobile stores on Monday and Tuesday before the release date because of the supposed early availability.

2.) Called all around T-Mobile store to see which one would have it when opening on release day.

3.) Barely slept, woke up early, and showed up at T-Mobile store only 10 minutes after opening on release day.

4.) Showed the phone to my dad that night and decided to go for the BOGO promotion. Had to track down a second one now.

5.) The next day, had to call all around again to see which store had it in stock. Only able to find one at a different T-Mobile store. Turned down on price adjustment for BOGO promo.

6.) Called all stores again to see if they would honor the promo with a price adjustment. Got different responses from every store I called. "Only good for new line activation," "Not eligible for HD2's," "Can't do a return without sending phone back to manufacturer,"What promotion??"

7.) Called T-Mobile customer service 3 different times. First time rep said I could return two HD2's and repurchase with promo. Second rep said I was SOL. Third rep said the same as the first, but this time I asked her to call the store directly as to avoid any more confusion/different answer.

8.) Showed up at store that the rep called. Had to wait around for another 20 minutes before the manager could figure out what exactly he was supposed to do.

9.) Out of the store with two HD2's for only $200. :D
[HD2 General] StarLog:
I was frustrated with anxioity.

I was a G1 owner, and knew I needed something bigger.

Called sveral stores within 15 miles of Orlando, FLA. and talked to 2 that

said they could help me. So in the cr I go, 10 miles down the road, stand in line, and wait to talk to them. You see, I am 16 months into a 24 month contract. The rep said sorry your contract is not able to be upgraded. So frustrated, I left, got home, and called the CSS 611 number to verify, still no joy that way.

THEN this wonderful forum the XDA guys = one poster said here is a link

that says 12 months into your contract, you are elligible for a full upgrade.

T-Mobile had to do it, so I called to place the order over the phone, the CSS said the upgrade system was down, and he had me in the system for tomorrow morning upgrade and he would call me. OK, I guess that was good enough for noe.

WAIT, he calls the next morning to say sorry, all the phones are gone. darn !!!

I asked which stores were able to see the notes he put on my account saying I was eligible for the upgrade. He said Corporate stores, can see the notes.

So I started calling just corporte stores in the area, found one that was to receive HD2's that afternoon, and another that had like 24 phones. Jumped in the car, left work, and 20 miles down the road, was able to get my phone, joy joy. Two days later the wife wanted to upgrade her G1 as well. AGAIN, we went to a corp store, that had HD2's, and of course the CSS via the store rep said not elliglible for upgrade, so I pulled up the T-Mo website, and showed her where the site said 12 months fully elligible. BAMM, wife got her phone.
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
Actually, I think you probably had the hardest time of all getting yours, after all you did have to get a job working for TMo and then enroll in a training seminar. I'm just not that dedicated ;)
[HD2 General] remo32001:
I live in NYC(Bronx)

I went to the store and they sold all of the 6!!! phones they had already in reseved. BYy 11:30 am almost every Tmob store with in 50 niles sold out. A last ditch call had me rush to SOHO for 1 of there 2 HD2's. One was being sold already got ma phone walked out...Struttin:D
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
@Snarksneeze....what store here did you get yours at??

The Highland Mall store (by far the closest to me) does have me on the list, I check daily, but they still insist they haven't had any supplimental shipments since they got 3 units in last week.

I've been trying the Triangle (Lamar and 45th st) store too, since it's newer, less traffic, and seems to keep stock longer on newly-released phones, but they haven't had any new ones lately either...or so they claim.

I'm about to just pick one of them and go camp out there, but if you have any other local insights I would be thrilled!!

And, once I get it, I'll be happy to help out all I can with tweaking and testing :D
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
Yeah, I went to the Highland store to get my TouchPro2, but they haven't gotten any HD2's in for a while.

I ended up getting mine from the North Hills store, right beside the pediatrician, in the HEB strip mall.

The rep there told me that the other stores sat on their first shipment, holding them for certain customers. Because of that, they didn't show good sales and won't get restocked for a bit. He also said that because they don't have a waiting list there at North Hills, they get in larger shipments. That store got 24 of them that day at 1pm and sold them all by the time I walked out at 3:30 or so.

I should also mention that I am on EVERY waiting list in town. Even though I got my phone, I decided to wait and see how long it would take to get a call back. I haven't gotten a single call yet :(

---EDIT---

I got mine on a Tuesday (04/06/2010). I mention that because it's when they get their trucks in, mostly Tuesday and Thursday, but it really is worth a call the evening before the truck to see if you can get someone to sneak a look at the next day's shipping manifest.

Most sales people wouldn't do that for me, but I kept calling back until I found one that would, LOL!
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
AWESOME, thank you! I had no idea that store did any real volume, I kinda skipped it just because it didn't strike me as a likely location. I work right down by Mopac and Breaker, so I can even run over there on my lunch :)

I'll hit all the ones w/in this area (again!) within the next 48 hours, wish me luck!!
[HD2 General] sumo911:
I called as I was on my way to the tmobile store, and some guy tells me there is only 1 left. I get there 5 mins later and the clerk lady told me they were sold out. I say I just spoke to some dude and he told me there was one left like 5 mins ago. He overhears the conversation and brings out my baby! :D

I paid Sprint's $180 ETF, plus $450 for the Leo itself! And the chick at the tmobile store was either trying to lie to me or was totally clueless about HD2 stocks in her own store. Maybe she was mad cause tmobile employees arent technically "allowed" to purchase HD2's yet. Dont be mad, b!tch! LOL.:p
[HD2 General] Susasama:
LOL on my little escapade, when i finally found it,(you can read my, searching for it, post a page or two back) i told the guy to let me ask my wife which phone she wanted, cause she was unsure of the mytouch and behold II. So he said give her a call, I'll run to the bathroom. Called her, got it all sorted out. He was still gone, so i just sat waiting at this Kiosk. In strolls a guy asking another clerk about the last HD2 in stock, which it was. I immediately butted in and was like, it's mine, the clerk who's selling it to me went to the bathroom. The guy just gave me this evil look and just started talking to the other clerk, ignoring me. A few min later my clerk comes back, and the guy's like, "So, is he for sure going to get that phone?" He was like "Yeah, first come first serve." He walked out with the look of intent to murder on his face.
[HD2 General] wingtytn:
before the release date i called everyday for 2weeks to get a price release date and info on device and got nothing... even at 12midnite on the 24th i called and got nothing had to wait till 10am to order it
[HD2 General] Z51:
craigslist at 1 AM!

seriously...lol
[HD2 General] jubeh:
I just kept hitting F5 on my T-Mo account for a week until last week when I was finally able to order it (they had been off of stock online and all sold out on stores and mall outlets in my city). I just received it this Monday night.

I had a TP2 before which I kept for the full 14 day buyer's remorse period before returning it. Coming from android, but not being so blinded stupid and actually knowing what WM 6.5 was, I liked the TP2, but the resistive touchscreen was a major turnoff.

I loved the OS had potential and I loved the TP2 hardware, but it needed a QSD8k and the T-Mo Leo's 1GB ROM 576 RAM (there's nothing else like that out there, and won't be for a while, not even the Supersonic), so I returned it and decided to wait for the HD2 instead, even if it meant compromising on a hw keyboard (htc's keyboard works awesome on Android, but it seems it could use some work on WM, so I'm getting acclimated to swype now).
[HD2 General] starkall:
I wasnt even gonna buy a new phone, i had the nexus one and was walking by a Tmobile Kiosk at the mall of america in The twin cities in minnesota and the guy working there saw my phone and asked to see it as he said he had never seen one. Then he showed me the HD2 and said he had one left and it had just came out. I had no clue what it was and never even heard of it, so i was like ok ill try it out, so i bought and sold my Nexus one on craigslist for $575 after using it for a month LOL im liking it so far but kind of seems to lag every once in a while and has some glitches i guess that kinda bother me.
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
LOL, now I have to wonder how many of us here have met in the stores!

As soon as I sat down at the kiosk, the clerk says, "Wait, let me go back and put my hands on one."

He walks out a moment later, cradling my newborn baby in his arms. I think I made cooing noises ;)

I woulda gone nuts if we had started the process and then one of the six or seven others that came in after me (there were only three phones left after mine out of 24 total) got theirs because another clerk was a faster typist...
[HD2 General] dukins:
Left Verizon, went to t-mobile website orderd for 199.99, dropped t-mobile because coverage sucks in my city, to unlocked on att. I know im looking at full price from t-mobile but it was worth it for this phone. Oh well.
[HD2 General] dkb218:
Left home half hour early on release day. Got to the T-Mobile store at 8:50. There were 10 people on line waiting. Store had 14 in stock. Walked out with the phone and was at my desk by 9:30... but when I left the store, there were maybe 30-40 people on line and this was at 9:15 - they had sold out by then.
[HD2 General] dkb218:
That sounds exactly like what I went through. The couple ahead of me [older folk in their late 50's] got the BOGO deal. The guy ahead of me wanted to know why he had to buy a bluetooth headset. You're not in Mahattan, are you? T-Mo Store in the Wall street area?
[HD2 General] jmoney1037:
Oddly enough, most of you could have walked into one of the probably 10 Radioshacks around you and got one on release day without any trouble... ;)
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
Not all of us were looking to get one on the 24th.

I actually put off getting one, thinking I could last to pay day. I had no idea they would sell out so fast ;)

After that, I figured the second round of them wouldn't go so fast. Three days later, Austin was empty.

Now they are coming in dribs and drabs and it's just about impossible to get one here unless you have advanced warning, which is only available up to 24 hours before via shipping manifests.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Not if we want to take advantage of T-mobile's lovely hardware credit payment plans :D
[HD2 General] jmoney1037:
Touche.

10char
[HD2 General] Susasama:
AND the Buy one Get one, i mean, 2 HD2's for 200$ or less with hardware credit (like myself)
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
Actually, no one even told me about this. Wonder if its too late?
[HD2 General] jubeh:
That promotion actually started the day right after I ordered my phone. It's only available on new line activations though, so you'd have to create two lines. I wanted to get one for my wife too, and I called T-Mo to see if I could talk them into allowing me to take the promotion, but alas, the cake was a lie.
[HD2 General] jlczl:
All 3 corp stores in my area were sold out and said it would be a month before I could get one. I opted to check out www.walmart.com. I ordered it 10:30 am and got it by noon the following day, and only paid $99!
[HD2 General] Susasama:
Weird, out of the 4 t-mobile stores i went to, none of them told me it was for new activation, cause for me it was an upgrade, although it was a new 2 year contract, cause my contract was up..but definitely not a new activation
[HD2 General] HectikDroid:
Same here with a +

I got mine at walmart (in-store) as well (on release day), paid 148.88 and no contract!!!!! Cool,huh! the guy at that sold me the phone said that when you buy at walmart or bestbuy you could call and cancel your contract and keep the phone, I decided to give it a shot and WUAHAHAHA!!!! Im ready for another upgrade whenever another great phone comes out. Love My HD2!!!!!:D
[HD2 General] Phastdriver:
Got mines the dayafter

I actually was going to stand in line on the 24th but was too tired and overslept since I worked the nite before. I went to a Corp T-Mobile store about 6 miles away and there was a sign posted on the door "due to shipping, HD2 will be arriving later this afternoon." So I waited till the store opened and asked one of the reps when is a good time to call if you guys have it in stock. He told me after 12:30pm, and he handed me a HD2 to play with for 30 minutes, and I was sold, my Touch Pro 2 will be back in its box at the end of the day. I called at 12:45 - didn't come in, then I called at 1:30pm - 20 available. So rushed and got there in 15 minutes. I paid the $450, rep tried to sell it to me for the $199 price but meaning to signup for the data plan, yes I didn't want to lose my Tzone plus I'm surrounded by Wifi majority of the time. I have flashed Kumar's ROM and am very pleased with the HD2 for now till the Holidays. I'd like to point out that Winmo 6.5 is not a horrible OS like many of the media/press have said. Save for the app store, I think it handly beats the iPhone right now.
[HD2 General] HectikDroid:
second that!

true, winmo 6.5 isnt bad like tech sites make it seem, I come from android and am pleased with 6.5. I also didnt want the 2yr data plan so canceld and kept phone for cheap and still have tzones lol
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Really? Awesome! I may just get 2 after all!!

I have one line eligible for upgrade, and I was thinking about adding one anyway...were both of yours used on existing lines, or did you have to add a line for the 2nd HD2?
[HD2 General] alexsemi:
My HD2

I order mine on 3/31/10 from Amazon, $100 with activation waived, it was shipped the same day, I had it on April 2nd at my door in the morning.

I'm extremely happy!
[HD2 General] refuse2bstopped:
I drove about an hour to another nearby city because the ones in my city were sold out and didn't know exactly when more would come in only to be called by TWO of the one's in my city just about ONE HOUR AFTER GETTING BACK!!!!:mad: I was pretty pissed but then remembered that I DO have the phone after all so I calmed back down.:D
[HD2 General] reflux:
i went to the tmo website to see if they had it instock and they surprisingly did. i tried to upgrade but there was an error. 5 min later i got an email saying the order had gone through! :D then about an hour later on my way home from work i checked my email on my blackberry and wouldnt you know it, i got a message saying it didnt process. :( so as soon as i got home, i spoke to a tmobile rep to ask what had gone wrong. he said that they were ALL OOS. i was pissed! about 10 min after that, i called tmo again and spoke with a different rep. i asked if they were really out of stock and she said NO! as soon as she said that, i placed my order and in 2 days it was at my front door :D
[HD2 General] infrared_guy:
I almost got divorced over this phone

Alright here is the story i had and upgrade due to the fact that i had been using the crappy bb curve 8320 i was holding out for the nexus one but on upgrade day i found out that since my brother was on my plan i could not get one for the discounted price the rep at Tmo told me to check out the Leo that had already been released overseas i did and after two months of saving my money behind my wife's back on release day i walked to the Tmo store just to see it and seen like three people already had one someone called the store and asked about i overheard the rep say i have one left and the other stores are sold out right then i walked up to the counter and asked for the phone paid the man 233.00 and walked out of the store knowing my wife was gonna be pissed and i was the happiest 28 kid on the block lol i got home told her that i bout the phone and she flipped out we spent the next THREE days or 72 ours fighting about it then when I started to pack my bags and leave she chilled out a little she still gives me **** from time to time and i have had to kiss some major ass the last few weeks but it was all worth it.

anybody else almost lose a ten year marrige over this phone? :eek:
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
As a stay-at-home father (Don't call me a house-husband :P), I don't exactly have any ready cash beyond the occasional consultation job for local retail stores.

So when I bought the TouchPro 2 a few weeks back, it was a major deal for me. When I decided I would rather have the HD2, it was a battle getting my wife to free up yet another $200 for my "toys".

We ended up cutting a deal where I promised to let her get a $300 kitchen gadget and I got another phone ;)

Turns out, I sold the TP2 to her sister that afternoon for the same price as I paid for the HD2, so I wasn't out any money. Of course, she still got her gadget, 'cause a deal's a deal, right?
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
LOL "Toy" diplomacy is a fine art indeed!
[HD2 General] Susasama:
I don't think there is anything in my kitchen even close to 300$ other than major appliances ofc. Whatever it is better make you 24k gold sandwiches.

...or a Beer tap.
[HD2 General] HectikDroid:
100% agree!

+1....LMAO:D