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I just spoke to Elana Chatman, from the Office of the President of Executive Relations (VZW). Verizon is experiencing delays in filling orders that began about the 1st of June. She does not know the exact nature of the delays (screens, late shipments from overseas, etc)- that is not common knowledge within the corporation. She stated that if there are no further delays, most people over the next 3-4 weeks should expect to wait an additional few days (being told 5-10 now, but trying to err on the side of PR caution). The problem should resolve itself sometime in July. She said you can not accurately determine when you will get yours based on someone else's shipment- phones are being shipped from the south to cover northeast orders, west phones are going to the midwest, etc- in order to 'even out' the back log of shipments. It will be impossible to gauge when you should get your notice, any closer than 2-3 days.
I suggested to her that she inform customers directly (email) of the delays, rather than wait for angry CSR calls asking about shipments. She agreed and said she would suggest it in their next meeting. I believe she was sincere in that they were doing everything they could to get people their phones as soon as they could. She said that if your date passes by more than 3 days, by all means- call. They can not individually trace every late order, but if your order seems to be 'extra' late- they are willing to go a little extra to send you a phone- from corporate, if they have to.
Excellent info, yet another reason why we don't want just shipping notifications on this thread.



