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stew560 said:
Booo! My BestBuy literally just called me and said the TB was delayed and they don't know when they will be in, but the pre-orders will be first when they are available.

I know it's no new info, but I really hope I get a different call on Wed/Thu!
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I havent heard ANYTHING from my best buy...
 
fath0m said:
Yes and after the 14th passed they claimed the 17th...
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I bet some people are having a lot of fun messing around with all of us who are *patiently* waiting (I mean the Paramus store and not fath0m).

Clearly this store has been wrong in the past, hopefully they will be right this time. Fingers crossed they aren't playing mean tricks on us!
 
stew560 said:
Booo! My BestBuy literally just called me and said the TB was delayed and they don't know when they will be in, but the pre-orders will be first when they are available.

I know it's no new info, but I really hope I get a different call on Wed/Thu!
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I haven't heard a single thing either. Apparently your better friends with them then I am. lol
 
Have a great friend who wrks for VZW and she is now even scrambled on the release date .... for a while she has been quoting the 28th and all the talk went quiet this morning ... maybe the 24th they are just keeping it hush hush ... maybe even later ...
 
secretagnt said:
Have a great friend who wrks for VZW and she is now even scrambled on the release date .... for a while she has been quoting the 28th and all the talk went quiet this morning ... maybe the 24th they are just keeping it hush hush ... maybe even later ...
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Thats a lot of help bud, thanks alot. Just to add my $.02, I think they could release it today. If not this week, then maybe some time after that. Maybe March even. lol
 
OK. So I just called my BB out of curiosity to see what the deal is there since the online ad shows the TB, and then somewhere else on the site shows coming soon. Well, the biotch that answered in mobile sealed the deal for me that I will definitely wait for the Verizon release and (since I'm now aware of the non-rebate issue in store) go directly to the sales guy I always deal with.

Me: Yes, ma'am. I was looking at your online ad and noticed the HTC Thunderbolt listed. I also noticed another listing on your site showing coming soon. Is this phone available now?

Her: It's not available. We're only taking pre-orders.

Me: Thank you. Do you know when the phone will be released?

Her: (Insert attitude in tone here) We're taking pre-orders and I have no idea when it will be here. It's pre-orders only. No, I don't know when it's coming.

Now, I do happen to probably know more than she does from my forum and internet time, but she didn't know that, and there's no need to get snippy. My first reaction as someone who doesn't know what's going on would be, "Why are you taking pre-orders for something you don't have any clue when you'll be getting?"

Also, I don't care if I was customer 1 or 10,000 that called in. I wasn't rude. No need for her to be rude.

Too bad J's store isn't closer. I might just go pre-order from him. :)
 
lamoglinsgal said:
"Why are you taking pre-orders for something you don't have any clue when you'll be getting?"
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Thats exactly what I said back when they first started taking them. Who would give them $50 to hold a phone when they have no idea when it is coming out or how much it will cost? Then I met all of you crazy people...

Now we know that the phone will be $249.99 but we still have no confirmation on the release date or the 4g pricing.
 
funguy123us said:
If i were you I wouldn't do that. I already lost two bets :)
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I like everyone else have wanted to believe every rumor that has come down the line about the phone showing up earlier than the 24th, but I think when BGR reported 24th as the release date it was pretty much set to that day or else he wouldnt have reported it. He's good.

I think the rest is just us fueling the fire for this phone and playing right into BB/VZW/HTC hands, we made their phone get more google hits than the Atrix, they dont need to advertise it cause we advertise it for them. The buzz that the community has created is amazing for all 3 companies involved when you really think about it.

So the corporate fat cats get richer while we loathe waking up and coming to this thread to hit f5 10,000 times in one day. They won. We lost. But our consolation prize will hopefully be getting Thunderbolts this Thursday.
 
Varg1337 said:
They won. We lost. But our consolation prize will hopefully be getting Thunderbolts this Thursday.
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While I have also worn out the f5 key on my keyboard, unless they come out and say they aren't going to release the TB at all, we haven't really lost anything.

Except maybe some sleep and sanity...

At least not until the end of Q1.
 
EvilMonkey said:
Thats exactly what I said back when they first started taking them. Who would give them $50 to hold a phone when they have no idea when it is coming out or how much it will cost? Then I met all of you crazy people...

Now we know that the phone will be $249.99 but we still have no confirmation on the release date or the 4g pricing.
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I just called my Best Buy. The mobile rep said that they're pretty sure the 24th is the release date but they don't know if it's going to be $249 or $299.
 
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