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dalumberjack said:
Anyone been able to get Verizon to move up their upgrade date? MU upgrade date is December 28th and so far every CSR has told me to pound salt. This didn't use to be the case but I guess they changed their policy huh?
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try a different one.

what I was told...

They can't MOVE the date, once its available you can call (or go to a store) and the they can do a "manager override" to order it for you.
 
dalumberjack said:
Anyone been able to get Verizon to move up their upgrade date? MU upgrade date is December 28th and so far every CSR has told me to pound salt. This didn't use to be the case but I guess they changed their policy huh?
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It seems like some people always have luck with this and others never do. I've tried several times in the past to get them to move me up, even as little as 2-3 days and the answer has always been "no".

Most of the time it comes down to the fact that I rarely use voice minutes so I have the minimum plan. They used to have a deal that offered early upgrades annually if your voice plan was over 49.99, not sure if that exists still or not.
 
jaydotelloh said:
Ah, another WNYer! I never thought of this, but I considered calling some Rochester stores last night after all the Buffalo ones disappointed me. I'm assuming you've had no luck as well? I wouldn't doubt there is only one district manager for Buffalo/Rochester but would assume the Syracuse/Albany region would be separate. My parents actually live out by Saratoga and have a "guy" at verizon, I should see if they could ask him...

Any Syracusians or Albanians (wait, thats not right.. Albanites?) have any luck?
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I've been talking to the two corporate stores in Saratoga - one at the mall, and one at BJs (heh). The mall enver has any info. The salesman at BJs took my name down around halloween, but since then, I've heard everything from "no info" to "we have accessories, so it could be any day now". Either way, nothing concrete. I'll head over to check both tomorrow morning, and Friday obviously.
 
dalumberjack said:
Anyone been able to get Verizon to move up their upgrade date? My upgrade date is December 28th and so far every CSR has told me to pound salt. This didn't use to be the case but I guess they changed their policy huh?
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I had a different experience...

Called VZW about changing my upgrade date from 12/29 to 12/9. They said I was eligible for an early upgrade but it would cost me $20, and I wouldn't qualify for my $50 discount. Definitely can't wait another 20 days for this phone.

Read 10 or 20k threads back about people changing their dates but no mention of an associated fee.
 
cole924 said:
I think screen protectors are very overrated, if you ask me. Unless your hands are made of stone, just simply take care of it. :) I've have my Droid X for 18 months in the nude w/ no screen protector. There are ZERO chips on the screen.
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Reasonably speaking though everyone is different. Personally I think Otter Boxes are over rated. As screen protectors go, you never know when something out of your control may scratch your screen, also with a screen protector I can wipe my screen off with just about anything without worrying about a grain of sand caught up in my t-shirt.
 
RichSz said:
Dude, there are three of us calling stores here and we got nothing beyond mild rudeness. One guy was supposed to call me back but never did. He's on the top of my list to politely bug today.

PS. What's the proper term for someone living in Buffalo? Buffaloians?
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Hopefully we know soon. I'll be calling again today.

And I think it would be BuffaloNians... Buffalites? IDK
 
mll410 said:
I've been talking to the two corporate stores in Saratoga - one at the mall, and one at BJs (heh). The mall enver has any info. The salesman at BJs took my name down around halloween, but since then, I've heard everything from "no info" to "we have accessories, so it could be any day now". Either way, nothing concrete. I'll head over to check both tomorrow morning, and Friday obviously.
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Hey, I live in 'Toga as well! Good to see more Dirty Upstaters in here! :)
 
Eastonl said:
Can someone explain what the 3g to 4g $100 coupon is?

thanks
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You talking about on Amazon? Here are the details I found:

Stay Connected Anywhere

For a limited time, buy a hotspot-ready smartphone from Verizon or Sprint and receive a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card on select devices. Phones from AT&T and T-Mobile do not qualify. Offer valid between midnight PDT November 11, 2011 through 11:59 p.m. PDT December 31, 2011, for new lines of service and upgrade customers. Gift card codes will be sent via e-mail within 60 days of purchase, one per customer. Hotspot feature must be activated at time of purchase to qualify.

Edit: Oh, *Not* this deal. Well, a hunnert bucks is a hunnert bucks. This will probably be my source.
 
jaydotelloh said:
To play devils advocate, maybe they know exactly what they are doing. We have to assume they delayed due to a software issue that did not pass their testing. Now, for us this could have been a very minor bug, but to VZ anything minor could hold up a release for them. I don't think the fact that it doesn't have bloat and it's not a moto device has any bearing on them releasing this phone, and I can't see them holding back this to sell more razr's. It just doesn't make sense.

During the delay, they see an EXTREME demand for the phone. I think the number of people anticipating this phone has grown quite a bit during that delay, and perhaps VZ sees that as a good thing. The less information they release, the more we are clamoring for this thing. They have put out ZERO advertising, yet still have thousands of sales guaranteed for the first day. If they were smart, they would LEAK their own information, to pick up even more steam before offering it for sale officially.

Now, that being said, I really do wish they had treated this differently and release the phone a month ago and let an OTA fix whatever the bug was.
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I see what you are saying, but why don't just put out a press release to pacify those people waiting for this phone if not just to take some of the heat off of their customer service reps?
 
mfecik said:
I freaked when I first saw this, but really, if it was happening to EVERY phone, then wouldn't we have heard about it before now?:confused:
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I HAVE to think testers would have come across this. BMX never mentioned anything like that...at least I don't think he did.
 
Aw man, I just saw that video with the major bug while connected to USB.

Isn't it strange that throughout all the extremely rigorous testing by Verizon, such a huge thing manages to slip through?
 
RichSz said:
I've been (over)thinking this whole "no info in western NY" thing. I wonder if our stores share the same district manager who threatened his/her stores to say nothing. I wonder if anyone from Syracuse or Utica is experiencing the same blackout.

I also wonder what the capitol of Guyana is but I'm too lazy to look it up.
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I didn't think of that...very good possibility.
 
now that the wait is finally over i have a quick question for you guys.

I'm one thats going to just grab the phone and activate it myself. But this is my first time going from 4G to 4G (sim card thing). Do i use the sim card in my T-bolt i have now. Or do i need a new one. Or can you even activate 4G phones yourself???
 
jbdan said:
I noticed these changing hours earlier today. It was different last night as I checked to see if Anti could call his local store. So, at least on my end, it changed since yesterday nice catch
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I think those revised opening hours were changed earlier this week. My local corporate shop is opening 1 hr. earlier on Friday and Saturday.
 
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