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Finished my epic journey on a heartbreaking note.
I stopped at HHGregg near Abbey's Verizon store. I spoke with the salesman there. He indicated they are in stock, but he can't sell them due to a hold from Verizon. He took my number and said if anything changes prior to the 12th he'll call me.
I returned to my part of Cincinnati (eastern suburbs) and went back to the mall I was at earlier to visit Radio Shack. The salesman there said they have them in stock but the Verizon rep came in yesterday and told them not to sell them until Sunday. I asked if I come back Sunday if he will sell me one. He said gladly. We'll see.
I then went to the Best Buy around the corner from my home. As I walked in I was greeted by a familiar face at Best Buy Mobile. My brother in law's sister works there and I didn't know it. There were about 6 employees hanging out at Best Buy Mobile when I walked up. I was thinking "oh no, this isn't going to be good". After asking to buy the Galaxy Nexus she said no problem. She opened up the cabinet behind their desk and inside were at least 50 of the Galaxy Nexus. I was woozy. She opened it up, got out a SIM card and inserted it. She said she needed to call Verizon to get my upgrade bumped up from 12/28 to today. I thought oh no here we go. Verizon did the bump, fortunately she didn't tell them what the bump was for. She activated my phone and I asked if I could begin uploading my accounts and get it set up as she rang me up. She said no problem. I went all the way through setup and was delighted. She scanned the phone and it didn't take. She punched in the bar code and it didn't take. I knew I was doomed. She asked her coworkers in Best Buy Mobile and NONE of them could get it to ring up. She called a manager. I knew that was it. He pointed out an internal memo stating they are not to acknowledge ANY knowledge of the phone nor disclose any stock. He apologized to me. I accepted graciously. I then did a factory reset of the phone. She called Verizon and returned my phone to my Dinc. I disagree with the sentiment "Tis better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all".
Here are some pics of my ordeal and I have a video of her returning it. Not sure I'll post the video just yet.
Me powering it on the first time:
Me setting it up!
Me doing a factory reset.
I stopped at HHGregg near Abbey's Verizon store. I spoke with the salesman there. He indicated they are in stock, but he can't sell them due to a hold from Verizon. He took my number and said if anything changes prior to the 12th he'll call me.
I returned to my part of Cincinnati (eastern suburbs) and went back to the mall I was at earlier to visit Radio Shack. The salesman there said they have them in stock but the Verizon rep came in yesterday and told them not to sell them until Sunday. I asked if I come back Sunday if he will sell me one. He said gladly. We'll see.
I then went to the Best Buy around the corner from my home. As I walked in I was greeted by a familiar face at Best Buy Mobile. My brother in law's sister works there and I didn't know it. There were about 6 employees hanging out at Best Buy Mobile when I walked up. I was thinking "oh no, this isn't going to be good". After asking to buy the Galaxy Nexus she said no problem. She opened up the cabinet behind their desk and inside were at least 50 of the Galaxy Nexus. I was woozy. She opened it up, got out a SIM card and inserted it. She said she needed to call Verizon to get my upgrade bumped up from 12/28 to today. I thought oh no here we go. Verizon did the bump, fortunately she didn't tell them what the bump was for. She activated my phone and I asked if I could begin uploading my accounts and get it set up as she rang me up. She said no problem. I went all the way through setup and was delighted. She scanned the phone and it didn't take. She punched in the bar code and it didn't take. I knew I was doomed. She asked her coworkers in Best Buy Mobile and NONE of them could get it to ring up. She called a manager. I knew that was it. He pointed out an internal memo stating they are not to acknowledge ANY knowledge of the phone nor disclose any stock. He apologized to me. I accepted graciously. I then did a factory reset of the phone. She called Verizon and returned my phone to my Dinc. I disagree with the sentiment "Tis better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all".
Here are some pics of my ordeal and I have a video of her returning it. Not sure I'll post the video just yet.
Me powering it on the first time:
Me setting it up!
Me doing a factory reset.
