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go check your local at&t store

Croak said:
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How many of you guys that bought for $350 off-contract did NOT already have an AT&T account?

I think that's the point people are missing here...people coming in off the street from other carriers, no phones at all, or pre-paid customers will need to pay $499 if they don't want a 2 year post-paid contract. They'll probably have to pay $50 more from other retailers (Best Buy, Radio Shack, etc) for this.

People that bought for $350 are existing customers and will probably find a contract extension applied to their account in the coming weeks. Good news is, they didn't use an upgrade.

People that bought for $199 can be new customers, but will either have had to contract for two years or if existing customers, a 2 year contract extension and will have used an upgrade on that account.

People buying for $299 got an existing customer discount and a 2 year contract extension on a non-upgrade eligible account. People buying for $149 got an existing customer discount, 2 year contract extension, and used an upgrade.

The AT&T Twitter and Facebook shit assumed that anyone they were talking to were existing AT&T customers, so that $350 off-contract was probably meant to read $350 non-upgrade eligible existing contracts.

And to top all of that off, some Corporate stores (I called 5 of them) are claiming they won't be selling this to anyone off-contract for 3 months. Now, if you look at the above criteria, those of you that bought for $350 that were already AT&T post-paid customers count as on-contract, whether you know it or not.

Long story short, good luck getting one of these at all if you're not wanting to sign up for a new contract, or don't already have one.
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That's a nice, logical explanation for it all, but given that people have already bought phones off-contract for $500, and the fact that AT&T said the $350 was wrong, and was now $500, I don't think anyone will be paying $350 24 hours from now.
 
I think you'll still see people getting it for $350 if they have an existing contract, though it'll be hit-or-miss.
 
If any of you are lucky today make sure you post....23+ hrs left for me and it's showtime!!! woooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!
 
No luck in Pennsylvania today. Well, at least I have the rest of the day off from looking. Remind me never to join a forum about a phone prior to launch day.

Tomorrow it is.
 
I've got four store addresses on my iPod Touch, so I can go from one to the next as soon as I find out they don't have enough. :P Poor iPod Touch, it's going to feel left out when the new baby gets home :'(
 
I'm in PA too - Pittsburgh area. I have visited or called at least (6) corp stores and the message is the same - not until Sunday. One store did admit to having inventory but would not disclose the number of units.

I did get a Zenus leather case and a windshield mount ordered in the mean time. Getting kinda impatient though....
 
Got one in the NE philly area. They guy at the store made me promise not to say where I got it from. But it can be done. Now if I could just figure out how to use the phone while it charges

Found it :-)
1. Go to "Settings"
2. Go to "Applications"
3. Got to "USB Settings"
4. Select "Ask on Connection"
 
Croak said:
I think you'll still see people getting it for $350 if they have an existing contract, though it'll be hit-or-miss.
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Do you have any definitive info to back this up or is it just your opinion? I have an ATT account and am eligible for an upgrade but I don't want to use my upgrade. I don't mind if they extend my contract 2 years though.
 
First post, and I'm here to say that you guys that got one already suck. I felt like I got yelled at for asking if anyone was selling them early, haha.

Anyway, I'm not sold on this phone (currently carrying an iPhone 4), but I pretty much am still. The iPhone 4 is an amazing phone, I do love it, especially the camera and screen, but I've wanted to go Android for a while. Now that AT&T has one, and one of the best even, I'm likely returning the iPhone and getting the Captivate.

My biggest problem is the iPhone sold me with it's camera and screen. The Captivate's camera isn't as good, but the screen is a toss up, so I'm going to go to T-Mobile in a few minutes and play with a Vibrant. I'm running short on days to return the iPhone, so this has to happen quick. A lot of stores don't even sound like they are going to get one tomorrow, so I'd like to have my decision made today and walk in tomorrow and buy one if I want one.
 
Just stopped by my local Best Buy. They have them in stock. The price no matter what if I want to buy it outright is $550. Upgrading my plan will get me the phone for $199. I think I may have to upgrade my plan for this phone.
 
HyperM3 said:
Just stopped by my local Best Buy. They have them in stock. The price no matter what if I want to buy it outright is $550. Upgrading my plan will get me the phone for $199. I think I may have to upgrade my plan for this phone.
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Would they sell you one?
 
giper54 said:
Would they sell you one?
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Nope, they said corporate wouldnt allow it. If they saw the sale in the system before the planned release they could lose their vendor support. There is truth to that statement.

Its ok because I found out they now open an hour earlier on sundays. So Ill be there at 10am to get the phone.
 
HyperM3 said:
Nope, they said corporate wouldnt allow it. If they saw the sale in the system before the planned release they could lose their vendor support. There is truth to that statement.

Its ok because I found out they now open an hour earlier on sundays. So Ill be there at 10am to get the phone.
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yepyep this is the same response i got ... however att offered me to buy it today... but i think i can wait until 10am sunday to get one without the rebate...
 
Man I wish I were in Austin... freaking Arkansas is being all stupid about it.
holding out till sunday... will I be able to last???

Lunchbox84 said:
I got mine on parmer and 35 also, plus the guy convinced another lady to get it who wanted the out of stock iphone 4. So it seems that store is down to 7 already, better hurry. :)
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Ok, cleared a lot of this up.

First off, they way they're figuring the off-contract price is ass-backwards. They see the unit in the system as $199 AFTER an instant $150 rebate for a 2 year contract, so a lot of stores are adding that rebate back into $199.99, coming up with $349.99, and letting you walk out the door with them contract-free. But that's not the way AT&T corporate wants it to work. The retail price actually is $500, but the sales reps in some stores aren't looking at this and just doing the back-calculating from the contract price.

Come Monday when Corporate sees all the emails and sales data from this weekend, there will probably be some serious wordage exchanged, and then there will be no phones sold using the back-calculation. It'll be $199 2 year, or $500 off-contract (see below).

The only way you're supposed to buy it off-contract is if you have an existing AT&T account, and already have a data plan (or sign up for one). No contract extension is applied, but they want that data plan on your account.

If you're just walking in off the street without an AT&T account and buy just the phone with no plan, it's going to be $500+, period (unless a sales rep screws up in your favor). The individual store has the discretion NOT to sell it to you this way if supplies are limited...New contracts and then existing AT&T account holders get preference. Some store management made this "the law", some stores don't worry about it.

TLDR; Buy it this weekend and hope you get an uninformed sales rep to ring you up, if you want the $350 price. Come Monday, I'm betting it'll be impossible to get it for that.
 
Theojt said:
I'm in PA too - Pittsburgh area. I have visited or called at least (6) corp stores and the message is the same - not until Sunday. One store did admit to having inventory but would not disclose the number of units.

I did get a Zenus leather case and a windshield mount ordered in the mean time. Getting kinda impatient though....
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For these early launches. Philly here and nothing until tomorrow.

The one store I visited said they only had six! That's pathetic. I think they underestimated demand. Another corp store and best buy about 1 miile away have stock but did not disclose numbers.
 
HyperM3 said:
Nope, they said corporate wouldnt allow it. If they saw the sale in the system before the planned release they could lose their vendor support. There is truth to that statement.

Its ok because I found out they now open an hour earlier on sundays. So Ill be there at 10am to get the phone.
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Kinda figured this would be the case. I was hoping to possibly get on at Best Buy today, to take advantage of the 500 Bonus Reward Zone points for buying an Android phone that ends today, but I guess that isn't going to happen.

Oh well, as long as I get my phone tomorrow, I'll be happy.
 
Checked two. No demo units, no information, and both places said "it's not released yet" instead of "it's coming out tomorrow". It is coming out tomorrow, after I asked, but that's such an odd response. It's like you're annoying them by asking.
 
1 store around me confirmed 5 in stock for tomorrow. The other 2 stores would not tell me but they said to get there early so I'm assuming the same #. I've been with at&t 11 years. If I can't get my hands on one tomorrow for $350 OFF contract, I may seriously consider switching over to Verizon.
 
Jofaba said:
Checked two. No demo units, no information, and both places said "it's not released yet" instead of "it's coming out tomorrow". It is coming out tomorrow, after I asked, but that's such an odd response. It's like you're annoying them by asking.
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I get the same annoyed response from salepeople. Like, no you can't spend your money with AT&T. We won't let you. How dare you.

The stock numbers sounds pathetic. 5-6 per store. Line up early and then be prepared to have a backup plan.
 
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