Todd M
Android Enthusiast
Take this FWIW, but I was at a corporate store getting screen protectors for my son's Chocolate Touch, and I started playing around with the Eris to get used to what Android has to offer (coming from a BB Storm 1) and I talked to the rep there about the Incredible. He started talking about it and couldn't wait for them to get them in the store.
I told him I was going to preorder it so I wouldn't have to potentially wait in line or run the risk of the store running out if I wasn't there early enough. I know there's speculation due to the lack of advertising to this point that there might not be a huge rush for these until after launch, but I know that if I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all.
He then told me that he would put my name down, and he would hold one for me. I thought that was awfully generous of him, but I didn't think he would be able to do that. He said he would check and let me know so if he couldn't I could preorder it (since we have until 4/28 at 2:00 local time to order it for it to be here on 4/29). But, he thought that it shouldn't be a big deal for me to walk in the store and get one that day even if he can't hold one back. Apparently that store didn't do much in the way of sales when the original Droid came out (not nearly as bad as when the Storm launched) so he thinks I can walk in after the store opens and get one without issue. That seems to also be the sentiment of a few members here.
I don't know if he can do that or not, or if anyone else has been offered that, but you might be able to talk to a local rep and get it that way.
Just a thought, and your mileage may vary...
I told him I was going to preorder it so I wouldn't have to potentially wait in line or run the risk of the store running out if I wasn't there early enough. I know there's speculation due to the lack of advertising to this point that there might not be a huge rush for these until after launch, but I know that if I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all.
He then told me that he would put my name down, and he would hold one for me. I thought that was awfully generous of him, but I didn't think he would be able to do that. He said he would check and let me know so if he couldn't I could preorder it (since we have until 4/28 at 2:00 local time to order it for it to be here on 4/29). But, he thought that it shouldn't be a big deal for me to walk in the store and get one that day even if he can't hold one back. Apparently that store didn't do much in the way of sales when the original Droid came out (not nearly as bad as when the Storm launched) so he thinks I can walk in after the store opens and get one without issue. That seems to also be the sentiment of a few members here.
I don't know if he can do that or not, or if anyone else has been offered that, but you might be able to talk to a local rep and get it that way.
Just a thought, and your mileage may vary...