Just called my local BN and they had some "extras" in stock that were available. Give your local store a call and see if you can pick one up.
I picked one up this afternoon over lunch. My local B&N had just received them this morning and was charging up the display unit (wasn't out yet). Said they had limited stock. So what are we doing with it?
Nice guys!!! Can't wait to check out the unboxings and reviews Devs, get them while they're hot!!!!!
I registered one for myself at a store about a week ago - they called me several hours ago (morning here), I picked it up!
They said I was the first one to buy it, since they got it just before calling me.
I just came back from picking mine up too. I called this morning to see if the tablet will be in stores on Friday, and they said most likely that I will have to make a reservation or they might be sold out, so I did. They called me back like an hour later and told me they have them in stock.
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Hey I was just wondering if any of you have received a call or any notification about your preorder that you made a month ago???
I have not.
no i haven't
I got a text message on each of my two lines that i preorodered a upgrade for about 2 weeks ago asking which day I wanted to pick mine up. I said Friday of course
I have not gotten a call :/
Im thinking about calling on my own.
They called me last Friday
posted about it here
I received a call last week to confirm what day I am coming in. No time appointment was given. I did however receive it yesterday from the premier link and still went to the store yesterday.
First they do have the phone and HTC View in stock. Second they could not sell me any accessories but had the courtesy to show me their case accessories that would be sold. They even held two for me just in case they run out since I will be coming after work.
I also did the $150 trade in with my rooted OG Evo keeping the sd card and charger. Not sure if Sprint will drop the trade in price come Friday so I did it asap yesterday.
I got a call yesterday from my sprint store that I pre ordered at and they asked what time I'd like to come in to pick up my evo 3d on friday....
I'd say if you dont hear from them by noon your local time give them a call and ask... If they say that they not doing appointments and they have one on hold for you, insist on making an appointment, also say that when you pre ordered your phone they said they would call and set up an appointment
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I got a call yesterday and I posted about it.
sprint store called me last thursday to setup an appt. time to get the phone.
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I received a call last week to confirm what day I am coming in. No time appointment was given. I did however receive it yesterday from the premier link and still went to the store yesterday.
First they do have the phone and HTC View in stock. Second they could not sell me any accessories but had the courtesy to show me their case accessories that would be sold. They even held two for me just in case they run out since I will be coming after work.
I also did the $150 trade in with my rooted OG Evo keeping the sd card and charger. Not sure if Sprint will drop the trade in price come Friday so I did it asap yesterday.
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Good point... im going to do that after work just in case it drops. Altho all the other retailers are buying Evo 4G for $150 and im sure Sprint doesnt want their lower trade-in value to steer customers away from them.
So how did they pay for your Evo 4G? What type of inspection did they do prior to buying your phone?
I think im going to have to call them today because I figure by now I would hear something....... I wont be very happy if I dont get to pick my phone up tomorrow lol.
I have not either. However I'm expecting one today. When I did my pre order I was told I would be called the day before, but if I don't hear from them by 3 I'm Calling! Sorry Not losing my phone I put money down for to some idiot walking off the street.
See I worry because I didnt have to put any money down. The way they did the preorder was weird. I swear they just wrote it down on a random spot on the computer lol
My sprint store called yesterday about noon. I got the Friday 8am appointment because I was first on the list.
I just called mine to confirm it but all they told me was that my name is on the list and I should just come when the store opens. It sounds like it essentially just reserved it. oh well. Ill have my new baby evo tomorrow
Really glad I did the Premier online order, because my store has still not called me. I'll probably go in to see if they have the otter box and cancel my preorder. Need to use my gift card on my account anyway.
My store did not call me. I called them and they were able to schedule my appointment for tomorrow anyhow.
After over 6 hours on the phone with Samsung support (until 2:30 am on SAt.) I was told to take the device back(stock and unrooted) and exchange or get a refund. I called Staples and was assured that they had PLENTY in stock(their words) so I made the 45 minute drive (one way) and upon arriving at the store the cashier was very polite but said she must talk to Mgr. The mgr shows up and says "oh your bringing back another one,(with a huge smirk on his face) I said yes I had tried very hard to resolve the issues with support but could not. The mgr continued to smirk and look at me like "yeah right" He said he must call his district mgr he left and the cashier apologized for him saying"He should not have treated you like that. The mgr returned and still had the same smirk on his face. and said "what do you want to do?" I replied, I will try another one ( I had purchased one a week and a half ago and returned it for refund after 3 days.) He said just a moment and went to the store room and when he came back he said I can exchange it for one in an opened box, I replied NO WAY!!. He then said that they had 2 in the back and both were opened, I said what happend to the plenty I was told on the phone? I then asked for a refund and he whispered something to the girl and smirked again and left. The cashier then all of a sudden had all of this info about stock in the backroom etc. I firmly believe that they did not want to exchange the device and would rather refund and look for others to come in and buy their stock.(opened and unopened) The cashier apologized once again for the mgr's actions. I got the number for corporate and will call tomorrow. Upon reading the coupon it says coupon good only while supplies last. That could mean that all stores were only shipped a very few. I now have no coupon and no device. I had just returned the TF I had been trying and decided to stick with the Gtab and had purchased a Samsung keyboard for it at BB. Anyone else have problems with Staples?
I will not shop at Staples again after the way I was treated when my wife and I went to the store to buy my Samsung Tab, was treated very rudely by a manager, ended up driving 45min to BB the next day to buy my tab. Guess they didn't want my money!!
To make a long story short, website said in stock, went to store, young kid said oh yeah we have some in the back but I can't go back and get them. Asked to speak to a manager,she said it was too much work to get it out of the back and I should buy a Xoom because it has an sd card (funny huh?) I exchanged several intense sentences with the manager and left the store and will not ever go back in one. I pulled our business away from them on our business side as well. Doesn't hurt me any, I order from other places now.
While at BB purchasing the keyboard a man and his girl friend saw the keyboard and asked me how I liked the Gtab. I replied I really liked it but might have to return it for issues. He then stated that he was going to attempt to get BB to honor the coupon for the Gtab. I told him I had tried that at another BB and it was a no go. Well about 2 minutes later the mgr showed up and told him no problem. So perhaps there is a chance I can get the same BB to honor a coupon when I find one. I am going to return the keyboard as it would not function properly(called samsung support and they could not help me get it to be recognized by the Gtab. I will try to purchase the device with coupon.
Here's the coupon for $100 off if you need it
http://reg.e.staples.com/c/s/tagfrm...sherga%40gmail.com&AID=10422268&storeId=10001
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Here's the coupon for $100 off if you need it
http://reg.e.staples.com/c/s/tagfrm...sherga%40gmail.com&AID=10422268&storeId=10001
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Thanks!!! I also hit the thanks button !!!!!!
Maybe Staples has caught wind of people trying to return locked GT's to try and find unlocked ones, or at least that store did. Kinda like what I wanted to do but decided not to, not worth the hassle and gas with a perfectly fine GT.
I was going to keep trying to get BB to honor the coupon because I wanted the 32gb version, but my first attempt at my local BB failed. So I decided that was not worth the gas and hassle so yesterday I had the Ghost Armor screen protector put on, no returning now.
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Maybe Staples has caught wind of people trying to return locked GT's to try and find unlocked ones, or at least that store did. Kinda like what I wanted to do but decided not to, not worth the hassle and gas with a perfectly fine GT.
I was going to keep trying to get BB to honor the coupon because I wanted the 32gb version, but my first attempt at my local BB failed. So I decided that was not worth the gas and hassle so yesterday I had the Ghost Armor screen protector put on, no returning now.
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was not trying to get an unlocked one(would have been nice though) just one without a lot of issues. Samsung support after over 6 hours urged me to take it back for an exchange.
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was not trying to get an unlocked one(would have been nice though) just one without a lot of issues. Samsung support after over 6 hours urged me to take it back for an exchange.
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I am not questioning your motive or reason, I would do the same in your shoes. Just saying maybe they have had people doing that, I was about to do that, and he just did not believe you. Which is totaly wrong, he should smile and take the tablet back from you and give you a new one.
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I am not questioning your motive or reason, I would do the same in your shoes. Just saying maybe they have had people doing that, I was about to do that, and he just did not believe you. Which is totaly wrong, he should smile and take the tablet back from you and give you a new one.
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Just got off phone with CS at Staples and what a waste of time. They acknowledge that the mgr was wrong in his actions but the item is out of stock and they have no idea when it will come back in stock again. When it does I must pay full price or whatever the going rate is at the time. They will not issue a rain check. Just checked and All of the stores in my area(within 50 miles) now show not available at store for the Gtab and the acer Iconia. What a ripoff. They just decided that the coupon (!00) was too good of a deal and just pulled it from the stores.
You could have exchanged it for an open box unit and then waited for some new ones to do another exchange later. Maybe one of the open box units was like new? The coupon is good until 7/30 so you can keep checking local stock.
And what was wrong with your tab? (just curious...)
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Just got off phone with CS at Staples and what a waste of time. They acknowledge that the mgr was wrong in his actions but the item is out of stock and they have no idea when it will come back in stock again. When it does I must pay full price or whatever the going rate is at the time. They will not issue a rain check. Just checked and All of the stores in my area(within 50 miles) now show not available at store for the Gtab and the acer Iconia. What a ripoff. They just decided that the coupon (!00) was too good of a deal and just pulled it from the stores.
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Wow that is terrible, so sorry to hear that. Maybe try and bring coupon to BB and see if they will honor it, there have been some success stories of that happening. I think the coupon is good till the 30th, maybe you can get lucky at a BB. They should have given you the rain check since you were able to purchase it in the first place and you recevied one that was faulty.
If I were you I would try one of the open box items, maybe there is nothing wrong with one of them. If you still get the 14 day return policy you can test that one out and if something wrong finally return it or possibly exchange that one in 14 days when they may have more in stock?
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And what was wrong with your tab? (just curious...)
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It had almost constant black screen freezes and youtube videos would not play without FC. Also constant Samsung apps FC. Also it refused to acknowledge the samsung keyboard I purchase for it. I tried all of the fixes mentioned in this forum and also spend over 6 hours with samsung support to no avail.
Interesting stories about Staples customer service. I bought a 16 GB Galaxy Tab from Staples on the first day of the coupon offer, and got an unopened, unlocked unit that I am very happy with.
But, before I said I wanted to buy one, the salesperson would not go to get one out of the back (so I could examine the specs on the box), which I found strange. And, once I said I wanted to buy, he pushed like crazy to get me to buy the protection plan ($230 on a $400 purchase!!), over and over again, which was very annoying.
I would have much preferred to buy at BB if I knew they would have honored the coupon, but I did end up with a well-performing Tab.
never had a problem with staples
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Wow that is terrible, so sorry to hear that. Maybe try and bring coupon to BB and see if they will honor it, there have been some success stories of that happening. I think the coupon is good till the 30th, maybe you can get lucky at a BB. They should have given you the rain check since you were able to purchase it in the first place and you recevied one that was faulty.
If I were you I would try one of the open box items, maybe there is nothing wrong with one of them. If you still get the 14 day return policy you can test that one out and if something wrong finally return it or possibly exchange that one in 14 days when they may have more in stock?
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UPDATE: I ended up going to BB and was turned down by mgr and then later that day I found out a staples near BB had one in stock (acer iconia and Motorola xoom) upon arriving there it turned out one was display unit(acer iconia) and the price on the Xoom was 599 instead of 499.00.I decided against both of them. Stopped by BB on way home and was considering buying a TF at full price. Just for fun I asked the sales rep to help me and he replied he was busy and then got this other rep to help me. I asked him if he would honor the staple coupon and he said funny you should ask we just got an email from corporate(he showed it to me) and we are authorized to honor the coupon (just the devices listed in email) if the store nearest us has it in stock I knew the closest store did not so just said if you honor it I will buy the Gtab. He then asked me what color -size etc and I replied 16gb white and he pulled one out of the cage. I thought he would call the nearest Staples but he did not. He just rang it up and told the girl at the main counter it was done according to the email just received. When I got home and unboxed it I found that it was UNLOCKED!!!!! I am go grateful. To be able to get a good Grab in the color I preferred from the start and to find it unlocked is just Amazing. Keep trying BB if you have not picked up a tab with the 100.00 coupon yet.
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Go Guys!!!
http://www.staples.com/product_421456
They were on stock this morning and went quick.
Few minutes ago they came back with more units. So keep an eye to this store.
I was able to get one this morning.
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Keep an eye open.
One guy put 99 in the cart to see how many units were there and there were 12.
http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...-staples-has-them-stock-online-right-now.html
This morning the Staple's representative told me there were 24 available. So it seems units are arriving every few hours.
Don't bother trying to see if they will have more in. I talked to one of the Agents in chat. Said "This will not be available through Staples in the future and it is expected to be removed from the site tomorrow."
Maybe she just had a bad day.. dont know. lol
I got my prime and love it, but need to exchange because of some light bleed and strange battery issues. Has anyone exchanged at best buy? How does that work?
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You have 14 days from delivery to return you tablet, problem is that they don't have them in the retail stores, or at least not in NJ. Good luck finding one, they are also not available online.
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I got mine exchanged no problem; as long as you're within 14 days of the arrival date there won't be any problems. I just walked in, showed the guy the few dead pixels I had, and then he refunded my card for it. They won't have em in stock though, so then they just order you another one from the website. Kinda sucks having to wait all over, bit it'll be worth having a fully functioning tab.
Ps: I was rooted before I exchanged so I backed up all my stuff using titanium to an sd card then unrooted and factory reseted. I'd definitely recommend that if you're rooted.
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This evening I called BB to return my tablet due to the no GPS and a slight bleeding on the too right of the tablet, the customer service rep told me that a replacement could not be shipped, and that it could be exchanged at a retail store. The problem is that there are none at the retail stores. So, how is it that the store will order you one on-line when they are not available on-line?
Has anyone here returned a Prime for a refund that was ordered online? I'm wondering if they give any trouble with refunding the shipping charges.
I returned my by calling customer service. They immediately shipped me a new one over the phone and told me to take my defective one to a store once the new one shows up.
The new one came in 2 days (this was during the last week of December). It was really painless and easy.
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This evening I called BB to return my tablet due to the no GPS and a slight bleeding on the too right of the tablet, the customer service rep told me that a replacement could not be shipped, and that it could be exchanged at a retail store. The problem is that there are none at the retail stores. So, how is it that the store will order you one on-line when they are not available on-line?
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I wouldn't be surprised if they are in route to the store. I purchased one on best buy for ship to store this past weekend and it had an estimated delivery of 1/14/12. Then I tried to order a second one the next day using the same method and they would not let me send it to the store. I could choose site to store but then every location showed as unavailable. I took this to mean that maybe they are already in route to the stores so they don't want you placing additional site to store orders. I am just guessing but it seems funny they allowed me to order one site to store and later I HAD to choose shipping to my house to get one even though site to store was still available to click.
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I returned my by calling customer service. They immediately shipped me a new one over the phone and told me to take my defective one to a store once the new one shows up.
The new one came in 2 days (this was during the last week of December). It was really painless and easy.
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And yet I have had to get the public defender team on my side to get them to ship me one, and that was under duress.
It would be really nice if they had some consistency.
I returned my Prime to Best Buy after it went into a never-ending boot loop on day 15. I was concerned they would not accept the return after their stated 14-day return policy for tablets, but they did not challenge this at all after I described the problem.
The bad news is when I returned it to the Best Buy store the Prime was not available either in the store (or in any store in the state) nor for online ordering. They gave me a credit, and said I could reorder another one myself when they became available. <Heavy Sigh>
The good news is that the Office Depot site allowed me to order a Prime online (although it was initially showing as backordered). Lo and behold the next day the order was processed and I should have a Prime in 2 days. Just in time for ICS!
Let's hope the second (and not the third) Prime is the charm!
Just be aware that Office Depot does not allow returns on Tablets only exchanges.
So. I wanted the community's consensus here. I ordered online last Sunday, and has been on back order since. On Thursday, I found a retail store near me that had a few in stock, so I went there and just purchased outright, putting it on my credit card. I immediately (from the store) called customer service and cancelled my pending order. They said it may take up to 24 hours for it to be cancelled.
The fit and finish on the One I got is great. No overhang, no gap to speak of.
Then yesterday morning get an email notification from UPS that says my package from TMo is out for delivery. WTF? I had plans last night, but would be home until about 4pm, so was just going to refuse the order. Unfortunately, it hadnt come yet, and I went out for the night. Got home late and the wife has grabbed it off my porch.
So, now I have an unopened package (with 2 boxes (phone and car dock)) and weighing 2 lbs sitting on my kitchen table. What should I do? Return the One I got from retail for refund and take a chance the One in the package is gapless and keep the car dock? Or take the package to a UPS store and have them send it back, and keep the One I got from retail?
Im so torn. What say all of you?
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So. I wanted the community's consensus here. I ordered online last Sunday, and has been on back order since. On Thursday, I found a retail store near me that had a few in stock, so I went there and just purchased outright, putting it on my credit card. I immediately (from the store) called customer service and cancelled my pending order. They said it may take up to 24 hours for it to be cancelled.
The fit and finish on the One I got is great. No overhang, no gap to speak of.
Then yesterday morning get an email notification from UPS that says my package from TMo is out for delivery. WTF? I had plans last night, but would be home until about 4pm, so was just going to refuse the order. Unfortunately, it hadnt come yet, and I went out for the night. Got home late and the wife has grabbed it off my porch.
So, now I have an unopened package (with 2 boxes (phone and car dock)) and weighing 2 lbs sitting on my kitchen table. What should I do? Return the One I got from retail for refund and take a chance the One in the package is gapless and keep the car dock? Or take the package to a UPS store and have them send it back, and keep the One I got from retail?
Im so torn. What say all of you?
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Open the box and see which is the better of the two phones. Even if you return the one from customer care, I doubt they will want the dock back