AT&TNote 3 - Friday, September 27th @ Best Buy???

[Clickbeast]

I stopped by my local BB and was told by a rep that they're not getting the Note 3 until October 12th and even if they get the shipment early, they can't sell them until AT&T (and other carriers) tell them they can.

Well that's weird. That's even against information my local best buy told me, that they're getting Note 3's for sale on October 1st.

Are you sure you're not talking about verizon only? You gotta be talking about Verizon Only. best buy literally competes with AT&T stores for activation. That would mean Best Buy is going to sit around and wait for almost 2 weeks until the 12th? That's crazy talk. iPhones gets AT&T their most activations / renewals, and even for iPhones best buy has them the same day as AT&T stores.

I call misinformed employee in this case

EDIT: Decided to start another chat with bestbuy.com

http://i.imgur.com/mOzmhbS.png

This is the 4th best buy rep to confirm the phone is being RELEASED on the 27th.

 

[james27007]

Went into Best Buy and did the pre-order thing this morning. The store manager, the cell phone person and the Samsung rep all verified that the AT&T Note 3 pre-orders are expected to be available for pickup in store on 9/27 for AT&T only. They said if you do not pre-order, then you will need to wait until 10/1 for normal purchase. So pre-order made. We'll see what happen Friday morning...

Worse case if it is going to be much later than 10/1, I'll just cancel the pre-order, use the $50 gift card (you have to buy a $50 gift card to place the pre-order) for GTA V or something...

After all the hell I went though with pre-order the Note 2 from AT&T, I will never pre-order from AT&T again.

 

[snc0921]

Hmmm if I don't see my AT&T pre-order ship in time for Friday delivery, I'll go to BB Friday morning and buy it there and cancel my AT&T pre-order.

 

[BeRich]

Well that's weird. That's even against information my local best buy told me, that they're getting Note 3's for sale on October 1st.

Are you sure you're not talking about verizon only? You gotta be talking about Verizon Only. best buy literally competes with AT&T stores for activation. That would mean Best Buy is going to sit around and wait for almost 2 weeks until the 12th? That's crazy talk. iPhones gets AT&T their most activations / renewals, and even for iPhones best buy has them the same day as AT&T stores.

I call misinformed employee in this case

EDIT: Decided to start another chat with bestbuy.com

http://i.imgur.com/mOzmhbS.png

This is the 4th best buy rep to confirm the phone is being RELEASED on the 27th.

This is what I was told by a BB rep. Granted, I do live in KY so I don't put much faith in a lot of what people say around here.

On another note, has anyone talked to AT&T about it?

 

[Myronmack]

Hmm I hope it's Friday but have a sinking feeling that's when they Ship the phone not when it's available in store, I called best buy they did say it will be released that date but they didn't know if they'll have it on that day in store. Fingers crossed

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[snc0921]

The earliest I see for BestBuy pre-order is to add $6.00 for Monday, Sept 30 delivery.

 

[Clickbeast]

Went into Best Buy and did the pre-order thing this morning. The store manager, the cell phone person and the Samsung rep all verified that the AT&T Note 3 pre-orders are expected to be available for pickup in store on 9/27 for AT&T only. They said if you do not pre-order, then you will need to wait until 10/1 for normal purchase. So pre-order made. We'll see what happen Friday morning...

Mmmmm I wonder if they were just pressuring you to pre-order, and how true their statement is. Seems like a good sales tactic (ORDER IT HERE RIGHT NOW OMGAWD NO PHONE FOR YOU TILL FOLLOWING WEEK OTHERWISE K?). I just don't seem to fathom what universe best buy would get a bunch of new phones, and they hold it in the back even if they have permission to sell it, even if I'm waving my cash in front of then.

I'd preorder TODAY if I had any guarantee the phone would arrive friday and be available. However, personally, the only word I've gotten is it "might" arrive in stores friday.

 

[XChrisX]

Most everyone I've spoken to has confirmed the October 1st date. I'll hopefully walk in, and buy it off contract day 1 from AT&T. I wish Samsung had a faster turn around when it came to releasing phones like Apple does. Ah well, the 1st isn't THAT far away!

 

[snc0921]

Most everyone I've spoken to has confirmed the October 1st date. I'll hopefully walk in, and buy it off contract day 1 from AT&T. I wish Samsung had a faster turn around when it came to releasing phones like Apple does. Ah well, the 1st isn't THAT far away!

It would be nice if loyal Samsung customers could depend on getting the product on release day (for preorders) with the certainty that Apple does it. I guess Samsung is not used to high demand ;-)

 

[XChrisX]

It would be nice if loyal Samsung customers could depend on getting the product on release day (for preorders) with the certainty that Apple does it. I guess Samsung is not used to high demand ;-)

I just tweeted @SamsungMobileUS, and hope to get an official answer since there are so many conflicting ones here.

 

[fishmd]

Interesting indeed. I just was in my local Best Buy today and the Samsung rep said they would have them on the first of October. It would be great if they got them in earlier though. Anyone know if they will price match ATT? I am going to buy full price unsubsidized and they say the price is 799$, which is 75$ more than ATT.

 

[Tysonsaurus]

Interesting indeed. I just was in my local Best Buy today and the Samsung rep said they would have them on the first of October. It would be great if they got them in earlier though. Anyone know if they will price match ATT? I am going to buy full price unsubsidized and they say the price is 799$, which is 75$ more than ATT.

I believe they will since your not buying it on contract.

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[livetoride4666]

I believe they will since your not buying it on contract.

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They will. I asked them the same question and they will price match.

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[tcapote]

To bad it doesn't sound like VZW models will be available in that same time frame. Gosh, I dislike VZW.

 

[conanheath]

I preordered Lumia920 last year from Att. Between BB/Att online chats, in store reps and phone calls they don't have a clue when phones will be available. We had this same post with 40 different stories from 10 different sources. It ended up original availability dates posted on ATT site were correct. We even had links to BB site stating different dates but it still came down to ATT stated date. Save yourselves a whole lot of disappointment and just wait for a shipping confirmation and/or launch date in store. I know how frustrating it can be but don't believe anything the reps tell you. BB is not going to beat ATT to the launch.

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[Clickbeast]

I preordered Lumia920 last year from Att. Between BB/Att online chats, in store reps and phone calls they don't have a clue when phones will be available. We had this same post with 40 different stories from 10 different sources. It ended up original availability dates posted on ATT site were correct. We even had links to BB site stating different dates but it still came down to ATT stated date. Save yourselves a whole lot of disappointment and just wait for a shipping confirmation and/or launch date in store. I know how frustrating it can be but don't believe anything the reps tell you. BB is not going to beat ATT to the launch.

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Why you gotta go and crush my dreams?

Just kidding. That's a well-reasoned and logical point. I'll probably go in today and reserve my pre-order, then forget about it. When they call me, they call me.

 

[kylie brown]

I too want to book one. Can we pre-order them.... And if yes do you have any working links for now??

 

[whosteeno]

Just Pre-Ordered the SGNIII today at best buy and the sales clerk says it could be the 25th. I hope so since I've already sold my S4!

 

[Denisej]

I just pre-ordered today at the Best Buy near me. The sales rep said he's been checking every day and hasn't seen a release date in their system. He said I was the only one who pre-ordered the GN3 from that particular Best Buy so far. I'm so pumped up about this phone...I also have it pre-ordered thru AT&T online. It will be interesting to see which one comes in first...

 

[Boomslang001]

I preordered Lumia920 last year from Att. Between BB/Att online chats, in store reps and phone calls they don't have a clue when phones will be available. We had this same post with 40 different stories from 10 different sources. It ended up original availability dates posted on ATT site were correct. We even had links to BB site stating different dates but it still came down to ATT stated date. Save yourselves a whole lot of disappointment and just wait for a shipping confirmation and/or launch date in store. I know how frustrating it can be but don't believe anything the reps tell you. BB is not going to beat ATT to the launch.

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I also hate how much sense you're making here. The only thing is the date was October 1 on Best Buy's site until a couple days ago when it was changed to September 27 as the "release date". You can pay to have it delivered by Monday from what I've read. Why wouldn't BestBuy.com keep the street date if nothing changed? At least for pre-orders it still makes a bit of sense to release early. Unless they really do follow the date that hard... I don't see why they are all so quick to confirm an early release if they hadn't heard it themselves.