Best Buy Preorders Any News?

[NYguyc]

Hey all. When you give a best buy update will you please give us your location too. It will help people know what to expect. I think there will be a difference between small cities and major markets. I preordered on the 8th so i am hoping being premier silver will help. Like some of you i am traveling for a week starting tomorrow morning, so i really want this today. Now, I am going to go loiter at my local best buy in NYC and look for delivery trucks.

 

[Minotking]

The Best Buy in Manhattan Kansas doesn't have neither pre-order or in-store models and will not receive them until the 28th smdh.

 

[Akaleus]

My store in Rogers, Arkansas said they are due to arrive in store today via UPS shipment. Truck gets to the store around 12 usually and he said he'd give me a call. *crosses fingers*

 

[Droidnation.]

Now, I am going to go loiter at my local best buy in NYC and look for delivery trucks.

Keep me updated on that, I got a friend in NYC. Where in NYC?

 

[randall2580]

Ordered White ATT on June 8th online for shipment to my house, as I am writing this - shows "1 item backordered" Not happy.

 

[Csiaprincess]

Fort Smith, Ar best buy mobile says they may still get it today their deliveries usually occur in the afternoon.... As long as it is preordered they will call as soon as they come in is what I was told....at@t white

 

[Bonzo62]

Called my Best Buy in Bastrop ,TX , just outside Austin this morning. They told me it's on back order until the 26th now. Said ATT pulled their shipment to fill core ATT store orders. Last night they told me they were expecting it in today. I'm not goung to sweat it , I have 2 promo $50 gift cards to use there for purchesing it pre-order and a phone freedom promo they ran in January/Feb. I'll happily wait another 5/7 days to get the S3 for $100 if need be.

 

[astoriacub]

I'm going to take a little trip to the best buy in Long Island City and see if i can find out.

 

[Csiaprincess]

I read on here somewhere that their shipments don't come from carrier but manufacturers plus I did ask there 1800 number people if that was true and they said yes

 

[astoriacub]

So I just stopped in BB in LIC (NYC) and the guy said their shipment will be in tonight or early tomorrow morning and available for pick up on Friday. They only are getting enough in to cover the pre-orders.

 

[NYguyc]

:'( so I just got back from a little walk and this is what I learned:

First, I walked to my closest AT&T store and there was a FedEx truck and a UPS truck parked outside so I got a little excited. Walked in an talked to an associate and they said no S3s coming in today. This is manhattan so those trucks are more abundant than I guess I wanted to remember.

Second, walked to best buy and as I approached a UPS truck was backing into the loading bay. Needless to say I was getting excited again. I went in and hung around for a bit then finally talked to a mobile associate and he said, "definitely no S3s today." This was the union square store (central store in major market) and the location of galaxy tab sales launch, so I thought they would be ready to go for sure.

So now :'( and I calmly wait. Hopefully they will have S3s when I get back in town in a week.

 

[tachedout]

so sad...my coworker received his S3 from att in the mail at 11am (SF, CA) I called best buy and was told they are trying to locate the truck, but I should have it within a day or two. (san bruno location)

 

[BarbecueGamer]

I went to 3 BBs over lunchtime in the NW suburbs of Chicago. 2 said no idea when, their system says processing. The last store said Sprint ones come in tomorrow but they have no idea on the others

 

[Bonzo62]

Truth of the matter is that they really have no clue. They are just puppets in all this being played by Samsung and ATT. My Best Buy said tuesday and will give me 15% off accessory purchase for the inconvenience.

 

[Denisej]

Preordered from Best Buy on 6/7. Went to the store today to check on my order. They don't know when the phone is coming in. They're expecting shipments on Friday and Tuesday and it may come one of those days.

Called one of the AT&T corporate stores in my area.They expect to have them in on Sunday but told me to call first. (Chicago south suburb)

 

[Nickles0n]

I called two best buys today. The first one is the one I pre-ordered the S3 from and after telling him what another best buy said the day before he might have read a "confidential" email to me. Literally word for word no bs here. What the email said was that S3 shipments were delayed and they are not to be sold at ANY best buy store (at least in this certain district) until june 22nd even if they got them in stock today. The next tid bit that he told me was that he believed that they were going to be connected with the sprint shipment.

The second best buy that I called, because the first guy didn't want to give me a date to dissapoint me, said that they were expectinig to receive them tomorrow at sometime with the sprint shipment.

I don't know exactly what's going on though.

 

[Akaleus]

Rogers, AR. I was told yesterday that they were expecting a shipment that day. Called this morning and they said they were hoping by the end of the month. lol. *sigh*

 

[troup1998]

same with BB in Altamonte Springs, FL; they don't have a clue. But I did see that a BB employee (Douglas) on the BB forums site wrote this yesterday:

Hello all,

We've begun to receive inventory at some stores to fulfill pre-orders today. We fulfill pre-orders in the order that they were placed as soon as we have stock available, but can't guarantee a date for fulfillment of all pre-orders at this time. Thanks for your patience!

Cheers,

BBY - when will my Galaxy s3 at&t order be shipped - Best Buy: Unboxed

 

[Akaleus]

same with BB in Altamonte Springs, FL; they don't have a clue. But I did see that a BB employee (Douglas) on the BB forums site wrote this yesterday:

Hello all,

We've begun to receive inventory at some stores to fulfill pre-orders today. We fulfill pre-orders in the order that they were placed as soon as we have stock available, but can't guarantee a date for fulfillment of all pre-orders at this time. Thanks for your patience!

Cheers,

BBY - when will my Galaxy s3 at&t order be shipped - Best Buy: Unboxed

Thanks for that info. I guess if I've waited this long, a few more days isn't going to hurt anything.

 

[troup1998]

I called another store here in Orlando(Millenia Mall) and the salesperson was much more helpful. He said they had received a few(3) today for pre-orders.