Hey guys, been a lurker of this site for about a year now. Today, I finally joined because I wanted to join the "Great Wait" for the Nexus 4 with you guys lol
So here's my story...
I tried to buy a 16gb nexus 4 from the tmobile store last Friday the 16th. Of course, they were sold out

But the tmo rep reassured me that I could simply order the phone via tmobile telesales and have it shipped to me in 2-4 days. Knowing about the back-order debacle, I took this with a grain of salt but decided to proceed with the plan just to entertain myself. So the tmo rep called telesales for me and I placed my order over the phone. She mentioned the phone was on back-order but reassured me that it would ship early this week. Seeing no other option, I proceeded with the plan.
Later that day, I received an email from tmo stating that my order had been received and is being processed. I saw that as progress, so I was satisfied. Later that evening, I checked on the status again (on tmobile.com) just for fun. I was surprised to see that the phone had
shipped and would arrive by the
end of the day on Tuesday, 11/20; I had a tracking number and all!
Fast forward to this morning, my phone arrived in South Charleston, WV at 8:00am and departed at 8:19am; everything is on time! It is shipping to my apt in Gaithersburg, MD so it's actually quite close already.
Does anyone know why tmobile telesales was able to ship out my phone faster than the Google Play orders that were received waaaaay before my Friday the 16th "last-minute-ish" order? I was pondering that one all weekend. Also, what exactly does "End of Day" on 11/20 mean? Like 5pm? 6pm? 10pm? If anyone knows an accurate range, I'd really appreciate it!
Last question, has anyone else here ordered from tmo telesales? I feel like I'm the only one in my good-fortune boat :-/