Sitting at BB

[feet]

haha i was the first, 9am at mine and it was going down for the count as they were doing mine.
i went to a sprint store right after to pick up a case and they had maybe 7 people doing orders and it was going down at that moment. I was lucky to get out of there with my case.
they couldnt get anyone on sprints side and the hold music wasnt even playing.

 

[SilverZero]

Appts were to make things run smoothly if everything goes PERFECTLY, but **** happens systems crash and people are slow. With that thought the use of appts basically went down the drain. I got to talk to a Sprint person from corp because she was there watching over the launch and she told BB that they should already have the phones activated before the customers come in that way it is just a quick sign off process. I asked if sprint will ever give the instant rebates like BB and radio shack and she said they r seriously looking at doing that because they have been really amazed at how many preorders come in for BB and Radio Shack. I told her I always go to BB or the Shack for my phones because of the instant rebate. She did agree that it was a good thing so maybe down the line Sprint will follow suit.

Or maybe just sell the phone cheaper anyway? I get that rebates are not always 100% claimed, but it seems that everybody is getting in on the instant rebates now, so why not just swallow the $100 up front?