Thunderbolt - Best Buy Availability/Pricing/Ordering Discussion

[paulmike3]

ThunderBolt in Best Buy Circular! Pre-order and "Coming Soon"...

Here you go! This is next week's ad...

http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-thunderbolt-best-circular-pre-orders-coming-soon

I'm still sticking with Feb. 14th. Discuss!

 

[colesl4w]

Here you go! This is next week's ad...

HTC Thunderbolt in Best Buy circular, pre-orders coming soon | Android Central

I'm still sticking with Feb. 14th. Discuss!

not even gonna bother with pre-order because I know I won't be getting it launch day. Gonna wait a bit for reviews, and plan pricing.

 

[DJBeanPole]

Bonin!

 

[I am Fake Jesus]

2 seconds after i just posted a complaint on verizon with no real info on another post. foots in my mouth now.

this is almost proof of the 14th

 

[paulmike3]

2 seconds after i just posted a complaint on verizon with no real info on another post. foots in my mouth now.

this is almost proof of the 14th

Patience young padawan. Patience.

 

[I am Fake Jesus]

Patience young padawan. Patience.

hahahaha my patience is gone. since nov my contract has been up an i hang out with friends with g2 an droid x. an i have a iphone 3g that bricks itself an is a slug even going between screens.

but it is time. an if this is pre order. an 14 is release, time is running up on changing those plans. stay unlimited. no whammy no whammy no whammy

 

[SpaceHippie]

This has been a crazy month. Im so excited to get one. I think the best part is how weve all been waiting and discussing about it together. Now we get to talk about how we like the phone. I feel like a little kid, me and all my friends got the same thing for christmas. HULK HANDS! Now we get to enjoy them together.

 

[Dperks17]

HULK HANDS!!!!! "Dale got hulk hands!?!?!"

 

[rigorx]

not even gonna bother with pre-order because I know I won't be getting it launch day. Gonna wait a bit for reviews, and plan pricing.

And then they'll be back ordered. Create a buzz, supply and demand.

 

[paulmike3]

This has been a crazy month. Im so excited to get one. I think the best part is how weve all been waiting and discussing about it together. Now we get to talk about how we like the phone. I feel like a little kid, me and all my friends got the same thing for christmas. HULK HANDS! Now we get to enjoy them together.

Haha, exactly! When it finally drops, we'll get an influx of new owners in this forum and somehow we'll be the resident "experts"!

 

[Smitty_82]

Haha, exactly! When it finally drops, we'll get an influx of new owners in this forum and somehow we'll be the resident "experts"!

LOL, I like your enthusiasm!

 

[colesl4w]

And then they'll be back ordered. Create a buzz, supply and demand.

well I'm not the one paying for the phone, so I'll get it when I get it anyways.

 

[I am Fake Jesus]

HULK HANDS!!!!! "Dale got hulk hands!?!?!"

It's ok mine isn't movie quality CROSSBOWS. HUSTLERS

 

[Edwill86]

awesome! so we can assume they will announce the release date before next week possibly!

 

[corn4ahead]

ok, so 2 questions

1) this is next weeks add, so when will the pre-orders start?

2) I have never pre-ordered anything before. Do i just walk into Best Buy and ask to pre-order it? Do I pick it up at the store or is it shipped?

 

[Forgetful]

Best Buy only offers 2 year contracts correct?

If so that sucks for me, I want 1 year.

 

[anon(75289)]

This news is good and bad for me. It really throws a kink in my plan, as I had been thinking up 'till now that there would be no preorders.

I have been undecided if I was going to purchase the phone from BB or from Verizon. I will be buying TWO TBolts. I've never purchased a phone from BB, I have NO idea how their system works. I'm pro at dealing with the verizon stores. I have a 5 line family plan. The main line is eligible for my NE2, and then two other lines are eligible for upgrades. But the second line that I actually want to put one of my new TBolts on isn't eligable for an upgrade so I have to use one of my other upgrades and transfer it over. I also have this silly $40 BB gift card sitting around and want to throw that in the mix.

I don't know what I should do! What if I preorder 2, but they wont give me my $100 NE2 discount? OR maybe they wont allow me to use one of the other lines to get an upgrade on a different line.

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

Best Buy only offers 2 year contracts correct?

If so that sucks for me, I want 1 year.

Yeah, they won't do 1 year contracts unfortunately

 

[paulmike3]

Yeah, I don't plan on pre-ordering though Best Buy either. Last phone I bought that had a BB pre-order (Storm 1), I called the day it came out and ordered it via telesales. Had it in a couple days. I may take a day off work and go to a VZW store this time. Get my gadget fix on.

 

[Forgetful]

Yeah, I don't plan on pre-ordering though Best Buy either. Last phone I bought that had a BB pre-order (Storm 1), I called the day it came out and ordered it via telesales. Had it in a couple days. I may take a day off work and go to a VZW store this time. Get my gadget fix on.

Is the VZW store the same price as VZW online? I though the phones in store were always marked up 50/100 bucks vs online ordering?