FYI...VZW corporate is "secret shopping" by phone and in store to catch reps holding phones or setting up appointments. It is VZW's official policy to never hold a phone under any circumstance it is purely first come first serve! I was told disciplinary action has been approved by the big wigs on this one for up to and including termination. Seems this launch has gotten under the skin of some at corporate offices!!!!
Thunderbolt Thursday Waiting Room HERE!
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Well I hope they don't reach my store lol They have one day to do it, and I doubt they will hit most of them, just major ones in major cities if this is true.
I just went to BB and VZ and played with it!!! Go they have demo units. There not out you have to ask and if they tell you they dont have it there lying. Went to BB first and she took it out of the box and I almost ran out the door with it. There secerity isnt that big! lol... Then went to VZ and asked them to play with one the guy told me they didnt have one and and told them BB does and he asked his boss if they activated it yet and all of a sudden they had 2 of them. I was the 1st to hold it in the store and almost ran out of there with it as well! Its such a beautiful phone!!! The only thing that was weird was out of the 2 only one worked with web? They couldnt figure why the other one wouldnt open the web. Kinda weird. Anyway this is at the Bloomingdale Illinois BB, and VZ if you live around here go play and enjoy!!!
Sure, but I have an appt when they open so I will be first to be seen by an agent in the store no matter who else was a literal walk-in that morning.
You can still setup an appointment to see a sales rep tomorrow, but they can't hold a phone.
In other words, if you setup an appointment for 9am then you will be seen at 9am by someone when the doors open even if there are 30 people in front of you (assuming they don't have appointments too... hehe).
I have class at 10, so I am going to get to Verizon at 8:45 and hopefully leave by 9:30. I'm kind of afraid I'm going to get in an accident while driving; there is no way I will be able to take my eyes off of it for at least 5 hours!
I called three local Corporate Verizon's and none of them are doing appointments...
First come, first serve.
pstellato73
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Whatsapp is a great BBM Alternative. It shows one checkmark when the message is sent and accepted by the network and 2 check marks when it is delivered to the phone. It does not show read or unread. It does to group chat and you can attach a host of stuff (Pics, video, music, location (cool so friends can find you and get directions from google maps), and contact info. I think it shows if the other person is typing but not sure. My brothers have blackberries and we use this to text since it uses data vs. text messages just like BBM. It is also available on the iphone if you have friends with one of those things.
You can enter a status also just like BBM and it has a popup message when someone sends you a message. You can also choose a color led light for incoming messages.
I tried Kik and it was ok, but it lacked a few things and now that BB users cannot use kik it wasn't worth it.
I called three local Corporate Verizon's and none of them are doing appointments...
I have an appointment for sure, but I'll call anyway just to confirm. The guy said I'm setup in the system for 9am.
It's weird that some stores do appointments and others do not. Don't these sales people want to make some money off of the TB?? I would be creating as many appointments as possible.
my wife just called me to say that BestBuy called and we have our appointment set for our TB's!! WOO-HOO!!
she said they asked if we wanted a "shield" to protect the phones and she told them yes. is that a screen protector?? they said it had to be installed? my wife didn't know to ask any specific details on what that was -she heard protection and said "yes!"
she said they asked if we wanted a "shield" to protect the phones and she told them yes. is that a screen protector?? they said it had to be installed? my wife didn't know to ask any specific details on what that was -she heard protection and said "yes!"
DirtMcGirt
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So lemme get this straight. I pre ordered on Day 1 of pre-ordering at BBY way back in Feb. They called me, I made an appoint for 3pm tomorrow. I WILL have a phone waiting for me right?
Yesterday morning I called my local VZW store to set-up an appointment for Thursday at 9am when they open. I dropped by the store yesterday afternoon to see if they had one on display (they didn't). While I was there though they told me that they were going to open at 8am for appointments only - so I moved my appointment up!
pstellato73
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my wife just called me to say that BestBuy called and we have our appointment set for our TB's!! WOO-HOO!!
she said they asked if we wanted a "shield" to protect the phones and she told them yes. is that a screen protector?? they said it had to be installed? my wife didn't know to ask any specific details on what that was -she heard protection and said "yes!"
Its an invisishield and it has to be installed either by you or BB. I would have them do it, but invisishield says to wait 12 hours before turning your phone on after installation. So it's your call.
ShawnMeds23
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s-w-e-e-t
i'll get a new line going and then call verizon and switch it over to my biz account... yeye
pdf attached, just in case they take it off...
I'm the second line of a family plan. The contract on this number has been up for months. I use a google voice number. I don't care about my verizon number. Could I cancel this second line today and ad a new one tomorrow???
yes as long as the contract is up you can cancel at anytime,also you can add a line at anytime you wish
Day one for me! I dont have to wait until friday after all! Im soooooo excited..no sleep tonight!
went to a local verizon store today to talk about my contract situation and upgrading to the bolt
first and foremost they let me play with a bolt, not a dummy an actual phone (i know i know only one day ahead of release but i sure as hell wasn't gonna say no to their offer)
some impressions i got:
-screen size was huge, looked bigger in life than i expected it to be its a monster
-the phone itself was slimmer than i expected, thought it would be thicker but they did a nice job of slimming it
-the kickstand was smaller (thinner to be specific) than i expected, but didnt feel cheap at all (seems like you would purposely have to try and break it to actually break it)
-no SIM card or wifi at the time i played with it so couldn't do speed test
-response on touch screen was very good
-the phone overall is a winner in my books
second point the rep kept insisting you don't need a SIM card for 4G, to which i insisted you do (you do don't you?) he would not back down from his response on this matter, so i just said whatever and moved on to other questions
lastly he told me only 2 year option was available for contract, i inquired about 1 year, he said not on this phone, so i asked if verizon was doing away with 1 year contracts and his response was they are not, but they are beginning to select phones they want to specifically make 2 year contracts (i don't fully buy this response yet either, we'll all find out 100% tomorrow though)
first and foremost they let me play with a bolt, not a dummy an actual phone (i know i know only one day ahead of release but i sure as hell wasn't gonna say no to their offer)
some impressions i got:
-screen size was huge, looked bigger in life than i expected it to be its a monster
-the phone itself was slimmer than i expected, thought it would be thicker but they did a nice job of slimming it
-the kickstand was smaller (thinner to be specific) than i expected, but didnt feel cheap at all (seems like you would purposely have to try and break it to actually break it)
-no SIM card or wifi at the time i played with it so couldn't do speed test
-response on touch screen was very good
-the phone overall is a winner in my books
second point the rep kept insisting you don't need a SIM card for 4G, to which i insisted you do (you do don't you?) he would not back down from his response on this matter, so i just said whatever and moved on to other questions
lastly he told me only 2 year option was available for contract, i inquired about 1 year, he said not on this phone, so i asked if verizon was doing away with 1 year contracts and his response was they are not, but they are beginning to select phones they want to specifically make 2 year contracts (i don't fully buy this response yet either, we'll all find out 100% tomorrow though)
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