Verizon: Galaxy Note 8 Pre-Order Thread

[jayp1306]

Mine has been stuck on "processing order, check back later" since I ordered it on the 27th. I contacted Verizon yesterday to make sure there wasn't an issue and they said everything is fine. It would sure be reassuring if I had more information than that when I log into my account though. And to top things off I accidentally chose 2-day shipping instead of next day and the only way to change that is to cancel the order and replace it...which I'm not going to do and risk getting a later ship date.

I couldn't even get another option besides 2 day. Not sure why that is, but it didn't even show a next day for me. All other carries have updates going on, they're small, but it's still info that things are moving. Verzion's just like yep, got your order, you'll see it by the 15th hopefully!

 

[anon(10305333)]

I couldn't even get another option besides 2 day. Not sure why that is, but it didn't even show a next day for me. All other carries have updates going on, they're small, but it's still info that things are moving. Verzion's just like yep, got your order, you'll see it by the 15th hopefully!

Same for me, no choice to upgrade shipping, would have paid for overnight given the chance. Mine has expected ship date 9/14, when I ordered it had deliver by 9/14.

 

[bigpapa7272]

mine didnt give me opportunity to upgrade shipping either when i preordered at verizon, but seriously considering pre order from samsung as gift ships with phone and rather pay off phone and get instant 300 off with trade

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

Yeah that's kind of what I was thinking. Here's hoping it ships on the 12th! I know last year I had 2 day shipping and it shipped on Thursday and came on Friday somehow... I more wanted to be the first one to complain

I just got off the phone with Verizon, I ordered one. The lady said to be sure I had the funds available on the 12th on my card. So, the 12th probably is a reality. And order page says delivered by the 14th.

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

Well I broke down and got a note 8. Couldn't pass it up, Verizon almost matched best buy, 50% trade in promo. My monthly payments are just shy of $14 a month. I have to say goodbye to old note 5.

Now I get to join in on the where's my phone posts. Lol

 

[bigpapa7272]

if sprint and tmobile customer get their before us i will be pissed at verizon

 

[Ca_lvn]

Sprint will by a day every year

 

[jayp1306]

Any one have any updates? My vzw switched from good news we're getting your order ready and ship by 9/14, to we're preparing your order and you'll receive information by email when it ships or something. Sprint and tmo both have phones moving and sprint has people expecting delivery tomorrow. Preorders are the only thing I dislike about vzw lol

 

[antman451]

Well I broke down and got a note 8. Couldn't pass it up, Verizon almost matched best buy, 50% trade in promo. My monthly payments are just shy of $14 a month. I have to say goodbye to old note 5.

Now I get to join in on the where's my phone posts. Lol

Curious about them almost matching the BB promo. What did they do?

VZW offered me a $200 bill credit if I do a "forced upgrade" (I owe like $460 on my S7E), which means I could pay $260 to buy out my phone, and still get the promo pricing on the Note 8. Not a bad deal, I suppose.

Other option: switch carriers. I pre-ordered at BB through Sprint already, but can cancel that if I want. That one pays off my current phone, plus the 50% off the Note 8, plus like $150 in BB stuff, plus the Samsung promo. Also my monthly bill ends up being lower. I come out ahead financially, but Sprint is kinda of an unknown for me since I've been in VZW since 2002.

Need to figure this out. Will accept recommendations.

 

[ronin_cse]

Any one have any updates? My vzw switched from good news we're getting your order ready and ship by 9/14, to we're preparing your order and you'll receive information by email when it ships or something. Sprint and tmo both have phones moving and sprint has people expecting delivery tomorrow. Preorders are the only thing I dislike about vzw lol

Pretty sure this situation happened last year with the S7 where Sprint and MAYBE T-Mobile shipped their phones early, although not this early, and Verizon and AT&T stuck with their original ship dates.

Anyways I wouldn't expect our Verizon phones to ship early but I absolutely would expect them ON the 14th as stated. EVERY year it happens where some people see ships on the release day and some see delivered on the release day and every year everyone gets them on release day.

 

[jayp1306]

Not sure what the caps were about lol. I was just more curious if anyone was getting lucky. I expect it to show up by 8 pm on the 14th, but I certainly wouldn't mind having it sooner than that as most would agree. I can't wait to have control back instead of ios

 

[lattemaker]

I figured out why my status was stuck on processing with my Note 8 order. Apparently the rep that placed my order yesterday entered the three digit code on the back of my credit card wrong so my order was on hold. Its weird that I got a receipt from them yesterday even though the card didn't go through. I ended up giving them my card info again today and this time all is good. Kinda weird it took me calling them to figure it out instead of them contacting me. I would have been pretty mad if this issue wasn't discovered until the day it was supposed to be delivered and I didn't get it!

Keep your eye out on your order status, if it seems "stuck" give them a call!

 

[Mooncatt]

So far no dice on my luck getting Verizon to budge on paying off the S7E to upgrade early. They claim their fans are tied by Samsung.

 

[Almeuit]

So far no dice on my luck getting Verizon to budge on paying off the S7E to upgrade early. They claim their fans are tied by Samsung.

Yeah that definitely isn't true -- They just don't want to give away a free phone.

 

[Mooncatt]

Yeah that definitely isn't true -- They just don't want to give away a free phone.

I'm not asking for a free phone.

I'm debating if I want to fight this more or leave them. I recently moved and the new place has almost zero signal even though it's in a good sized city and their map says they cover it. Because of that problem, I now realize the Verizon V20 does not default to Wi-Fi calling if there's even a hint of a sketchy Verizon signal. If I leave, it won't just be due to the Note debacle, but just a number of issues that all popped up about the same time.

 

[Almeuit]

I recently moved and the new place has almost zero signal

That right there would have me leave a carrier. A carrier is no good if they can't get you signal where you need it.

 

[Mooncatt]

That right there would have me leave a carrier. A carrier is no good if they can't get you signal where you need it.

Unfortunately I drive for a living and they have signal in areas I go to that are sketchy with other carriers. Kind of a catch 22, unless I could either get Wi-Fi calling to work or get a fem-to-cell type device.

 

[myandroidgs6]

Black Friday is three months away!

Same here Bro ...

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

Curious about them almost matching the BB promo. What did they do?

VZW offered me a $200 bill credit if I do a "forced upgrade" (I owe like $460 on my S7E), which means I could pay $260 to buy out my phone, and still get the promo pricing on the Note 8. Not a bad deal, I suppose.

Other option: switch carriers. I pre-ordered at BB through Sprint already, but can cancel that if I want. That one pays off my current phone, plus the 50% off the Note 8, plus like $150 in BB stuff, plus the Samsung promo. Also my monthly bill ends up being lower. I come out ahead financially, but Sprint is kinda of an unknown for me since I've been in VZW since 2002.

Need to figure this out. Will accept recommendations.

They took $144 of price of the note 8, so i missed out on $6 from best buy, but I know I'll get the half off promo

 

[SHIVA77]

Unfortunately I drive for a living and they have signal in areas I go to that are sketchy with other carriers. Kind of a catch 22, unless I could either get Wi-Fi calling to work or get a fem-to-cell type device.

Verizon Wireless is ace. I've been with them for 18 years after a couple of years with ATT back in the old guys. You can't beat their Customer Service folks and unmatched coverage.

You saw how seriously they took my suggestion to add Note Edge to the list of rebates. It took only 24hrs.