This is B.S. I'm so mad

[stparker38]

I wasn't planning to get a new phone until Jan 2011. I went in with two of my older smartphones for their buyback program. This was two days after the EVO came out. I told the rep I was kind of interested in the EVO and wanted to see if I could get it for upgrade price (w/my buybacks) as I was only eligible for the 75 dollar off. She went and grabbed one and rang it up...no additional questions asked. I told her that I had heard that no one had them. She said it was one that a waiting list customer didn't pick up. I know that to not be true now because there is still waiting lists... it just goes to show you that depending on the day or the rep- whatever the store- you can get what you want. I would go in person to the Sprint stores and just act as if they are available and get your phone.

[PhyscoAssassinx]

Originally Posted by tech

well ive been with sprint for 8 years and ever since i got evo they took off my sprint premier benefits i was so pist off thats y im switching to tmobile in december

Well lets just hope the merger doesn't happen with sprint & tmo for your case lol

[RidleyJ329]

i called up a best buy in my neighborhood earlier, mind you this was the only one within and surrounding the st louis area, and they had one in stock. i asked them if it would be possible to do an exchange of one that i purchased from a different store since they didnt have any. they flat out told me no because they wouldnt make any money off of that transaction and that i would have to do a complete refund of the one i have from the store i bought it from then drive over to them to do a fresh new purchase which frankly would have been more hassle than it would have been worth.

i almost had the right mind to go out there anyway because dont believe there is anything in their policy against returning items to a different store and performing the exchange anyway. i only didnt because i didnt wanna make a scene if i got there and the manager still tried to tell me no. needless to say i emailed their corp office or where ever they go. well see what happens.

on a side note i did see another best buy commercial earlier advertising phones and i couldnt help but think no one has them in stock. i think they should pull the commercial or clearly state the supplies are limited.

[Try619]

Thanks to everybody for responding. There is alot of good ideas that people posted that i'm definitely gonna have to try. I mean I guess at this point i'm going to have to be patient and wait for my turn. Next time i'm definitely going to pre order so I won't have to go through this mess again.

[ShortBusCandid8]

I called Sprint and even though the site said "out of stock" I got the phone the next day. It was an upgrade too.

[Kurakka]

Got my evo on launch day and Loved the phone to death, every thing about it was nice and neat. Had only a couple of issues but most were not a big deal. I had been holding off upgrading the software on the phone just because every thing I want to work was working and working well. Well I started reading people like the new stuff so I went ahead and started upgrading and well I got BRICKED. Called Sprint, went to sprint store, went to radio shack and all three of them said I would be with out a phone for at least a week. When I called sprint they said it could be up to two weeks. Unfortunately I cant be with out a phone for that long. I am currently job searching and getting calls for interviews so I cant not have a phone for two weeks so I had to cancel sprint and take my number to Metro PCS so I could get a cheap phone with no contract. I hope to go back to the evo here in a few months once they are easier to get.