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[sakuul]

to be a PREMIER CUSTOMER you have to be with sprint for 5 or 10 years OR be on a 69.99 amount individual or a 99.99 family plan for at last 3 months

[Rager02]

I just pre-ordered mine at bb,i was charged tax(not a big deal to me.)
I forgot to ask my number in line,so that sucks hope im not to far backed up.

[klimb22]

Originally Posted by jimmiekain

Did I get ripped off?

I went to best buy friday and pre-ordered my evo... when the girl told me the total was $54.38 I asked about the extra $4.38 she said it was tax and that when I come to buy the phone the total of $54.38 was already on the card and i would only need to pay the total minus $54.38... when I got home I looked at the receipt and it shows the total on the card as $50.00, now $4.38 isnt going to kill me but...

did anyone else have to pay tax on your pre-order? scanned pic below

I just thought about it. BB should not have charged tax on a gift card in the first place. The $50 gift card is a form of payment. It can not be applied until after they total up the phone. This will be $199.99 + tax. Then they take of $50 for the GC and you owe the rest.

For those who paid tax on the GC, BB will have to manually adjust the price of the phone (or work some other magic) so you don't get cheated out of the tax you paid on the GC.

[klimb22]

Originally Posted by sakuul

to be a PREMIER CUSTOMER you have to be with sprint for 5 or 10 years OR be on a 69.99 amount individual or a 99.99 family plan for at last 3 months

It's 10 years. Where did you get 5 from?

[JAMRZ69]

Originally Posted by sakuul

to be a PREMIER CUSTOMER you have to be with sprint for 5 or 10 years OR be on a 69.99 amount individual or a 99.99 family plan for at last 3 months

June would put me at 3 months on the family plan would that count?

[Rager02]

Originally Posted by karong

So BB said they will call the people who pre-ordered but want if i decide to go down there before they call me? My job is not too far from the BB i ordered from so i may take a stroll there on my lunch break. You think i can still pick it up or I really have to wait for that call?

I just started thinking about this and it seems odd i was told i should receive a call as well,but as im thinking i say why would they say well call you and not just say come pick up your reserved phone on the 4th of june?

-So they wont have a huge line with people signing contracts and what not?
but if the phone is being released on the 4th are they not expecting walk-in buys?
so i came to the conclusion that this is what may happen(hope im not being to hopeful)

1)they will receive the phones early and phone in the people who pre-ordered.
2)they will not officially release the phone until monday except for the pre-ordered ones.

If neither is done or they have thought of a brighter idea i havent thought of i expect to see mayhem at best buy june 4th with pre-orders not being fulfilled and alot of pissed off customers i hope that is not the case. Any best buy mobile employee wanna clarify?

[klimb22]

^The way I seen the Hero and iPhone pre-orders go down was that BB calls the people in for soft appointment windows and they have reps dedicated to serving the pre-orders only. Walk-ins only got phones that were not reserved if any were left over.

Disclaimer: not an actual retail employee.

[Rager02]

Originally Posted by klimb22

^The way I seen the Hero and iPhone pre-orders go down was that BB calls the people in for soft appointment windows and they have reps dedicated to serving the pre-orders only. Walk-ins only got phones that were not reserved if any were left over.

Disclaimer: not an actual retail employee.

been thanked maybe im just thinking to much into ,ol this time cant go by any slower.

[abrigham]

Looking through this thread, I've seen one or two mentions that The Shack does not require any deposit for pre-ordering the EVO through them... is this actually the case? Can anyone who pre-ordered their's at The Shack please confirm this? I ask because I was originally planning on pre-ordering at Best Buy, but won't have the $50 until NEXT Friday (only a week before launch) and I want to make sure I get mine on Day One...

[capthr]

I ordered from BB (I'm #1) but will be checking out HTC Shop America, Amazon and Wirefly they were all selling the Incredible and the HD2 for less then Verizon and T-Mo from the first day they were available. If I must wait a day or 2 but save $50 to $100 I'll do it.