Best Buy, Radio Shack, And Gift Cards

[xthedakmanx]

Hello everyone.

Today I called Best Buy trying to find this phone. They said it is still for preorder and they "Can't sell it before june 17th" which is...well...lame because it came out last week.

What sucks even more is a few weeks back I bought a 50$ best buy card (so I wouldn't spend it on anything else) JUST for this phone.

I called back and talked to customer service and asked since I have the recipt, if I can trade the gift card back into cash. After a bit of waiting (she was asking her manager) she came back and said that they just implemented a new system that allows you to do just that (or trade it back to whatever form of payment you bought the card with)

So tomorrow I'm going to BB, getting cash back from my gift card, then going to Radio Shack (WHICH has them in stock...every single one in 50 miles in my area), and picking up this phone

 

[Marka4jr]

thats weird because my pre order from best buy says the estimated time of arrival is june 10th. I have to wait for best buy cause I plan on using the extended warranty I got with my MT to get a free evo V

 

[novak921]

I have to wait for best buy cause I plan on using the extended warranty I got with my MT to get a free evo V

You're going to get an Evo V 4G for free? Congrats to that.

~Novak

 

[gary93]

thats weird because my pre order from best buy says the estimated time of arrival is june 10th. I have to wait for best buy cause I plan on using the extended warranty I got with my MT to get a free evo V

High five But I would like to ask, you did pre order it, will they still charge you? I mean like of you use extended warranty to get an exchange, are they going to pay you back?

 

[EdAndInn]

On 10th June, Target, Bestbuy and possibly Walmart will have many HTC EVO in stock. Probably, this will be the VM branded fresh batch with many hardware and software kinks removed. For many, USD 300 + tax is a big price tag for just a phone and USD 35 for monthly charge is also significant. Many bought Triumph just a few months ago. So I don't imagine them jumping on HTC EVO V right away. Plus many will be waiting for July 1st when they can pick up i-Phone (possibly, 4S) from VM USA where they can retain their USD 25 per month 3G plan.

So, I say wait and you shall see big price drop and easy availability for HTC EVO V by 3rd week of June.

The plum home screen color on Bestbuy HTC EVO V looks very appealing!

 

[DanielM426]

Hello everyone.

Today I called Best Buy trying to find this phone. They said it is still for preorder and they "Can't sell it before june 17th" which is...well...lame because it came out last week.

I DON'T want to hear that. Let me live in my June 10th dream world please

 

[DanielM426]

On 10th June, Target, Bestbuy and possibly Walmart will have many HTC EVO in stock. Probably, this will be the VM branded fresh batch with many hardware and software kinks removed. For many, USD 300 + tax is a big price tag for just a phone and USD 35 for monthly charge is also significant. Many bought Triumph just a few months ago. So I don't imagine them jumping on HTC EVO V right away. Plus many will be waiting for July 1st when they can pick up i-Phone (possibly, 4S) from VM USA where they can retain their USD 25 per month 3G plan.

So, I say wait and you shall see big price drop and easy availability for HTC EVO V by 3rd week of June.

The plum home screen color on Bestbuy HTC EVO V looks very appealing!

I think the actual policy is that any vm phone released after 5/27 is going to force a grandfathered customer to the current rates. Unless I misread that text which would be great

 

[Jaxmoto]

On 10th June, Target, Bestbuy and possibly Walmart will have many HTC EVO in stock. Probably, this will be the VM branded fresh batch with many hardware and software kinks removed. For many, USD 300 + tax is a big price tag for just a phone and USD 35 for monthly charge is also significant. Many bought Triumph just a few months ago. So I don't imagine them jumping on HTC EVO V right away. Plus many will be waiting for July 1st when they can pick up i-Phone (possibly, 4S) from VM USA where they can retain their USD 25 per month 3G plan.

So, I say wait and you shall see big price drop and easy availability for HTC EVO V by 3rd week of June.

The plum home screen color on Bestbuy HTC EVO V looks very appealing!

One of the benefits of getting it now through RS is you get the early Sprint branded model which may/may not be better than the new run, but if is is not then you can return it within 30 days.

All I can really say is that companies do not tend to make a good product better later in production life, they tend to start skimping on every nickle and dime they can.

So if it turns out the Sprint phone is better I'll stick with mine, if the VM new batch is better I'll return mine saying it can't get a signal (or something similar) and then swap it out for the VM phone.

Who knows... there may be something special about the Sprint phones that the VM models don't get.

 

[agentc13]

You sure with iPhone, the $25 plan can be retained?

I don't believe so, since they stated this:

Starting 5/27/12, new smartphones will be subject to current plan rates. This will apply if you switch phones.

 

[agianne]

Probably, this will be the VM branded fresh batch with many hardware and software kinks removed.

What hardware and software kinks are you referring to?

Plus many will be waiting for July 1st when they can pick up i-Phone (possibly, 4S) from VM USA where they can retain their USD 25 per month 3G plan.

If/when the iPhone comes to VM, you will not be able to keep your grandfathered plan if you switch to the iPhone. All smart phones released after May 1st and activated after May 27th are subject to the new, higher rates. I'm not sure why you think otherwise, please explain?

 

[DanielM426]

...they tend to start skimping on every nickle and dime they can.

Well don't they do that from the start? lol I just don't think it's plausible to say that a product will get crappier as time goes on. If it's crap, it's crap from the beginning.

 

[xthedakmanx]

According to this thread, I now have NO idea why the guy told me the 17th lol

 

[agianne]

According to this thread, I now have NO idea why the guy told me the 17th lol

That particular store could have been affected by some supply chain problem that will delay their shipment until the 17th, but the more likely cause is employee brain power deficiency syndrome.

 

[Marka4jr]

I pre-ordered in store, I had to purchase a 50$ gift card to hold my pre order reservation. Basically I have been having problems with my MT since I got it but I heard that the EVO V was coming out so I found my best buy receipt and took my MT to them and explained what was up, they told me that they did not carry the MT anymore even though its on their website and that I can get a store credit to exchange my MT for a new phone but it had to be used for a phone... So they recommended I pre order the evo V and wait until it comes in to do the warranty exchange.



I will get a store credit for the purchase price of the MT, I did get 50$ off when i bought my MT so I will have to pay 50$ out of pocket but that aint bad

 

[gary93]

I called my local BB like 5 mins ago, that BB guy told me it's on pre order on their website; however it still not in their system. And guess what, he told me it may not be in store for A MONTH til !!!

 

[DanielM426]

I called my local BB like 5 mins ago, that BB guy told me it's on pre order on their website; however it still not in their system. And guess what, he told me it may not be in store for A MONTH til !!!

Let's hope he's wrong.

 

[DanielM426]

I pre-ordered in store, I had to purchase a 50$ gift card to hold my pre order reservation.

Did you ever get an email from BB?

 

[Marka4jr]

No I haven't...

 

[DanielM426]

No I haven't...

Me neither, I did have to get a $50 gift card though. I'm definitely going to call BB on Sunday, just because I don't trust them

 

[gary93]

Have just called bb this morning, one of them said not going to have it till the end of the month, another one said the same thing, can't sell till the 17 and only have 5 in store.

 

[DanielM426]

Have just called bb this morning, one of them said not going to have it till the end of the month, another one said the same thing, can't sell till the 17 and only have 5 in store.

I think that the store stock deliveries are being rationed out. My BB only had five as well. All of them with names on them