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Date you ordered and received the phone vs. "will ship by" date

called customer service today and they said i should have my phone by 3pm tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! docs appointment in the morning and ill be spending the rest of the day staring out the window with my dog waiting very impatiently.
ordered- 6/28 in-store
ship by- 7/26
shipping notification- N/A
est ship date- 7/22
its been a looooooooong 4 weeks
 
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called customer service today and they said i should have my phone by 3pm tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! docs appointment in the morning and ill be spending the rest of the day staring out the window with my dog waiting very impatiently.
ordered- 6/28 in-store
ship by- 7/26
shipping notification- N/A
est ship date- 7/22
its been a looooooooong 4 weeks

Congrats. Hope you get it and enjoy it after four weeks of waiting. I would barely be able to stand it.
 
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update for me-

just to recap, DO NOT trust verizon when they promise you overnight shipping.

when i called in to order (because i couldnt get the private sale credit to register online), i was told it would be shipped overnight. when i called *611 last night and was told my phone shipped yesterday, via overnight service, and would be here today. when i checked the tracking number last night, it showed 2 day service. unfortunately, it was after 11pm, so i couldnt call in.

called customer service again tonight, letting them know i was thouroghly pissed off that i was lied to last night. not so much about the guy i talked to when i ordered the phone who told me overnight, but moreso the fact that last night the woman looked right at my shipping info and said it would be here today, as it was shipped overnight

when i talked to the supervisor today, he gave me some BS excuses, and basically said "sorry, nothing i can do for you, you'll get your phone tomorrow". as promised, i let him know i would relay this as how i was treated and basically lied to last night.

so in the end, if they tell you overnight shipping is included, unless you have it in writing, take it at your own risk

6/29 order - promised overnight shipping
7/27 scheduled ship date
7/20 actual ship date
7/22 scheduled delivery
 
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edit - guess i can't be upset as i was...called them at 10 when i got off work, just now checked my email and got this...

Dear Evan,
My name is Kelly W. and I am sorry to learn of the confusion on shipping on orders process through our website. Overnight shipping is available at no charge, however, it must be selected during the new phone order. While processing the order online, you will be prompted to choose your preferred shipping method. We have different options available as some customers don't mind paying the extra money to have Saturday delivery since Saturday's are not normal delivery days for Fed Ex, combined with Fed Ex requires a signature for delivery, some customers prefer other choices. I apologize for the confusion this caused. Once the order has been processed and left our warehouse, it cannot be updated. I would have called you about this, however, it was too late.
I applied a credit for 1 month free of the $29.99 data feature for your first bill. This adjustment will come off the first billing of the data companion that will be added to your account at the time you activate the new phone.
Although it was too late to call you, I'm glad that I was able to explain the shipping further with you and add the 1 month free for the $29.99 data feature. Thank you for being the best part of Verizon Wireless, our customers.
Sincerely,
Kelly W.
Verizon Wireless
Customer Service
 
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I just got my shipment email so hopefully yours will be coming soon. I will keep my fingers crossed for you. They CS lady told me today mine wouldn't ship until the 27th. We all know that is BS. Good luck to you. I was in such a pissy mood until I got this email a few minutes ago.

Thanks for keeping hope for me, but at this point I dont care anymore. I could care a less about this phone and I want the iphone .... they will never give me my phone
 
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there is also a lot of homescreen replacement apps.

LauncherPro
Helix Launcher
DxTop
GDE
AHome
PandaHome
OpenHome.

to name a few. ;)

I need to look into more, i wish you could cut the 7 screens down to 5 or 3.. but it's all good. i feel like i need to fill everything lol. also do you know how to close out of apps without using a task killer?
 
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I need to look into more, i wish you could cut the 7 screens down to 5 or 3.. but it's all good. i feel like i need to fill everything lol. also do you know how to close out of apps without using a task killer?


if you press the menu button in the app it will sometimes have the option to exit or quit but I've noticed not all of them have the option. I'm using advanced task killer. It has a widget that looks like a regular app icon and when you press it it closes all running tasks. You can set it to ignore certain apps.
 
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