Some Sprint Stores Selling the Pre a Day Early? 55
Derek told us about Sprint holding launch parties for Premier customers on June 5th, but they won't be happening in every city.
Well, looks like some Sprint stores that aren't having launch parties are still going to be staying open late on June 5th and will be selling the Pre. Forum member midmofan (and Fyremn76 too) let us know in this thread that he had spoken to someone at a local Sprint store and found out that the store wasn't near any of the cities that are having Pre launch parties, but the store was going to stay open until midnight on June 5th to unload their Pre Phones. The person in that particular store said that she knew of no restriction to only sell on the 5th to Premiere customers.
Forum member kmod called his local Sprint corporate store and was told:
[...] The associate said that they weren't having a party but would have extended hours the day before launch. She then said if you signed up on Sprint.com to be notified about the Pre, you will get an email from Sprint to come in and buy the Pre on June 5th, and you needed this email in hand to buy the phone on 6/5. I then asked if this was only a Premiere customer thing and she said no, it's open to everyone that signed up online. Hope this is true!
pogeypetey also started a thread about Sprint stores selling the Pre on the 5th. There seems to be some confusion about whether or not one has to be a Premiere customer in order to snag a Pre on the 5th though. Some people have heard that you do and some are hearing that it's first come, first served.
Have any of you gotten emails after signing up at Sprint to be notified about the Pre? Is your local Sprint store going to be open late on June 5th and selling Pre's even though they aren't having official launch parties? Let us know.
Also, there is a Poll in the threads where you can vote: Sprint Premier Customers- Received an invite for June 5th? So far, 92.73% have NOT gotten their invites, and 7.27% have.
Update: A tipster lets us know that the aforementioned Premier Customer launch parties are meant for Premier Customers only and apparently there will only be 10 of them nationwide.
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I spoke to a very educated sales rep manager (imagine that) that told me that they are definitely selling the pre on the 5th and that emails would continue to go out for the next couple of weeks, right up until launch...as for premier vs. non premiere, unfortunately I do not have an answer to that.
Hmm, i work 2nd shift. So, I'll have to wait till Sat to try and get one...
I called my local store and she was kinda rude. She said, "No, we aren't selling it until the 6th".
The people at one of the sprint stores in Champaign are the same way. They use to have really good people there but their all gone now. I refuse to go to that store anymore because of the people there. Oh yea neither one is an affiliate Sprint store and we were told they DON'T have to honor anything from sprint, it was up to the store manager. We found this out when my son was getting an upgrade to an HTC Pro. Indiana here we come.
I went to the store in Annapolis, MD yesterday and even with the windows plastered with Pre posters, the guy I spoke with had no idea what I was talking about when I asked about the Pre. Once I explained that it was a new phone coming available in June he acted like he couldn't care less. I asked about a party, late hours, opening early and he said he hadn't heard anything. "I have no idea." I said, "thanks" and left.
This launch is going to be spectacular.
Gaithersburg, MD store didn't know anything either. Well, no details. just a "I think the 5th or 6th? if you go online, it tells you everything"
not doing waiting lists or early sign ups either.
I went to the online chat with a Sprint rep to see if there were going to be any launch parties in my area and she gave me the same line that it won't be sold until the 6th. I'm still going to do drive by's of all the local stores after I get off of work on the 5th to check.
I've been speaking to a Sprint rep all this week about the 5th and he told me initially he didn't know if they were only going to sell to SP customers. I then spoke to him today (5/22) and he did confirm in a meeting they had today that they were going to do a "first come, first served" over the confusion caused by the whold SP customer e-mail thing. He said that they were going to close at 4pm and then re-open at 6pm and begin selling their Pre(s) to any Sprint customer. The funny thing is I don't think anybody in my area knows that this Sprint store is gon' re-open at 6pm because I think he said that they were just gon' post a closing sign of the hours that day. SO I HIGHLY SUGGEST IF YOU GUYS ARE HEARING THE SAME THING IN YOUR AREA, THAT YOU GET UP TO YOUR STORE AT 4PM AND JUST CAMP OUT TILL THEY RE-OPEN. That is what I'm gon' do. I'm not taking no chances. I'm gettin a Pre. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEY'RE SELLING THEIR PRE(S) ON THE 5TH, SO ON THE 6TH I THINK THERE ARE GON' BE A LOT OF PISSED OFF PEOPLE HOPING TO COP A PRE. Good luck ya'll.
I love/hate when exclusive products are released. Whether it be a cool electronic device(Palm Pre) or something like the latest sneaker to drop...I could NEVER EVER see my self camping outside of a store for ANYTHING. No matter how much i want it. I live in NYC and see it all the time and I always just SMH @ the ppl...No Offense. Its just to extra for me.
myself* too* tyops.............
Special hours no longer listed on Sprint's website next to each store. Was there last week, removed this week. Now they only list their normal info and hours.