Sprint holding launch parties for Premier customers on June 5 117
Tue, 19 May 2009 9:31 pm EDT
If you’re a Sprint Premier member, consider yourself lucky - and check your email, because you’ve probably got (or may soon receive) one of the above. That’s an invitation to a launch party for the Palm Pre, to be held on Friday, June 5th - the night before the nationwide release. Apart from getting to “mingle with celebs and enjoy hors d'oeuvres,” attendees will also be granted one of the perks that Sprint promised with the Premier program: the chance to buy hot new toys before everybody else.
As a Sprint Premier customer, you are exclusively invited to the hottest wireless launch party. Mingle with celebs and enjoy hors d'oeuvres, wine, and music while taking the Palm Pre for a spin on America’s most dependable 3G network. Plus, you will be able to purchase the Pre at the event before it hits the street.
So, those of you that qualify as a Premier customer, let us know - did you get an invite, are you going?
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Only in select cities...
Got one and am going. Glad to be rewarded for 10 plus years as a sprint customer. I'd imagine non-premiere customers are a little PO'd about these invites though... Don't hate the player, hate the game. :)
Nah, I'm a non-premier customer that don't feel anything about this one way or another. I'll get a pre when I get a pre. I'd rather have it on day 1 but it doesn't matter. I'm not one of those stand in line guys, so I may wind up having to wait for the hype to die down a bit or get online like I've always done.
im premier but no email yet...wow i sure hope so!
If you're premier, it says so when you log on to your account. If it doesn't say so, I recommend talking to Sprint CS ASAP! Haven't gotten the email, but I sure will be at the nearesl launch party!
Go Phoenix!
no email yet...
I bet you need to be within a certain radius of one of the parties to get an invite. Seeing as I am 100 miles from Boston I doubt I will get an invite even though I am a premier customer.
Did not receive the e-mail yet, but rep at my local store called me and advised me that my appt for 10 am on the 5th, which I had set to ensure that as an SP I did not have to fight with the "campers", would have to be changed to 6pm on the 5th. He told me that Sprint is closing the store to all but SP's on the 5th who will be allowed into the store @ 6pm to play with and purchase their Pre's.
where did you find this? I clicked around on everything on that page but couldn't find it
I'm in Tucson too, am a Premier Customer and have signed up for notification back in January - but I have not seen any email about this. Does anyone know when & where in Tucson this will be at? Perhaps we will be dancing together.... hummm, maybe not.
I'm a premier in Charlotte, NC
No email yet
to everyone. i have been looking up some info about this new sprint launch with this new phone and it seems as though sprint has another phone on it's way not only is the palm eros coming but according to an engadget site there is a htc touch pro 2 coming. Get this, it's coming later in June or July. Saw a couple of pics from engadget. I think that's why sprint wants to finish the mail in rebate in July so they can push the htc touch pro 2 and the eos
Just checked email... got mine for here in dallas tx and it was it was received by my hotmail account at 5:55pm this evening (5/19)... and its exactly like the picture posted is...
there a way i could check if im a premier customer? ive definately been with sprint for at least 6 years... does it mention it on the sprint account page?
never mind, i just checked my account, pretty apparent im premier. had no email on file, hope i didnt miss the mass message. ill check tomorrow cause im down for partying and playing with my new pre. god im obsessed still. jesus
So apparently Premier customers are the only ones worthy of trying out the phone before they buy it? I've never been a Sprint customer (but am about to be). I'd think they would want prospective customers to have a chance to check out the phone before hand as well.
It may sound selfish (because yes, I DO REALLY want to try out this phone) :-), but I think this sends the wrong signal.
Sprint did this last year with the Instinct.I got a email a week before launch and, got the phone a day before the offical launch.Have not recieved a Pre invite email yet.
I got a different chat response:
Your session ID is 6163565.
Time Details
05/21/2009 10:23:19PM System: "We really appreciate you waiting for us. Did you know that you can pay your wireless bill online at Sprint.com."
05/21/2009 10:23:21PM System: "Log in at Sprint.com and click on ???Billing and Payment???, then click on ???Pay Bill???. It???s fast, easy and available 24 hours a day. It???s just that simple! Please continue to wait???the next available specialist will be with you shortly."
05/21/2009 10:23:25PM System: "."
05/21/2009 10:24:44PM Session Started with Agent (Willie C)
05/21/2009 10:24:44PM System: "Thank you for contacting Sprint. My name is Willie C. How may I assist you today?"
05/21/2009 10:25:04PM XXXXXXXXX: "Hello Willie C. Is there any way for you to let me know if I will be receiving an invite for the Pre prelaunch on the evening of June 5, 2009. I see that there is a Pre prelaunch for premier members. Thanks for your help!"
05/21/2009 10:25:31PM Agent (Willie C): "For account verification, may I please have the **********-********** digit pin number on the account or could you please answer your security question for me?"
05/21/2009 10:25:45PM XXXXXXXXXX: "Yes, ****************"
05/21/2009 10:26:13PM Agent (Willie C): "Thank you."
05/21/2009 10:27:22PM Agent (Willie C): "I do apologize, however I do not have access to tell you if you will be invited or not. Please contact our Account Services department at **********-**********-**********-********** to find out that information."
05/21/2009 10:27:39PM XXXXXXXXXXX: "Thanks, I will do so."
05/21/2009 10:28:00PM Agent (Willie C): "Is there anything else I can assist you with today?"
05/21/2009 10:28:30PM XXXXXXXXXX: "Appreciate your time. No, nothing else. Have a great day"
05/21/2009 10:28:49PM Session Ended
The XXX's were me and the ***'s was them. The number he gave me was 888-211-4727
Well, this "Premier" club that nearly all of us are in sure seems exclusive. I've been with Sprint continuously since 1997, thusfar haven't seen any benefits to "Premier" status except more junk mail and occasional semi-ego stroking email.
At least my Sprint account has not been screwed up too badly for a few months, that alone is a relief. Not that it has anything to do with "Premier" status, I guess Sprint simply has been too busy screwing up other people's accounts.
I haven't seen any invites to this silly "party" either, even though I've got 5 phones and they're *all* Palms - AND I'm now out of contract.
The Pre does not appeal to me because of the missing expandable memory and a few other factors (no emulator w/sync, I'm tired of being a beta tester, etc), but the point that Sprint's datamining didn't even identify ME as a potential "party" recruit speaks volumes about their incompetence. No matter, I'm happy to stay out of contract, and I've apparently got the "best" PalmOS smartphones they'll ever produce (Treo 755s). With plenty of replacements available on eBay for less than the cost of an insurance replacement...
I've been a Sprint customer for over 10 years. I am a Premier, but got no invitation. :( I walked by the store, and the employee was kinda snotty/snooty in the way she told me that it was by invitation only. :( Hmph!
(By the way, this was in NYC. The 6th Avenue store in the Village.)