Best Buy taking pre-orders for 32 and 64 GB in-store.
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- Yesterday I was at the local Best Buy in Illinois and it was still 16 gig only. Staples was clueless and Office Depot tried to up sell me on the endless warranty. In all a very frustrating afternoon and still no reason to pull the trigger given the lack of guarentee of delivery on release date. Between Blackberry and the retailers all are doing a fine job of making it as hard as possible to stay excited about this release. I can not remember a more underwhelming process before a supposedly 'game changing' product... too bad the mother ship and retail outlets can't present a clear, consistent message to generate additional interest. It is amazing how much misinformation and lack of information on key components remain on a product due out in under 3 weeks.04-01-11 07:57 AMLike 0
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- Online still shows shipping only option. Called Best Buy and they said the same thing. Says "coming soon" referring to in store pick up for online ordering.04-01-11 09:13 AMLike 0
- SlcCorradoBlackBerryYesterday I was at the local Best Buy in Illinois and it was still 16 gig only. Staples was clueless and Office Depot tried to up sell me on the endless warranty. In all a very frustrating afternoon and still no reason to pull the trigger given the lack of guarentee of delivery on release date. Between Blackberry and the retailers all are doing a fine job of making it as hard as possible to stay excited about this release. I can not remember a more underwhelming process before a supposedly 'game changing' product... too bad the mother ship and retail outlets can't present a clear, consistent message to generate additional interest. It is amazing how much misinformation and lack of information on key components remain on a product due out in under 3 weeks.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-01-11 09:18 AMLike 0 - For anyone in Canada, Best Buy here has had all 3 models available at store level for pre-order since March 25th. It was 16gb only for March 22-24.
For our American friends, I hope Best Buy gets their act together for you soon as it seems the 32gb and 64gb are the deisred models and not having to wait/deal with uncertain shipping sure is nice. The only way I don't get mine on the 19th is if Best Buy doesn't get them from Rim.04-01-11 09:20 AMLike 0 - For anyone in Canada, Best Buy here has had all 3 models available at store level for pre-order since March 25th. It was 16gb only for March 22-24.
For our American friends, I hope Best Buy gets their act together for you soon as it seems the 32gb and 64gb are the deisred models and not having to wait/deal with uncertain shipping sure is nice. The only way I don't get mine on the 19th is if Best Buy doesn't get them from Rim.
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-01-11 10:42 AMLike 0 - I'm still considering doing a pre-order so I called Best Buy to make sure I could pre-order the 32GB model for in-store.
First person I spoke with in computers/notebooks/tabets wasn't sure what the Playbook was so he went to ask then came back and transferred me to mobile. Mobile then put me on hold and someone else came on the line to explain the pre-order process to me. He told me they are only taking pre-orders for the 32GB and 64GB models, not the 16GB model, which I thought was strange. I asked if they could tell me how many people had pre-ordered at this point and he said "none from what the computer is showing me." I then asked if he could confirm the release date of the 19th and his reply was "I think so."04-01-11 06:05 PMLike 0 - One of my customers at work is a manager at futureshop and he took my preorder in store. He swears to me he will call me personally as soon as they arrive and hold my order. I can't wait!
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The special order restocking fee applies to items such as special order appliances.
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-01-11 06:51 PMLike 0 - If i preorder in store at best buy, does that mean I can pick it up instore? Or would I still have to wait for them to deliver it to my home?
I already have the pb preordered from staples but after this whole fiasco with the coupon I have no reason to buy it from them other then the fact that I'd like to pick it up instore rather than have it delivered.04-01-11 08:29 PMLike 0 - If i preorder in store at best buy, does that mean I can pick it up instore? Or would I still have to wait for them to deliver it to my home?
I already have the pb preordered from staples but after this whole fiasco with the coupon I have no reason to buy it from them other then the fact that I'd like to pick it up instore rather than have it delivered.04-01-11 08:44 PMLike 0
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