1. Madseno's Avatar
    I was wondering if any Best Buy Mobile employees on here would be able to let us know when Best Buy Canada, for customers who PREORDERED will be able to pick up there 9800's.

    I was told to my face by a manager at a GTA Best Buy that I could pick mine up Thursday, the 30th of September. Being a little suspicious I decided to call back later in the day and spoke to another Best Buy Mobile employee (same store).. at this point she told me they won't be available till Friday, Oct 1st.

    Now I know this is only a day later, but I was hoping someone in the 'know' could shed some light on this subject.

    Thanks in advance.
    09-25-10 01:07 PM
  2. Clarkee's Avatar
    I pre-ordered at Futureshop (Same company), and I am not an employee of either BUT...

    I was told I can go pick mine up on Wednesday.
    09-25-10 01:27 PM
  3. Madseno's Avatar
    I pre-ordered at Futureshop (Same company), and I am not an employee of either BUT...

    I was told I can go pick mine up on Wednesday.
    Very interesting! Thank you for your comment. At least it seems like next week should be good to go, but hey if I can get my hands on it a day earlier.. why not!
    09-25-10 02:08 PM
  4. IGeeve's Avatar
    I was wondering if any Best Buy Mobile employees on here would be able to let us know when Best Buy Canada, for customers who PREORDERED will be able to pick up there 9800's.

    I was told to my face by a manager at a GTA Best Buy that I could pick mine up Thursday, the 30th of September. Being a little suspicious I decided to call back later in the day and spoke to another Best Buy Mobile employee (same store).. at this point she told me they won't be available till Friday, Oct 1st.

    Now I know this is only a day later, but I was hoping someone in the 'know' could shed some light on this subject.

    Thanks in advance.
    Id place my bet on the manager just cause "he's the manager" and has more knowledge of products being shipped and what not. wouldnt listen to an employee just if cause they know lil info if not nothing about anything in the store. lol dude dont worry you will have your hands on one by this week, trust me there wont be another delay. Look at it this way atleast the delay was couple of days and not a month!!!
    09-25-10 03:57 PM
  5. pattste's Avatar
    When you click the pre-order link for a Torch on the Futureshop.ca website, the text at the bottom of the screen still shows "Go to any Future Shop store before Sept. 23, put down a deposit of $30 and your new BlackBerry Torch will be ready to pick up starting Sept. 24". If the website hasn't been updated, it is entirely possible that the salespeople haven't either. I would take anything you hear from unofficial sources with a grain of salt. In the couple of days prior to the expected September 24th release, we had a 60+ page thread here with all sorts of claims, confirmations, denials, people who knew guys at RIM, managers at BestBuy, Rogers, Telus, delivery guys who had personally delivered Torch boxes to stores. In the end, 99% of what was said in the thread was incorrect.
    09-25-10 07:07 PM
  6. Madseno's Avatar
    Thanks guys for the comments!

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    09-26-10 07:09 AM
  7. ek9max's Avatar
    My friend who works at futureshop was told sept 29

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    09-26-10 12:47 PM
  8. Madseno's Avatar
    My friend who works at futureshop was told sept 29

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    Perfect, that's the kind of stuff we like to hear! Considering Future Shop is also Best Buy things are looking good!
    09-26-10 01:24 PM
  9. Madseno's Avatar
    Just was searching the Best Buy forums and came upon this post.. seems pretty legit.



    We got confirmation yesterday, it looks like the Best Buy launch will be Friday September 30th. It looks like most stores have pretty high allocations (with the exception of Rogers, my store allocation is low low low so be sure to line up early :smileywink.



    Anyone who has a pre-order will have one set aside in their name - so no need to line up.



    Keep in mind if you are doing a hardware upgrade or a new agreement that our associates are likely to be swamped and to give yourself at least an hour to be out the door with your new Torch.



    I hope you're all as excited as we are for this launch!

    Cheers,

    James.
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    Senior Mobile Specialist /
    975 Kanata
    09-27-10 04:22 PM
  10. Rikter's Avatar
    Sounds great except the 30th is not a friday, its a thursday.
    09-27-10 06:26 PM
  11. Madseno's Avatar
    I think us best buy people will be waiting till Friday. Unfortunately.

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    09-27-10 06:33 PM
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