I think some of you were around in the Pajama Party thread when we are all waiting for the pre-order.
I tried to get one through my carrier. After 20 minutes I got through and was surprised to see that there was an offer for free AppleCare for 2 years if I decided to delay the shipment of the phone to October 14 (a savings of $100). As I was not prepared for this offer, it made me rethink things. My indecision cost me as I then couldn't get back onto the site which kept crashing. In a span of about 20 minutes, the delivery date changed from 9/19 to 9/29.
At this point, I was leaning to just taking the free AppleCare deal as I didn't see much of a difference between 9/29 and 10/14. But again, the site just couldn't handle all the orders.
I think you know where this is going.
I finally hit the purchase button and when it said 'purchasing' I know you aren't supposed to click the back button until complete. So I didn't. I waited. And waited. And waited. 10 minutes later, it said 'Bad Gateway Error.' The problem was, I had no idea if the order went through or not. No confirmation email.
So I did it again. Same thing. No confirmation email. Gateway error.
As I was in the process of doing it for a fourth time... all of a sudden and all at once I got a slew of 'Thank You For Your Purchase' emails.
Yup, I had been charged for multiple phones. My worst nightmare.
As we were now at 4:40 AM, I couldn't get a hold of my carrier or my MasterCard company.
So I waited until 8 AM to talk to them.
Anyway, after a lot of trials and tribulations... and many many phone calls, everything has been resolved.
Carrier is also giving me a shipdate of 9/19. It was a trying experience but I am happy with the end result
I tried to get one through my carrier. After 20 minutes I got through and was surprised to see that there was an offer for free AppleCare for 2 years if I decided to delay the shipment of the phone to October 14 (a savings of $100). As I was not prepared for this offer, it made me rethink things. My indecision cost me as I then couldn't get back onto the site which kept crashing. In a span of about 20 minutes, the delivery date changed from 9/19 to 9/29.
At this point, I was leaning to just taking the free AppleCare deal as I didn't see much of a difference between 9/29 and 10/14. But again, the site just couldn't handle all the orders.
I think you know where this is going.
I finally hit the purchase button and when it said 'purchasing' I know you aren't supposed to click the back button until complete. So I didn't. I waited. And waited. And waited. 10 minutes later, it said 'Bad Gateway Error.' The problem was, I had no idea if the order went through or not. No confirmation email.
So I did it again. Same thing. No confirmation email. Gateway error.
As I was in the process of doing it for a fourth time... all of a sudden and all at once I got a slew of 'Thank You For Your Purchase' emails.
Yup, I had been charged for multiple phones. My worst nightmare.
As we were now at 4:40 AM, I couldn't get a hold of my carrier or my MasterCard company.
So I waited until 8 AM to talk to them.
Anyway, after a lot of trials and tribulations... and many many phone calls, everything has been resolved.
Carrier is also giving me a shipdate of 9/19. It was a trying experience but I am happy with the end result