apple's in-store priority list

I received the email today that my phone is in the store. Perfect timing. I can't get the phone at the discounted rate until tomorrow. I will be at the door when the store opens at 10:00.

UPDATE!!
Phone: iPhone 4: Black 16GB
Location: Albany, NY

Priority List: July 9, 2010
Confirmation E-mail: Same day
Moving Up E-mail: Didn't get one
Pickup E-mail: July 22, 2010

Info: iPhone 4/16Gb
Otay Ranch, California

Priority List: 7/6/2010
Moving Up E-mail: ?
Pickup E-mail: 7/22/2010 !!! 🙂

iPhone 4/16GB
Fresno, CA

priority list: 7/7
moving up email: none
golden ticket: not yet

Anyone else in Fresno gotten theirs yet?

UPDATE: Read at your own risk. (no fanboys)

WARNING: If you are going to pick up your new iPhone 4 get there at least two hours before store closes.

Yes, I'm ******. Got the long anticipated email notification that my iPhone was ready for pick up. After only 19 days (which is 15 days later than idiot employee said I should expect it). I have a real job, like most of you, and the Apple store is not exactly next door, again like most of you, so could not get there until 8:30pm. Store closes at 9pm. Should not have been a problem, but it was. I was told I was too late and they could not process any more iPhone purchases. There were already eight people waiting. What? Eight customers and 20 Apple employees. How hard is this? I complained to the manager only to hear that idiot tell me they will already be there until midnight processing iPhones. What? Eight iPhones takes three hours. No wonder Apple can't get these things out there. The manager is extending my "24 hr chance" to "72 hours", but big deal. I already drove 45 miles and crossed a toll bridge to pick this up. I'll obviously do it again like a good little Apple addict, but this is by far the worst purchase experience in my life. Not just for Apply, but for anything I have ever bought. Apple still makes the best products, but I don't expect they will remain on top for long. They are ripe for the pickings, just like Microsoft was. Apple is truly the new evil empire.

Anyway, I'm just venting here. The take away is get there early to pick up your iPhone. I have to wait till Saturday now.

BTW: The store - Walnut Creek, CA.

ericmick wrote:
UPDATE: Read at your own risk. (no fanboys)

WARNING: If you are going to pick up your new iPhone 4 get there at least two hours before store closes.

Yes, I'm ******. Got the long anticipated email notification that my iPhone was ready for pick up. After only 19 days (which is 15 days later than idiot employee said I should expect it). I have a real job, like most of you, and the Apple store is not exactly next door, again like most of you, so could not get there until 8:30pm. Store closes at 9pm. Should not have been a problem, but it was. I was told I was too late and they could not process any more iPhone purchases. There were already eight people waiting. What? Eight customers and 20 Apple employees. How hard is this? I complained to the manager only to hear that idiot tell me they will already be there until midnight processing iPhones. What? Eight iPhones takes three hours. No wonder Apple can't get these things out there. The manager is extending my "24 hr chance" to "72 hours", but big deal. I already drove 45 miles and crossed a toll bridge to pick this up. I'll obviously do it again like a good little Apple addict, but this is by far the worst purchase experience in my life. Not just for Apply, but for anything I have ever bought. Apple still makes the best products, but I don't expect they will remain on top for long. They are ripe for the pickings, just like Microsoft was. Apple is truly the new evil empire.

Anyway, I'm just venting here. The take away is get there early to pick up your iPhone. I have to wait till Saturday now.

BTW: The store - Walnut Creek, CA.

That was just your particular store being a pain in the arse. I'm sure all the employees wanted to go home on time so they decided to keep the line "short". I too got my email today that my iP4 was ready for pick up (YESSS) and arrived at the apple store at 8:30PM before a 9:00PM close. They had 30 people in line or so, and stopped the line after the person behind me. They asked the employees to stay late, and many employees were helping two customers at once (they were working two scanning devices). We didn't leave the store until after 10:00 PM and they were more than happy to stay longer to help if needed. (This is the Rancho Cucamonga, CA store at Victoria Gardens Mall).
I'm sorry Walnut Creek had such a problem with it. Hopefully when you go back there will be no issues and you can get your new phone. I am syncing my phone as I write this and can't wait to get a full days use out of it tomorrow.

yah you dont need a moving up email. I put my name down in three stores and only got one moving up email. and the store that i picked up my phone from didnt send me that so you dont really need to get the email

Phone: iPhone 4: Black 16GB
Location: Regent Street,London

Priority List: July 5, 2010
Confirmation E-mail: Same day
Moving Up E-mail: ?
Pickup E-mail: ?

Phone: iPhone 4: Black 16GB
Location: Trafford Centre,Manchester

Priority List: July 2, 2010
Confirmation E-mail: Same day
Moving Up E-mail: none
Pickup E-mail: none

Damnit.

Phone: iPhone4, Black 16GB
Location: Corte Madera, CA

Priority List: July 7
Confirmation Email: Same day
Moving Up Email: July 8
Pickup Email: ???

iphone 4 black 16gb

placed name on list at manchester,manchester arndale- 7th july

moved up list- none

pick up email-none

getting very impatient

at my store they didn't know when the deliveries were coming in and how many they would receive, you just need to sit tight, i got mine after 3 weeks in the UK

I would believe that there is some truth to those articles stating that the apple stores would be fulfilling all orders this weekend.

I had been holding out for the white iPhone, until yesterday when i heard about the "end of the year" announcement, so I called an apple store here in VA and put my name on the list.

Got my confirmation email this morning to come and pick up my phone.
So those of you in VA, try your luck at the apple store here. Maybe you too can get a phone quicker.

ericmick wrote:
UPDATE: Read at your own risk. (no fanboys)

WARNING: If you are going to pick up your new iPhone 4 get there at least two hours before store closes.

Yes, I'm ******. Got the long anticipated email notification that my iPhone was ready for pick up. After only 19 days (which is 15 days later than idiot employee said I should expect it). I have a real job, like most of you, and the Apple store is not exactly next door, again like most of you, so could not get there until 8:30pm. Store closes at 9pm. Should not have been a problem, but it was. I was told I was too late and they could not process any more iPhone purchases. There were already eight people waiting. What? Eight customers and 20 Apple employees. How hard is this? I complained to the manager only to hear that idiot tell me they will already be there until midnight processing iPhones. What? Eight iPhones takes three hours. No wonder Apple can't get these things out there. The manager is extending my "24 hr chance" to "72 hours", but big deal. I already drove 45 miles and crossed a toll bridge to pick this up. I'll obviously do it again like a good little Apple addict, but this is by far the worst purchase experience in my life. Not just for Apply, but for anything I have ever bought. Apple still makes the best products, but I don't expect they will remain on top for long. They are ripe for the pickings, just like Microsoft was. Apple is truly the new evil empire.

Anyway, I'm just venting here. The take away is get there early to pick up your iPhone. I have to wait till Saturday now.

BTW: The store - Walnut Creek, CA.

UPDATE: Picked up my iPhone 4 🙂

This time they had a system going and were screaming through iPhone 4 deliveries.


Phone: iPhone 4: Black 16GB
Location: Walnut Creek, CA

Priority List: July 3, 2010
Confirmation E-mail: Same day
Moving Up E-mail: Don't recall
Pickup E-mail: July 22, 2010

First Pickup attempt: July 22, 2010 8:30pm (denied, store closes at 9pm)
Second pickup attempt: July 23, 2010 3:45pm (took 5 minutes)

HI all....I placed my reserve on Thursday, and got my email this morning that its ready.


I think it definitely depends on area.