At about 9:10am I got a message in the Apple apple saying sorry we could not contact TMobile, but we've reserved you an iphone for release day. Then I got an email at about 12:30 saying that they were ready to take the order. When trying to place the order I got an error. Tried again and told "reservation number invalid".
I called Apple. They can't see the reservation on their end - and eventually told me the reservation system is "down".
They said I need to call TMobile to have them "release the order" which is the biggest bunch of bull crap. I asked for a supervisor (nicely, I'm not an animal!) and was told none was available.
NOW - I'm waiting for T-Mobile to call me back...
FML.