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Best Buy Pre Order for Series 4 Apple Watch?
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Mine switched to preparing on Friday but no shipment notification and no charge on the card. Bizarre. Again, 44 SS white sport band, ordered 3 AM 9/14...
Yea I’m waiting on a SB SS 44” I preordered at 3 when it came up on the 14th. It’s so frustrating how they have handled this. Well in a week or two the order will be cancelled automatically based on their first email. Sadly at this rate it might happen.
I have been asking the BB Facebook team for an update for almost a week now still no response. They were good for the first 2 or 3 inquiries now they don’t even respond. I’m not the one who promised sept 21 for delivery. Just trying to spend 750 bucks at Best Buy. Wish I kept my Apple order.
Guys, I have ordered 44mm Aluminum Gps version. It will be shipped on 10th Oct. to my friend's place.
Currently, I am abroad for 3-4 months. So, my friend will get it for me from US. I have never bought any apple product before from best buy. So, as a precautionary measure, should I ask my friend to unbox the whole box, and check everything? if everything is working and nothing is fishy. Or I should trust best buy and unbox the watch myself. I am in India right now, they have apple service centre over here.
Just want to know from you guys, that how should I go ahead with this situation.
Thanks
Currently, I am abroad for 3-4 months. So, my friend will get it for me from US. I have never bought any apple product before from best buy. So, as a precautionary measure, should I ask my friend to unbox the whole box, and check everything? if everything is working and nothing is fishy. Or I should trust best buy and unbox the watch myself. I am in India right now, they have apple service centre over here.
Just want to know from you guys, that how should I go ahead with this situation.
Thanks
I had pre-orders at Best Buy, BH Photo, and Apple store all for the Stainless Steel silver and just got one walking into a store yesterday morning before any of my pre-orders even came through. Of course now I've cancelled all orders.
I would check daily with Apple stores. I also was told Target and Best Buy had black stainless steel but I wanted just Stainless Steel in silver.
Stores are getting them and selling them as you walk in. So it's not just fulfilling shipments.
I just called BB. They still have no eta for 44” SB SS orders. Idk how they have no info on this. Their Apple Buyer should be fired.
How do you promise the 21st and miss it by over 2 weeks and then send customer emails it’s delayed and if we don’t get it in by oct 21st the order will be cancelled?
How do you promise the 21st and miss it by over 2 weeks and then send customer emails it’s delayed and if we don’t get it in by oct 21st the order will be cancelled?
Best Buy has been a sad joke personally for pre-orders in the past. - Still is when it comes to "ordering" Past 10 days I would try the site, it gives an "Add To Cart" option, then give me an error "Can't do this, product not added" OR it would simply say "No delivery time,- basically - we'll ship it when we get it"
Target had SS last week, again on Sunday...but VERY briefly. Check the site often to see if it updates.
https://www.target.com/p/apple-watc...nless-steel-case-with-sport-band/-/A-54103776
BUT yesterday morning the Apple site updated to show a "Nov. 12 - In Stores" - like SpanishCop said, the Stainless Steel 44mm's just started popping all over the East Coast in Apple stores by 9am ET..then spread to the Midwest, West Coast, more and more throughout the day. I was able to pick up finally the Silver Stainless Steel. Check iStock but also check the Apple site. https://www.istocknow.com/live/#dev...on=37.661913730236, -92.02563329302598&zoom=4
Target had SS last week, again on Sunday...but VERY briefly. Check the site often to see if it updates.
https://www.target.com/p/apple-watc...nless-steel-case-with-sport-band/-/A-54103776
BUT yesterday morning the Apple site updated to show a "Nov. 12 - In Stores" - like SpanishCop said, the Stainless Steel 44mm's just started popping all over the East Coast in Apple stores by 9am ET..then spread to the Midwest, West Coast, more and more throughout the day. I was able to pick up finally the Silver Stainless Steel. Check iStock but also check the Apple site. https://www.istocknow.com/live/#dev...on=37.661913730236, -92.02563329302598&zoom=4
No one got SS on launch day from BB. Mine arrived 2 weeks late and I ordered 3:01AM ET on 9/14
I called BestBuy this morning and she told me the inventory system is showing Oct 23 as the next date for inventory restock... Obviously no way of verifying.
I ordered a 44mm Nike+ in SG with cellular on 10/4 and it shipped yesterday on 10/8. Estimated delivery is tomorrow, 10/10.
Best Buy released a sale of Open Box Series 4 watches this morning. Not extraordinarily discounted but not bad. I am amazed at the variety available. Remember it's Best Buy--YMMV.
I've seen these pop up from time to time but never able to add them to my cart...
I bought one this morning. No problem on the add. Some times you have to go and hit the "More Options" button, especially in cases like this when Open Box is available but retail is not. Good luck!
Lucky you! I kept trying for days and all I'm getting is this error message when adding to cart from the More Options section:
"This item is currently unavailable for online purchase. The item was not added to your cart."
I placed an order w/apple for hubby for a SS watch on the 15th after he decided he finally wanted a watch. Then I remembered I can get extra points from BB so I placed one there, too. The one from BB is still pending/on hold/whatever you want to call it. The one from apple that had a delivery date of next week, is being delivered today.
At the same time I also put in an order at both places for a 40 SG sport for me since I decided I no longer wanted to use my series 0 as my 2nd watch.... Both of those "shipped" the same time. And fortunately, Discover has been being a real douche with all my apple purchases lately and declined the charge with apple til I verified it.... I just cancelled it since the BB one was shipping at the same time (and delivered a day late, thanx to UPS, yesterday.... it was due Monday.)
At the same time I also put in an order at both places for a 40 SG sport for me since I decided I no longer wanted to use my series 0 as my 2nd watch.... Both of those "shipped" the same time. And fortunately, Discover has been being a real douche with all my apple purchases lately and declined the charge with apple til I verified it.... I just cancelled it since the BB one was shipping at the same time (and delivered a day late, thanx to UPS, yesterday.... it was due Monday.)
I got a shipping notification today too!
And 80 off the order. Glad it’s finally coming
They charged my card on September 15th, it fell off 4 days later, today they charge me again $810.47 and it changed from in progress to preparing.
Hopefully it will go out soon
Black SS 44mm sports band
Hopefully it will go out soon
Black SS 44mm sports band
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Same here, just changed to preparing and my card was charged. Black SS 44mm as well. My SS white band is still processing.
I called to see what they would say, they told me when they get the item in stock they wil ship it, when I asked why did you charge me almost a month alter the original order if you dont have it in stock, we *accidentally* got disconnected, they are clueless. I dont think I will give them any more of my business
