I'm throwing a flag on this one for a couple of reasons.
A. Stores don't get their phones until typically Thursday and on launch day, they have zero clue what inventory they will have. They don't know until the manifest comes in that day. While they will certainly have models to sell that day, they may have none of a certain model.
B. If it were as easy as being friendly with your local Verizon store there would be no lines and no inventory to sell because all the phones would be "reserved"
C. Per corporate policy, any Verizon employee caught doing what you are suggesting would be terminated and the manager of that store reprimanded as well.
Maybe you got lucky though and none of this applies to you.
It all initially depends on the opening manager. usually on launch day for an iPhone, they have the store manager present, along side with regular managers and supervisors. So they will all have to allow a phone to be placed on hold. Which they will not.
The only time they can all have a phone on hold during launch day is when corporate instructs them to put a phone to the side for a pissed off customer or for one of their own. I have seen this done before and it is a process. They have to get into the system and pull the phone out of inventory so it doesn't get sold online or by and employee. Then move it to a spot that only the store manager has access to ( some sort of cage or his office )
So as far as " holding " the hottest selling item of the year on launch day.. It's highlighy unlikely.
I don't mean to sound like a negative Nancy, but this very rarely happens.
