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iPhone Reserve and Pick up (UK ONLY)
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I've been trying to convince myself that it wouldn't take that an early start to pick one up. Which store?
Milton Keynes but I checked after my booking and Watford, Lakeside and Bluewater had 7+'s available. I stopped trying with London stores which is where I live purely because every time one was available it would always have been sniped by someone else.
I'm working on it in my free evenings - should hopefully be done in a couple of days; definitely by the weekend. The windows version helped me nab a 128gb black iPhone 7 plus today, so hopefully it'll be worth the wait for you too
Great thanks. That's what I am after too.
A silver 7+ 128 in Southampton if useful for someone
Gateshead. I was so close to reserving in Newcastle but someone must have beat me to it. It was still showing as available in Gateshead after my confirmation so I'm assuming there were at least 1 at Newcastle and at least 2 at Gateshead, so they are popping up! I'm not going to get too excited till I have it in my hand though... when I do though it's going to be a good Friday!
How do people reserve so quick? I have tried about 10 times now at 6am over the last 2 weeks and by the time I get to the end it says not available
Sick of waking up at 6!
Sick of waking up at 6!
I've been checking at 6am every morning too but no luck.How do people reserve so quick? I have tried about 10 times now at 6am over the last 2 weeks and by the time I get to the end it says not available
Sick of waking up at 6!
Thanks to @l3uddz script I managed to get a stock alert to my phone. It's a Python script but easy to edit and run. http://pastebin.com/raw/TAi79uJX
It needs to be running on your computer to work so I usually check stock manually at 6am and then start running it till about 8pm when the stores close. You need to install pushbullet on your iPhone.
It's exciting! Any minute now. Cmon MK.
[doublepost=1475917843][/doublepost]Just got + 128 black in Watford!
Lucked out getting a jet black 7 plus yesterday (upgrade program). I assumed someone missed their appointment to pick it up and it was restocked.
Upon speaking to the guy in the store he said they get the upgrade program stock in at 6am and then they get another delivery at 10am, with the new stock going live at 11am. I managed to get mine reserved at 12.
This was grand arcade in cambridge by the way
Upon speaking to the guy in the store he said they get the upgrade program stock in at 6am and then they get another delivery at 10am, with the new stock going live at 11am. I managed to get mine reserved at 12.
This was grand arcade in cambridge by the way
If you're still interested, I finished the Mac version of iStockcheck. It's available here: https://github.com/AndrewBennet/iStockcheck/releases/tag/v0.2.0
Hope it helps!
Morning guys and girls, I've never reserved an iPhone for pick up so quick question ..... can you pick a reservation time or do you have to go with the earliest time available ? I'm sure I'm not the only one that can't skip work to drive 30 mins to get a phone.
Thanks Ross
Thanks Ross
Currently won't open on Yosemite, app icon has the little 'no entry' symbol and the prompt to run it under 'Security and Privacy' doesn't appear.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Yeah, I'm afraid it only supports macOS El Capitan and Sierra at the moment- a requirement based on a third party library I am using. I'll have a look at some point at removing the library to expand compatibility...
Just for info, I ran this script on an AWS Free Tier server which meant it would run 24/7 without having to leave my own computer on.
Worked like a charm and was able to reserve and a 128GB JB 7+ last Friday from The Oracle, Reading.
If you are lucky enough to get a reservation they will give you a selection of times to choose from during throughout the day, these may be limited dependent on how busy they are. If you fail to make your appointment on time then the phone will be released again. So if you get a phone in the morning you can potentially pick it up last thing before the store closes.
A few Plus phones popping up today sporadically across the UK after a very poor 0600hrs start. I managed to get one on the upgrade program from Bluewater this morning, but that was just good luck as I randomly tried the apple website. They had a few colours and size + phones which sat there for quite a while before they went, interestingly they did not show up at all on iStocknow. In hindsight I feel as if I have been putting too much faith in that giving me an early heads up.