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yes there's 2 queues, the dude/dudette at the door will tell you which one to wait in when you arrive.

Do they 'somewhat' arrange you into time-order for the collection queue...?
I have an 8am to 8:30 pickup, I'll try to be in the vicinity from 7:30 but y'know, there might also be some 10am onwards people queuing to try and get in there early...

...now I'm thinking about it, I wonder how many people are allocated the same half hour pick-up slot at a single store? I intend on being in and out, surely that's not half hour dedicated to me! :confused:
 
EE rang to confirm i’m Happy with my order and said it will be there on Friday a guaranteed delivery date. Said i would get an email soon but they said that all weekend.
 
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Then don’t. The phone is sent back via Special Delivery with appropriate insurance, not the Freepost label they give you. Still, it’s your loss of £200ish by not doing it, up to you.
music magpie's free method is 'fully insured' https://help.musicmagpie.co.uk/supp...654-are-my-items-insured-on-there-way-to-you-
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Do they 'somewhat' arrange you into time-order for the collection queue...?
I have an 8am to 8:30 pickup, I'll try to be in the vicinity from 7:30 but y'know, there might also be some 10am onwards people queuing to try and get in there early...

...now I'm thinking about it, I wonder how many people are allocated the same half hour pick-up slot at a single store? I intend on being in and out, surely that's not half hour dedicated to me! :confused:
nah was first come first serve, if they're busy and you arrive early, they might ask you to wait till the start of your slot
 
Just had my confirmation of payment from music magpie too. Got £605 for a 64GB XS.

A warning to anyone else who is running down the clock on the 14 days to send theirs in... I posted mine on Saturday 7th Sept and it only arrived with MM this Saturday just gone thanks to Royal Mail delivering it to the wrong distribution centre. So despite being ‘48 hour tracked’ I’ve been sweating for over a week that I would miss my cut off date for my saved price which was today.
 
so those who want to just give apple the phone back to Apple after the 11th payment and upgrade.. I'll stress again.. don't! for not much hassle than agreeing a music magpie deal, sending my phone to them and a few phone calls to cancel and settle the plan I'm £230 better off.

sold Phone for: £704
settlement figure: - £575.55
Applecare refund: + £101.68
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£230.13

if you give your phone back to apple and just take out a new IUP, you'll see none of that.

the AppleCare refund goes back to Barclay first but as I've closed my account now, they'll then refund me the amount.. might take a few days to all go through but that's not an issue.

happy days and roll on Friday!

How'd did you get it for £704? Max I can get for my iPhone Xs Max 512gb is £700.
 

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If you’re trading in at Carphone Warehouse, make sure you go to Mazuma Mobile and take a screenshot of the price they’re offering. CPW will price match + add an extra £10 if Mazuma is offering a higher price. It also applies to major carriers (so if Vodafone was offering a higher trade in price, CPW will price match + £10).

CPW was offering £520 for my XS 64GB but Mazuma is offering £555, so CPW will give me £565!
 
any idea's what a xs max 64gb can fetch on ebay / gumtree ?
I have a pending quote for 660 from music magpie, but that expires this Wed. and I don't want to send mine in until I'm up and running on the Pro Max
I had a quote from Music Magpie of £721 - I checked it was there (it was) next day it had disappeared... I can now only get £642. I wasn't very impressed with nearly £100 difference as I still have some time left on my basket. I have activated my basket today so now I have 14 days to get the phone to them... wasn't going to take the chance of it being removed from my basket again. All being well my old phone will be winging its way to them on Saturday morning.
 
Been reading this thread for ages now but haven’t pulled the trigger yet. Love reading everyone’s experiences though.

I know I will get the 11 Max Pro but the colour choice is holding me back.
Fortunately it will either be silver or gold and stock seems plentiful of those , but probably not for launch day. That’s ok.

Be nice to see them in person and then decide. Looking forward to a bigger screen than my XS which can sometimes feel small. Car phone warehouse offering 520 at present for it , 200 more than Apple offered me (64Gb gold). Prefer hand in rather than post methods so the offer from CarPWhare seems ok.. not the best , but no post!

I have ordered already an Apple clear case from John Lewis (still in stock for the 11 Max at £36).

Just been on holiday in Crete and whilst the XS took amazing photos , there were times I would have really loved a wide angle lens (and selfie lens).. so the 11 has definite new features I will appreciate along with the bigger screen.

Looking forward to seeing photos of your precious deliveries come Friday.
 
If you’re trading in at Carphone Warehouse, make sure you go to Mazuma Mobile and take a screenshot of the price they’re offering. CPW will price match + add an extra £10 if Mazuma is offering a higher price. It also applies to major carriers (so if Vodafone was offering a higher trade in price, CPW will price match + £10).

CPW was offering £520 for my XS 64GB but Mazuma is offering £555, so CPW will give me £565!

Thank you so much! Does this apply to walk in trade ins or do I still have to post it off?
 
I had a quote from Music Magpie of £721 - I checked it was there (it was) next day it had disappeared... I can now only get £642. I wasn't very impressed with nearly £100 difference as I still have some time left on my basket. I have activated my basket today so now I have 14 days to get the phone to them... wasn't going to take the chance of it being removed from my basket again. All being well my old phone will be winging its way to them on Saturday morning.
Exact same here £700 saved in basket on the thrusday and on friday once i secured 11 pro for the 20th went in to MMP to finalise and my basket / saved baskets had dissappeared 2 * iphone and an ipad. grrrr (ps got £642 instead) :(
 
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