So this spring Elizabeth lost her Verizon phone. She could have used an old phone, but decided that since she wanted a new iPhone coming in June, she’d go ahead and switch to AT&T.
Went in, told them our plans and asked if signing up now or getting a phone would screw us in June when the new phones came out. “No,” was the response.
Lies.
Went today at 9am to get a phone at Washington Square. The Apple Store was already open and we were 5th in line, sweet!
After 15 minutes in line, it’s our turn. They bring out a 16gb white phone, but it won’t authorize.
So they try another one, then the nice Apple employee informs us that AT&T says she is not eligible for the cheaper, subsidized price until October, 2009.
He tried to call AT&T, as he said this is happening a lot, but they are closed on Sundays.
So we left. The iPhone is not worth an extra $200 to her.
We spent $100 of that on the way home at Home Depot and IKEA. Apple’s loss.
We’ll see what AT&T has to say tomorrow, as the store really did a bait-n-switch. Sure, we can get a phone, but if we had known it was going to cost us $200 more, we’d have waited to switch, waited to pay AT&T for months of service, waited entirely.
I’ll report when I hear from them.