Come here for Palm Pre Stock count - Page 14

thadood · 06-04-2009, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by ImmaSlave4U

I think it means that they have 3 in stock, have 3 ordered, and 1 on the way.

So if they all arrive by Saturday, they should have 6 or 7.

Very cool if true. Thanks, I hope you're right. I'm still going to hit the Sprint store first. They're both within 5 minutes from eachother and the Sprint store opens an hour earlier than BB.. so yeah, I think I got a good chance. I don't think there are a lot of people in my area who even know how to operate a phone, anyway - the one perk of living in the south =P

tavarua88 · 06-04-2009, 01:38 PM

thanks for posting, sadly best buy hawaii isn't getting any....

Sincere_2010 · 06-04-2009, 04:56 PM

You did not list any of the Houston Stores on your listing
Can you do that please....for the stores below

aggie · 06-04-2009, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by Sincere_2010

You did not list any of the Houston Stores on your listing
Can you do that please....for the stores below

There will be no Pre's at Houston Best Buy stores. The truck was hijacked when delivering to the Dallas Best Buy distribution center and all the Pre's that were to go to Houston will be distributed to Dallas Best Buy stores

dramaticdiva1 · 06-04-2009, 05:32 PM

Thank you so much for posting this info!!! It looks like the Best Buys closest to me won't have too many. Not gonna try my luck waiting in line there.

.plaid · 06-04-2009, 10:46 PM

Check it.

I just left my local (Cost Mesa, no. 119) BB store wherein I had an enlightening conversation with a well-informed rep. He told me that this was one of the few stores in the region that would have a live demo unit, but that he wasn't allowed to put it out until Saturday.

He looked up his "playbook" and confirmed that numbers will be handed out to line-standers an hour before opening.

I mentioned I had read that the store would get 18 units for sale and he called shenanigans. He told me that they were getting 8. When he saw my surprise he showed me the internal e-mail he had gotten showing quantities for the region. I asked him if I could take a blurrycam pic and he covered up his name for me. I'll edit this post and attach the pic in a few (on my netbook atm) even though I doubt it will add to the conversation. He went so far as to offer to print it for me, but changed his mind when he learned that I would likely blog the info.

I wandered around a bit and even composed this same e-mail in the store, then showed it to him to give him the chance to ask me not to.

"Well, I'd rather you kept me out of it, really."

After I closed the tab without submitting it he pulled a dummy unit out of his pocket! That thing is tiny. It's been said previously, and I thought I was prepared, but I was not. The keys aren't spaced too closely together for my taste (or fit), and the keys are gummy as has been said, but they don't protrude very much, they're almost flush. That, more than anything, will be the cause of my learning curve. I asked him how much that will sell for after Saturday.

Sorry, Mr. X, if this gets you in trouble, and thank you for sharing what you did.

Best,
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koolhand79 · 06-05-2009, 12:08 AM

I guess the best buys are all getting less than what we previously thought. It seems people on other forums have been going to their local BB, and finding out that the count that we all received is a bit off. In some cases way off. The stores seem to have ordered them but dont have them on hand. That SUX. Seeing as how i refuse to do an MIR. I sure hope there is no one out there Saturday morning when i arrive.