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Apple Retail Open Early, Issuing Tickets

Monday July 28, 2008 9:23 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Apple has updated their retail page to reflect their new retail store policies to accommodate the ongoing demand for the iPhone 3G:

Your favorite Apple Retail Store is making it easier and more convenient to purchase an iPhone 3G. All stores will now open at 8:00 a.m. every day but Sunday and, to accommodate demand, were adding staff to help you get up and running as quickly as possible. Customers will be prequalified to purchase while in line and will receive a claim ticket for an iPhone 3G. Your ticket can be redeemed on the spot or if it would be more convenient to return later the same day by 6:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. on Sundays).

Apple is opening stores early and offering claim tickets to avoid lengthy line waits in line.
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jamierson2k
Posted: 50 months ago
They should have had claim tickets on opening day. I had to convince my local Fido (Canada) store to do this since they couldn't activate and wouldn't let me go till they could.
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a1016neo
Posted: 50 months ago
Well now they know for next year! :p

Anyways.... Are there still long lines for iphones????
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minik
Posted: 50 months ago

Well now they know for next year! :p

Anyways.... Are there still long lines for iphones????


Yes. (Apple Store Bellevue Square)
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mike12806
Posted: 50 months ago

Well now they know for next year! :p


What, when that LTE iphone comes out?? Or the clearwire wimax iphone?? :p:p
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SacKingJD
Posted: 50 months ago
Seriously, does it take a mac genius to figure out that this is what they should have been doing all along?

Good for mac to see the problem and fix it!
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MoparShaha
Posted: 50 months ago
Seriously, where was this like two weeks ago. I spent the last two weeks making 10 trips to the Apple Store, and eventually waiting 4 hours in line to get my iPhone.

Yes, I finally got it, but if they had simply opened at 8:00 all this time, it would have made my life a lot easier.
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Marzzz
Posted: 50 months ago
I was finally able to purchase a Black 16 GB this past friday (Fashion Show, Las Vegas) because they implemented this system. It took them less than 15 minutes to figure out who wanted what phone, and what was available. I had previously waited in line (several times) for more than an hour to find out they had run out....

btw- exactly NO ONE left the line after they got their "golden ticket!"
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gcmexico
Posted: 50 months ago
can't believe there is still a line for the phone!
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thechidz
Posted: 50 months ago
I guess Ill be getting a voucher for a new one to replace my lost one:( 500 bucks is gonna hurt
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tullys
Posted: 50 months ago
This is more or less what happened in the UK West Quays (Southampton) Apple Store on opening day.

By the time they realised the credit check and activation was foobar'd they started reserving stock to customers in the queue (in line, if you must). So after waiting for 3 hours I left safe in the knowledge that my 16gb white number would be there waiting for me when I went back the next day. And it was.

Hopefully ounce of good sense has worked it's way back up and down the Apple Store food chain.

:D
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