Comments on: AT&T BlackBerry Bolds in stock at Best Buy, go on sale tomorrow?

By: Eyal

Eyal — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:41:02 +0000

San Luis Obispo store said they plan to have it on the 4th, AT&T’s launch date.

No dummy version on the floor.

By: ARCrackBerry

ARCrackBerry — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:22:05 +0000

It is on sale on the Best Buy website. Back ordered. Says it ships within 1-2 weeks. But $679?????????????? I sure hope the rumored AT&T price of $299 is true.

By: ChrisMc73

ChrisMc73 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:55:46 +0000

Its on their web site…

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9062382&type=product&id=1218014206238

By: Rho

Rho — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:07:42 +0000

No store in Va have it.

By: dante

dante — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:40:06 +0000

Why would you guys even post this shit. Ya’ll know damn well Best Buy is not going to be selling the Bold today.

By: at&t monkey

at&t monkey — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:47:58 +0000

A few weeks ago, we saw the best buy inventory screenshot that they would receive the bold on 10/27, so it would only make sense that they’d be advertising the Bold in their national print ads for that same week. Print ads need to be set several weeks in advance, so Best Buy (and the rest of the world) was pretty much assuming a launch date of this week, which at the end of the day didn’t happen. Not like they had much of a chance to correct this anyway. It’s the nature of the retail and cellular industry.

By: Daniel (mad about bold delays)

Daniel (mad about bold delays) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:38:31 +0000

I was just at my local best buy and they told me they weren’t expecting the bold for three more weeks, the week after it is released. What is it with all these totally fake posts?

By: dave

dave — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:27:05 +0000

I just called my local bestbuy by work and they said they don’t have any in stock and downt know when they are going to get any

By: Tyrone D.

Tyrone D. — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:18:42 +0000

Posting from Boston/Cambridge, MA

I checked the BestBuy website (like everyone else here) and clicked on the ‘Estimate Arrival Time’. The ‘Est. Arrival Date’ is listed from 11/10/2008 – 11/24/2008.

So, there you have it folks. BestBuy is not getting any Bold’s until after AT&T stores do (10/29 – 11/02/2008).

So, stop wasting your time on BestBuy and their stupid-ass pricing for this device. If I want to spend that much money on a Blackberry, I would just get an unlocked one and leave AT&T.

By: John-Fox

John-Fox — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:12:25 +0000

I wonder why the images of the device on bestbuy.com do not have the at&t logo. Other devices do.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:41:54 +0000

$649 is a bit much, but hey isn’t the XPERIA 1 going for $800. Anyway, I’m pretty sure it’ll go down fast, I doubt there will be any significant sales at that pricepoint. Also, AT&T will be selling on a 2-year contract for $349 so I bet lots of potential buyers will hold on for that.

By: Ankit Patel

Ankit Patel — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:05:02 +0000

So, I went to the BestBuy reading the post as this is my all time fav blog. Hopes were crushed… but but but the info was correct. The sales rep told me they were suppose to get it today. Unfortunately, it wasnt there. So, guess what BGR I got the Nokia E71. I think you guys need to make a post on Nokia OVI. It is just like Apple’s Mobile me infact much better. And it syncs contacts, calendar and everything just like iPhone plus textmessages, and bookmarks. I think text messages is a plus. Last, but not the least IT IS FREE freaking apple charges 99 which I have already paid. But, I still have my iPhone so no regreats. I will also get the bold but I am also happy with this device just like you guys said it is a nice phone.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:26:39 +0000

Oh, and its already back ordered…

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:21:57 +0000

Its now for sale on BestBuy’s website for $679.99… No mention of a 2 yr contract from ATT though. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9062382&st=Bold&type=product&id=1218014206238

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:02:30 +0000

The Cambridgeside Best Buy (in Cambridge, MA) had Official B-Berry Bold cases instock and on the shelves last week.

By: Alex S

Alex S — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:42:19 +0000

I called my local Best Buy in Los Angeles and a Best Buy told me they will be receiving them on Monday or Tuesday. Additionally, she said they will go on sale right away when they are received.

By: yee

yee — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:30:56 +0000

@ AndGuz

COR = Company Owned Retail. basically att direct stores

@PJ

where are you located? im here in the bay area, ca. National Retail is coming up and mainly started out there. i never said national retail will replace COR. but the national retail team here is doing so well and have been doing so well that we have directors from other markets trying to copy and deploy our stratgies. my old RAM moved out to ATL to build a team out there to get things rollin. if your National Retail team only has RAEs and no NRFRs yet, then the team isnt a big team yet and still young.

By: AndGuz

AndGuz — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:18:40 +0000

What’s COR?… Anyone?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:58:33 +0000

@ mark h: so does that mean the bold will be 199.99 after we get our mail in rebate or is it 299.99 with the mail in rebate already priced in?

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:32:23 +0000

beandoc: Yes you can refuse setup.

yee: In your area mabye. In mine, the indirect (national retail) cannot surpass one store in sales in a month and that is all of them combined. Each one that we check does less activations than one rep at my store. (I work for COR, and we have access to check not only all of our stores sales but also indirect). So can I believe that the bestbuys and walmarts of the world will replace us, um no.

By: mark h

mark h — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:21:16 +0000

Austin Texas:

The ATT store person i spoke with today (who i have been hounding about the BBB for many, many weeks) stuck to the 11/4 release date at the ATT store, and the $299 upgrade price….BUT said there’d be a $100 mail in rebate. Remains to be seen, but that’s what she said.

Best Buy right across the highway also had dummy on the floor but no stock and no firm date. quoted $349 upgrade price and said they would honor the Reward Zone deal.

The dummy bold was pretty cool….the new metalized perimeter case will match my new unibody mac book nicely

By: VerSe

VerSe — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:08:59 +0000

After reading this post, stop by the Best Buy on 86th and Lexington in New York City. They had the demo model up, but when I asked the guy if they were in stock, he said not yet. I asked him when, he said they would be selling them on October 30th. So while I was gonna wait for November 4th, if it comes out on October 30th at Best Buy, I will be able to get it cheaper.

That Best Buy had it as a upgrade for existing for $349.99 and since I’m a Rewards Zone member, with that 20% off, would bring it to $279.99, cheaper than the AT&T 299.99

By: Edgar N

Edgar N — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:04:21 +0000

This question is for everyone who is blaming BG. DID YOU PEOPLE NOT READ MY EARLIER POST? THERE IS A LINK TO THE BESTBUY WEEKLY AD STATING THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE BOLD STARTING OCT 26 – NOV 22 AT SPECIFIC PRICES. Stop blaming BG. BG YOU ROCK.

By: AndGuz

AndGuz — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:27:53 +0000

What’s COR?

By: yee

yee — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:08:57 +0000

I wouldn’t be suprised if Best Buy gets the bold and majority of the inventory over AT&T stores. Why? Again working for AT&T on the national retail side, it is known internally that COR is going downhill and national retail is booming at an alarming rate.

Here’s some numbers to play with..

My manager who takes care of south bay area and covers all Best Buy, walmart, costco, frys. His quota is around 3000 activations. Here there are Directers at AT&T, not district managers or store managers but Directors, who has a quota of 2500-3000 adds!
COR is slipping and its national retail that’s picking up the slack. That is the reason why majority of iphone inventory was shifted to Best Buy and also reason why a lot of AT&T stores are closing its doors.

Also regardless of whether Best Buy sells it over the COR locations doesn’t matter AT&T still gets adds!

By: NO_OBAMA

NO_OBAMA — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:38:14 +0000

Its going to be comical when AT&T users start using their Bolds, they should bring the network to a complete HALT.

By: beandoc

beandoc — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:04:03 +0000

@PJ: So, can you refuse the Geek Squad crap and save any money, or is their setup mandatory?

By: Amir Saad

Amir Saad — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:30:06 +0000

BGR, don’t listen to all those super pissed off dudes….thanks for posting and keep up the good work.

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:26:49 +0000

To Duvi:

The $349.99 price is with the Crap Squad Email Setup. Bestbuy gets away with murder charging an arm and a leg setting up email ($50 bucks I guess), pairing bluetooth headsets ($15), and importing contacts ($10) – Everything AT&T will do FREE!!!

So do yourself and everone else a favor and dont buy from bestbuy. Since they will charge you an arm and a leg for free services.

By: BetaVirus

BetaVirus — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:17:36 +0000

Did anyone consider that BBuy jumped the gun on this one? After all, they were the ones who ran the ad, not BG – not ATT.