Shortages of BlackBerry Storms Friday?
We were told all along there were more than enough Storms to go around on launch day, but a couple of our solid tipsters have hit us up to inform us there might be some issues. First off, we’re told that a last minute security flaw was found in the OS and they had to be re-flashed again. This will delay the shipments of the units to stores. Here is an example:
- A Verizon Corporate store that was promised 100 units on launch day is now getting 20 Thursday, 40 for Friday, 40 for Saturday, etc.
- The stock is spread out instead of being sent in large quantities.
- Our Verizon ninjas want to stress that stores will definitely have stock, just not nearly enough as was originally planned.
- We were also told to report that this was a RIM screw up (?) and not a problem on Verizon’s end. We have no idea what that means…
- All other retailers like indirects, Best Buy, etc., will take backseat to corporate-owned stores. We’ve even heard Best Buy’s launch might get pushed back in light of the new situation.
Remember those stock numbers are examples, ok? We’ve reached out to Verizon Wireless and are waiting to hear back. We’ll keep y’all updated.
Thanks, NotHTCKid and Anonymous!
im the bbym manager in a large ny/nj/pa market store, return policy is 30days, no restocking fee, yes your upgrade can be reversed, just make sure that when you return the phone the consultant calls it in to have the upgrade reversed, bby has the instant pricing so no MIR. also free bluetooth and 250 bonus reward zone pts with the phone. Depending on the manager their may be deals on accys, thats up to each manager. You will have the storm on sat. Can see the shipments via ups tracking… Most 2nd shipments will be in by noon sat. As a whole bb is only getting like 1/8 of the phones rim prommised. Were not the only ones in this shape, lots of indirects arent getting any and i know the vz corp store in my area is only getting 5 for the first week… I guess its better knowing that your getting a working device then something that is broke….Trust me we are all as fustratted as the customers with this one….
Telesales told me there is 10,000 units in the warehouse for orders. I am not sure if these are just for telesales or not.
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In Chicago, went to local Verizon. Verizon manager said each Chicago store received only 4 phones (except a large downtown store got 8 phones). If you don’t get a phone today you have two options: wait until Tuesday when more arrive (don’t know how many) or buy now and have it shipped to you in 24 hours (by noon Saturday, $20).
Soooo, the rumors of shortages of Storms is absolutely true….walked in the my Verizon store (1 of about 7 in my city) and they were already sold out, I mean, I literally walked it as the clock struck 8am, but no luck. Was definitely pissed however that I was not previously informed they were running a waiting list, so the Storms they did get were already reserved for other customers. I’ve been waiting for this phone since freakin June and not once did any Verizon ever mention I could get on a waiting list or else I would have been first on it. Whatever, I ordered it to be here next week and they did my rebate immediately so I don’t have to do that mail-in BS…good luck to everyone else. Last minute flaw or not, I’d have to say Verizon dropped the ball on this one, did they not expect it to be a highly coveted item or what? Hello – its the first chance us VZ customers get a phone that rivals the iPhone…shoulda just pushed the release date back or something…this reminds me of the LG Voyager last Fall, they were backordered forever….way to have mastered supply and demand Verizon.
BG I don’t know if you want to run this as a seperate post or not but Verizon’s also calling people who ordered them online yesterday or today that they won’t be able to get them for about 10-12 more days. The shortages are crazy and I guess the demand is pretty high.
I don’t buy the “security” issue either. The delivery date for those of us that missed the first shipments has now been pushed to mid-December….
Sounds like Verizon has put it’s foot in it’s mouth….and those who have already purchased a Storm might be in for a long ride.
Got mine from Best Buy after the Verizon store sold out. They got 5 total, only one “on hold”, and nobody was there to pick the phone up. When I was finishing checkout, there was finally a line of like 5 people behind me starting to grow.
Best Buy’s deal was better than the store. $199 with new agreement, no rebate needed, free Bluetooth headset, extra Rewards Zone points.
I bought the storm and replaced my curve. I am taking it back after 9 days.
It has a weird crappy shape, it is very slow, you can not play video easily (good luck converting anything to play on it anyways).
The phone has a mute button that gets pressed if you try and hold the phone with you shoulder. The browser is terrible, the camera is impossible and confusing, Plus no Wi-Fi.
The key board is useless if you can get it to turn on.
The phone reboots all the time as if is a crappy feature or a really bad joke.
The new headphone set sounds like your underwater, the phone volume is low…ahhh!
I love my gadgets but this is the worst digital device I have ever purchased years behind the technology in the iphone.
Its a sad day for RIM and I WAS a die hard for the black berry products