Hello Brian and all: I am glad to hear that everything worked out in the end. it will make a good story to tell around the campfire :).
Yes, the old way of doing it is still pretty cool … show up at the store, talk to the nice people, smile at the person in line, box it up, take it home, turn it on and presto :). Now you can tell the world what you have learned and what you found out with your new shiny iPhone. we will be listening :). take good care and I wish you enough. Patrick On Oct 18, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Patrick, Thanks for sharing. Yup I went through almost the same thing you > did, but instead of having to chase down the UPS truck the geniuses at Apple > left my apartment number off the shipping label. How odd, the adapter I > ordered at the same time made it here and had the apartment number so I know > it wasn't my error. UPS was a nightmare to deal with and so was AT&T but > everything is up and working fine now. Moral of the story wait until the > store has them in stock in the future. Best, > On Oct 18, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Patrick Neazer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Brian and all: >> >> Yes, going into the store has its advantages for me :). >> >> The one time I had my phone delivered I had to chase down the UPS truck. I >> missed him … had to call the local UPS office and they told me I would have >> to come and get it. however, the captain of that particular office reversed >> the customer service person's position and send the truck back out to me. >> hurray for UPS. >> >> Then, it took about a day to get it working because they had trouble turning >> the new phone on and the old phone off. >> >> Yup, since then have gone to the store and picked it up. smooth as silk. >> >> Hopefully you get it working the way you want it soon. >> >> Take good care and I wish you enough. >> >> Patrick >> On Oct 18, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey John, >>> >>> Back on the phone with AT&T. Not sure how this stuff always happens to me. >>> The first guy at AT&T claimed you need to open the iPhone to get to the SIM >>> card so the phone can be activated. I said to him, don't they list all that >>> info in the settings and he said no. I knew he was wrong. So I am now on >>> the phone with AT&T again and now I can make calls, but I can't receive >>> them, and they have no clue what is wrong, very bizarre. In the future I am >>> definitely going in store to buy the phone. Oh and did I mention when Apple >>> shipped it they left my apartment number off the shipping label so I had to >>> go to UPS to get the phone as they aren't allowed to make a correction to >>> the address, and yes, I looked at my original order placement and sure >>> enough the apartment number was there, total nightmare experience. >>> On Oct 18, 2013, at 3:23 PM, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I upgraded to a 5S on AT&T, but I bought the phone via the Apple Store app >>>> and just set it up when it got here. My old phone became deactivated and >>>> my new one was activated without any problems. >>>> >>>> >>>> Take Care >>>> >>>> John D. Panarese >>>> Director >>>> Mac for the Blind >>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>>> Email, [email protected] >>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>>> >>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION >>>> >>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>>> >>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 18, 2013, at 2:25 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> >>>>> I must be the first voiceover user to ever order his phone online and >>>>> call AT&T to upgrade my iPhone. AT&T is telling me I need to come in to >>>>> the store so they can open the iPhone to see the SIM card number to >>>>> activate my number. What, I know this is wrong. Now I am no longer >>>>> getting AT&T on my old phone or new phone I did read them the IME number >>>>> that you can get to in general. Has anyone activated there new iPhone on >>>>> AT&T? I'm thinking the guy I spoke to was a moron. 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