Did anyone do iPhone 3G credit pre-check as suggested by Apple and AT&T
(AT&T has videos:
AT&T Communications Inc. - AT&T Multimedia Gallery )
iPhone 3G, Exclusively from AT&T and Apple - | Wireless from AT&T, formerly Cingular
There's iReady checklist in pdf...
Yesterday, I went to AT&T to do credit pre-check to see if my credit is ok to buy iphone 3G on friday. It was so weird!
I met a lady rep. and asked her that I want to do credit pre-check in order to buy iPhone 3G on friday and showed her the iReady checklist paper that I printed from AT&T website.
So, she went ahead and said she will get me a free phone to make things smoother on friday and did credit check then created a account for me (seems my credit check went OK and does not require deposit) and activated the sim card for the free phone (Nokia 2610) I told the lady I do not need this phone, I just wanted to do credit pre-check.
But the lady says, it helps to make things go smooth on friday. I just bring the free phone and packaging and receipt back on friday then get iPhone 3G. No restocking fee or upgrade fee just no charge... Just that after I bring them back, I will be ready to pay iPhone and the sim card will be transferred to iPhone 3G then walk out.
Since I have AT&T account now and my sim card is activated then tomorrow I'll go see my doctor to sign the TAP form so I can fax the form to TAP on friday so my plant will go from 90 to 40 in a short time. So I am iReady! but I didn't want Nokia 2610 ugh... I didn't expect a free phone to swap it for iPhone 3G. I think that's waste because the box is opened and my new phone number is scrawled on the box and battery is popped in from plastic. so when I give the free phone back, what are they going to do with it? It is being used now and not NEW.
anyway I looked around the net and found that there were few who did get Razor or other phone that is like less than 199 bucks but when the go thru the credit check just before the final step, the rep tell the customer, your credit check out ok and no deposit is required then the sale is cancelled and the rep says the credit check result stays in the system for 30 days so customer can come back on friday and skip the credit check by giving the rep the reference number.
So maybe the lady was supposed to do that and not actually open the box and give me the phone!
Oh well! What is done is done so for now I look forward to Friday for the iPhone 3G! whoo! ( I thank the US Government to cover the expense of the new iPhone with the tax stimulants check
) LOL
So anyway, did any of you do the iReady checklist?
Here's link for iReady and TAP PDFs
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/en/iReady_checklist.pdf
http://www.wireless.att.com/about/en_US/pdf/iPhonTextAccessibilityPlanForm.pdf
(from:
Text Accessibility Plan for iPhone | Wireless from AT&T, formerly Cingular