I went to 5 local stores today and was basically told the same by each. I am forced to go to AT&T since then can't seem to figure out how to fix my account. Apparently, I am still showing up as a business customer even-though my FAN was removed last week.
I am forced to go to AT&T and no AT&T has one. Sad thing is my local Apple store has plenty!
Yep same here. Neither of the AT&T stores I was going to go to have them. Fortunately I can go to Apple since I know for a fact I'm not upgrade eligible and my account is just a normal personal account with no discounts or anything special done to it.
My dad on the other hand is getting a free iPhone 3G upgrade (he bought his original iPhone on May 26th...and has already gotten approval from AT&T to get a free upgrade)...but he has to do it at his original store. That store is one of the stores I checked that had none. Fortunately for him, he still has his original iPhone to use...and it's still rather new to him...since he's had it for a little more than a month. So he can place a direct fulfillment order and just wait for it to come in.
He sounded like he was willing to help me in getting my iPhone at the Apple store though. What may happen is he may help me get my phone...but take it for himself (put his SIM in) and give me his old one until he gets his from the AT&T store. He's as excited about the new phone as I am.
I talked to him on his way back from England...he finally landed in Detroit...but is getting a bit tired. He got up at 4am London Time...and it's like 8:15pm there right now...so he's probably going to be crashing early tonight. That's probably going to delay the getting of my iPhone until tomorrow. Oh well.