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Originally Posted by kyuusei
Yeah, carrier stores are pretty picky about what they sell you. Apparently, they don't like selling you full-priced phones either because they don't get commission on those either.
With the Apple Store, it doesn't seem to matter. Sounds like they'll do new contracts, full-priced phones, upgrades, whatever.
EDIT: Although, since I'd have to change my plan and renew my contract anyway to get a data plan, I wonder if a Rogers store might be more accommodating in that case.
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Well... I phoned into Rogers last night and asked about HUP and availability, etc. As expected, they acted like they didn't even know who Apple was. Putting that aside, though, I did ask them about the rumour floating around that they wouldn't be taking orders over the phone... and he was quite clear about existing customers doing HUPs were able to phone in and get the phone delivered to them still.
That was a relief for me. I've never stood in line for any phone. I just phone Rogers on the day of release and get the thing dropped off to me 2-3 days later. The last two phones were iPhones (3G and 3GS), I called on Friday and got it on Monday.
The trick is to call early!