Google ends Netflix promotion due to "overwhelming demand" - Google Chromecast

http://www.latimes.com/business/tec...ast-netflix-promotion-20130725,0,483513.story
Well that ends that if you don't have one yet, but at least you'll get the 3 months free if you were able to squeeze an order in somewhere. I got one today, and I'll tell you it's completely worth buying even without the Netflix.

The people that ordered it yesterday should be fine with getting the promo code.

I already got my code and my chromecast will be here in the morning

I ordered from Amazon and it will be here tomorrow but I still don't understand how I go about getting the code. I was not sent one when the device shipped.

Old MuckenMire said:
I ordered from Amazon and it will be here tomorrow but I still don't understand how I go about getting the code. I was not sent one when the device shipped.
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When you ordered did it say preorder? I ordered mine from amazon but it say it wont be delivered till August 21st!

hpatel said:
When you ordered did it say preorder? I ordered mine from amazon but it say it wont be delivered till August 21st!
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I ordered mine from Amazon at 1:52pm PST 7/24/2013 with 2-day shipping via prime and it is set to arrive on Saturday via Fedex Smartpost. I had an original arrival date of July 30.

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I ordered mine from Amazon at 1:52pm PST 7/24/2013 with 2-day shipping via prime and it is set to arrive on Saturday via Fedex Smartpost. I had an original arrival date of July 30.
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Strange, i placed mine at 3pm pst with 2day shipping via prime. However when I placed it, it said preorder. Is that what yours said?
I'm look now and it says that it's out of stock. So I believe I got my order in before they went out of stock.

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When you ordered did it say preorder? I ordered mine from amazon but it say it wont be delivered till August 21st!
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No mine went through like normal and has already shipped and will be here tomorrow via two day prime.

I ordered mine yesterday afternoon Wednesday (PST) on Amazon, paid $3.99 for overnight, got it this morning. I haven't received any code from Amazon.
But I will say that Netflix is stunning! Quality is as good as Bluray.

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Strange, i placed mine at 3pm pst with 2day shipping via prime. However when I placed it, it said preorder. Is that what yours said?
I'm look now and it says that it's out of stock. So I believe I got my order in before they went out of stock.
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When I placed the order, it showed the item in stock and not the pre-order button. My friend who bought one about 30 minutes sooner than I did (also from Amazon) had his ship out a few hours earlier today than mine did.

Amazon told me that the Netflix code should arrive by e-mail one week after the dongle ships out.

Best Buy is still apparently giving 3 free months of NetFlix when you buy a Chromecast, at least according to their website they are.

I bought my Chromecast at BestBuy at like 9pm last night and still got the Netflix code, which I activated the code around 1am this morning. So it still seemed to be working as of this morning.

Ordered my chromecast (2 actually) from google play. Once they shipped I received a separate email with the two Netflix codes. They say you can apply the code to a new or existing account. But it also says lower in the email that only one promotional code is valid per Netflix account. Guess I will have to create one new account and cancel after the three months.

mesalum said:
Ordered my chromecast (2 actually) from google play. Once they shipped I received a separate email with the two Netflix codes. They say you can apply the code to a new or existing account. But it also says lower in the email that only one promotional code is valid per Netflix account. Guess I will have to create one new account and cancel after the three months.
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Same here, right down to the 2 units. LOL. I wonder if you can apply the code to an existing account? You could open a new account with the one month free trial, apply the code and then get 4 months.

I just picked one up at Best Buy and they still have the Netflix deal going. Just got my promo code by email.

How does this work if you already have a Netflix account? I currently have a 2 dvd & streaming account. Will they take it off my next bill?
I'm trying to figure out how I would see this discount?
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I picked one up at best buy today (july 26) and still got the netflix promo.

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How does this work if you already have a Netflix account? I currently have a 2 dvd & streaming account. Will they take it off my next bill?
I'm trying to figure out how I would see this discount?
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You go into Netflix's "Your Account" and in the "Redeem gift or special offer" box you put in the code and it will give you a credit of 23.97. I'm pretty sure the free 3 Months is only counting the online streaming, but I only have online streaming so I could be wrong.

quite disappointing, i hope this isnt true!

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So, who again got a email notification?

I didn't
I'm guessing google didn't expect this much....traffic :laugh:
(I'm talking about both for sale notifications and purchase notifications)
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I did.
I got one like an hour ago and I ordered around 1230
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I ordered two, on two different cards.
I got an e-mail notification for each.
However, when going under the Google Play store, one has the status 'Shipping estimate: November 15, 2012' and the other just says 'Complete'. Even though I ordered the one that says 'complete' first. When I go to Google Wallet, it has both of them under pending. They should both ship at the same time, correct?
I got a confirmation about half an hour after ordering, but it's been about 11 hours and still no shipping confirmation..
Got it a couple of hours late.
I got an order confirmation within 20-25 minutes after ordering. My order was placed at 11:35:08 EST. Status still sitting at Shipping estimate: November 15, 2012.
newp.
Nada...nothing! They are lost in space!!
I got a confirmation but it was after like 45 mins to an hour from when i completed checkout.
Got the confirmation a couple minutes after ordering, no shipping details yet.
Got my confirmation about an hour after I placed my order. No shipping details, play store says shipping estimate as the 15th though
Never got the sale email, but I checked around 11:35AM and saw they were on sale. After a few attempts on my laptop, I pulled my phone out and completed the checkout there. I think Google Wallet was actually what was causing the issue for me at least, because as soon as I went to the mobile version of checkout, it went through no problem.
Got my order confirmation about 45 nerve-wracking minutes later as I was second-guessing whether it went through on my phone or not. :silly:
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Got my confirmation about an hour after I placed my order. No shipping details, play store says shipping estimate as the 15th though
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Stupid double post
In Canada - got nothing.
Got an email about 2 hours ago, contacted Google to see how long it would take to ship, I got a reply in 30 seconds stating that the order will ship on the evening of the 15th!!!! YES!
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I have not got my confirmation email yet but on my Walletit says pending and estimated shipping November 15th so I think I'm good.

Netflix promo - Amazon orders

I ordered my Chromecast on launch day from Amazon, and I got the confirmation e-mail at 1:48 PM Pacific Time. I wish I had taken a screenshot when I added it to the cart, as it still listed the Netflix promo.
Anyway the order shipped the same day but no Netflix code. I have a support ticket open with Amazon but they still haven't been able to resolve it. They are not sure whether I qualify.
So I just wanted to check - did anyone who ordered Chromecast from Amazon get the Netflix promo as promised? If you did (or did not), please report here and give the date/time/time zone of your first order confirmation e-mail.
I ordered mine yesterday at 3:48pm CT and didn't get an email with the Netflix code. I remember reading somewhere that we have to wait a few days before we get the email.
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OK post the link here if you can find the source.
I read that Best Buy and Google Play purchases of the Chromecast yielded a promo code upon shipping (or in-store at BB).
I ordered from Amazon, and no code yet. I think if you ordered yesterday, then you are fine. Today, not so much.
I have a support ticket in with amazon, I'll keep you updated with anything I learn
Product page updated
The product page has just been updated with the following text
Netflix Promotion Expired
Please note that the Netflix promotional offer (which was available in limited supply) has now ended. Customers who ordered their Chromecast prior to 5:31 PM PST on 7/24/2013 will receive a Netflix gift code via email within 5 days of their products ship date.
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cmstlist said:
OK post the link here if you can find the source.
I read that Best Buy and Google Play purchases of the Chromecast yielded a promo code upon shipping (or in-store at BB).
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I ordered mine for in store pickup at best buy. My order said it would be emailed, I've yet to receive it. Even if I don't get it I honestly don't care that much. It's annoying but oh well.
Amazon now tells me the Netflix codes should come by email one week after shipping.
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I bought my chromecast at best buy earlier today and got my email for Netflix a couple hours later.
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I bought my chromecast at best buy earlier today and got my email for Netflix a couple hours later.
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Apparently Amazon is the only one to make customers wait for the code. So I guess we'll see next week!
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The product page has just been updated with the following text
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For some reason they extended the promotion to 25 july.
Netflix Promotion No Longer Available
Please note that the Netflix promotional offer (which was available in limited supply) has now ended. Customers who ordered their Chromecast prior to 5:30 PM PST on July 25, 2013 will receive a Netflix gift code via email within 5 days of their product's ship date.
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By the way, anyone who bought from amazon received netflix code?
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For some reason they extended the promotion to 25 july.
By the way, anyone who bought from amazon received netflix code?
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I literally just got the email from amazon telling me they are sending me a code in the next 5 days. I also ordered the day it was released.
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I literally just got the email from amazon telling me they are sending me a code in the next 5 days. I also ordered the day it was released.
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I got the email too: It says:
Dear Amazon.com Customer,
Thank you for your recent Chromecast purchase. Your purchase has qualified you to receive a 3-month Netflix gift code. Your code will be emailed to you 5 days after your Chromecast ships.
Edit: They just sent the code less than 10 minutes after getting the above email!
Code arrived just now 5 min after the notice one
Thank you for your recent Chromecast purchase. Your purchase has qualified you to receive a 3-month Netflix gift code.
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (my code was here didnt want to display it lol)
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Mine just came through. Finally!
My code came through a few minutes ago! Ordered on release day
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Bought mine on morning 25th and just received this e-mail also!
Dear Amazon.com Customer,
Thank you for your recent Chromecast purchase. Your purchase has qualified you to receive a 3-month Netflix gift code. Your code will be emailed to you 5 days after your Chromecast ships.
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Got the email about getting the Netflix code at 1:37pm EST, but no email with the code yet.
Got my code today, about 10 minutes after the first email stating I was going to get a code. Ordered release day from Amazon.
got my code today about 5 minutes after the notification email. Ordered release day around 430-5pm EST.

Amazon buyers are getting theirs, what about us Google Play buyers?

Next day shipping for some, not even a tracking number here. Did anyone get a Netflix code if you bought with Google Play?
I bought 4 of them. 1 from Google Play and 3 from Amazon. One of the Amazon ones I paid $3.99 (I have Prime) to get it today. It came this morning and I've been rocking ever since. Ironically, I bought the one from Google Play first and it says expected arrival is August 4th. I'll have the other two from Amazon tomorrow. The one from Google Play cost more for shipping than the overnight one from Amazon.
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I bought 4 of them. 1 from Google Play and 3 from Amazon. One of the Amazon ones I paid $3.99 (I have Prime) to get it today. It came this morning and I've been rocking ever since. Ironically, I bought the one from Google Play first and it says expected arrival is August 4th. I'll have the other two from Amazon tomorrow. The one from Google Play cost more for shipping than the overnight one from Amazon.
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I got the 3-5 business day shipping which bumped the price to 45. I thought Google only takes out the money when it ships? Right now, it says my order is pending. Did you get any info for the free Netflix?
Seems since I ordered it on the 24th at 9PM EST, I won't be able to get my own Netflix code :/
No word on Netflix from Google or Amazon.
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No word on Netflix from Google or Amazon.
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Just got off the phone with GP Support that the code will be sent when it ships, and that the event actually ended 1 AM of the 25th, so that's a sigh of relief
Amazon cutoff for Netflix was July 24 5:31pm PST. If you ordered before that time, you'll get the code via email. If you ordered afterwards, you're SOL.
Ordered mine from Google Play on the 24th, a few minutes after the announcement. I just got the email saying it's been shipped. Hopefully will have it tomorrow.
Ordered mine during announcement on Play store, shipped out that night via UPS Ground, delivered yesterday.
Got Netflix code yesterday morning. I had to use Firefox to redeem, Chrome was throwing a too many redirects error.
I ordered mine in the evening on the 24th from Amazon and I don't even have an estimated shipping date. No big deal, I don't really need it right away. I want to see if it will be a good replacement for the laptop I have dedicated to my TV now.
I ordered mine from bestbuy, and it should be in next week either Monday or Wednesday
I got an email from Google at 1:35am this morning that mine has shipped. The tracking is via UPS but the tracking number starts with a 9 not a 1Z which means that UPS will hand it off to USPS. Looking at the tracking shows that UPS hasn't received yet.
Edit: About 10 minutes after I made this post I got an email from Google with my Netflix 3-month gift code. Bravo, Google!
Edit 2: I redeemed my gift code with a couple of clicks and sure enough Netflix credited $23.97 to my account.
The Chromecast is fantastic at $35. For $11 it's spectacular!
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I got an email from Google at 1:35am this morning that mine has shipped. The tracking is via UPS but the tracking number starts with a 9 not a 1Z which means that UPS will hand it off to USPS. Looking at the tracking shows that UPS hasn't received yet.
Edit: About 10 minutes after I made this post I got an email from Google with my Netflix 3-month gift code. Bravo, Google!
Edit 2: I redeemed my gift code with a couple of clicks and sure enough Netflix credited $23.97 to my account.
The Chromecast is fantastic at $35. For $11 it's spectacular!
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Ugh, I just want my tracking number, the wait is agonizing!
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Ugh, I just want my tracking number, the wait is agonizing!
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Ugh! I live in SoCal. My tracking shows it's shipping from La Vergne, Tennessee. Estimated arrival is Wednesday.
When Amazon shipped the three I bought from them it came from Ontario, California, about a half hour drive from me.
Google isn't a retailer, that's for sure.
Ordered one from Google Play Wednesday right after the conference. Said it would ship by July 27 at the time. That night I received shipping confirmation and also got an email with the Netflix link:
Welcome to Chromecast.
Enjoy 3 months of Netflix on us and start casting.
Hi xxxxxx,
Your Chromecast is on its way.
After setting it up, you can start casting from Netflix and other apps to your TV using your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Netflix has thousands of movies and TV shows, and Chromecast is the easy way to watch all of it on your TV.
Redeem your 3 months of Netflix to use on a new or existing account by clicking the link below.
Bought the 2nd air option and it says out for delivery to arrive today. In the mean time, they showed up as available for my local best buy store, so I bought one there for in store pickup which I got this morning. The Netflix code for that one was emailed right after I picked it up in store.
I received mine today from Google Play. But I did not receive any Netflix codes bought during announcement. I called Google they said to contact Netflix, called Netflix they told me Google had to give it to me. Called Google back they had to open a support ticket, they didn't know who to contact. But it does work as really good just wish I had my Netflix code to break it in
I ordered mine off Play Store two days ago and opted for the most express shipping option (was only +$6 but yeah, doesn't compete with Prime). I just got it a couple of hours ago and been messing with it a bit at work.
Unfortunately it's very fickle about WiFi. It doesn't like all the WiFi APs/Repeaters we have and gets stuck trying to connect to office wifi (or some other router/firewall settings here).
I did manage to configure it by connecting it and my phone to my Verizon MiFi card.
Very disappointed I can't seem to broadcast my Chrome browser off my phone/tablet -- just off the desktop???
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skew said:
I received mine today from Google Play. But I did not receive any Netflix codes bought during announcement. I called Google they said to contact Netflix, called Netflix they told me Google had to give it to me. Called Google back they had to open a support ticket, they didn't know who to contact. But it does work as really good just wish I had my Netflix code to break it in
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That sucks. I got my NetFlix code from Google within a day, about the same time they sent me the shipping notice. You probably hit the cut-off.
As someone who's worked for Google, good luck dealing with their customer service We once had a teammate's GMail backend completely break on him and we contacted the GMail/SRE team (we were also SREs) and they told us to GTFO and go through official channels, as if we weren't employees. Needless to say, the productivity of one of my coworkers was unnecessarily hampered for about a week. I think he ended up looking at server logs and debugging it himself, discovering that the instance running his GMail was in some sort of crash-loop.
Saturday now, gonna have to wait until Monday for any new updates :/
I ordered mine through the play store during the event, email said it would ship August 2nd, and I got an email at 5 this morning saying it shipped. No netflix code though
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I ordered mine off Play Store two days ago and opted for the most express shipping option (was only +$6 but yeah, doesn't compete with Prime). I just got it a couple of hours ago and been messing with it a bit at work.
Unfortunately it's very fickle about WiFi. It doesn't like all the WiFi APs/Repeaters we have and gets stuck trying to connect to office wifi (or some other router/firewall settings here).
I did manage to configure it by connecting it and my phone to my Verizon MiFi card.
Very disappointed I can't seem to broadcast my Chrome browser off my phone/tablet -- just off the desktop???
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That sucks. I got my NetFlix code from Google within a day, about the same time they sent me the shipping notice. You probably hit the cut-off.
As someone who's worked for Google, good luck dealing with their customer service We once had a teammate's GMail backend completely break on him and we contacted the GMail/SRE team (we were also SREs) and they told us to GTFO and go through official channels, as if we weren't employees. Needless to say, the productivity of one of my coworkers was unnecessarily hampered for about a week. I think he ended up looking at server logs and debugging it himself, discovering that the instance running his GMail was in some sort of crash-loop.
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I hope they don't say I hit the cut off I ordered on Google Play while it was being demo'd it shipped Wed afternoon it was already shipped to me 24hrs before they ended the promo.
Ordered mine on google play a day after the release. ETA is 2-3 weeks before it ships :/
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For those that ordered the Dev Edtion.. How long did it take to get it?

Just wondering how long it took for the device to be in your hands from the day you ordered it?
gwallers said:
Just wondering how long it took for the device to be in your hands from the day you ordered it?
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Last week, I ordered Tuesday (11/5) night around 9:30pm. Phone was picked up by FedEx on Wednesday (11/6) afternoon, arrived at my house on Friday (11/8).
If it matters, mine is the Verizon Developer Edition.
EDIT: The web site did have a note saying like due to high demand, it may take 7 days to process. But obviously it didn't.
When i ordered demand was "high" and they said it would ship within 7 days.
Once it shipped it took 3 days from Texas to Maryland. VZW also.
3 days, ordered on a Saturday morning.
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Just wondering how long it took for the device to be in your hands from the day you ordered it?
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I ordered on Friday 11/8. It was released to shipping on Monday. But it still hasn't shipped. Chat seesion rep said 6 day commitment and i should expect it on or before the 14th. Supposedly they ship Fedex overnight
Ordered mine on the 10th. Still sitting in not shipped state.
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I ordered on Friday 11/8. It was released to shipping on Monday. But it still hasn't shipped. Chat seesion rep said 6 day commitment and i should expect it on or before the 14th. Supposedly they ship Fedex overnight
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That's odd. I ordered on the 8th. It shipped on the 11th and will be here tomorrow 13th. They do 2 day shipping. The first one I ordered was shipped the same day but I returned it for the discount.
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Ordered on the 8th. Shipped on the 12th with 2 day expected tomorrow on the 14th
Did your order status ever change and/or did they send you a tracking number? Ordered mine on the 9th and my order status still says "not shipped". I want my new toy!
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Did your order status ever change and/or did they send you a tracking number? Ordered mine on the 9th and my order status still says "not shipped". I want my new toy!
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I was never able to see my status. I got an email with a tracking number around 10 hours after it was picked up
I ordered 11/6, received it 11/11. On the motorola site, under order history it still has a status of "Not Shipped"
Mine status updated on the website when it shipped and I was mailed the tracking number. Same thing happened for both my orders.
Mine will be here today. Can finally retire the s4 and its cartoon touchwiz interface.
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M X
I placed my order on 11 Nov (sunday) and received it on 15 Nov (friday).
I received a "your order had shipped" email late Weds evening.
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I was a little disappointed w/ the quality of shipping. The phone arrived safe and sound, but the Moto X box was stuffed inside a much larger box with no form of padding or cushioning at all.
I know it's all solid state, but I still didn't like hearing the moto x box sliding around. Not something you want to hear when opening $600 worth of electronics.
Hi!
Do you know if it is possible to make the shipment of Moto X Hold at FedEx location?
I would better go and pick up my shipment at FedEx, than receiveing at my location.
I will be there only at a certain period of time, not before, and not after?
How accurate is the estimated shipping time?
Thanks.
What are the recent experiences with the delivery time of the DE?
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What are the recent experiences with the delivery time of the DE?
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I ordered mine yesterday morning Monday and recrieved shipping notification the same day. Says it will be deliverd Wednesday with two day shipping.
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What are the recent experiences with the delivery time of the DE?
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I ordered mine on a Wednesday evening and received it the following Monday. I believe they have plenty on the shelf, at least VZW anyway, as mine came with 4.2.2 on it. To me that would indicate that it was built awhile ago.
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I ordered mine on a Wednesday evening and received it the following Monday. I believe they have plenty on the shelf, at least VZW anyway, as mine came with 4.2.2 on it. To me that would indicate that it was built awhile ago.
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I want to buy the GSM version.

T-mobile Ordering / waiting-list?

[OP] Just realized that questions should not be posted here, can you please move this to the Q&A??
Hi,
Did anyone checked with T-mo about an order wait list or how to pre-register?
I see on the web-site the "The next big thing is almost here" and I did enter my email but this is just for the announcement of availability; not to get onto the waiting list...
Any other info you could gather from T-mo?
Not yet, doesnt appear it will available until after april 10th.
I ordered it on the weekend. It's already been turned over to UPS and should be here on 4/2
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I ordered it on the weekend. It's already been turned over to UPS and should be here on 4/2
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I ordered mine 29th. S6Edge 128Gb. UPS shipping confirmed delivery on 4/3
I ordered the S6 Black 128GB, its back ordered. Tmobile screwed up the JUMP upgrade on Saturday which was showing backordered even then, Monday I went in to check and it was not JUMPed and they made me cancel the order and basically go to the back of the line. Backordered of course as expected at this point.
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I ordered it on the weekend. It's already been turned over to UPS and should be here on 4/2
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what color/memory/type did you order?
You know what.. I registered like 3-4 times for the giveaway and when pre-orders went live they didn't even email me!
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You know what.. I registered like 3-4 times for the giveaway and when pre-orders went live they didn't even email me!
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I ordered on 29th. Jump Program. Used standard ground shipping. Came here on April 3rd. 128Gb S6 Edge Sapphire. As for promos, after you get the phone you got to:
HTTPS://Samsungpromotions.com/Netflix
The site asks for your IME and Mac WiFi address that is in your settings:about phone. Plug in the numbers. You get a code and you go to Netflix web site and plug in the coupon code. If you already belong to Netflix they will give you credit to your account. Simple. No E-Mails to deal with.
I believe this is offered till April 14th according to TMobile customer svc rep that gave me direct Samsung web site info. That site links to Netflix web site.

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