Has anyone NOT been charged for their Note? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

I got a shipping confirmation yesterday for my phone and it is on the truck right now for delivery via fedex, however I have yet to have my debit card charged for the phone. Has this happened to anyone else?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1502642

Banks can take some time to show charges
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I Just posted in another thread asking that. Mine is on truck for delivery and no charge yet.
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Don't get your hopes up guys. You will get charged for it eventually.

Mine was charged FAST. AT&T is usually quick to withdraw money from my account. Then again, it could be the possibility that it's up to the bank or AT&T still getting authorization through the bank to withdraw. Some bank are slow.

No charge, not even a hold showing on my "available balance". Which is odd, usually those holds go through right away.

hey, this is what's happening with mine. week ago, i've placed an online order through attwireless which cost me 300 plus tax. but right after i've submitted my order, I somehow ended up on the bestbuy websites promoting their $50 giftcard with its upgrade plan. so i've decided to call them to cancel my order within 24 hours. when i got a chance to talk to the lady i was surprised because she couldn't cancel my order since it's in the "process" and she just told me to send the phone right away when i receive it. this order was done in last tuesday, Feb 8th and it's hilarious that i couldn't get it to cancel the shipment the day after, because it was too late. So what the heck, i just went to the BBM and preordered mine.
right now, i have a galaxy note package right on my desk sent by at&t but when i see my bank account, i do not see anything debitted by at&t yet. i've been talking to 4 diff. reps and they all say they charge your account right away at the checkout page. only exception was the iphone, she says, which had taken extra 7days to charge the customers.
but my question is will i be able to sign a contract on sunday when i go pick up my galaxy note with BBM even i have the actual note in my position from att?
will their system block me from getting another one? if that's the case, i guess i have to send it back before sunday so i don't have any trouble receiving mine at BBT.
since, att has 30 days return policy, i was maybe thinking about keeping it til i see the "-317.99" on the bank statement.
what do you think guys? should i take the risk?

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BuyMobilePhones caution?

I have ordered a T-Mobile upgrade thru BuyMobilePhones.net. Having never heard of the company before I was a little cautious. They do however have one of the best deals I've found for my situation:
600 mins
500 texts
500mb internet
18 months
£30 a month
19.99 for the phone
The closest mobiles.co.uk have got is £35/m and £50 for the phone. And as its an upgrade I don't have to fanny about changing my number over which is a Brucey bonus.
..........
I rang on bank holiday Monday and spoke to a bloke who basically said he cant do anything today as its a BH and he would be on the phone to T-Mobile for too long and he took my details and would call back Tuesday. 'Hmmmmm' I thought, and agreed.
I got a bit antsy in my pantsy so rang back an hour later. I spoke to another bloke who took my details and said he'd ring back in ten mins after speaking to T-Mobile, he took the telephone password for my account (the one you tell the operator when you ring up), I was a bit apprehensive but gave it too him anyway (I have changed it now). He rang back after about 20 mins and said its gone through and I should expect delivery on Wednesday. I said goodbye but was still suspicions.
I then rang T-Mobile an hour later and asked if there had been any changes to my account. They told me a dealer rang up questioning an upgrade to a Motorola Milestone but nothing had been put through. I rang back BMP.net but they had all gone home.
So I rang them today(Tuesday) and spoke to the same bloke and he said they have to put it through as a milestone to get the best deal. 'Fair play', I thought, but the big question is will I still get it tomorrow (Wednesday). He told me that he thought there would be enough stock in for my order but there may not be and I may actually get it Thursday.
I have just rang up T-Mobile (Tuesday 18:20) to ask if any upgrades had been put through on my account and they said 'No'. I will call BMP.net a call tomorrow (Wednesday) at 09:00 to chase it up again.
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The best number to call is 01773 522308.
Anyone else dealt with them before?
I've had a the same order as yourself, but it's been stuck on the processing stage since yesterday morning when I click on order status.
How long did yours take to process?
As mines an upgrade I don't get access to that part of the site
No worries, not sure processing should take this long. I have emailed them this morning regarding the issue but still no reply.
Give the above number a call 0900-1730
Will do, tomorrow, cheers
Let us know how you get on
I had a 'mare with Buy Mobile Phones a while back. Ordered a new phone, they dicked me about, finally sent it, when it arrived the box was open, so I sent it back and they told me they wouldn't accept it because the phone was 'used'.
I had to scream, shout and threaten them with the office of fair trade before they'd even concede that it was them that opened it (or someone previously); and even then they gave me the old 'as an act of good faith' line. They are, without doubt, the murkiest phone shop I've ever used.
I wouldn't trust them any further than I could push them with my piss.
Hi there,
I ordered with buymobilephones.net and my order was dispatched yesterday and is out with City link for delivery tomorrow - so they are definitely legit.
Many thanks
The confirmation email says delivery, sadly the tracking number isnt tracking. Will phone cancel tomorrow if no delivery.
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Got the same deal as thread starter, got tracking info via email from BMF. Should be with me tomorrow.
Any problems I have had to date had been delt with swiftly!
Did anybody have a slow order processing, mines been nearly 2 days.
I also ordered the same deal as the first poster and I have a tracking number for City Link that is giving Wednesday as the delivery day with it currently underway to the delivery depot.
I ordered it 'new' despite being eligable for an upgrade with t-mobile. A new number for the specified deal appeared on my existing account ( a couple of my kids also have t-mobile contracts on my account) on Saturday along with the dispatch e-mail.
Therefore all looks OK.
pmt32577 said:
I also ordered the same deal as the first poster and I have a tracking number for City Link that is giving Wednesday as the delivery day with it currently underway to the delivery depot.
I ordered it 'new' despite being eligable for an upgrade with t-mobile. A new number for the specified deal appeared on my existing account ( a couple of my kids also have t-mobile contracts on my account) on Saturday along with the dispatch e-mail.
Therefore all looks OK.
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How long was your order processing for mate.
I also ordered the same deal and got a city link tracking number which isn't tracking, but I'm told delivery is due tomorrow.... fingers crossed but will cancel and get elsewhere if any problems.
what day did u guys order+ new order or upgrade?
vinokirk said:
what day did u guys order+ new order or upgrade?
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New contract, but intend to port line from another network
vinokirk said:
what day did u guys order+ new order or upgrade?
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New contract, porting over from three , on the same deal as the OP. If the phone arrives.trackung link still not working
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owz206 said:
How long was your order processing for mate.
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I ordered on 11th of April and my order was 'processing' until Saturday.
This was a new order.
Status is now that it is on the delivery van. Unfortunately I won't be there to receive it today and touch and go whether there will be anybody at home at all, so may have to wait an extra day.
Just had an email response to say that they have a massive backlog of orders for the galaxy s 2 and that is the reason for the delay in processing my order.

Hold on account disappeared

I went and looked at my bank account and where AT&T had the hold on the ~$317 for my preordered Note, is now gone, the money was not taken out of my account and now on the ledger it is no longer showing the pending hold for that amount, is anyone else experiencing this?
Edit: however whenever i go to AT&T to look at order progress, it still says
in progress pending shipment
I noticed same thing as you and I called castomer service they told me they are going to charge when it ships. I don't know?
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dmatherl said:
I went and looked at my bank account and where AT&T had the hold on the ~$317 for my preordered Note, is now gone, the money was not taken out of my account and now on the ledger it is no longer showing the pending hold for that amount, is anyone else experiencing this?
Edit: however whenever i go to AT&T to look at order progress, it still says
in progress pending shipment
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mines the same too...still in progress while thers no hold ne more...cant wait for 17th to arrive!!!
I know it is exciting, but I would suggest to not watch this stuff too much. AT&T will not charge until after the phone is shipped. We will mostly all have ours sent overnight on Thursday and have them on Friday.
In the case of the iPhone 4s, they didn't charge the full amount to my credit card until 3 weeks after I got the phone! But the initial credit check charge did disappear after a few days (as I think all it is all they are allowed for a credit hold).
Hold is always temporay (3 to 5 days at most). It doesn't mean anything.
dmatherl said:
I went and looked at my bank account and where AT&T had the hold on the ~$317 for my preordered Note, is now gone, the money was not taken out of my account and now on the ledger it is no longer showing the pending hold for that amount, is anyone else experiencing this?
Edit: however whenever i go to AT&T to look at order progress, it still says
in progress pending shipment
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Mine did the same. I think it was Wednesday when it disappeared. For a minute there I thought the additional funding in my account was from my State tax return I was expecting but after looking through my transaction activity I saw that the hold from AT&T was released. From what I've read in other postings throughout this forum it isn't uncommon for holds to be released and then charged again when the device is finally shipped. I'm guessing it all depends on how long the order is on hold for, in our case almost 2 weeks from initial offering.
I did receive an email from AT&T Premier last night confirming my order and stating that the device is still scheduled to be delivered as early as Feb 17th.
This is going to be the longest week ever!
dmatherl said:
I went and looked at my bank account and where AT&T had the hold on the ~$317 for my preordered Note, is now gone, the money was not taken out of my account and now on the ledger it is no longer showing the pending hold for that amount, is anyone else experiencing this?
Edit: however whenever i go to AT&T to look at order progress, it still says
in progress pending shipment
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Banks can only hold funds for 3-5 days, it was just held to confirm you had the funds and that the card was valid. The phone won't be actually charged until it ships from the warehouse in which case the funds will then be finalized and removed from your account.
You should be good.
Side note: This is an issue for some people, especially people who carry low available balances in their account, because the funds were released and then they spent the money somewhere else, then when at&t goes to ship the phone the card gets declined from the bank due to insufficient funds. Then their order gets cancelled.
The hold is still on my card.

I didn't intend to, but I might be receiving two Galaxy Note or NONE

hey, this is what's happening with mine. A week ago from today, I've placed an online order through attwireless which had cost me 300 plus tax. However,right after i've submitted my order, I ended up on the bestbuy websites advertising their $50 giftcard with its upgrade plan. so i've decided to call back at&t to cancel my order within 24 hours. when i got a chance to talk to the lady i was surprised because she couldn't cancel my order since it's in the "process" and she just told me to send the phone back once i receive it. This order was done on last tuesday, Feb 8th and it's hilarious that i couldn't even get it to cancel the shipment the day after, since it was TOO late. So what the heck, i just went to the BBM and preordered mine.
right now, i have a galaxy note package right on my desk sent by at&t but when i see my bank account, i do not see anything debitted by at&t yet. i've been talking to 4 diff. reps and they all say they charge your account right away at the checkout page. Apparently, they don't know what's going on with my status. Only exception was the iphone, she says, which had taken extra 7days to charge the customers.
but my question is will I be able to sign a contract on sunday when i go pick up my galaxy note with BBM even i have the actual note in my position from att?
will their system block me from getting another one? but they didn't even charge me???!!? if that's the case, i guess i have to send it back before sunday so i don't have any trouble getting mine at BBT.
since, att has 30 days return policy, i was maybe thinking about keeping it til i see the "-317.99" on the bank statement.
what do you think guys? should i take the risk?
I would suggest you be honest and just return the ATT phone.
Knowing AT&T, they will charge you. Maybe not right off the bat but they'll find another way like your monthly bill.
if you return the phone, it will take another 5 days to make a reversal or to cancel your phone/line upgrade before you can apply for another phone/line upgrade, so if you have plans of returning the phone, return it asap.
from ATT:
We will get you. We will track you with GPS and send warnings and even access your camera and watch you.
And we are just getting started.
Thanks for shopping AT&T !
If your contract has not been reversed, you will not be able to buy a 2nd Note at the 2 year price.
If however you ARE able to for whatever reason, keep the AT&T phone. See what happens.
Worst case scenario you get charged for it. If so, go to any AT&T store and return it. Easy as that.
They won't add it to your monthly bill.

Account still hasn't been charged

My note was one of the few shipped by USPS, it was processed thursday and finally out for delivery today. However, my account still hasn't been charged for it, anyone else experiencing this? Am I getting a free Note?
Just wait 1-2 weeks for AT&T to clear and so does your bank to process. I was charged the moment I put an order online.
Yeah, I would definitely make sure your account has enough money in it if it's a checking account. I've been screwed over by a gas station before because they withheld charging my account until the end of the month and dropped it on my right before I had my next deposit. Wouldn't want that to happen with a 300 dollar purchase to say the least. haha.
dmatherl said:
My note was one of the few shipped by USPS, it was processed thursday and finally out for delivery today. However, my account still hasn't been charged for it, anyone else experiencing this? Am I getting a free Note?
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Holiday weekend.
Xanthony said:
Holiday weekend.
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Yes I'm aware but as AT&T said themselves, as soon as the phone has shipped the account should have been charged, my account has done no such thing.
I'm in the same boat as you. It was clearly stated when I preordered the phone(in-store) and in the conformation email that my account would be charged when the phone was shipped. It was shipped on Thursday the 16th and I haven't been charged yet. However, I'm not complaining.
They'll catch up to you in a week or so, they always do.
Free notes for EVARYONE!!!

How AT&T Dropped the ball on the 920 release

Seriously, I have been a loyal AT&T customer for OVER 10 years, with 5 phone lines and 1 data only line (paying almost $400/mo) and this time, I almost told then to "GO F*** OFF!!"
Back story: First, the news that the 920 was releasing was released in September. In October, we found out that AT&T was able to get an exclusive for 6 months on the device. We also had the WP8 release event from Microsoft. November, AT&T FINALLY releases pricing for the 920 and a release date. No news on Pre-Order availability until it was a few days from release date.
Now, AT&T did such a HORRIBLE job on educating their own customer service reps, that I almost just gave up.
1. I tried to pre-order online, but since I have a corporate discount on my account, I had to go through their Enterprise Portal and pre-order was blanked out so I could no do it.
2. I thought I would be sly and order it by phone. Everything went well until the rep told me it was $199.99... I choked and told her "No Thanks"!
3. I went into the store when it opened (Wed Nov 7). Rep there didn't even know pre-orders were being accepted but after much assuring by me and looking in her computer, she started my order. After finishing she GUARANTEED me it would arrive by Friday, that is what the computer was telling her.
Friday comes and my phone is still in "Processing" state. I called to get an update and I was told it was being processed and would ship soon. In other words, she had no freaking clue.
I bash AT&T on FB and get a text from a rep from my store asking me what's up. We text for a while and come to find out that it may take a week or more for my phone to ship. The original rep should have told me that, but no, set my expectations really high to get smashed.
After looking over my order some more, he finds out that my free charging pad was not added to my order, so now I have to go BACK and get that fixed.
To make it worse, the availability of the phone in AT&T stores has been lackluster at best. I'm talking most only are getting 3 devices in Black, Red and/or White for sale. All other colors have to be ordered.
Oh, they are not even letting people in line waiting to get one know that they are out of stock, instead, they are letting them stay there waiting for an hour+ at a time to tell them they have none, but then try to sell them on a S3, Note 2 or an iPhone 5.
So, where did AT&T drop the ball? Hell, if you read up and also what others around the country have been saying, they pretty much dropped it everywhere they could, and even in some placed you didn't think they could!
I'm going to wait out for my Yellow 920. I am going to get over all this eventually, but all I can tell you know is, if I ever go to pre-order a phone from AT&T and am told it will arrive on launch date, it will be in writing and someone will pay for it if it falls through.
If you plan to go to a store and wait in a "line" for this phone, just go up and ask over someone shoulder to see if they even have one.
Agreed. I preordered my red 920 on the 7th, was guaranteed that it would arrive by the 9th. Now being told it won't even ship for another "week or two". Being told that it was first come first serve, but I know people who preordered on the 8th received their phones on the 9th as promised. Very annoyed by all of this, honestly.
I learned a long time ago not to preorder from AT&T except in store. I have yet to in the stores on morning/mid day or even early afternoon of a release day device and not be able to get one. Now I live in Maine so obviously that is a lot easier than if you live in a big city or what not.
2 Stores near me got plenty of Note II's, 8X's and 920's. The one I chose to go to had the 10 black 920s, 10 white, and 5 red. No Yellow or Cyan.
The last time I preordered online I got my phone about a week after release, even though the devices were in stock at the store.
I preordered both the iPhone 3gs and 4 in store and they were both there release morning.
in store...
crawlgsx said:
I learned a long time ago not to preorder from AT&T except in store...
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I preordered in store early Wednesday and am still waiting, so this is no sure fix. I also am not getting the charger and will have to return to the store to argue about it. I did have the option of shipping the phone to the store, which considering the store had it in stock on Friday would have been a better idea this time since even if my phone wasn't there I would have just taken one of the ones they had. As preordered Lumia 900s that were shipped directly arrived before the models in store, how would you have guessed? Certainly AT&T botched this release in the US.
Damn unfortunate . I ordered a 920 Cyan thru Att premier on Nov 8 and got it today Nov 10. They shipped it overnight instead of 2 day :good:
Talderon said:
Seriously, I have been a loyal AT&T customer for OVER 10 years, with 5 phone lines and 1 data only line (paying almost $400/mo) and this time, I almost told then to "GO F*** OFF!!"
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The bigger question is why in the name off all things good and holy are you paying AT&T so much money? Switch to Straight Talk and pay half of that for four lines, and that includes all-you-can-eat minutes/text/data?
I'm confused, why are you paying so much??
My family plan with 5 lines and 4 out of the 5 have 3GB data and we're only paying $250 a month.
AT&T stores are having issues with the amount of L920 they are getting in stores. The store I went to only had 1 nokia in stock which was in black. Couple other stores in the area had maybe 2-3 in stock. Maybe none.
I avoided the whole pre-order nonsense and
took a chance that I would get the phone by getting in line at the store Friday morning. I have pre-ordered before and had a similar experience and will never do it again. All in all, I was able to get the phone Friday after waiting in line outside the store for 30 mins. and once I got inside the store, about an hour.
Alpha0ero said:
took a chance that I would get the phone by getting in line at the store Friday morning. I have pre-ordered before and had a similar experience and will never do it again. All in all, I was able to get the phone Friday after waiting in line outside the store for 30 mins. and once I got inside the store, about an hour.
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You guys had lines for the Nokia? That's weird, I've seen videos of people waiting in line and there's about 5-10 other people but I never seen any type of line at my AT&T store.
I went on launch day.
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Yep
emckai said:
You guys had lines for the Nokia? That's weird, I've seen videos of people waiting in line and there's about 5-10 other people but I never seen any type of line at my AT&T store.
I went on launch day.
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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I got there at 8:30 and attached is a picture of the line at that time. This AT&T is across the road from Dell here in Austin so maybe that would explain it.
Alpha0ero said:
I got there at 8:30 and attached is a picture of the line at that time. This AT&T is across the road from Dell here in Austin so maybe that would explain it.
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Well it's good you still got your phone. I'm waiting on the wireless charging pad XD
I feel your pain
Talderon said:
Seriously, I have been a loyal AT&T customer for OVER 10 years, with 5 phone lines and 1 data only line (paying almost $400/mo) and this time, I almost told then to "GO F*** OFF!!"
Back story: First, the news that the 920 was releasing was released in September. In October, we found out that AT&T was able to get an exclusive for 6 months on the device. We also had the WP8 release event from Microsoft. November, AT&T FINALLY releases pricing for the 920 and a release date. No news on Pre-Order availability until it was a few days from release date.
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I have a similar story, but mine was worked out so I actually received my phone today via FedEx and I will never order another device where they have to deliver it. I went online after mid-night to try and order the device, but everything it kept trying to charge me an extra $150 for the charging plate and the $100 which was to drop the phone to $99. So I called ATT and the first rep couldn't tell what was going on and chalked it up to me being a corporate account user. So I had to call back the next day and waste another hour on the phone with a corporate rep who finally told me to just order it and they would credit it back after the fact - what part of stupid, do I look? So I wasted an hour on phone before work and called back at Lunch to find out that I had a code which showed my service plan wasn't compatible with the offer, and that they needed to update it. So I wait for a supervisor, explain my situation for the third or fourth time and get cut off before she can correct the freaking problem. I finally call back and speak to gentlemen by the name of Jose, who walks me to through, count them, 4 transfers before we get back into the corporate account section and a darling young lady sets the code correctly to reflect a current voice and data plan compatible with the offer and I immediately am able to order the phone on their website. This is the afternoon of the 7th of November. They process my order, it gets sent out to FedEx and of course, two day deliver doesn't mean a hill of beans to them. I see a status that it was picked up the morning of 8 November and estimated for delivery on 12 November. So I go through the entire weekend without a new toy to play with; but no biggie, I got the phone and charging plate after being told by ATT that the plate was on backorder. SO I AM NOW HAPPY. If I could only get my wireless hotspot, all would be golden.
AnyMal said:
The bigger question is why in the name off all things good and holy are you paying AT&T so much money? Switch to Straight Talk and pay half of that for four lines, and that includes all-you-can-eat minutes/text/data?
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emckai said:
I'm confused, why are you paying so much??
My family plan with 5 lines and 4 out of the 5 have 3GB data and we're only paying $250 a month.
AT&T stores are having issues with the amount of L920 they are getting in stores. The store I went to only had 1 nokia in stock which was in black. Couple other stores in the area had maybe 2-3 in stock. Maybe none.
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I pay more because I am on an Enterprise Unlimited Data Plan (means no throttling, EVER) with all 5 lines and a few of the devices have insurance.
Strait Talk is out of the question because of the plan stipulations and level of service I would lose with those plans over the Enterprise service.
As for an update. Nope, still no phone and still no word on when it will ship.
Latest update other than it not shipping:
Ok, when I pre-ordered, I ordered the phone and a charging STAND. What ended up happening is, they placed the order for my PHONE and a charging PAD (after corporate discount, it was $25). When I questioned why my FREE pad was not on my order, come to find out they ordered the phone and I PAID for the free pad. So they fixed that, then I placed the order for my stand and it was $37 after corporate discount..
I hate AT&T!
Talderon said:
I pay more because I am on an Enterprise Unlimited Data Plan (means no throttling, EVER) with all 5 lines and a few of the devices have insurance.
Strait Talk is out of the question because of the plan stipulations and level of service I would lose with those plans over the Enterprise service.
As for an update. Nope, still no phone and still no word on when it will ship.
Latest update other than it not shipping:
Ok, when I pre-ordered, I ordered the phone and a charging STAND. What ended up happening is, they placed the order for my PHONE and a charging PAD (after corporate discount, it was $25). When I questioned why my FREE pad was not on my order, come to find out they ordered the phone and I PAID for the free pad. So they fixed that, then I placed the order for my stand and it was $37 after corporate discount..
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My ordering history:
Nov 9-- Online ordered
Nov 12--Order was cancelled, Online ordered again
Nov 13--Order was cancelled again, Ordered on phone
Nov 14--AT&T premier agent told me my order was shipped
Nov 15--Check my order status again, the order is back ordered
Nov 16--Order is in processing

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