I think I'd be patient with HSN. While I understand your frustration with the delay, I'm sure they had thousands of orders this weekend with the $99 price.
My friend who has been using a Lumia 710 since early 2012 ordered one the other week. I have an 810 and a 920 and was even tempted to get one. At that price, it was difficult to resist.
So what do you do pop the sim in and out all the time?
i do that. except i switch between wp8 and android.. and some of my android phones have the old larger sim cards so i always have to activate different sims. hassle sometimes but i love both os's
I received my $79 (after coupon) HSN Lumia 521 last week and was able to activate it online on T-Mobile's $30 plan using the SIM that shipped with the phone. The only issue I encountered was adding money to the account after I activated the plan. T-Mobile's glitchy website kept timing out on the last step of the payment process and would never complete the credit card transaction. I simply called the customer service number and gave the rep my new phone number and credit card number and he was able to add $30 to my account. I hope they fix the payment glitch before I have to add more money next month; otherwise I'll just buy a $30 T-Mobile prepaid card and add its value to my account.Has anyone activated the HSN purchased phone with T-Mobile's $30 plan or does that require a different SIM card than the one shipping with the device?