Since I haven't seen a flood of posts here saying phones have shipped, I assume anyone still on here is in the same boat as me. I still have the dreaded ! in Shipped.
I called customer service earlier today and was told that IF the phones came in today, before FedEx's cut off time for next-day sipping, they would ship the phones today. Since I made that call about an hour before that cut off time I assumed orders wouldn't ship today. I guess MS has missed their own deadline. Has a single person received their pre-ordered phone?
I really hope that I get this phone by Friday!
My question now is, if everyone else selling this phone (Amazon, AT&T, eBay!) has it in stock, why can't Simplexity, supposedly one of the biggest phone retailers, get any in stock??
I can order the Lumia 1020 from Amazon right now for $270, on contract, and have it by Friday. With THIS pre-order, I really don't know when I'll get the phone.
All that being said, considering the free camera grip, the $150 credit and the fact that most of us are not being charged sales tax, the effective price of $149.99 for what would normally be $374 is still the best deal anywhere for the Lumia 1020.
I am still irritated that Simplexity won't suffer any consequences for this situation. As previously mentioned by others, the $150 credit cannot be used to buy phones on the MS Store website, which probably means Simplexity is not providing the credit.