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karrde00

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Just got my phone! Loving it so far! Super fast and a nice change from iOS

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derfnoslen

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UPS My Choice is awesome. I just received an alert from them stating that I should get my phone tomorrow between 11 am and 3 pm. My Google Wallet and Play information remain unchanged.

I signed up but where do you go to get alerts on the website? Or do you just wait for them to email you.

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Neomastermind

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Did you order a 16gb or 8gb?

16GB and I'm in Kentucky. Though, the website is now telling me that it will be delivered Friday so some time within the next 48 hours I shall have my phone. Hoping for tomorrow, though.

I signed up but where do you go to get alerts on the website? Or do you just wait for them to email you.

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I went to my preferences to add in addresses that I wanted to be alerted about. You can customize the method in which they contact you (i.e. phone, email).
 
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derfnoslen

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I got my phone case today! Now I just need my car charger. Oh, and the phone.

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chronus719

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So has anyone who ordered the Orb had their order ship yet? I ordered in the first hour on Wednesday, and still haven't seen anything except for my confirmation email. I'm anxious to see how well this bad boy works compared to my WCP-700.
 

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I'll check rev and Cpu binning when I get home. Didn't bring my n4 to work cuz no sim

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kofiaa

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Quick question for UK ppl (I also asked in the UK thread btw)

Does anyone know what happens when tnt claim that you missed delivery? I called customer service and they said they'll deliver today, but there is nothing on the tracking page. :mad:

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Quick question for UK ppl (I also asked in the UK thread btw)

Does anyone know what happens when tnt claim that you missed delivery? I called customer service and they said they'll deliver today, but there is nothing on the tracking page. :mad:

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Did you ring TNT customer services or your local depot? THey probably will try to redeliver but they should technically leave a card if they missed it. I would ring the depot to rearrange delivery or to have them hold it so you can pick it up.
 

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Did you ring TNT customer services or your local depot? THey probably will try to redeliver but they should technically leave a card if they missed it. I would ring the depot to rearrange delivery or to have them hold it so you can pick it up.

Rang them last night. The funny thing was the cs told me it didn't go out, yet the tracker said I wasn't at home. I was sat by my window most of the night, and there was someone at the reception throughout the day. If it isn't delivered I'll have to see if I can pick it up tonight or tomorrow.

I feel like skipping my lecture just to wait lol, but I can't.

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Rakeesh_j

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Order Date: February 5, 2013 6:41:40 PM UTC-7
Order Number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Qty

Item


Price
2

Nexus 4 (8GB) - The next generation phone. Thin, light, and designed for Google Play.

$598.00
2

Nexus 4 (16GB) - The next generation phone. Thin, light, and designed for Google Play.

$698.00
Shipping (Two Day):

$13.99
Tax:

$85.54
Total:

$1,395.53

Feb 5
You placed an order with Google Inc. on Feb 5. Google Wallet sent a copy of this receipt to xxxxxx@gmail.com

Feb 5
Google Inc. received your order.

Feb 12
Google Inc. shipped your order.
Track UPS package #1ZXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Feb 12
Google Inc. charged your (credit card) xxx-xxxx for $1,395.53. "GOOGLE *Devices" will appear on your billing statement.

Package arrived yesterday (February 13th) at 7:31 PM (I wasn't home, that's just what the UPS tracking page says.)

t-mobile says the SIM cards will arrive tomorrow morning. Meanwhile I have unlocked and rooted all four phones (going to remain completely stock other than that.) My t-mobile bill is going to be $101.98 a month for four phones on a post paid value plan. Two phones have unlimited minutes, two phones have 500 minutes, all phones with the 2gb data plan. I probably use less than 250 minutes a month, but the other person who will have the 500 minute phone uses more than that, so I'm going to see if there's anything I can do to get him to use VoIP since he is always at home.

Apparently when I signed up I was automatically given a promo where the second two lines are free. The guy couldn't tell me whether or not if I upgraded the two other lines to unlimited minutes that I would end up paying full price instead of the difference. Hoping I'll only pay the difference, won't find out til tomorrow. Anybody else have the same promo?
 
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LegendBR

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OK, finally got the shipment confirmation. According to UPS tracking system, the label was just created, so it will probably take another couple of days for it to be delivered.

For the records:
- Bought on the 8th (US Play Store);
- Status changed to "Google Inc. received your order." on the 10th;
- Tracking number and C/C charge confirmation on the 14th;
- Shipment to Oregon (sales tax free!).
 
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cheeser21

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coming tomorrow

ordered mine on the Feb 9th (around 1 am Eastern Standard Time U.S. after a few beers:silly:)
had two bullet points all the way until this morning (the 14th). Finally got the confirmed shipment email around 4am EST this morning. Then checked the google wallet and saw 4 bullet points:

Your order has been shipped!
Google Inc. shipped your order. Have questions? Contact Google Inc..
Feb 14
Google Inc. charged your VISA for $362.99. "GOOGLE *Devices" will appear on your billing statement.
Feb 14
Google Inc. shipped your order.
Track UPS package #1Z7*******************
Feb 8
Google Inc. received your order.
Feb 8
You placed an order with Google Inc. on Feb 8. Google Wallet sent a copy of this receipt to email

Order Date: February 8, 2013 10:47:29 PM UTC-8
Order Number: 15731************
Item: Nexus 4 (16GB) - The next generation phone. Thin, light, and designed for Google Play.
Price: $349.00
Shipping (Two Day) :$13.99
Tax: $0.00
*no sales tax in Delaware... thanks Joe Biden & Joe Flacco!*
Total: $362.99

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UPS tracking info from UPS website (using tracking number from email from google play):

Location Date Local Time Activity
Baltimore, MD, United States 02/14/2013 3:50 A.M. Departure Scan
02/14/2013 12:47 A.M. Arrival Scan
Louisville, KY, United States 02/13/2013 2:54 P.M. Departure Scan
2/13/2013 12:26 P.M. Origin Scan
United States 02/13/2013 4:24 P.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS


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Before today, Google Wallet had it listed as 2-3 weeks for delivery with an estimated delivery date of March 1st, 2013... so if it comes tomorrow it beat that pace by 2 weeks.

So basically I ordered early Saturday Morning (1am Eastern time... still Friday night on the West Coast). Seems to have shipped Tuesday 2/13 from Kentucky. And seems it will arrive Thursday day time. 6 days total. Not too bad. (knock on wood). I personally didnt send any emails or place any calls to customer service. Hope this helps anyone like me that's checking every day for your order.:cool:
 
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IndDoc

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Damn. Ordered on Saturday, no more than 2 bullet points. People who ordered along with me are getting shipment confirmations! Hope all goes ok.
 

rawblol

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I was one of the only people I've seen in the multitude of threads like this that ordered an 8GB model last week. It seems like everyone ordering 16 GB versions to the US last week had them ship a few days ago, got the notice for mine today even though the estimate date was on the 27th.
 

cloney

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Did anyone received a shipment notification or the phone that was given a March 1st shipment date? 16GB in the US.
 

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    Updated Dec 6 1:30AM EST

    Below is specific only to the orders from the first day the Nexus 4 was live.
    Limbo 1 order fulfillment: ~99%
    Limbo 2 order fulfillment: ~99%
    Limbo 3 order fulfillment: ~91%
    (the majority of orders fall into this category)

    "fulfillment" = shipped
    Above is my educated guess on the status of the shipments that have been going out. I'm constantly tracking this and several other sources for continuing information.

    Current status of orders and shipments:

    Points below are confirmed:
    • First major batch shipped Nov 19 (upgraded to Next Day Air).
    • All orders that took place on the 13th that were back-ordered will be upgraded to Next Day Air for free.
    • Play Store Customer Service do not have any relevant information about your order. Calling them is nothing short of a complete waste of time.
    • Orders have not been shipped on a first-come first-serve basis. There is no pattern to the shipments, it is seemingly random. We have indisputable evidence of this.
    • Addendum to above: It is believed that we are finally going in order. Some of the later orders were shipped first due to an incomplete manifest.
    • Many people have noticed the last updated date on the Play orders page has changed. No one is certain yet what this might mean.

    Points below are likely:
    • Logistics have been outsourced to UPS.
    • Order mechanics "slid" during the initial rush of the first few minutes of the product going live. This caused several issues (including an incomplete manifest sent to UPS).


    Status of your order (limbos):

    1) Order placed. No e-mail of any kind (including order confirmation) received.
    2) Order placed. Order confirmation received. No other e-mail of any kind received.
    3) Order placed. Order confirmation received. Back-order e-mail received.

    If you want to see the "levels" post that everyone is talking about, you can find that here:
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34283797#post34283797




    ---------------------Preserved for archival purposes-----------------------------

    I made a small G+ post here, in an attempt to get more information:
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/114261440449469571809/posts/bwnLP4C4vJA
    Please +1 and reshare it if you have a moment.

    A petition (over 1000+ signatures at this point in time!)-- if you have a moment, please sign it:
    https://www.change.org/petitions/go...onse-on-the-nexus-4-shipping-backorder-fiasco

    A letter template drafted up by member thekooliest:
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34369253#post34369253

    Tentative US order time: 09:00AM PST
    Changed "confirmed" to "tentative". 09:00AM PST is most likely, but you should be watching out regardless.


    These are some of my favorite threads here! We all heard that the Nexus 4 is now official but I'd wager that a lot of us are waiting for preorders to open up on the Play Store.

    Post the usual "I ordered!" "It shipped!" etc. here! I, personally, cannot wait for this guy. Just sold my S3 for it. :)

    I did call Google to ask if they were going to open pre-orders for the device. Doesn't look like it this time around, but I was told that you will be able to purchase on November 13th and that stock would start shipping "either on the 13th or the 17th," whatever that means. :)

    Current information (as of Nov 12):
    • No one knows what time the purchase will go live.
    • Best guesses are sometime in the morning of the 13th (office hours), or at 00:00 PST. I'm personally leaning toward the former. (NEW: see below)
    • There will be no pre-order on the Play Store.
    • Check here for specific country availability.
    • Check here for more information on shipping and handling for your country.
    • A Virtual Credit Card (VCC) cannot be used with your purchase in the device store. Also, at this time, the country of your credit card must match the the country to which you're shipping.
    • Taxable charges, if any, depend on what state you're ordering from.
    • We do not know what shipping options will be available. Right now, only 2-day shipping is confirmed. We are hopeful for an overnight option at launch.

    News added Nov 10:
    Android Police got a little clarification from Google-- the rep said pretty much exactly what we've been assuming for the past couple of weeks. They also agree with me that the button will be more likely to go live in the morning sometime, rather than at midnight. See source here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...-shipments-start-november-13th-no-pre-orders/

    News added Nov 13:
    A German Google employee has revealed that the Nexus 4 should be selling at "around breakfast time" in Germany. He also mentioned that would be about 8-9AM. This would lead us to believe that the order form will go live at 0:00PST as originally anticipated. Germany is 9 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time-- aka, 2AM Central, 3AM EST.[/url]
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    It means you are in limbo 2. Where nothing happens, but you have a backorder email. Or is that limbo 3?

    Limbo Level 1: Made purchase and it shows up in your Play account and Wallet (status irrelevant) but no confirmation, back order, or shipping emails from Google. These people are known as the Untouchables.

    Limbo Level 2: Made purchase and it shows up in your Play account and Wallet (status irrelevant) and received a confirmation email, but no back order, or shipping emails from Google. These people are known as the Forgotten.

    Limbo Level 3: Made purchase and it shows up in your Play account and Wallet (status irrelevant) and received a confirmation and back order email, but no shipping emails from Google. These people are known as the Betrayed.

    Limbo Level 4: Made purchase and it shows up in your Play account and Wallet (status irrelevant) and received a confirmation email and shipping emails from Google. These people are known as the Impatient.

    Those who have their phones in-hand today are simply the Hated.

    ;)
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    Alright guys, here's the deal. I work at UPS's logistics center here in Louisville, Kentucky. I am one of the few employees on the line of logistics whose job to pack packages according to the packing slip, and then send it off within the conveyor belt in which then places the shipping label and then is stored in the shipping area in which are waiting to be picked up to either be shipped via ground, one day, two day, etc.

    I've registered with XDA forums because it is one of the fastest moving threads on the internet regarding the Nexus 4 fiasco and it’s my off day today and I’ve thought I should share some information relating to the release of this phone and how we do operate. Here’s what’s happened and is happening at the moment. November 12th, we received approximately 17,000 Nexus 4 devices from LG Korea/Google. 7,000 of these devices were 8GB devices, and the remaining 10,000 were the 16GB devices. The shipment was wrapped in stretch plastic wrap, stacked on wooden pallets. November 14th, we started then to unpack these pallets and take apart these devices so we can start packing and shipping.

    Remember we work in all areas of the warehouse, we do not just ship out for Google, we have thousands of clients whom also use us for their shipping needs and we need to prioritize each client accordingly.

    So you’re asking, what’s the delay? Where are these items being shipped out so slow? Because the shipping manifest that was received was incomplete from Google. We had further received additional customer information later on and were able to ship out then. Packaging each package takes only 5 seconds from hand on time to automated machines sticking the shipping labels on them and scanning them. Then they are transported on belts to their respected buckets in which they are picked up and start their journey throughout the UPS network. The remaining phones we’ve had on hand yesterday the 19th of November had dropped from about 890 16GB devices and about 340 8GB devices. We have managed to ship out everything yesterday. Meaning there is no more stock, and replenishing this stock will take time and is estimated as freight shipping dealing with sea (which Google is using) is slow.
    So there you guys go.


    Thanks.
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    This is Jonathan, from Google Play Suport Team.

    First, let me start off by extending my deepest sympathy to all the people that ordered their Nexus 4 device on nov. the 13th and still have not received it yet. We at Google Play value your business and are doing all we can to fulfill orders as soon as humanly possible.

    Unfortunately, as many of you know by now, the demand for the Nexus 4 device was so overwhelming, that our internal servers processesing the orders crashed, and we had to resort to a secondary processor for said orders. This caused a multitude of problems, including but not limited to duplicate or triplicate orders, missing orders and the such. We understand that you have been frustrated by the lack of information, but again, let me assure you that we are getting everything in order, so that we can process the rest of the orders in a timely fashion. As mentioned in a prior email sent to customers, your shipping fee wil be fully refunded, and we are looking into offering something extra to our affected customers, such as Play Store credit or a free accesory for your Nexus device.

    To answer some of the most common questions, if youre seeing a date change in your Play Store orders screen, that means that your order has been revised by our team, and has already passed final verification. You can expect to receive shipment confirmation emails in the very short term (within 48 hours). We do have stock on hand, and will be working troughout the week with our partners to fulfill as many orders as we can.

    We will issue a formal statement in the coming hours, so please stay tuned.


    Sincerly,

    Thomas J,
    Google Play Support Team
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    Nov 13 Limbo Phone/Email Support Guide

    Phase 1, the Nov 13 OCCUPY Google Play/Wallet Phone Support, has ended. We did not get our shipping/tracking info or any promise of discounts, freebies, or partial refunds, but we did learn some stuff that might help others:

    Findings
    1. Phone support and email support (http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/request.py?&contact_type=devices_shipping_status) are the same people. They answer phones and answer emails.
    2. Phone and email support is outsourced, cannot communicate directly with Google regarding your order, and cannot communicate directly with shipping regarding your order. All of their available information is: what you can already see in your play account and wallet, what email communications have been exchanged between you and them, and what (if any) communication has taken place between them and the "shipping specialists."
    3. Phone support is 100% powerless to actually do anything to resolve your issue while you are on the phone. If you call expecting resolution while on the line, you will be disappointed. They have very limited options, and none involve letting you talk to someone in shipping, or putting you on hold while they "talk" to someone in shipping on your behalf. You will not be able to receive a shipping confirmation email while you wait on the line. The only things they are able to do is explain the information they are able to see as described in #2 and send a note to the "shipping specialists" requesting that they investigate and respond to phone/email support. Shipping will not respond to you directly, but may possibly respond to phone/email support. If they do, phone/email support may transmit that information to you.
    4. Phone support is 100% powerless to offer any sort of compensation for your situation. They may mention the shipping refund, but that is all they are able to offer. If this is what you are after, see Phase 2.
    5. First level CSRs, those who answer the phone first, cannot see your email communication with Play/Wallet support. They are able to see whether your issue has been "escalated" to "shipping specialists." The are able to escalate your ticket, though not your call, directly to a shipping specialist, or send your call to the second level CSRs. If they escalate your ticket to shipping, they can do nothing else but wait for a response from shipping, so your call ends.
    6. Second level CSRs, aka "Floor Supervisors" can see what first levels see, and all of your email communication with Play/Wallet support. They are able to escalate your ticket, but not your call, to a shipping specialist. This is all they are able to do. Once they escalate your ticket to shipping, your call ends.
    7. There are first-level CSRs with special privileges, known as "mentors" who may refer to themselves as "supervisors," but they are not supervisors.
    8. Any supervisor who claims to talk to someone in shipping while you hold is not telling the truth, and is violating the CS company's policy.
    9. They are able to send you a confirmation email while you are on the phone with them.
    10. If you respond directly to the confirmation email, it will go back to the first level CSR you spoke to on your call. If you ask a Second Level / Floor Supervisor to pend the ticket to him/herself, your email response will also go to that supervisor.
    11. If you call back, your ticket gets assigned to whoever picks up the phone, and you start over with new first, second, whatever level CSR you are able to speak to. One might infer the system is designed to encourage you to call only once, and then to use email to follow up.
    ~~~The above can be verified by WhenBearsReign and jefferyrbrown1983, who along with myself were on the entirety of the call. CTMeow can verify some, but dropped off about half way through. We are working to bring you the audio recording.~~~

    Conclusions
    Calling phone support may not be a total waste of your time if the "shipping specialist" has any juju, as it may perhaps possibly who knows maybe free your order up and help it ship faster. On the other hand, as Bear pointed out so eloquently during the call, These shipping specialists are as real to us as unicorns.

    Recommendations
    The continued ambiguity notwithstanding, the following is prudent:

    1. Call, be polite, and request to be connected to a Floor Supervisor. Stay on the line and repeat your request until you are connected to the Floor Supervisor.
    2. Ask the Floor Supervisor to investigate your issue and to escalate the issue to the shipping specialists.
    3. Ask the Floor Supervisor to assign the ticket to him/herself to ensure that he/she receives your replies via email.
    4. Wait for their response via email confirming that your issue has been escalated to the shipping specialists.
    5. Be polite and end the call.
    6. Follow up with email* as often as you like. *Do not call back - this will literally do nothing but waste your time if you have already completed steps 1-5.
    7. Move on to Phase 2.

    Fellas, what is Phase 2?

    :highfive: