07.12.08
I must have satisfaction, sir.
There are some principles I will not violate. For instance, under no circumstances is something as inconsequential as a phone worth waiting overnight in line for, even if it is the Jesus phone. (However, I will succumb to peer pressure if I have friends doing it.)
So I should be proud of myself for sticking to my guns and only going to fall in line for the iPhone 3G at 6:30 am, 1.5 hours before the AT&T store opened. And yet, though I was quite prepared for the almost definite possibility that I would not get the iPhone I wanted (the last 16 GB model ended up being sold a few spots ahead of me), I’m still annoyed (internally) by the “7-10 business days” I must wait for AT&T’s Direct Fulfillment to ship my order, not to mention being annoyed at Apple for what seems to be a deliberate move to under-supply AT&T stores.
(I’m under the vague impression that because I have a rate plan discount as an employee of a participating company, I can’t buy the iPhone at an Apple store. If I’m wrong, well… I suppose the issue is moot, anyway. See the next paragraph.)
The little bit of good news is that it may end up being shipped earlier–the guy at the AT&T store said that Direct Fulfillment orders placed before noon on Friday are being shipped on Monday, so I should have one in my hands on Tuesday or Wednesday. And really, what is a few days in the grand scheme of things? I did, after all, manage to resist the temptation to buy the first incarnation of the iPhone.
*twiddle*
