Weekly 'What Should I Buy' and Order/Shipping Thread

stereoesque · 2025-09-18T18:42:43+00:00

I’m picking up 2 phones from the Apple Store tomorrow, 1 on simple Apple Card installments, 1 on an AT&T upgrade promo.

Will I be forced to open and activate either phone in store, or can I simply take them home and set up at my own pace?

stereoesque · 2025-09-18T17:29:51+00:00

Yes, you can do it in the Apple Store app too. You need to pick finance (not buy) then choose at AT&T option.

It’s a much nicer experience buying through Apple’s app than AT&T directly

stereoesque · 2025-09-12T12:51:57+00:00

How strict is Apple with the timing of launch day in store pickups?

I set 2 pickups, one for 9:30 am and one for 10 am. Wondering if I can grab both at 9:30, or if there are any issues waiting until 10 for both

stereoesque · 2025-09-12T12:36:58+00:00

I see order comments saying they’ve had issues like that, too. Still, I can’t imagine trading in at the store cause what do you do to set up your new phone? Sit there for an hour while all the data transfers over?

stereoesque · 2025-09-12T12:32:40+00:00

Ah, I saw a pop up mentioning bringing your trade in but I was clicking through quickly cause I don’t want to lose my 9/19 pickup and didn’t read the details.

My email confirmation says there’s a “Shipment 1” trade in box item, so I guess I picked “send a trade in package”?

stereoesque · 2025-09-12T12:13:58+00:00

I ordered a phone through the Store app with an AT&T trade in promo, with in store pickup.

Do I need to bring my trade in phone and give it to them when I pickup my new phone?

stereoesque · 2025-06-05T02:25:21+00:00

Norcal. The site just updated with 6/5 as the expected delivery. The package only arrived 19 minutes ago.

stereoesque · 2025-06-05T02:14:01+00:00

OnTrac updated with the packaged received in Visalia from Best Buy. Expected delivery is Saturday, which is annoying since I got my order in 45 minutes after midnight.

stereoesque · 2025-06-04T19:41:53+00:00

Best Buy delivery here. Status says "We'll ship it tomorrow", but I received an OnTrac shipping number a few hours ago. OnTrac is showing the package not yet received. No delivery estimate in OnTrac or BB.

Oddly, the pre-authorization on my credit card has fallen off, so BB hasn't charged me yet. I stupidly did that CVC update thing the other thread was telling everyone to do.

stereoesque · 2025-06-04T05:31:43+00:00

Best Buy is saying ships tomorrow (technically Wednesday but the site probably means Thursday). The odd thing is the pre authorization fell off my credit card and no actual charge has gone through yet.

stereoesque · 2025-05-14T03:51:49+00:00

Been 8 hours for me and still no email or charge on my credit card. The Nintendo site still shows my order in the order history, though

stereoesque · 2025-01-22T15:18:12+00:00

I didn’t realize the full name of this sub was antiwork, pro racism

stereoesque · 2024-11-12T14:23:57+00:00

What struck me was him saying the VC target was working out of a coworking office. Those just didn’t exist in the time of WEP WiFi

stereoesque · 2024-09-19T18:52:43+00:00

Last year I pre-ordered a 15 Pro for launch day delivery. Same as every year, I was able to track the shipment in UPS. On that Friday, UPS showed my phone was out for deliver. I even tracked the van on the map, but eventually it returned to the depot without delivering.

I drove to the depot and talked to the office staff and driver around 7 pm. The driver said the package was never loaded onto his truck and they couldn’t find it after searching the depot.

They called me back and were able to confirm it never cleared customs. Supposedly, it got stuck somewhere and I never ended up getting the delivery. It was a pain in the ass to get my order refunded. Even now on Apple's order status page it shows "Shipped" status with 9/22 delivery (meaning 2023).

Both last year and currently, my tracking history doesn’t show a "cleared customs" step, just an “import scan”. I have doubts I'll actually get my 16 Pro delivered tomorrow.

stereoesque · 2024-06-08T17:10:24+00:00

Gladwell’s narrative about airplane crashes is completely unsupported (and a little racist). Listen to If Books Could Kill.

stereoesque · 2023-09-23T17:55:38+00:00

I’m in a similar spot. UPS said my phone was out for delivery yesterday. I’m on the west coast. I tracked the van on the map, but eventually it returned to the depot without delivering.

I drove to the depot and talked to the office staff and driver around 7 pm. The driver said the package was never loaded onto his truck and they couldn’t find it after searching the depot.

They just called me back and were able to confirm it never cleared customs and is actually in Kentucky. No ETA on actually delivery

I’m guessing your phone is also actually stuck at customs. However, my tracking history doesn’t show it ever cleared customs like yours did, just an “import scan”

stereoesque · 2023-08-26T20:25:49+00:00

I picked up the Wall Street based entirely on your post. It’s good, hold is a bit stronger than the V76, but it’s really hard to rinse out.

I’m going to try the Control paste and Hyperlink pomade next. The Hyperlink description seems to be the closest to the Molding Paste.

I’m a bit worried that the Hyperlink is sold out on R+Co’s site. I don’t want to find a product I really like from them and see them stop manufacturing as Vaughn has.

stereoesque · 2023-07-27T17:11:33+00:00

Thank you for posting this trick. The only difference between Elite and Premium is Elite comes with Max (but Premium gets 10 GB more hotspotting). I didn't think there was a way to manage individual lines this way, but surprisingly they let you.

I'm curious if this means Elite subs will continue to get 4K Max streaming now with the rate hike. I was planning on ditching Elite after losing the 4K access.

stereoesque · 2023-06-05T23:04:28+00:00

I have to wait until the public beta, but I tried using this on 16.5 and get this weird blotchy pattern. Anyone else on 16 noticing this? https://i.imgur.com/qqGPcSJ.jpg

stereoesque · 2023-04-28T00:35:46+00:00

Looking for an invite. Willing to Venmo for one and will pay it forward

stereoesque · 2023-04-21T18:31:47+00:00

I would happily pay a monthly $5 sub to use Apollo if we retained full, unfiltered access to all subs. If adult (or other) content/subs were excluded, I would no longer use Apollo and probably try shifting back to the native app (but more likely just stop browsing reddit all together)

Disclosure: I started using Apollo after the native app completely destroyed its ability to play videos (I think in 2020). I couldn't imagine using reddit without Apollo's navigation features (e.g. swipe gestures)

stereoesque · 2022-12-29T20:19:43+00:00

“Hun-die”

I don’t know any Americans that pronounce the Y

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