Can we Buy online, return to store and rebuy with new contract?

My bf is an AT&T customer. I am not. We want to add me to his AT&T account (making it a family plan). He wants to get the iphone5 and give me his old 4s to use. We live in the Lou and we have been to the apple store/AT&T stores a half dozen times trying to get a iphone5 but they are always sold out. They tell us... Order online. If he buys it online, he will have to pay the higher price for it because he's an existing customer. Because he wants the phone and we want to be on a family plan.... Can he buy it online (paying full price), return it to the store and then rebuy it at the lower price after he adds me to the contract? Even if I am the new customer, will they allow him to have the 5 and me the 4s?
Thanks for the help.

You should be able to find a store using the Apple Retail website or the AT&T site. When you use the Apple site, you just choose pickup at store instead of having it shipped.
Another option would be contact AT&T and ask if they would give you new SIMs, if you were to add a new line to the account and purchase the iPhone 5 online.

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