How do I purchase multiple iphones from Apple store

Question

I wish to purchase, online, 4 iPhones for myself and family next week. I do not currently have service with ATT. On Apple's site, I am able to select the appropriate family ATT plan, and I can give them ONE existing phone number which I want to transfer from my existing Verizon account, to ATT. There is no way however, to input the telephone numbers of the other 3 phones which I wish to transfer. I was told, by Apple, to individually add the 3 other phones, to my new account, to complete the transaction, online. When I do this, it acknowledges that I wish to add 3 lines, but there is no way to indicate that these phones are being transferred, from Verizon, nor do they ask for the phone numbers. I do not want to get to the store on 12/26 to find out that the paperwork has not been completed. I would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who has transferred multiple lines to ATT, from Apple's site, and gone to the store to pick up multiple iPhones at one time. Am I doing this correctly?

Answer 1

The actual activation for an iPhone 3G is done at the store when the iPhone is purchased - at an Apple store, at an AT&T store, at a Best Buy store, and soon to be at a Walmart store.
You can get credit approval in advance from AT&T that is good for 30 days I believe. A credit approval number is provided by AT&T to provide the store at the time of purchase. When I switched to AT&T from Verizon before the original iPhone was released, I did everything online and the entire process took minutes. Even if you don't get credit approval from AT&T in advance, as long as you have good credit standing, you shouldn't have any problems with the paperwork at an Apple store as part of the activation process.
Message was edited by: Allan Sampson