I was wondering if it was truly the policy of your retail stores to not tell customers whether they have a product in stock or not over the phone?

Question

I . like everyone else, have been in search of an iphone6 and i d rather not order it online, my nearest verizon store is a couple of miles away and i don't drive, Every time i call they tell me they "cant discuss inventory over the phone". All i need to know is whether they have them in stock or not.so Im not making another wasted trip out of my way on foot to be told they don't. I've been into the store 4 of the past 6 days and they always just tell me to "come back tomorrow" , staunchly refusing to give me any information over the phone..
My contract has been up for a while but i wanted to wait it out until the new iphones came out and renew it with verizon but at the moment your retail stores cant even manage to give me enough Customer Service to even let me know if what i want is available at their store .

Answer 1

Sandy,
I understand that the new iphones are selling quickly and if they were to tell me over the phone that they in fact had them, it is no guarantee that they will still be there an hour later. However every time I've gone in they've been completely out , and if they were to tell me this over the phone it would save me the hour it takes me to get there on foot. Ive called other stores and theyve had no problem telling me exactly what they have in stock, as well as your own customer service reps telling me that this in fact is not corporate policy. Ive explained all of this to the store as politely as possible the only options theyve given me are to physically come into the store to check or to order it online, which id rather not do.