Pre-Order pickup

Why does my order status say "ready for pickup" when it's not ready? I guess the game (Arkham Knight) comes out tomorrow, but my pre-order said ready for pickup, and even when I called the associate said it was ready and I could come in and pick it up. It wasn't until I drove 25 minutes (which is why I verified over phone first) that I was told that they couldn't give me the product until tomorrow.
I called 1800BestBuy and was told the associate should not have told me it was ready and part of their training is knowing when new items are released. Since this is not the first time this store did not relay corporotate policies and standards (told you don't price match when items are under what best buy paid for the item, and best buy does not price match pre order items), he told me I would be transfered to customer relations to file a formal complaint. Once I was transfered I was told all complaints need to be done via email and then promptly hung up on. So not only does the sales associate not know their only policy it sounds like phone support does not either.
Can you please properly train your staff as even reading this forum it sounds like customers know more about the policies than the staff both in store and on the phone.

Hi there VTPete,
Thank you for choosing to pre-order with us! It is regrettable to read of your recent experiences with the store. Just like all retailers, we must strictly follow release dates of items. For this reason, I am deeply sorry to hear that the store advised you over the phone that you would be able to pick up your pre-order today.
Furthermore, provided a product meets the the Price Match Guarantee requirements, we should be to price match an item even if it is below cost. Also, you should be able to contact our Consumer Relations team to share your dissatisfaction. I apologize if you were provided any misinformation regarding this and ultimately disconnected from the phone call. I can assure you that I will be noting your dissatisfaction with the store and your phone experience on my end.
We greatly appreciate you taking the time to share your pre-ordering and phone experience with us. Please feel welcome to return to the store tomorrow to pick up your pre-order. If you should have any questions, please let me know.
Regards,
Tasha|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Pre-order pickup, reward certificate, and payment option questions

I pre-ordered an item on bestbuy.com for pickup at a local store. When I got there, I asked if I can use my reward certificate and the customer rep said that I couldn't. Is that true?
Another person next to her said she could back out the charges and re-enter the item, but when I told her I got it at a special pre-order price (gamers club unlocked price) she said she wouldn't be able to honor it.
Also, if I bought an item online and picked it up at the store. Can I change my payment method at the register? I asked someone a couple weeks ago and they said they couldn't change payment methods.
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Hi there Mcbutters-
We appreciate that you choose Best Buy to place your pre-order! I’m sorry to hear about the confusion you’ve had with this order and some others around how to get that reward certificate added to an order. Hopefully I can help clear some things up for you.
To answer your first paragraph, that it technically true. When you place an order for in-store pickup, you are charged for the order when the store indicates it is ready for pickup. At that point, the payment method cannot be changed. However, once the transaction is complete, the store may be able to perform a return and then re-ring the purchase for you. Keep in mind however, that any funds used from gift cards, reward certificates and your credit card would not be immediately available as in general it takes a few business days for those funds to go back on the cards or accounts.
This leads me to my next point, which is generally we are unable to modify the payment method beyond changing a credit card on your order beyond 30 minutes after the order has been placed. While your credit card is not charged until the item ships or the store indicates that it is ready for pickup, the card is generally authorized right away for 3-5 business days. This is the same time frame we offer for changing shipping or pickup options as well, you can find more information on that here. Another option would be to do as Batman1982 suggested and cancel your order to then place a new one. Again, it may take a few business days for funds to return to gift cards, your My Best Buy account, etc.
However, there should be no reason why they would not have been able to apply the 20% off new games software benefit that you get from being a Gamers Club Unlocked member.
I hope that this helps, but if you have any further questions, please let me know.
Bill|Senior Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Pre-order line at Apple Store

So,I went over to the Apple Store in Glendale, CA to pick up my pre-ordered IPhone 4. There must be 1,000 people in the pre-order line. Apple, this is really insulting... Why did you guys limit pre-order pickup to one day??? What a waste of time. There's no way I'm going to wait in that line. ... This is a terrible way to treat your loyal customers.

I live in Nashville, TN and we have the only Apple store within 200+ miles and I pre ordered and had to wait four hours for my phone. I have it now so im good. You had to expect to wait. I got there at 5:30 A.M. and still had to wait. Try going back later. The non pre order line had at least 4000 people in and the pre order had about 1000 people.

Can I change pre-orders from In-Store Pickup to Ship-to-Home?

Right out of the gates, I know I'm far from the first person to have concerns about amiibos and pre-orders associated with them.
I have all of wave 3 as well as the Best Buy exclusive Meta-Knight preordered for In-Store Pickup, but my Wave 2 preorders have been extremely hit or miss thus far. My Little Mac never showed up in store, and when the CS representative there offered to have one shipped to me, it was cancelled. My Pit never showed up, and I was never even given a chance for a contingency. I had just missed out on it entirely.
My friends who pre-ordered with Ship-to-Home have had little to no issue, so if possible, I would like to change my preorders to be handled that way.
Overall, and like many others, I'm very disappointed with Best Buy's In-Store Pickup option. As a result, I find myself backing up pre-orders with other retailers. I'm not wild about the concept of preordering with Best Buy being such a gamble. If there's any way to shift me over to Best Buy's more reliable Ship-to-Home option, I would very much like to do it.
Thanks for any help or advice.

Hi there ActionKazimer,
The amiibo figures are wildly popular! I can understand why you would be concerned with your store pickup pre-order if you haven't had the best of luck with your previous ones, which I am deeply sorry to hear about.
Sadly, as the amiibos are currently sold out online, we would be unable to modify your order for shipping to your home. With that said, at this time your best bet would be to keep the pre-orders as they are. I apologize if this was not the response you were hoping for when you reached out to us on the forum.
Please let me know if you have any other questions!
Sincerely,
Tasha|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Issue w/Witcher 3 Pre-Order $10 Certificates, Store Pickup and Steelbook

I picked up my order yesterday for In-Store Pickup & had a couple of issues. First, when I was picking up my order, the associate helping me tried to pick up the two large boxes at the same time & I watched as they slipped from his grip & he dropped them in front of me. The outer sleeves of the boxes came unattached to the boxes & since one of the boxes fell on the other one, there was some slight damage to the box, there's a large crease on the top now. I asked him if he could grab another two that weren't damaged since they were obviously dropped right in front of me, but the associate said there were no other ones available. To him it might not seem like a big deal, but if I am going to spend the large amount of money on the Collector's Edition of an item, I like EVERYTHING to be pristine & perfect, even the outer packaging! That was disappointing.
On top of that, I asked about the Witcher 3 Best Buy Exclusive Steelbooks I was supposed to get w/my Pre-Order & he said they had not yet arrived, & that two would be set aside for me & to call the store later that day to see if they were delivered. Luckily I was able to get them, but I figured that it shouldn't be my responsibility to stay on top of the shipment, I felt that I should have at least been the one to RECEIVE a call since my order was at the risk of being incomplete, & ME having to call the store to track the shipment is an inconvenience to me.
My other concern is I checked my reward zone purchase history & while I already received the points for picking up my Pre-Order Games, I have NOT received the Victory Can Be Pre-Ordered $10 in Reward Certificates for the games, there is NO record of it in my Purchase History to reflect the Pre Order Bonus. Normally it is shown in the same section of points for the purchase (it can be seen when I check the details of my Mortal Kombat X Pre Order picked up a month ago).

Hey siatienco,
I have to admit, the circumstances you’ve described around your The Witcher: Wild Hunt pre-order are pretty frustrating to me. Obtaining your SteelBook should have been standard protocol, not a matter of “luck”. Also, I can completely understanding wanting a Collector’s Edition that’s in good shape and I greatly apologize if you received one that isn’t in perfect condition!
One positive note I can add here is that you likely have nothing to worry about with the $10 Reward Certificate portion of your pre-order. These points generally don’t show up until 15-20 days after you pick up your pre-order and within this timeframe, they may or may not even show as pending.
If for any reason you don’t see the 500 points ($10) in the timeframe mentioned above, please send me a private message via the link in my signature. Keep in mind, the points may appear back when you placed your pre-order, so be sure to look there as well.
Sincerely,
Brian|Senior Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Reserved for Store Pickup, No pre-order and Ship to Store!

I'm reading all these discussions and my head is exploding. I was up @ 4am yesterday banging away like you all.
My criteria was this; I was eligible for upgrade @ $199 with the activation fee waived (sweet). I wanted to pick the phone up at my Apple store because I trust it more then brown.
When I clicked the pre-order link, there was NO option to have it sent to the store, it could only be sent to my house. Let me repeat that, NO option to send anywhere but house. It even says it "Pre-order your iPhone 4 from the Apple Online Store and we’ll ship it free — directly to your door and ready to use."
So I went to the reserve in store process. There was NO WAY TO PAY for it up front. Let me repeat that; NO WAY TO PAY for the reserved phone. So I received my confirmation email and said there is a phone waiting for me on the 24th!
I called 2 Apple stores and chatted online with 3 Apple support people and they ALL, every single 1 of them, said the same exact thing. The only way to pickup in the store is to go through the reservation process. The store will have 2 lines, reserved and general. The reserved will be there all day for you to pick up.
So, does anyone have some proof that you pre-ordered it, paid for it and have it sent to your Apple store, not your home to pick up?

timmayb wrote:
I got to the page state,"iPhone is reserved for pickup." Please bring government issued ID, debit or credit card...... No email received. Do I really have one on hold????
This time for this phone things are very confusing. I preordered yesterday for in store pickup got through the verification process saw that all my data and cell plan info were correct. Then at the end I got the message "see you at the store". Bring picture id. Nothing else, no confirming email as of today, nothing showing under my account in the on line store. I just came from the store that I picked for my phone to go to and there is nothing in their system either. So I went down to the AT&T store in that mall and preordered it there, no issues. It's just as well since I'm ordering it under my wife's number to get the discount and would have to go there any way to make the switch. I've read other posts from people that saw the same thing on line that I did when they ordered, "see you at the store" but no other confirmation. I'm going to assume that it means the order did not go through. So keep that in mind if you got what I did.

Pre ordering iphone 5 for store pickup

Is there no option to pre order for store pick up?
I don't want to have it posted.
Cheers

Hmm... Pretty sure I was given the option for store pickup, but I didn't choose it so I'm not sure what the message would have been.

Destiny Online Pre-Order Store Pickup

So I ordered the Destiny PS4 Limited Edition online and set it for store pickup at the Chico, CA location. I am just wondering if it will be able to be picked up for midnight release or not and even if that store is doing a midnight release for Destiny.

Hi waaskea,
Good question! Both in-store and online pre-orders can be picked up during the midnight opening events at participating locations. Our Chico, CA location is also slated to be hosting one, but full details can be found here. You should receive a pickup confirmation notice shortly before the event, so make sure to keep an eye on both your inbox and junk mail folders for additional communication.
Thanks for reserving your Destiny PlayStation 4 bundle with us!
Aaron|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Pre-ordering Macbook Pro with Norwegian keyboard for US pickup - possible??

If I pre-order/pre-pay a new Macbook Pro (Retina) for pickup in the US, is it possible to get it fitted with a norwegian keyboard? When buying online I only see the options for English, Spanish and French keyboards.

Well, there not really any way I can in direct contact with them without calling them, which is not an option for me where I'm currently based. The potential pick-up stores themselves do not have emails listed on their page either..
Is there any official helpline from apple which is email-based??
Alex.

Error at Pickup of Destiny Pre-Order

I preordered Destiny for the Xbox One and due to being so close to the release date, I went ahead and paid in full for the preorder. As an Unlocked member, my 20% discount did not apply during the preorder or during pickup so the CSR had to return/rebuy in the system to apply the discount. Would this cause me to lose the $10 reward zone certificate bonus for the original preorder?
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Nope, you`re fine as long as your Mybb info is linked to the rebuy. It`s really simple just meet these 2 requirements
1-Pre-order any eligble version of the game by the deadline
2-Purchase the game w/i the guidelines
You can even pre-order the standard XB1 version at one store and purchase the PS4 LE at another store during release week you`ve met all the requirements. Just make sure your Mybb info is linked correctly to all the transactions.

Pre order and In Store pickup in a different country?

Hey guys,
I know this is going to be kind of a stretch, but worth a shot..
Can I pre order a apple product from my home country (usa) and pick it up in store in a different country? I'm currently living in Korea, but would like to avoid the heavily marked up price for the new Ipad Mini.
Thank you for your help,
Drew

No, you can't. No Apple Store will ship outside of its country.
Regards.

Please explain 3G-s Pre-Order for Store Pickup procedure

I've done this but what exactly does this get me? The fine print says +'Pre-authorization does not guarantee iPhone availability at an Apple Retail Store. iPhone is sold on a first-come, first-served basis'.+
So what exactly is the benefit to going this route? Will a separate and earlier line be opened up at Apple stores JUST for these pre-orders on the 19th?
Mike

One of the floor reps at the Apple Store here told me that if I go through the process and reserve online, then I can just come into the store to finish the purchase. I asked if that would mean that there will be one there waiting on me and I was told yes there would.
While she did not say this I am taking that to mean that say a store gets 10,000 phones and 5,000 reserved then they would only release 5,000 for people waiting in line.

I pre-ordered an iPhone 6 Plus and the delivery date now says October 14th. The point of the pre-order is to get it on release day (or shortly thereafter). Can I go to a Verizon store to pick up my new phone on release day?

I pre-ordered an iPhone 6 Plus and the delivery date now says October 14th. The point of the pre-order is to get it on release day (or shortly thereafter). Can I go to a Verizon store to pick up my new phone on release day?

I'm not sure that answers the question Candice.
I'm in the same situation. I was up trying to get on the Verizon page at 11:55, kept getting the ECPD error. When finally got through, the Silver Iphone Plus 64 showed arrival of 9-19. At every step of the process, it seemed that I was ordering a phone that would arrive on day1. At no point did it say this was an estimate. At no point did it say it might change. In a big yellow box, it said "9-19". Ordered it, then got confirmation email stating it should arrive at 9-19. Seems like all should be good, right? Order site said 9-19, I've got a confirmation email saying 9-19, done and done.
Then I check the website, and suddenly it changed to 10-14?!?!?!? I feel like this was a bait and switch. I was able to pickup an iphone5 in a local store on launch day, and would not have locked myself into a preorder through Verizon if I had known this would happen!
So, that leads back to the original questions. Lets assume I walk into a Verizon store on 9-19, and there is an available iphone6 plus just sitting there, can I either get that phone as fulfillment of my pre-order. Or, cancel my pre-order and buy that phone right then and there?
JJK
PS: It seems there are many people you misled this way. For every person who takes the time to post on this site, there are going to be many many more who are silently ****** off.

Why is a pre-order phone no longer allowed to be shipped to my work address??

On Friday, April 4, I went into my local Verizon Store (Orlando MetroWest) to pre-order the new Samsung Galaxy S5. The order was placed and I was given a copy of the receipt which looked very accurate. The sales rep had read back to me the Bill To and Ship To address in the store, and it was correct, but didn't show up on the receipt given. When the confirmation e-mail came to me, I noticed that the Ship To info had my company name, and an address, but my name appeared nowhere on it. I called to question this when the store opened on April 7, and all of the answers were "I don't know. I'll have to research and get back to you." When there were no calls returned I checked again and received the same response. When I left my office for the day, I still had zero answers.
I drove to the same local store and re-hashed what I'd tried to accomplish during the morning. I was told there was no way to amend the shipping label once the order was input, despite the fact NO orders for this phone have yet to be fulfilled, since they are still in the warehouse. I work in a nine story building with every single office working for the same global company. There is no chance whatsoever that the FedEx delivery would ever make it to me without my name being on the label. I don't even think FedEx would try. It was just foolishness at the time the order was originally input (by the Verizon Store).
During the morning there was mention of possibly cancelling the entire order and starting from scratch, which I was totally OK with, as even that delay would be quicker than someone signing for the box and it sitting God Knows Where for days/weeks. When I said we should re-visit that option, I was now informed that it is a "Verizon Policy" to avoid fraud and NO pre-order phone could be delivered to any address except the account address of the phone owner. That was surprising to hear since it had been done (albeit incorrectly) just a couple of days earlier. The answer to that was, "Oh, she made a mistake in trying a work-around". Since I was recording our complete interaction (love that feature on my current phone), I asked manager Mike to verify a third time that he could not send a phone to my office address where I am during FedEx hours, and I could not adjust the existing order to come to the store for pickup. The answers were No and No.
My last two Verizon phones were shipped to my office, but I do understand that some company policies do change. I just think this is a doofus change. I also think it was pretty foolish for the original sales rep to miss putting a person's name on the shipping label. I have trouble believing that the computer order system would even allow her to make that mistake. But Verizon is in phone sales exclusively and not in the corporate shipping business. Perhaps this is some needed training.

Epilogue:
My problem has been solved, and I'm now happy to have my pre-order of the new Samsung Galaxy device completed in a way that totally satisfies me. But I am kicking myself for not going this route in the first place. I won't make that mistake again in the future FOR SURE.
After the manager in the local Verizon Store (Orlando MetroWest) said there was nothing he/they could do to overcome the error made earlier by their store sales representative, because it was a pre-order and nothing can be changed/corrected for the initial input. They had failed to put my name on the shipping label requested for FedEx delivery, meaning that the box containing my phone would probably NEVER reach my hands once if was delivered to a nine-story office building with many many employees.
I simply went to my local BestBuy store and mentioned I had a very few questions to be answered prior to attempting to place a pre-order of my new Samsung phone. I asked if the phone could be set for delivery to my office and the answer was a quick YES. I asked if the phone could be set for pickup at the BB store and, again, the answer was a quick YES. They were initially surprised to hear that any company would say otherwise. BestBuy requires a photo ID when they take a phone order, and a signature is required when FedEx makes its delivery, so they assured me the Verizon "Fraud Policy" quoted to me was not a standard retail answer AT ALL. Thirteen minutes after I walked to the mobile phone department, I was walking out with all my confirmation details for a new phone. The purchase was less out-of-pocket since BB doesn't do that VZW arrangement of paying $50 extra and then getting that back as a mail-in rebate later. Seems no other carrier except VZW is charging that extra fee for this new device. On top of that savings, BB gives you a $10 gift card just for doing the pre-order with them. Bonus!!
I may (or may not) receive my phone a few days later than those ordering at the Verizon Store, but in my situation I was assured to get mine late due to the shipping label error. No matter what, I'm going to be pleased with my purchase, and BestBuy just earned additional respect with the way they accurately handled my Verizon purchase. VZW it still a quality mobile phone provider, but (in my personal opinion) they are extremely weak in the guest service side of the business . . . which almost negates those other positive things.

Just noticed a recurring pattern of not being credited my $5 pre-order deposit.

The other day I was going over some of my Best Buy gaming purchases this year through MyBB, and noticed for one game, Project CARS on PS4, I was charged an additional $5 for the pre-order bonus (noted as "POB") which should have been free. I contacted customer support and was told I'd only be able to get a refund w. receipt in-store, and it was up to the store's discretion. As I didn't save a recipt from May, I figured it was a loss and not worth trying to make a case over $5.
Then I noticed something else. As a Gamers Club Unlocked member, all new release $59.99 games go down to $51.35 ($47.99 + tax) when the 20% deduction is applied. When accounting for the $5 deposit to reserve an in-store pre-order, the game should work out to $46.35 after tax if the transaction is processed properly. However, going through new release game pre-orders, I noticed that almost every single game I pre-ordered for in-store pickup this year was processed incorrectly and I was charged $51.35 due to not being credited the depsoit I had already paid. I didn't realize at the time, but now it appears as if has been the case for four pre-order purchases, which when added to the $5 I was charged for the pre-order bonus, works out to a $25 total overcharge. Is there any way to try and get my money back on this at this point or no? As some of these purchases were from months ago, I don't still have the receipt and even if I did, would be past the return window (though this wouldn't be a typical return issue).

Hi Jay86,
You certainly shouldn’t be running into so many issues with pre-order deposits at your local Best Buy. I’m familiar with hiccups with these in the past, but I haven’t heard anything for quite some time now. Our systems are setup to automatically apply your $5 deposit to the final transaction when a game releases, so this leads me to believe that some of your pre-orders aren’t being fulfilled properly at the store level. I’m very sorry if this has occurred on any of your pre-orders!
Like others have mentioned, your local store should be able to refund any pre-order deposits necessary. We also have the ability to locate previous pre-orders/receipts, so I wouldn’t worry too much about that. Considering the timeframe here, you may want to ask to speak with someone from your store’s leadership team as well, should you run into any issues.
Please feel free to let us know if you continue to run into issues with this.
Best regards,

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