yeah that’s what we did. I already had data though so I had to change the configuration? of my plans to avail of the deal. anyway, my point was, the wireless wave manager at the Richmond Centre branch helped me get that sucker home.

We have more then enough storms available, as do all the stores inventories i can check on a daily basis, with over 250 stores across canada…

Hit up any wireless wave, and you’ll have 0 problems getting a storm. 0. Tbere is not a rep there that will turn you away. And pc, when you have an upgrade available, by adding data, you get an additional 200 credit on the upgrade for the storm. Giving you the new customer pricing…

Again if your in the edmonton area, you can give me a shout, and i can set aside a storm for you np, new or existing customers…. 7809904118

Have you tried going to Wireless Wave? I got mine in Richmond, BC and encountered the same thing. I was an existing customer and they called me in to let me know that a Storm came in for me. Then when we were about to activate it, the Bell rep at the other end goes, it’s going to be $450 or so since I could “avail” of my loyalty credit of $250 towards the retail price of $650 or so. I argued and told them that why are new activations getting it for the promo price of $249.99 and I cannot, being the “loyal” customer that I am. Then this went on for minutes and finally the manager had to hang up and call the Bell rep back. Turns out that only “NEW” activations can avail of the promo price BUT if you upgrade your plan (i.e. reconfig your data rates – I had the Smartphone 45 combo and has to go with the other combo) you can be considered as a “NEW” subscriber.

To cut the long story short, I walked out with my Storm right then and there.

Try Wireless Wave. They don’t think as highly of themselves there as compared to Bell Store reps.

The only reason I’m staying with Bell is because of contractual obligations, and Rogers isn’t much better either so … Am still waiting for the Storm in Greater Toronto Area and it’s Jan 13th 2009

Thanks for the heads-up. I’m down in Calgary and no one down here has been nearly as helpful. I might have to see if I can get a day off and make the trip north. Where are you in edmonton?

John

If interested u can call 7809904118 to have one set aside.

Mike

She was told last week that only a handful came in and she shouldn’t expect one for me until January.

Well she got a call yesterday afternoon saying there was one with her name on it. She was so happy that she’d be able to give it to me for Xmas. We were there first thing this monring to sign me up with Telus and get the phone.

I don’t know about them being for just new subscribers (though I just switched from Bell, hate them so much) as I was the only guy of five signing a new contract (one of them was an NHL player I won’t name.) But it wouldn’t surprise me. Sellers get fat jack for sigining up new people and employees can get incentives so it might be stores and not Telus making up the rules. Let’s say I made the guy’s day when he found out I was a new subscriber. He thought my wife was replacing her phone.

I love it. They charged up the battery the night before so I had it going all day. Thank god I didn’t buy into the iPhone hype! I’m not saying it’s an iPhone killer. I’m just saying the iPhone is not for me and it makes the Instinct look like a kids toy. It’s also my first global phone. Very excited about that.

They didn’t have anymore though. They had 50 last night all spoken for and only three more with names on them after I got activated.

There will be enough for everyone soon enough but with it being so popular worldwide it certainly is crazy right now.

good luck!

I woke up on the 16th mad as hell because I was not able to find a Storm for the life of me!! I mean.. I didn’t line up in front of the stores at 6 am but I figured that soon as I hear of a launch I’ll secure one somewhere and get it. Well I quickly found out that all storms were sold out in an hour of launch!! So on the 16th I started thinking and for some reason I thought…hmmm… Newmarket (40 minutes north of toronto) should have some as I thought a less ‘urban’ area wont be as ‘tech-savy’.

When I called the store, I asked the sales girl if they had any BBS’ in stock. She said ‘I think so’ and put me on hold. When she came back she asked me if I was an existing client or a new subscriber. I asked “whats better?” she said “new subscriber”… I then proceeded to tell her I was an existing client and thus she put me on hold again…. when she came back she said that there were none in stock..(I knew she was lying). So I grabbed my buddy and headed up… while on our way I got him to call them as a ‘new subscriber’ and ask if they had the phone in stock…. and ALAS!!!.. It was in STOCK!! Clearly they didn’t want to sell me the phone because they dont make as much money off of migrations…. as I get there my friend asks for the phone and as he’s looking at it he says “I changed my mind…”…. So I jump in and told them I would take it…. and if they didn’t sell it to me I would throw so much crap in the fan they’d be covered in it…. so I GOT ONE!! And I ‘m currently with my phone wipping the iphone clean in a browser race…. hehehe…

but honestly the phone has ups and downs like all phones…. the accellerometer is way too slow when the phone is working on a task. I found out that SURETYPE means NOTYPE!! It is literally impossible for me to type in that mode, a full keyboard a la iPhone would be ideal. It is quite impossible to text while driving (I know its a no no…but we all do it)..

Overall I’m very please with the phone… browsing is fast but not as fast as an iphone on wi-fi…..

The selling of the Storm is the individual dealer’s discretion as to whom they sell to. There is nothing in writing that says the dealer must only sell to new activations. They may be pushing towards that in order to get new clients signed up. Our store just got our first one in today and sold it to an existing client who was recontracting. As for the supply, It is a RIM issue, that is why both Bell and Telus are having stock issues. As has been posted earlier, RIM sent a huge order down South as Verizon could not keep up stock when the Storm was released down there. We have been told we can only order what we think we could sell each week, until the new Year and they should be able to accommodate. Most dealers get daily deliveries so check back daily or get your name on a waiting list if they have one.

I got a few minutes to play with the Storm before we sold it and it was pretty cool!

Good luck!

I called around to several dealers and was told either they had no stock or the stock they had was for new activations only so I called the 1-866 number. I was basically told by the CSR that yes, the stock that Telus shipped was for essentially for new activations only and if I wasn’t on a waiting list, I’m out of luck until the new year.

So, this email that Telus sent out was completely misleading in certain ways.

Yes, they do have some inventory in select stores.

No, it’s not for renewing customers.

As a corporate customer, this is a load of crap. They should have solved their inventory issues before releasing the unit and they should have taken care of their existing customer base as a gesture of good will since we all have choice as to whether to port our numbers or not. It looks as if the other two carriers – Bell and Rogers – will be getting an opportunity to bid on my 35 lines that generate $36,000 of revenue for Telus.

That means its a bell storm.. not telus…

GET YOURS NOW!!!!

I REPEAT, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE CHECK OUT ON TELUS’ WEBSITE FOR THE BB STORM