thanks darkrealms.

jbh...can you send a link? i was unable to navigate through howard forums to get to that thread.

thanks!

found the thread...still trying to sypher through all the info though.

Pictures on page 99 of the thread.
Bottom line--- VZW allowed pre-release sales in certain market locations.
It should go on sale online for everyone tomorrow.

With VZW 's announcement today that they will allow CMDA handsets form
all carriers the operate on their system , nobody will have to wait a year
for a phone to come out on VZW again.

Verizon Wireless To Introduce ‘Any Apps, Any Device’ Option For Customers In 2008

i called the number from that guys invoice on howard forums. the lady was a little confused as to what i was talking about, but she did say that it should be available for purchase on the verizon wireless website tomorrow. she showed a price of $499.99 and does not know what the rebate will be yet. it could be $50 or $100.

the cool thing is i get -$100 for new every 2, and -$100 for unlimited data. essweeet!

i called the other number listed (i think it's for b2b). he told me the same thing, that the phone will not be available for consumer purchase until december 5th, but might be on the website tomorrow.

i'm not sure how everyone is getting one, but i've waited almost a year...i can probably wait another day/week.

hope this helps.

Believe this or not!!!! It just happened to me and I'm skeptical.

I called *611 to see if the XV6800 was really going to be available tomorrow, and the CSR said she didn't have it in the system. She asked me to wait while she called the Data dept. and came back a minute later asking if I'd like to order one. I tried to nonchalantly say yes, and proceeded to ask what the price was: $569 for 1-yr, $499 for 2-yr and $100 off for NE2. I ususally only go with one year contracts, but the difference with the NE2 pays for the $175 cancellation if I feel like leaving. I agreed to the $399 price and asked when and how it would ship. Shipping 2-day air via FedEx tomorrow. "... and a total of $211.99 will be billed to your account". God Bless first day order confusion.

***EDIT*** By the way this was NOT a business account, plain old family share plan.

They are two different departments, they also ship from different warehouses. I've had to deal with this personally.
Not true, go in and ask them. I've had to deal with this. They will help you with your plan, not your device. I've had better luck with help with a device I've bought off ebay.
NP, hope I it helped.

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this may be a stupid question but on Howard's forums people were mentioning an ADD discount they are getting, does anyone know what this is?

For some devices, when you go on the upgrade phone site (I see it when I log in to my acc't on the verizon web site), it says "May be eligible for advanced device credit" or something like that, then points you to Advance Credit Device Details

- tim

SUCCESS!

After calling the 800-899-4249 # listed on Howard, i got an order put thru!

$499
-50 MIR
-100 NE2
-100 ADD

$249 Total!

The woman said she could not put order thru til tomorrow, so we had to cancel it, or she could put me thru to Telesales to try and complete it. After waiting she came back and said telesales instructed her on how to push the order thru even tho its before release day. My new baby is gettin shipped tomorrow, should be here Thurs!

Good luck to all, and if u order tonight, don't let them tell you it cannot be done!

the 6800 is real afterall. was beginning to think it belonged in Imaginationland with Jesus and Morpheus!

I'm pretty sure they are referring to having an unlimited data plan.

I just ordered mine about 2 hours ago!

Retail $499

NE2 -$100

ADD -$100

MIR $50

$249 total

It took me 4 tries to get someone who knew what was going on. The first guy told me I could pre-order it, but it wouldn't ship until Monday. The second lady I talked to, said she could order it, but I called a B2B #, and the only discount she could offer me would not be as good as my NE2 and the on-line discount, so she suggested I ordered it on line tomorrow. After 2 more tries, I finally got a lady who was able to help me. She didn't seem to know much, because she kept putting me on hold. She even asked me to "describe" the phone at one point. I was about to raise the "BS" flag, but she finally came back and said that it would not be available until tomorrow, but she was going to see if it let her order it. It did. Then, she gave me my NE2, and I asked her about the ADD, and she said that she wasn't able to do that. She put me on hold again, then came back and said she was going to try it, to see if it let her apply it....and it did. Then she mentioned that I had the $50 MIR coming with it also. So there you have it!! Ok...I know..."What number did you call!!" LOL I called 800-688-9290, which I think is telesales. But again, I was put on hold several times...for what, I have no idea. She couldn't send me a confirmatoine-mail, but she gave me an order # to reference my order. I tried to call back to check the order, but was on hold for about 16 minutes. The message kept saying; "Because of our NEW promotion, we are experiencing high call volumes. If you leave your name, and telephone number...blah, blah, blah..." . Some folks on other forums have asked for overnight shipping, and got it. My silly @ss didn't even think to ask for that. Anyway, good luck to all who try to get through tonight to get it!!!