HTC One S / X (Vodafone) - €159.99 / €199.99 respectively [Carphone Warehouse]

spongerobinson

Thirdfox wrote: »

Online order cancelled...

mine just cancelled too... :mad:

no notification from carphone warehouse...pretty bad!

ooter

Did anyone who ordered online get a confirmation email?
I ordered a One X on Friday but never got any confirmation.
there's nothing showing on my credit card statement online either,rang my credit card company earlier and they said the payment is pending.
hope CW don't fcuk me over.

Jasper79

spongerobinson wrote: »

mine just cancelled too... :mad:

no notification from carphone warehouse...pretty bad!

Yeah same here, bad form Carphone warehouse

CSSE09

spongerobinson wrote: »

mine just cancelled too... :mad:

no notification from carphone warehouse...pretty bad!

Same, the pre authorization charge on my debit card hasn't been removed yet either

Ballyv24

Same here.. I just checked mine and the status is Cancelled too. I ordered my phone last Friday at 16:00

jenno86

My One S has been cancelled too. :mad:

They were taking orders 2 hours after I ordered mine.

spongerobinson

order got cancelled...complaint lodged with carphone warehouse about not receiving a notification!

if anybody has a One X that they don't want, i can pay the 199 plus postage!

breathn

Carphone Warehouse offering phones online for a discount and later cancelling orders has happened a few times here.

It happened when they offered the Samsung Wave http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69754767 and 50 pages of rage appeared.

It happened since then on a different phone but I can't find the thread

Ballyv24

On hold for CPW at the moment.. will let you know how I get on.

Ballyv24

They could not find my order, so they are going to call me back.. More updates to follow:)

spongerobinson

Ballyv24 wrote: »

They could not find my order, so they are going to call me back.. More updates to follow:)

they couldn't find my order either with the order number, but eventually found it with name and address! basically was told there is no phone for me, and nothing they could do about it!

CSSE09

spongerobinson wrote: »

they couldn't find my order either with the order number, but eventually found it with name and address! basically was told there is no phone for me, and nothing they could do about it!

Just have to try and get our money back now then, this'll be fun. I'm never using CPW again.

Edit:

Unfortunately we cannot process your order as we have completely run out of stock of this product, and will not be getting any more stock in within the near future. Your order has been cancelled and your bank will return the allocated funds to your account within the next 5 - 12 working days.

Please accept our apologies for this inconvenience.

If you have any questions or concerns about your order you can always contact us directly by calling our helpdesk on: 1850 424 800 or by emailing: CustomerCareIE-CPW-IE@cpwplc.com

Ballyv24

Just got this email:

....
You recently placed an order for: 1 x Vodafone HTC One X - New Connection

Unfortunately we cannot process your order as we have completely run out of stock of this product, and will not be getting any more stock in within the near future. Your order has been cancelled and your bank will return the allocated funds to your account within the next 5 - 12 working days.

Please accept our apologies for this inconvenience.
....

ThunbergsAreGo

Poor form from CPW tbh, i was one of the first to order to S and got cancelled.

Dont begrudge those who got them instore, but surely online orders made first should have been fulfilled

TakeTheVeil

Got the same email for the HTC One S. Ordered it last Thursday and it's been cancelled now.

shreddedloops

Just got the e-mail too

How does something like this happen?

With most of us ordering at least two business days ago and receiving a confirmation e-mail and only now them saying "Sorry, we actually dont have that thing we said we had. Tough luck."

mtdelany

I am so annoyed by this. I work less than 500 meters from a CFW. Had i known there was any chance of this happening, i would have bought a "second" phone instore.

jenno86

I work for an online retailer and its ridiculous that this stuff can still happen. It was going in and out of stock. To take the amount of money and orders is unbelievable without noticing it.

I don't like CPW anyway but this has made my opinion of them worse. Wont go near there shops again.

eldamo

that happened to me with the wave way back, didn't trust them again so went in in person, mad reduction due to being end of the line, they're off the website now and all

CSSE09

eldamo wrote: »

that happened to me with the wave way back, didn't trust them again so went in in person, mad reduction due to being end of the line, they're off the website now and all

Any hassle getting your refund?

donnacha

Got cancellation also. Ordered Thurs lunchtime.

long_b

Order cancelled - booo CPW !!!

eldamo

CSSE09 wrote: »

Any hassle getting your refund?

Nope, a couple of days. Pretty standard.

Ballyv24

Ballyv24 wrote: »

They could not find my order, so they are going to call me back.. More updates to follow:)

No call back.. maybe they decided not to call because the email went out after my call.

Anyway.. like most other people here.. Not impressed by CPW

cson

Quick question for anyone who got the phone/knows about these things...

I bought it; popped my Meteor sim in and all appears to be fine apart from 2 things;

1. I can pick up 3G at all anywhere. It just wont work.
2. It didn't sync any of my contacts from my previous android once I hooked it up to my gmail.

I assume this means I'll have to unlock it?

Edit: Nevermind; a quick Google fixed it. APN settings were the culprit!

ChriisM

cson wrote: »

Quick question for anyone who got the phone/knows about these things...

I bought it; popped my Meteor sim in and all appears to be fine apart from 2 things;

1. I can pick up 3G at all anywhere. It just wont work.
2. It didn't sync any of my contacts from my previous android once I hooked it up to my gmail.

I assume this means I'll have to unlock it?

Edit: Nevermind; a quick Google fixed it. APN settings were the culprit!

Was that for your one x or a one s? My One X seems to be working great with my 3 sim and a lycra sim Wonder if its the same story with the One S

blazedark

gines_ wrote: »

Ordered One X online for my mother but she said its too big after checking out the in-store dummy. If anyone from Cork wants to take it off me once it arrives, send a PM.

Do you still have it. I will buy it off you. I am in Cork


And what is a PM. And how do you send it.

spongerobinson

still interested if anybody has a spare One X!

javagal

Loving the x so far! Unlocked here too!

Jasper79

If anybody doesn't want their one s or X, in or around Dublin area, pop me a pm and I'll take it off your hands .

Absoluvely

Jasper79 wrote: »

If anybody doesn't want their one s or X, in or around Dublin area, pop me a pm and I'll take off hands .

I don't want you taking off my hands just to get my phone :P

Jasper79

Absoluvely wrote: »

I don't want you taking off my hands just to get my phone :P

I would do it you know !!, fixed post anyways, not a good tactic....

Gatling

The missus was on adverts earlier several brand new in box locked to Vodafone one x and s selling for 300e-400e total shams

Jasper79

Gatling wrote: »

The missus was on adverts earlier several brand new in box locked to Vodafone one x and s selling for 300e-400e total shams

Yeah saw them and think there's few on donedeal too. Don't mind people making a bit of money off them but come on. I've seen one s advertised for 320 euro locked ot vodafone, just taking the mick...

donnacha

Lads - pretty sure the ones that the carphone warehouse did sell are unlocked so those adverts could all be from genuine sellers that got them on upgrades etc.

Still hunting for a decent deal myself as had told the wife I'd bought her the One S ... hoping with the release of further phones that CPW will do some clearances on other ranges and I get lucky this time.

kingtut

blazedark wrote: »

Do you still have it. I will buy it off you. I am in Cork


And what is a PM. And how do you send it.

Already contacted the OP a few days ago, no reply to my PM

A PM is a private message.

deisediva

Going mad I missed out on one of these badly in need of a new phone. Hopefully some more might appear or other phone offers

Gatling

donnacha wrote: »

Lads - pretty sure the ones that the carphone warehouse did sell are unlocked so those adverts could all be from genuine sellers that got them on upgrades etc.
.

Brand new bought in the last week ,I asked a seller had he a receipt for it ,oh I lost it of course you did

donnacha

Gatling wrote: »

Brand new bought in the last week ,I asked a seller had he a receipt for it ,oh I lost it of course you did

well thats a different story. you'd be well pi*sed off if they were a lurker here taking advantage - so many with all the electronic type BA threads.

the one thing I learnt from this BA thread is that next time CPW do a deal I'm driving immediately to the nearest store

IrishHomer

donnacha wrote: »

well thats a different story. you'd be well pi*sed off if they were a lurker here taking advantage - so many with all the electronic type BA threads.

the one thing I learnt from this BA thread is that next time CPW do a deal I'm driving immediately to the nearest store

I immediately called to CPW in Athlone and the saleswoman hadn't a clue of any offer she thought I came down from Mars.

Gatling

donnacha wrote: »

well thats a different story. you'd be well pi*sed off if they were a lurker here taking advantage - so many with all the electronic type BA threads.

the one thing I learnt from this BA thread is that next time CPW do a deal I'm driving immediately to the nearest store

I've 2 cpw within 5 mins of my place next BA comes up TAXIiiiiii

podge3

Gatling wrote: »

The missus was on adverts earlier several brand new in box locked to Vodafone one x and s selling for 300e-400e total shams

donnacha wrote: »

Lads - pretty sure the ones that the carphone warehouse did sell are unlocked so those adverts could all be from genuine sellers that got them on upgrades etc.

Gatling wrote: »

Brand new bought in the last week ,I asked a seller had he a receipt for it ,oh I lost it of course you did

Due to CPW's stone-age website, I too missed out on the One X. Had I known that the online ordering process was a sham, I could have purchased in several nearby stores.

So I resorted to Adverts as I need this particular phone for a car project I am doing. I have no real problem in paying a premium for a phone - after all, we live in a capitalist society.

What I couldn't understand is why all of the phones I tried to buy had no receipt . All these people selling phones with a €500 value had lost/misplaced/ate it :rolleyes:. The 2 warranty HTC warranty is useless without a receipt AFAIK.

I was willing to pay €300 for a new phone with a receipt but could find no takers. I ended up getting a grade A used unit on Amazon for about €220. No real warranty as such on it, but as I said, no receipt no warranty anyway.

I almost bought here: http://www.smartfonestore.com/buy_product.aspx. This is a reputable site with the One X from 179 plus 10 postage to Ireland. Also has a warranty.

evolutionqy7

Seems as the beats headphones that came with the one x and faulty on one side.

Not entirely sure how to approach it as they have no more units in the country to give with :-(

Peregrine

If any similar offers come up, it would be awesome if someone could post it here. Don't wanna miss it, I don't check B.A often

evolutionqy7

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

If any similar offers come up, it would be awesome if someone could post it here. Don't wanna miss it, I don't check B.A often

Why don't you just subscribe to the forum and glance over it. You snooze you lose.

There was still people coming in, in July looking for the Xperia play deal. Their now looking for the Lumia and in sure they will be looking for the one x till Xmas.

Peregrine

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Why don't you just subscribe to the forum and glance over it. You snooze you lose.

There was still people coming in, in July looking for the Xperia play deal. Their now looking for the Lumia and in sure they will be looking for the one x till Xmas.

I am subscribed I always still end up hearing about great offers on the very last day though, the Lumia 800 and One X. I saw the last One X at my closest store being sold :rolleyes: so close

ActingDanClark

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Seems as the beats headphones that came with the one x and faulty on one side.

Not entirely sure how to approach it as they have no more units in the country to give with :-(

Im too old for beats so my daughter's using them with her iPhone 4 no problems to date, despite reported restricted functionality if used with non htc

ChriisM

Could anyone with a HTC One S tell me if its unlocked like the One X? I dont have anything else apart from a vodafone sim to test it out.

cson

I would have told you if you weren't flipping it on Adverts for double the price you paid.

http://www.adverts.ie/mobile-phones/htc-one-s-brand-new/2781103

There are a lot of people on this thread who probably genuinely wanted either phone for their own personal use and couldn't get one or had their orders cancelled.

Not in the spirit of Bargain Alerts tbh and I'd be wary of posting something like this offer in the forum anymore.

kingtut

cson wrote: »

I would have told you if you weren't flipping it on Adverts for double the price you paid.

WOW! Such an asshole move :mad: