Maybe it was the Karma Police that came calling, but Rogers system was so overloaded that many stores across the country could not fill iPhone orders all day today. I was the very first iPhone that left my local Rogers Wireless store today, and I just got it at 4:30pm. I'm still chuckling about it.
I "pre-ordered" my cell phone the day Steve Jobs announced iPhone was coming to Canada last month. Apparently they cut off this system the day after, but were obliged to honour the pre-orders. I walked in today several hours after the store opened, noticing lines had died down considerably by mid-morning.
They explained that the computer system had crashed, and only when I walked in that it was coming back online, albeit very SLOOOOOW. Come back in a few hours, or when we call you.
I went back to work, and noticed my cell phone Sim card no longer worked. Guess they had completed my order (5 hours later). I walked in, bing bam boom, and had my iPhone.
Syncing it now.
Suh-weet.
Hey Michael, hope you’re enjoying your new toy. I’m still astounded at the amount of consumer backlash against Rogers. Not that the company isn’t gouging. It’s just that consumer revolts are pretty un-Canadian.
I’ve blogged about it as well: The Rogers iPhone Consumer Revolt… Why?
Thanks, Jonathon. I’m just kind of blown away that Rogers thinks they can get away with such sloppy service at uncompetitive rates. I guess we’re used to that here, but the internet is taking public revolt to a whole new level.