Blackberry Storm Backordered Until December 5th

by Jason Wilk on November 21, 2008

As hundreds lined up today to get their touch screen Blackberry Storm, many were turned away due to limited product availability.
The product is backordered until at least December 5th.
Confirmed: the Storm will come back to shelves on the 5th. .

Have you read a good review on the Storm yet? We just happen to have one.

Wally

can we get some more information on the storm please? reviews? comparisons? thoughts? is this phone better than the iphone??

Angelina

I was FIFTH in line at a Circuit City. Did I get a Storm? NO! The THREE that CC did have were for freakin’ new users. I immediately called Verizon and placed an order for it, on Friday, the 21st at 10:13AM. I was told 2-7 days for me to receive it. I followed up on Monday, the 24th and was told the order will be shipped out tomorrow. After yet another call to them, I come to find out, the order wasn’t placed until that Monday I called to follow-up! I guarantee you the stupid b*tch who I spoke to didn’t tell me the order wasn’t placed on Friday and instead placed the damn order that day. I should now expect a shipping date of DECEMBER 8TH!!!!! That’s a full 18 days before it’ll even ship from when I first ordered, IF these imbeciles will do their jobs correctly. Knowing how this horrible launch has happened, I probably won’t get a new phone until the New Year! UGH, so fed up.

JimmyJohn

Angelina,

I had the same thing happen to me. The only difference is I ordered the Storm at 7:00am on the 21st over the phone. The guy said I would get it Monday the 24th - no problem. So much for first in line. I'll be waiting until December like you. My friend ordered on the 21st online and she's getting hers today. I should have ordered online. The phone salesmen were either lazy, told to wait, or their processes are really slow. Something tells me they never had enough Storms to begin a full launch. Their phone sales employees were either deceived or told to lie to us.

sean

verizon customer service sux! does anyone of them ever tell the truth? why do i hear something diffreent form every agent. i placed an order on the 27th and so when i checked at the store today they said they see no orders made for the storm. i mean wtf. i got lied to the night before the launch i had the day off to get the phone but geuss what i got nothing. its fine though they wanna give me the run around its kool i can take my buisness else where. The apple iphone looks good to me!!!hopefully next time rim has a launch they dont mess it up as bad as this also verizon should care about there loyal customers as welll instead givin us the run around. i guess to gain 1 u gotta lose 1 that should be there motto. idiots

glu

@sean - You're right Sean. They really lost out on an opportunity to gain a larger fan following and have some spirit with which to fight the throngs of Apple fanboys.

Alexandru

You people at the blackberry are doing a wonderful job, meeting all the expectations and winning all the challenges. BRAVO 2 all of you.