$100 iPhone store credit details available: post-purchase ported numbers will be an issue
iLounge picked up on the specifics of the $100 iPhone Apple Store credit which you can find right here. Between now and November 30th, you can submit your electronic request for your credit if you purchased your iPhone prior to August 22nd. The August date is due to Apple’s own price protection policies, so there’s no double-dipping. Eligible consumers will need to enter their phone number and iPhone serial number on Apple’s website. After Apple confirms eligibility, an SMS will be sent to the respective iPhone; the SMS will include a credit number and PIN, good for $100 in the online or any retail Apple Store.
This ought to be interesting since the phone I activiated in mid-July now has a new phone number. I started with a new AT&T number but a few weeks later, I shut down my Verizon Wireless account and ported the number over. I’ll try the original AT&T number first, since that was the number I activated with the phone. Also: this program is good for 4GB iPhone customers as well, not just 8GB. Oh and no go on buying iTunes Gift Certs; the credit isn’t eligible for that.
Update: As feared, I’m in iPhone Credit Limbo. Using my current phone number, the Apple site can’t find any record of my iPhone purchase. I’m sure they could find it if I used the original phone number that AT&T provided me upon purchase, but that will generate an SMS with the credit access code to a number I no longer have. I’ve got a note in to Apple, per their website and instruction.
I got my credit done in less than 5 minutes… and I had ported my number from T-Mobile. Funny thing is that I got my iPhone unlocked and am considering going back to T-Mobile… my way of “sticking it to the man”.
Fernando, when you say you ported your number from T-Mobile, you mean you had it ported when you activated your iPhone with AT&T, correct? I ported my number over four weeks later.
I just received my credit. So your information may be incorrect as I ported to my old sprint number after using the iphone for 3 weeks with its original number. In fact I don’t even remember my AT&T number, I just popped in my post ported number and it worked.
Clearing this up a bit!!
Sorry my post ported number is referring to my sprint number which I’ve had for several years. When I opened the account I received a new number from AT&T. I used this number for almost a month then decided to switch back to my original sprint number. So the credit worked even though I ported after having an AT&T number originally.
Well, ain’t this a pisser. I learned about the $100 store credit for early iPhone adopters and at 10:36AM, I jumped onto the link everyone started posting. I get my AT&T text message within a minute of entering my phone and serial numbers. The website quickly showed me my credit number and PIN and I printed it out, ready to hit the store as soon as I get out of work.
I get to my local store at 6:30PM and prepare to get my wife a new Nano. They ring up the store credit number… then tell me I only have $29 left of my $100 credit. WTF?!
They tell me to email iphonestorecredit@apple.com, since there’s nothing they can do, but Nikki the ever-so-excellent store rep presses on and calls the number to check the balance and to hopefully speak to a live person.
The person goes to inform her that the account was activated yesterday (!) and a purchase of $70 was made. We look at my iPhone and it clearly states that I received the text message this morning and that the print out happened just minutes after. Of course, she tries to explain to the individual that Apple only started to issue credits today, so it’s impossible that the account could have been opened, let alone used, yesterday.
The individual on the phone is clueless and so it’s back to email support to Apple. I ended up having to purchase my wife’s Nano without the store credit. Slick move, Apple – feels like the ol’ bait ‘n switch.
Lightly toasted by the early adopter credit, now burned by this chain of events. Here’s hoping you can turn this around, Jobs & Co.
It did not work for me. I got a message “We show that this iPhone has been returned and is not eligible for the $100 Apple Store credit.”.
I assume this is related to sending back the phone for service and then receiving a new replacement phone.
Sent an email as instructed. Go a reply saying that I received a replacement phone (duh) and to try again. Tried again and got the same message
Sorry to hear that Raphael! This is exactly why I don’t want to provide the Apple Credit webpage with my original iPhone number that I no longer have. If they recycled that number already, someone is going to get an SMS message with my store credit credentials.
Kevin, yes. I ported my number from T-Mobile to AT&T when I activated my iPhone with At&T in iTunes. And, now with my iPhone unlocked, I moved back to T-Mobile last night