Mary, I had the same question and unfortunately the same experience when calling TMobile. The last CSR I spoke to told me that I would get the 3 month free offer only if I ordered through TMobile. Since the rep was not able to tell me if there was a long wait or even if they would have them in stock, I chose to order via the Apple Store app along with AppleCare and just forget about the $30 savings on the data account.
I've been listening to some YouTube on the Series 3 watch, so I'm kind of on the fence now with keeping the cellular model or returning it for the GPS only model. Apparently, the cellular model takes a huge hit on battery life when used as a cell phone only lasting an hour of talk time. I expected a hit but not that bad. I may just decide to exchange it for the non-cellular model. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2017 4:38 PM To: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com; viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Confused about ordering the watch from Apple versus from my carrier I suppose this might not be on topic, but it is about the new watch, so maybe. I'm trying to figure out if I'm going to have to go through T-Mobile, or if there is any advantage in so doing, versus ordering straight from Apple. Ordering from Apple looks easy right from my phone. I called T-Mobile today, which was stupid I suppose, because I got one of those folks overseas, and we clearly were not communicating well. She told me one thing and then seem to contradict herself twice, so I hung up and I guess I will call them again tomorrow. I would just assume do it through Apple and get AppleCare, but I want to make sure I would get the three month free trial at Cetera. And there might be other advantages. Has anyone ordered the watch straight from Apple? And do you understand any differences between going that way or going through your carrier? I hope when I call T-Mobile tomorrow I get somebody in the US. I had pretty good luck with that before, but last week, I got another one of those overseas people who was clueless, screwed up an order changing my data plan, and I had to call back and get tech-support from the United States, thank God. I thought T-Mobile was getting rid of their overseas support folks. Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
