How long does it take for Best Buy to ship phones?

Pink Jazz

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Best Buy is having a $300 off promo on the Galaxy Note 8, and I decided I should upgrade from my Note 5. I ordered this past weekend and this morning my order got cancelled due to "unverifiable information". So, I used an alternate credit card and it looks like my order might have went through this time and is in the "Preparing" stage.

I was wondering, how long does Best Buy take to ship phones when choosing the two day shipping option? Does Best Buy ship them on the same day that they are ordered using a two-day guaranteed shipping method, or does Best Buy wait an extra day in fulfillment and ships them using an overnight shipping method on the next day? I hope I get my Note 8 and don't miss out on this offer, otherwise I will have to buy the phone in-store.

P.S. I am with AT&T.
 

Pink Jazz

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Looks like I got my answer - they ship on the day you order it.

To my surprise, they are apparently fulfilling my order from a store within my state in a small town and shipping via UPS Ground. That means in fact I should be getting my new phone tomorrow. Has anyone ever seen this before?
 

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Makes sense to me. Why would they not ship it from the nearest store (B&M) where it is available? Other retails stores do this too.
 

Pink Jazz

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Makes sense to me. Why would they not ship it from the nearest store (B&M) where it is available? Other retails stores do this too.
Note that this isn't my nearest store, but a store somewhere in a small town in my state. Probably this particular store had a surplus of inventory that they could put to better use.