NEVER AGAIN! DO IT ONLINE! Going in store will get you two things; sales pressure and incompetence. Explanation: On Black Friday I went online to ATT.com and upgraded my wife to a Iphone 8 plus. She usually gets the mail so I opted for in store pickup as this phone was to be a surprise Christmas gift. I got to the AT&T Osage Beach store at 6:00 Pm 11/30/2017 and was greeted by the "greeter". Gave her my online ticket order number which confused her so I had to wait for a sales/service agent. The cheerful sales/service agent immediately retrieved the new clear wrapped iphone box. I specifically asked him about the return policy because this Iphone was not going to be opened until Christmas morning. He said it was 14 days. The sales agent and I discussed this for a bit. I was surprised it wasn't a thirty day return policy. I expressed my concern because Christmas is 25 days away and she will be opening it past the return date policy. He agreed that it would be past the return date but suggested someone else in the family might like it. I agreed, if my wife didn't like it then my oldest daughter would surely be ecstatic. My youngest daughter whom was with me also agreed. She promised she could keep mommys gift a secret. She was a little disappointed that she couldn't see the new phone because it was in a sealed clear cellophane wrapper. The sales agent assured us "mommy" would love the surprise on Christmas morning. I signed a tablet couple of times and walked out the door with the sealed Iphone box. Not a bad experience. THEN, to my surprise, my wife called me at 8:30 pm in a confused panic, because her phone lost service over two hours ago. She pulled the sim and tried it in another phone, but that didn't work, definitely a service issue. She borrowed a phone to call AT&T and had been talking to AT&T tech support for an hour trying to figure out what happened. Tech support informed her that her SIM card was deactivated by the Osage Beach AT&T Retail store at 6:15 PM, 11/30/2017, and that it could not be reactivated at this time. The tech department had to give her the good news that she just upgraded to an Iphone 8 plus. Surprise! Merry Christmas! As she was telling me this, I realized her tone was not "I'm so happy". For good reason. A lot of good a new phone would do since she was in a different town at that time! I think my dead silence surprised my wife as I thought, Really? The sales agent never gave me a new sim card... There certainly wasn't a new sim card in the sealed iphone box.... The sales agent never said "your new iphone is activated and ready to use"..... He certainly never discussed deactivating the existing sim card!!!! Anyway, it was too late to go back to the store and ask him personally "WTHeck"? Probably a good thing, I was not happy. So, I got online. After numerous online chats with tech support that night and one early the next morning, AT&T ONLINE got the old sim card reactivated and her original phone working at 7:05 AM, 12/01/2017. No cell service for 13 HOURS! It was terrible, we felt helpless and abandoned just like those soldiers in that 13 Hours movie... Not really. Ruining the surprise Christmas gift was upsetting, but deactivating a sim card without notice and leaving someone (a parent, professional, philanthropist, etc.) stranded in no communication land at a dire time is just not cool. I have been a wireless AT&T customer for over 20 years. For my family of 5, I have purchased and upgraded ONLINE many times and always been 100% satisfied. AT&T provides the BEST cell service at the Lake of the Ozarks. The AT&T Chat Live customer service people have always been top notch. Chatting live for any reason has proven to be quick and effective. Sorry AT&T Osage Beach. From now on its going to be online only, straight to my door, and straight past yours. read more