[socialcarpet]

I walked into an att store and bought an 8x off contract. They even sold me the last one they had. I'd call att customer service and raise heck!
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That's because the 8X isn't in demand like the 920. They probably have plenty of 8X's.

[tmotytn]

Maybe those particular stores wouldn't sell them off-contract due to inventory issues...I have bought phones off-contract at corporate stores, authorized retailers, and third parties like Best Buys and Frys numerous times, but it has always been dependent on the on-hand inventory--which, in this case, may actually be the issue based on what we've been reading all over the interwebs.

[oufc_gav]

A vendor can choose to sell or not sell anything they like as long as they are not choosing who to do so by race, gender, disability or religion.