Apple iPod Supply Below Wall Street Shipping Estimates?

[WildCowboy]

Hence, what I was trying to say is-when the majority of wall street predicts it, and it's RIGHT, then it looks like they've got a pretty good system for that particular situation, rather than just dumb luck. If wall street can predict it, then apple had better be able to, because it has more and better data, and it's fortunes depend upon it doing so.

The other interesting dynamic that has fascinated me for some time is that analysts will do everything in their power to make the same statements all of the other analysts are making, regardless of whether they believe it or not. If you're wrong, and everybody else is wrong along with you, it's not much skin off your nose...everybody got fooled. But if you're wrong and you're the only one, you're just a bad analyst and might have to start worrying about your job. So make sure you say whatever everyone else is saying.

It's how the analysts stay in business. They are wrong a remarkable amount of the time (witness the dart-throwing chimp studies). But because they are pretty much all right or all wrong together, it's tough to single any of them out as particularly good or bad. And because people like the idea of being able to hear from someone who "knows" something, they all keep their jobs.

Now, if we could just find that 216-digit number that controls the stock market...

 

[Doozy]

Apple is smart. They limit the number of ipods they supply to third parties so when the costumers can't get what the want from BestBuy the run over to the Apple Store and while there, also buy a mac mini or an iMac.

I believe they will hit their target sales for the holiday. Here's hoping one of those ipods is under my tree this year. In fact I would rather mine come directly from Apple than those !@#$ guy at BestBuy, or Walmart.

 

[Tupring]

Shortage here

One of the third-party Apple retailers where I live was robbed for 200 iPods the other night...

 

[EricNau]

One of the third-party Apple retailers where I live was robbed for 200 iPods the other night...

Thats a shame.

How does I place that had over 200 iPods get robbed anyways, I would expect that large of a store to have better security.

 

[Doctor Q]

How does I place that had over 200 iPods get robbed anyways, I would expect that large of a store to have better security.

200 computers would be a large shipment, but 200 iPods isn't very big.

I often see employees with wheeled carts bringing in new shipments of this and that at our local Apple Stores, and there is usually only a single security guard for the whole store, who might not be around the right area if they leave the new equipment unattended.

Then again, the case were talking about here could have been a burglary or a shipment stolen outside the store. Do you mean somebody actually threatened an employee as in a bank robbery, or just that somebody snuck out with some boxes?

 

[matthewHUB]

Well i just registered so i could reply, but i read this forum a lot.

Amazon are currently out of stock of ipod nanos. I think it's great to stop places like walmart having loads of ipods, so that customers are drawn to the apple store, but i think Amazon should get their fair share as they are a bigger online seller. Too many people rely on internet shopping nowadays, so i believe it very important that both apple store online and amazon have these items.

Amazon are saying: 'Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.'

This surely persuades buyers to get in before the xmas rush. Just a thought

 

[EricNau]

200 computers would be a large shipment, but 200 iPods isn't very big.

I often see employees with wheeled carts bringing in new shipments of this and that at our local Apple Stores, and there is usually only a single security guard for the whole store, who might not be around the right area if they leave the new equipment unattended.

Then again, the case were talking about here could have been a burglary or a shipment stolen outside the store. Do you mean somebody actually threatened an employee as in a bank robbery, or just that somebody snuck out with some boxes?

Any type of robbery where 200 iPods get stolen surprises me, whether the store was open at the time or not. It just seems most stores that sell iPods are larger resellers (ie: Target, Walmart, Bestbuy, Circuitcity, CompUSA) - all of which would have security gaurds and systems. And in my area it would be hard to get away with that; too many people around.

I've neer seen a store that had 200 iPods on the shelf; so I'm gussing it was at night.