Yeah, Ive heard a couple of Canadians reporting success with this. So far Im not sure Ive heard of anyone in the US actually getting it though.
I got a 4/24-5/8 estimate in my confirmation email.
Yeah, Ive heard a couple of Canadians reporting success with this. So far Im not sure Ive heard of anyone in the US actually getting it though.
I love the idea of the watch, I think it can offer a lot of useful benefits and have ordered two but my biggest concern is it's thickness...I'm really concerned it's going to look ridiculous, I'm desperately hoping I'm wrong![]()
Your arguement would be valid I'd there was a surplus of inventory and apple just didn't want to put it in stores; that's not the case. April 24th is a valid date as that is when available watches will go into the hands of customers. People who go into the store will be able to order their watch just like everyone else. Why on earth should someone be able to walk in and get a watch when there are people who already ordered it waiting at home?
Let's say your local pizza place only took phone orders, you called and ordered a large pepperoni and went to get it. You get there and the pizza guy says it isn't ready yet. Someone else walks in and says they want to place an order. He orders a large pepperoni and the pizza guy says okay, I have one coming out of the oven now and hands him the pizza that was presumably yours. How would that make you feel?
There were a lot of very angry customers during the iPhone launch that were really pissed off when phones became available in stores before they received their preordered model. This system prevents that from happening. You want to go into the store and get the watch? Great, try it on, place your order, and be put in line like everyone else. If you really want to, you can wait until there is enough inventory for them to be stocked in the store. The idea that people going into the store are somehow better than everyone else and should get to circumvent the queue is asinine.
I think we're losing sight of the fact that they know what they're doing and we don't know all of the information. I'm sure there's a very logical reasons behind all of this and it isn't "Angela sucks at her job."
Wasn't the rumor that they were getting 30% yield rates? Perhaps that's the issue and they decided they had to launch anyway and stick to the schedule.
I really don't care that they won't have any in store, I like preordering online. I do agree with people that it was dumb not to have the hands-on BEFORE the damn preorders though. Like Tim Cook said, they're giving us worse case scenario ship dates and likely Watches will be flowing to customers far earlier than they are expected.
It sucks, but if the factories can't get them right, there's not a lot to be done about it (and I'm quite sure they're doing everything they can to fix it.)
I mainly just want to commend Andrew on how well he crafted his email. He wrote his email intelligently and professionally, and actually placed a lot of thought into his diction and syntax rather than slapping together words as an angry or confused customer.
Here are my thoughts. Apple produced X amount of this product. People preordered. Great. You get an estimate saying when your watch will ship. Here's the messed up part. Half of you are complaining and saying there should be stock on the 24th for sale. The other half want your watch shipped before people are allowed to buy on the 24th. What the $@/& are they supposed to do??? You all are completely inconsistent in your want. To me, the most logical thing, is to keep the 24th but have that date as the first day someone can come in and order for in store pickup (but after the preorders ship). That way the 24th is still relevant, but people who preorder still get priority. Yeah, nothing to actually buy on the 24th, but too bad. It would be unfair to sell something to a guy in line on the 24th when people potentially have to wait longer for shipment. However, it's just a watch. We've waited this long, a month or two isn't bad. This launch isn't bad at all, it's actually waaaaay better than iPhone launches. No crazy lines, just online orders and try ons for people to pick out a good one. I don't see how this could get any simpler. If you ordered without trying on first, and you complain, that's your own fault. It's worth repeating, this is my favorite launch to date.
We don't know that it will always be this way going forward. Plus what are people standing in line for besides iPhones these days? I think this whole idea of standing in line is passé and just opens Apple up to mocking (like Samsung did with some of their ads). Might as well let Apple kill it before it dies out on its own.
So ordering something online equates to bad customer service? In what universe? As far as I'm concerned having to stand in line is worst customer service. But then I'm not into the whole camping out in front of an Apple store "experience". Got better things to do with my time.
So ordering something online equates to bad customer service? In what universe? As far as I'm concerned having to stand in line is worst customer service. But then I'm not into the whole camping out in front of an Apple store "experience". Got better things to do with my time.
Being sold out of a product isn't bad press or bad customer service. Why do you think you are entitled to a watch before everyone else that has already ordered one?
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Love them or hate them those lines have generated so much positive free publicity for Apple over the past few years. They are the main reason the iPhone has done so well IMO.
That should be up to the people if they want to have it arrive at home or wait in line at the store on launch day. Ordering from home is easy while waiting in lines is not.
And yes its the same thing with phones. You create two sales pipelines and the people ordering at home may or may not wait longer than someone who sits in a line all night or for a couple of hours. Everyone else did the same with the iPhone 6. The AT&T store was packed and a few people came in pissed off people were buying them in the store while their pre-order was going to take a month. They can go F off because they chose the easy route of ordering at home while others tried for a change to get one by waiting in line. Just because you order at home doesn't mean all in person retail sales should end, and the buying experience gets turned into something no more glamorous than ordering TP off Amazon.
I don't think they had a bad model and that model has worked well for a long time. Theres a risk ordering online may take longer than waiting in line to get your hands on the product which is eased by being a much easier purchase.
Tim Cook's judgement is seriously questionable and that he is no Steve Jobs is obvious, but picking a Burberry coat and scarf seller to strategize Apple retail is insane (and not the "insane" as in "...ly great.")
Last quarter Apple sold 74M iPhones. I don't need to see people standing outside an Apple store on the news to know Apple and iPhone are popular anymore. To me the lines just reinforce this incorrect negative stereotype that Apple customers are like a cult or just a bunch of "iSheep" kool-aid drinkers lining up to get the newest iGadget. And these days the lines are full of scalpers and resellers more than anyone else.
Do you have problems with all women, or just strong, competent, successful ones?
Exactly. Only a bat***** insane histrionic like Angela Arhendt would come up with this bizarre set-up. And only an uninspired poseur who relies on his "victim" status like Cook would appoint her in charge of Apple's precious reputation.
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Moonbat Angela Arhendts knew nothing of Apple culture, history or reputation other than what she might have read in Cosmo, which ain't a lot, I imagine. Putting her in charge of this campaign is freakishly bizarre.
I bought AAPL at 20 in '00, so I like my hunches. Time to sell.
Ship those 4/24-5/8 orders out on 5/8 and use the early stock for retail store sales.