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Why does nearly every store in the country have availability while there zero appointments available in oregon..

edit: they're available now, weird
 
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Why does nearly every store in the country have availability while there zero appointments available in oregon..

most likely the store you are checking doesnt have the training / staff / or equipment to do demos for whatever reason. I am in the situation where the store closest to me has zero appointments available, but the five neighboring stores all come up with what day I want etc.. so I got to believe my store just isnt doing them period.
 
Managed to get the first spot at a local store this coming Thursday. Excited to try it out. More excited to laugh at them when they ask if I want to buy one once the demo is over.

Trying to understand why you would take up other people's time just so that you can laugh at them? seems rude at best. Sure its okay if you are just curious to check it out knowing for whatever reason you aren't going to buy regardless, but in that case I wouldn't laugh at them, I probably would have informed them up front that was what I was doing, just checking it out with no intention of purchasing. Seems reasonable.
 
I wonder if Meta Quest sales will go up…

I know I looked at one online the other day after reading how great it was. still decided to go APV instead. I am comfortable with my apple account. Not so comfortable with having to make a Meta account for Zuck to mine. But I do think you are on to something, no doubt meta will see an uptick as the APV brings attention to the area in general.
 
Managed to get the first spot at a local store this coming Thursday. Excited to try it out. More excited to laugh at them when they ask if I want to buy one once the demo is over.
Won’t be funny when they have you locked in a room with 3 sales res until you buy.
 
Maybe their servers are getting hammered. I keep getting a Sorry, something went wrong. screen after entering my AppleID. Anyone else?
 
At least in Roseville, CA they have walk-in demos starting at 9am. Maybe around 15 people at the door with a mix of people picking up orders and waiting for a demo.
 
Maybe their servers are getting hammered. I keep getting a Sorry, something went wrong. screen after entering my AppleID. Anyone else?
I’m running into the same problem. I used my friend’s phone with a different appleID and I was able to book an appointment just fine. It was very weird.
 
I’m running into the same problem. I used my friend’s phone with a different appleID and I was able to book an appointment just fine. It was very weird.
Yeah… Maybe it’s residual from the iCloud outages earlier in the week (or was that last week)? Either way… Looking forward to demoing at some point.
 
Insane, there are so many appointments available for next week here in CA....wow...I donno what that means for the general interest in this product....

I think it means that it's limited -- as most interest in this space tends to be (pretty niche).
Of course, Apple charging through the roof for their offering is also a major factor. I'm sure a lot more folks would be intrigued at say "$1,500"
 
Weird(er). Earlier this morning, I kept running into the sorry, something went wrong message after inputting my AppleID. Couldn’t get any further. Just tried again, selected. Y store, time slot, hit Reserve and received the same Sorry… message. Getting closer?
 
No! These are specifically designed for AVP! I know, I'm shocked too.

What I mean is that they are just blown up iPad Apps and "optimized" for how you have to interact with things on AVP

Really none of them (or very few that I'm aware of) are actually AVP first/only, ground up, truly new experiences
 
Naturally now that all the spots have been taken up, the site loads. Thanks Apple. It Just Works™
 
Good to see more demo spots opening up. Wonder why Apple did not open it earlier.
 
Anyone know if you’ll be able to schedule a time to demo next weekend? Currently on Apple’s website, demo sign ups only go through Friday (2/9).
 
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