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Apple Watch Sold Out in Less Than 6 Hours as Shipping Times Slip on All Models

I didn't miss the point ....

But I guess I just get a bit irritated by the "financially wiser than thou" mentality of the people who keep bragging that they buy everything with cash, and pat themselves on the backs for saving up for everything in full before buying.

I saw the same thing when T-Mobile started running the promotion to buy a device through them and make regular installment payments added on to your cellular bill, with 0% interest. People on MacRumors were whining about it! Why?! If you're going to buy a phone or tablet anyway and you're satisfied with the value proposition T-Mobile offers with their service plans - you may as well buy it through them and take advantage of the "no penalty" way to pay for it over time. Then your cash is freed up for other uses throughout the year.

Besides, I've made purchases with credit before where I had to pay interest. It made much more sense than not having the item for many months while I tried to save up for it in full, and not getting the benefit of using it for that entire time. (EG. First Mac Pro purchase I ever made, for a 2006 model. I actually took out a loan from Prosper.com on that one. Great decision, even though the loan had a high interest rate. I got it paid off in about 5-6 months, and was able to do a number of projects with the machine during that time that earned an income.)


TechZeke said:
There's always exceptions to the rule, so way to miss the point of my post. Also you're lying to yourself if you think the vast majority of the population pays off their credit card each month or takes advantage of 0% interest offers. If that wasn't the case, the credit card companies wouldn't be making billions. More power to you and those that take advantage though.
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s1m said:
And the iPad of course. Just looking at the average cycles:

iPad Air 331 days
iPad mini 362 days
iPhone 376 Days
iPod touch 292
Macbook Air 350 days
rMacbook Pro 250 days
iMac 342
Mac Mini 438
Macbook Pro 260 (although not updated for a very long time)
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The Apple Watch needs to be compared to the AppleTV and not an iPad or phone. A watch isn't a product you buy every year. 2-3 cycles make more sense.
 
hoits2000 said:
The Apple Watch needs to be compared to the AppleTV and not an iPad or phone. A watch isn't a product you buy every year. 2-3 cycles make more sense.
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I wonder if next year we will see the Watch announced alongside the iPhone.
 
hoits2000 said:
The Apple Watch needs to be compared to the AppleTV and not an iPad or phone. A watch isn't a product you buy every year. 2-3 cycles make more sense.
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And I don't think a $1000 watch is something that you buy every 3 years either. And for $10K, it should last a lifetime.
 
UAV said:
don't know what stock market your watching. but mine shows>>AAPL -0.20%126.85:eek:
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Funny thing about the stock market, the prices are constantly changing while trading is going on. Weird, huh? And 25 cents down out of $126.85 isn't anyone's idea of tanking. It's the normal daily fluctuation of AAPL

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AppleScruff1 said:
And I don't think a $1000 watch is something that you buy every 3 years either. And for $10K, it should last a lifetime.
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Well, hopefully Apple is kind and one would only have to swap out the watch face and put the band on the new one, assuming the band is still nice. One of the reasons to buy a metal band.
 
samcraig said:
Those posts are coming I assure you.



Well it brings up the issue of SKUs, etc. Did Apple correctly allot the right # of units per SKU for launch. As interesting to how many sold will be the division.
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Considering they are ALL sold. The answer is yes from every angle...
 
Everyone might want to check their shipping status

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LordVic said:
They're importing the "Space Black" directly from space. Just waiting now on NASA's approval..

obviously
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It's time dilation / relativity. They're being manufactured close to a black hole, so a few hours manufacturing tends to stretch to a few years.
 
hoits2000 said:
The Apple Watch needs to be compared to the AppleTV and not an iPad or phone. A watch isn't a product you buy every year. 2-3 cycles make more sense.
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There will be new version every year. A millions will buy it because they "have" to have it. They have probably spent more on Marketing this Watch thy then probably have on the entire Mac line up over the past five years. Tim Cook has bet the family silver on it being a success. they will milk the new cow for all they can.

Although not created by Apple, they have done nothing but add to the way in which just throw things away for the latest and greatest. Which given there joy at promoting how "Green" and "Environmental" they are is rather funny.
 
G4DP said:
There will be new version every year. A millions will buy it because they "have" to have it. They have probably spent more on Marketing this Watch thy then probably have on the entire Mac line up over the past five years. Tim Cook has bet the family silver on it being a success. they will milk the new cow for all they can.



Although not created by Apple, they have done nothing but add to the way in which just throw things away for the latest and greatest. Which given there joy at promoting how "Green" and "Environmental" they are is rather funny.
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Completely off the topic of the thread, but I've always laughed at that too. Apple loves to tout how green they are, but at the same time make some of the most disposable, un-upgrade able gadgets on the planet. By design. Not very "green" in the big picture.
 
I was lucky to get my Apple Watch with sports watch delivery through with the delivery 4/24 - 5/8. Based on historical data what do you guys think apple will start the shipping process? 22nd? What happened with other product launches? Wouldn't be awesome if Apple surprised us and shipped before the 24th #
 
I posted a story last night about Apple pushing my delivery date back and wanted to reply to many disbelievers, but the thread was closed with the statement, "use the existing thread" with a link here. Not sure how the subject of this post relates to Apple changing my delivery date, but OK, I'll reply here.

I realize I'm a newby, but from other reactions, I'm not the first here to have a delivery date pushed back. I purchased at 2:04 AM CST on 4/10 and got 5/13 delivery which Apple changed 2 days ago to June. When I called they said I wasn't the only one and it was due to high demand.

Anyway, just wanted to let others who replied, know that I'm not a troll. I realize that newby's may seem like trolls, but that's also the reason many times people post for the first time is when something goes wrong!

Many of the replies were funny anyway.
 
People are buying this in bulk then reselling it on ebay for 3x the cost I'm guessing. That's why they sell out. This is a bad product, but Apple is simply the best at branding. :mad:
 
I'm not really a conspiracy theorist when it comes to these things, but I have witnessed first hand a fruity retail store 'complete sell out on launch day' that was not a sell out at all. In fact there hundreds of items left in the stock room!
 
Well done

I think the IWatch launch is excellent. I got up at 1:55am CDT to order mine. The site was down until almost 15min past the hour, but I got my order in. I can't wait to get it.

For those that have nothing nice to say about Apple and their products, keep it to yourself. If you were so smart, you'd have bought Apple stock (and MBP, and IPHONE, and IPADS etc) when I did, and you sure wouldn't be belly-aching today.

One more thing - Apple products are the best tech tools in the world if you are a small business or entrepreneur. My clients/colleagues that work for big business are completely dependent upon IT depts. We independents are completely empowered without relying on expensive IT geeks - because we don't need them. Apple Genius, and their Joint Venture services are the best in the world, and anyone that is paying attention to their own business - knows it.

:D
 
Davidchicago said:
I posted a story last night about Apple pushing my delivery date back and wanted to reply to many disbelievers, but the thread was closed with the statement, "use the existing thread" with a link here. Not sure how the subject of this post relates to Apple changing my delivery date, but OK, I'll reply here.

I realize I'm a newby, but from other reactions, I'm not the first here to have a delivery date pushed back. I purchased at 2:04 AM CST on 4/10 and got 5/13 delivery which Apple changed 2 days ago to June. When I called they said I wasn't the only one and it was due to high demand.

Anyway, just wanted to let others who replied, know that I'm not a troll. I realize that newby's may seem like trolls, but that's also the reason many times people post for the first time is when something goes wrong!

Many of the replies were funny anyway.
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I am curious to know which model they changed a shipping date on. This is the first post I have ever seen saying any dates changed to further out. (or actually in either direction)
 
Derekuda said:
I doubt they truly sold out. Its more likely Apple is holding back supply to create demand.
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Okay, this is Economics 101. You cannot "create demand" by holding back supply. You can create a shortage of product that will not satisfy the current demand level, but the demand curve and quantity demanded are independent from the supply curve and quantity supplied.
 
aapl1228 said:
Okay, this is Economics 101. You cannot "create demand" by holding back supply. You can create a shortage of product that will not satisfy the current demand level, but the demand curve and quantity demanded are independent from the supply curve and quantity supplied.
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Economics 101, yes. But Marketting 101 expands that mass Media Attention further increases demand.

in Thoery, if you have a 'hot' product, that is a peripheral product, and you need to increase demand even further, you can create a temporary scarcity, thus driving attention to the product. "Look how awesome this product must be if it managed to sell out instantly, holy crap I want one".

now. in reality, No, i do not believe this is what Apple has done. Do i think it's completely utterly sold out? no. but not intentionally held back stock. There was likely a limited amount available for online purchases while some stock has already been shipped out to other distribution methods. I don't think Apple would wilfully sit on any stock of something on launch day. Apple brand brings enough buyers without needing to resort to cheap marketing tactics.
 
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