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SF Apple store has 2.5s
The San Francisco Apple store called me about 15 min. ago. I had been on a waiting list for a G5 2.5. I was informed they received stock today. How many and who's on the waiting list besides me, I don't know.
I drove all the way to Walnut Creek last night and got one there. Could have saved some gas and basked in the ambiance of the SF store which puts the others to shame. Oh well, I don't have a crystal ball.
Hope this helps someone out there.
The San Francisco Apple store called me about 15 min. ago. I had been on a waiting list for a G5 2.5. I was informed they received stock today. How many and who's on the waiting list besides me, I don't know.
I drove all the way to Walnut Creek last night and got one there. Could have saved some gas and basked in the ambiance of the SF store which puts the others to shame. Oh well, I don't have a crystal ball.
Hope this helps someone out there.
What if MacMall made a mistake and shipped RogerB a 2.0 GHZ G5? Then nobody is lying.
Hmm.. SF store has 2.5s. I'm in SF. Should I pay $350+ extra and buy it in the store, or should I wait awhile and get it at discount?
The problem is I have no idea when CDW/MacWherehouse is actually going to ship. I was told they *think* end of august. I could get it 2-2 weeks earlier for $350.. Ohhh agonizing decisions.
Hmm.. SF store has 2.5s. I'm in SF. Should I pay $350+ extra and buy it in the store, or should I wait awhile and get it at discount?
The problem is I have no idea when CDW/MacWherehouse is actually going to ship. I was told they *think* end of august. I could get it 2-2 weeks earlier for $350.. Ohhh agonizing decisions.
Sneeper said:
My worst nightmare!!!
I will be opening that puppy up as soon as I yank it out of the driver's hands.
-Roger
RogerB said:
Honestly, i don't care who's lying and whose telling the truth. As long as my 2.5 ships out on friday i'll be happy
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grebo said:I spoke with two people at the Online store today in the UK and the first hinted I might get mine before the estimated date of the 31st of August -- but the second rep said there is no way they are getting any 6800 cards in machines and out the door before the 31st of August.
Problem being I'm going on holiday on the 31st
I am tempted to cancel right at the last minute. That'll show 'em!
If your timing isn't just right the joke could be on you. Then again your could have your G5 while on holiday, it couldn't be any better.
DWKlink said:Honestly, i don't care who's lying and whose telling the truth. As long as my 2.5 ships out on friday i'll be happy
Agreed!
Sneeper said:
Just called the SF store and they are sold out. He said to call in the morning around 10am.
Sneeper said:
Hell, Apple can't even keep them in stock at resellers! Probably just an empty box!
Kneecap said:
While you are on the phone the 2.5's could sell out again. The best advice would be to show up at the store. It just makes sense that they will sell to someone that is in store. When the 1.8 arrived a customer talked to a staff person and another went directly to the back and he purchased the remaining 1.8.
Should make some folks grin...
Well, until this AM I was a switcher "in-progress" ... I had originally planned on picking up a DP 2.5 at a retail store, then pulled the trigger on an online order on 8/12. I have read every message on this thread and I slowly came to the realization that my 9/21 delivery date may well slip well into October. So, this AM, while in the process of driving home from vacation I played a hunch and called an Apple Store in the next city on I-95 (Richmond, VA) ..turns out they had taken delivery of their first 2 Dual 2.5s only 1/2 hour before my call. I'm now the proud owner of one of them and a 23" monitor (plus Apple Care). Thanks to all for the informative thread and hang in there! Best regards from a new switcher, JT
Well, until this AM I was a switcher "in-progress" ... I had originally planned on picking up a DP 2.5 at a retail store, then pulled the trigger on an online order on 8/12. I have read every message on this thread and I slowly came to the realization that my 9/21 delivery date may well slip well into October. So, this AM, while in the process of driving home from vacation I played a hunch and called an Apple Store in the next city on I-95 (Richmond, VA) ..turns out they had taken delivery of their first 2 Dual 2.5s only 1/2 hour before my call. I'm now the proud owner of one of them and a 23" monitor (plus Apple Care). Thanks to all for the informative thread and hang in there! Best regards from a new switcher, JT
just got a 2.5 from austin apple store
i've been following this thread since the beginning....ordered a 2.5 with bluetooth and 6800 card 7.7.04 and got a "on or before 8.31.04 date". i read this morning how a couple of apple stores have received some units with people just walking in and getting one. so, i decided to call the austin store and the guy said "in a couple of weeks". i left my info just in case they came in any sooner and guess who calls an hour later saying they received 2 units......SSSCCRRREEEECCHHHHH (the sound of my tires on my driveway...). well, i got a stock unit and am about to fire it up...can't believe it. hope it's a good one. i'll let you guys know....
D2
i've been following this thread since the beginning....ordered a 2.5 with bluetooth and 6800 card 7.7.04 and got a "on or before 8.31.04 date". i read this morning how a couple of apple stores have received some units with people just walking in and getting one. so, i decided to call the austin store and the guy said "in a couple of weeks". i left my info just in case they came in any sooner and guess who calls an hour later saying they received 2 units......SSSCCRRREEEECCHHHHH (the sound of my tires on my driveway...). well, i got a stock unit and am about to fire it up...can't believe it. hope it's a good one. i'll let you guys know....
D2
D2. said:
My girlfriend just got hers today at the Dallas store and they only got in three of them. Houston got in only two a couple of weeks ago and it looks like Austin only received two as well, so while they are starting to show up at Apple Stores, it appears that they're only coming in literally less than a handful at a time.
Harumph
I've since received notification that my order is not expected to ship until the 3rd of September. Whilst this is only a three-day slip, I find it disturbing and inexcusable. I shall be cancelling my order tomorrow.
Besides with all the problems I've been hearing on this thread, I think I'd rather wait until they've got their stuff together.
wdlove said:
I've since received notification that my order is not expected to ship until the 3rd of September. Whilst this is only a three-day slip, I find it disturbing and inexcusable. I shall be cancelling my order tomorrow.
Besides with all the problems I've been hearing on this thread, I think I'd rather wait until they've got their stuff together.
Kneecap said:
If they get *restocked* before my G5 ships, then I'll be annoyed. It's understandable that a store would get their orders in before me and thus have it before me, but for them to get their orders in, then sell out, and then get restocked before me.. No. NO! Unacceptable. STEVE, I AM COMING FOR YOU!
Sneeper said:
LMAO!
Sorry, I guess I must be delerious - I have never followed a thread for so long, that wasted so much of my time and energy waiting for a bloody computer to arrive!! - but I found that funny...it spoke to my inner child.....Muahhahhahahaha!!!
Now, chant with me:
where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...where's my mac stevie.?...
..No, NO StEvE, i'M a'ComINg tO gEt yoU nOw!.....No, NO StEvE, i'M a'ComINg tO gEt yoU nOw!.....No, NO StEvE, i'M a'ComINg tO gEt yoU nOw!.....No, NO StEvE, i'M a'ComINg tO gEt yoU nOw!.....No, NO StEvE, i'M a'ComINg tO gEt yoU nOw!.....No, NO StEvE, i'M a'ComINg tO gEt yoU nOw!.....No, NO StEvE, i'M a'ComINg tO gEt yoU nOw!.....No, NO StEvE, i'M a'ComINg tO gEt yoU nOw!.....No, NO StEvE, i'M a'ComINg tO gEt yoU nOw!...
Wait!! - there's a white van outside now!? - can't see a fedEx logo though...!?...
Hello!?.. what's that you ARE FROM FEDEX!?...eh... wassat? FED..eral Marshalls!!?...hang on...is this..a...joke?...but this isn't America!!..?...hey you don't need to put me in tha... but the arms are way too long!!!??! ...muffle...muffuffule..muffulle!!...________________
Wait!! - there's a white van outside now!? - can't see a fedEx logo though...!?...
Hello!?.. what's that you ARE FROM FEDEX!?...eh... wassat? FED..eral Marshalls!!?...hang on...is this..a...joke?...but this isn't America!!..?...hey you don't need to put me in tha... but the arms are way too long!!!??! ...muffle...muffuffule..muffulle!!...________________
Confirmation please
Did the unit you screeched out of your driveway for have a 6800 card in it? That seems to be the missing piece of the puzzle for the rest of us on the chart at http://powermacs.plasticated.com/
D2. said:
Did the unit you screeched out of your driveway for have a 6800 card in it? That seems to be the missing piece of the puzzle for the rest of us on the chart at http://powermacs.plasticated.com/
Tekserve
Many thanks to this list. As a result of the heads-up I got from you, I called my reseller, Tekserve, and they admitted they screwed up and I somehow slipped from their list ( 6/28-stock order, paid in full and charged to my card ) They messengered my G5 this afternoon, and I am putting it in my car tonight, unopened, to take it to its setup location.
S0...
Ordered from a reseller on 6/28; should have gotten delivery by 7/15 ( the date they sold it " on the floor "; actually received 8/18. I'll take that Scotch now.
Many thanks to this list. As a result of the heads-up I got from you, I called my reseller, Tekserve, and they admitted they screwed up and I somehow slipped from their list ( 6/28-stock order, paid in full and charged to my card ) They messengered my G5 this afternoon, and I am putting it in my car tonight, unopened, to take it to its setup location.
S0...
Ordered from a reseller on 6/28; should have gotten delivery by 7/15 ( the date they sold it " on the floor "; actually received 8/18. I'll take that Scotch now.
UK - Just ordered 2.5 with bluetooth/keyboardmouse, and 6800, with 23 inch display.
Hopefully i'll get it early october <my words not resellers!>.
What do u reckon? optimistic or not?
This is my first actualy powerful mac, to compliment the 1ghz powerbook sat on my desk, with VERY small screen. <i think it's shrinking actually>
Hopefully i'll get it early october <my words not resellers!>.
What do u reckon? optimistic or not?
This is my first actualy powerful mac, to compliment the 1ghz powerbook sat on my desk, with VERY small screen. <i think it's shrinking actually>
I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!
First, I want to thank all of you for helping me get through this very tough ordeal, it was very nice to know that I wasn't the only one. I think that this board has gotten more time than my girlfriend in the past month or so. Anyways this morning I proceeded to call the Apple stores at 9:00am to see if any had arrived and after being told that they wouldn't get them till the end of the month I almost gave up. Then I heard that the Santa Clara store got 5 in and figured if they had 5, San Francisco has to have some, so I went to the store and stood there till they brought one up. It is amazing how no one in the stores know what they have. Had I not told them I was positive they had one and forced them to go and look I stil lwould be waiting. Well I now have her and must say, so far so good. The coolness is amazing it is cooler than my Air Conditioner. I will upodate more once I really get it up and going.
First, I want to thank all of you for helping me get through this very tough ordeal, it was very nice to know that I wasn't the only one. I think that this board has gotten more time than my girlfriend in the past month or so. Anyways this morning I proceeded to call the Apple stores at 9:00am to see if any had arrived and after being told that they wouldn't get them till the end of the month I almost gave up. Then I heard that the Santa Clara store got 5 in and figured if they had 5, San Francisco has to have some, so I went to the store and stood there till they brought one up. It is amazing how no one in the stores know what they have. Had I not told them I was positive they had one and forced them to go and look I stil lwould be waiting. Well I now have her and must say, so far so good. The coolness is amazing it is cooler than my Air Conditioner. I will upodate more once I really get it up and going.
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