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How many Apple Watch bands do you own? OEM only.

  • One band only.

    Votes: 436 16.5%
  • 2/4

    Votes: 965 36.5%
  • 5/8

    Votes: 525 19.8%
  • 9/12

    Votes: 178 6.7%
  • 12/15

    Votes: 105 4.0%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 77 2.9%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 221 8.4%
  • more than 50

    Votes: 67 2.5%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 31 1.2%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 24 0.9%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 300

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 400

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 500

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 600

    Votes: 8 0.3%

  • Total voters
    2,646
Today’s band - Pure Platinum / Black.
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Grr what is up with the Plum sport band on Apple’s site? For days it’s been saying delivery won’t be til Feb and now it just says unavailable. :mad: Not in stock at any stores near me either. Every other color I can have delivered tomorrow but the one I want... :rolleyes:
 
Grr what is up with the Plum sport band on Apple’s site? For days it’s been saying delivery won’t be til Feb and now it just says unavailable. :mad: Not in stock at any stores near me either. Every other color I can have delivered tomorrow but the one I want... :rolleyes:
Often they sell out of current season colours and when they’re gone, they’re gone. If it went from delivers Feb to now totally unavailable, it could be gone for good! Fingers crossed for you a brief restock happens before the spring bands are released.
 
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Often they sell out of current season colours and when they’re gone, they’re gone. If it went from delivers Feb to now totally unavailable, it could be gone for good! Fingers crossed for you a brief restock happens before the spring bands are released.
Except every series 5 band was restocked in August and hopefully this is just a holiday/Fall20 SKU insanity crunch and Plum will probably be back in the new year when they catch up on Braided and Leather Link demand.

Lavender Sport Band:
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Except every series 5 band was restocked in August and hopefully this is just a holiday/Fall20 SKU insanity crunch and Plum will probably be back in the new year when they catch up on Braided and Leather Link demand.

Lavender Sport Band:
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Oh cool, I didn’t know they did that. I always thought once they were gone they were gone (with certain colours at least). Good to know mass restocks happen too!
 
Oh cool, I didn’t know they did that. I always thought once they were gone they were gone (with certain colours at least). Good to know mass restocks happen too!
Yes they really changed the game with the August restock. “When it’s gone it’s gone” used to be sound counsel.

@mikedop just thinks it was weird covid store closure effects but I maintain that it’s an intentional strategic shift to improve the customer experience when you’re browsing colors in the store app.

Perhaps it used to be “seasonal drops with limited stock to create scarcity buzz like the fashion industry” and now it’s “Tim aka Supply Chain Godhead just e-mailed me asking why we’re showing Unavailable on 70% of our bands”
 
Except every series 5 band was restocked in August and hopefully this is just a holiday/Fall20 SKU insanity crunch and Plum will probably be back in the new year when they catch up on Braided and Leather Link demand.

Lavender Sport Band:
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Oh cool, I didn’t know they did that. I always thought once they were gone they were gone (with certain colours at least). Good to know mass restocks happen too!
Keep in mind that things were weird this year with COVID. Many Apple stores in the US simply stopped having customers on and off since March. The restock of old season colors this year may have just been Apple repurposing retail stock to try and get it sold online. Not sure you can count on that again this year. But, it is still COVID times, so anything is possible.

If Plum comes back into stock, probably best to jump on it!
 
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My pride band was supposed to be delivered today... the tracking said that it was delivered to my mailbox. But it is not in the box. I went door to door down my street looking for it and I have not found it yet. This is the second time that one of my packages has disappeared. I hope it shows up tomorrow.
 
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