for those of you preordering the iphone 6 and 6+, you may recall that many people were able t ocall apple and get a free leather case for messing up the preorder process. if there are any issues tonight, you think apple will give out free bands?
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Free band à la free leather case for iphone 6 debacle
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looks like we are getting a free band. they really screwed up this time. i will be emailing them tongiht
That's right. OP, if you want any chance at a free band, you'd better hope your Watch arrives after May 8th.
For the people who are too stupid to figure it out themselves, no one's mad because they're not getting it launch day, they're mad because idiot cheaters placed orders for the same model after us and are somehow magically getting the watch before.
Apple's official line is that they're not extending any form of goodwill for the Apple Watch launch.
Trust me, I've been in touch with people inside of Apple Executive Customer Service - they would have given me a leather loop just to shut me up if they could have.
He deserves a free band because he feels entitled to one. Thats how this generation thinks.
cheaters?
idiots?
It's logistics, get over it. Show me proof that someone got the EXACT same model that you ordered, and had a later window, and are getting the watches before you.
Just because people in June are getting watches, doesn't mean they're getting them before your model, people in june and may getting shipping notifications are with watches that have an overabundance of stock. You can't say "Oh someone got a blue sport band watch before me but I ordered a stainless steel link and that's not fair"
There are different SKUs, some are short, some have a surplus. It's logistics., learn it.
From a logistical standpoint it doesn't matter if you ordered at 12:01PST or 12:30PST, if you ordered and got the same window, you are put into a batch, depending on where models are shipped, the 12:30PST could get it before the 12:01PST, this isn't apple's fault this is just how these things work. It would take you MUCH longer to get your watch if Apple implemented a system in which orders are put into batches but rather in a linear format with people arranged by time.
I order the SS BSB confirmed at 2:03cst and people that had 2:09 and 2:10 conformations for the exact same watch has already been shipped, if you would read up on some of the other threads you would know this instead of just assuming people are whining for no reason.
His reply to me made me so embarrassed for him I wasn't going to say anything, but you hit the nail on the head. There's been reports in the double digits of people ordering the 42mm SS BSB after me and yet somehow getting it before. Really wish some of these kids would actually do some research before running their mouths.
Are you trolling? How many times do we have to say it's not the ship date, it's the fact we're being skipped over in line before you children understand.
Did you read my thread? Your time doesn't count, all that counts is your window. This is how any logistical nightmare like the apple watch would be handled. If I have a watch in Florida, and there's a gentleman that ordered at 12:30 and was promised a window of 4/24-5/8, and then I have another guy in California who ordered at 12:02 and was promised the same window, I will not ship the watch out to California to get it to that guy faster.
It's all done in batches, and then as they are put into distribution centers, they are sent out per window, not per time ordered.
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Again, show me someone ordering your exact watch with a later window than you, getting it first.
Jesus christ this thread obviously didn't study any form of business administration, logistics or anything to do of the sort.
I'm sure you have a masters degree in whatever argument you're currently in. Internet kids are too funny.
No one ever said it was a line. Apple is fulfilling preorders in presumably the most efficient way possible, which doesn't necessarily mean first ordered/first delivered. If they get you your watch by May 8, they've done everything they said they would do.