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How do we penalized apple for this ********
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Seriously, this can't be up voted enough.
I woke up in the middle of the night to preorder too. Not getting mine until June. You can wait a couple days.
The fact that Apple had to use these large shipping windows is a major part of the problem and most of you are using them as a defense of their behavior. I, like most, woke myself up in the middle of the night, a work night, and was ready to place my order the second the preorder started. I was not even thinking about the possibility that a billion dollar computer company mind have a non functioning website. So my order went in at :05, a full 4 minutes of constantly refreshing a website that was never going to take my order.
The other make flaw with this release was the clear disconnect with the people that would be the target consumers. The average person with the means to spend this type of money on a tech wearable works in a professional environment, wearing a suit or at least a dress shirt, meaning 95% off their available stock should have been the watch bands that will look decent in that type of environment. But it appears that what Apple has focused on stocking was watches with bright ass green bands and bright ass blue bands. It just shows how cut off from reality they really are.
The other make flaw with this release was the clear disconnect with the people that would be the target consumers. The average person with the means to spend this type of money on a tech wearable works in a professional environment, wearing a suit or at least a dress shirt, meaning 95% off their available stock should have been the watch bands that will look decent in that type of environment. But it appears that what Apple has focused on stocking was watches with bright ass green bands and bright ass blue bands. It just shows how cut off from reality they really are.
Vote with your wallet and stop buying Apple products. Wait, you probably can't do that since you're on this forum. The truth is if you care enough to make a post like this -- they own you! So just wait for your watch and stop whining, please?
Seriously, I say this as an impatient person with major anxiety issues -- it's not the end of the world! They're doing their best. This is the most complicated launch in the history of Apple.
Seriously, I say this as an impatient person with major anxiety issues -- it's not the end of the world! They're doing their best. This is the most complicated launch in the history of Apple.
It is amazing that so many people are willing to show up and certify themselves as helpless wussies without a shred of embarrassment or dignity.
Everyone realizes this guy is 14, max, correct?
FTW, hopefully you recognize that even if Apple did wrong you, which they did not, nothing you could do with your silly little watch would affect them. By not canceling your order, you're counted in the pre-orders and inch my stock price up-- thanks!
You also do realize that Apple is a company of thousands, not a living organism, correct? If you've worked in the corporate world, you know full well that absolutely no one will lose sleep because you didn't get your watch... and that's the way it should be. This is a watch, nothing more.
Be grateful you can get so angry over a toy. Most in this world don't have it so good.
Seriously man, count your blessings.
FTW, hopefully you recognize that even if Apple did wrong you, which they did not, nothing you could do with your silly little watch would affect them. By not canceling your order, you're counted in the pre-orders and inch my stock price up-- thanks!
You also do realize that Apple is a company of thousands, not a living organism, correct? If you've worked in the corporate world, you know full well that absolutely no one will lose sleep because you didn't get your watch... and that's the way it should be. This is a watch, nothing more.
Be grateful you can get so angry over a toy. Most in this world don't have it so good.
Seriously man, count your blessings.
You must not live in South Florida. Those crazy color bands will be rocked with any suit you can think of here. Th brighter, the better!! Lol
You aren't getting yours tomorrow because you picked the wrong watch combo.
You didn't know what combos would have the most demand though it was clear that the Space 42mm would be the most.
What was not clear was the leather and SS options being in such small supply.
So you should have ordered a Blue 38mm sport... then it would be here tomorrow... but you would hate it
You didn't know what combos would have the most demand though it was clear that the Space 42mm would be the most.
What was not clear was the leather and SS options being in such small supply.
So you should have ordered a Blue 38mm sport... then it would be here tomorrow... but you would hate it
Lighten up a bit. I'm sure Apple isn't doing this intentionally. That's why they gave vague windows instead of hard dates 2 weeks ago. If production issues subsided for one model initially in the 4-6 week window, do you really want them to hold those shipments back until everyone in the 4/24-5/8 window gets theirs? That would actually be worse customer service.
I'm in the June window for a Mother's Day gift, so I'm waiting it out, too.
You don't. They are the largest company in the world and whole there are others in the space imho their products don't match my needs. The only possibility is that this becomes a pattern with AAPL and then in the long run it might hurt them. As an example the other day I was at the Apple Store in Chicago, I tried the new MacBook and was willing to buy one as an impulse buy. However since it is essentially unobtainable at the moment I couldn't. I got home and continued using my 2011 MacBook Pro and was satisfied and any urge I had to drop over a grand on a new product I didn't need faded away. If that happens enough then and only then will Apple take notice.
Honestly if your getting your watch Friday refrain from posting. OP I feel your pain it is a big let down.
I've put a note in to the mods. The amount of inflammatory behavior that has taken place in this forum in recent days is staggering. I hope they can clean the overall tone up before even more damage is done.
Don't get me wrong, it's totally ok for people to be dissatisfied and discuss ways that Apple could make their products or services better, but out of control behavior is not warranted or productive for the overall health of the MacRumors forums.
Don't get me wrong, it's totally ok for people to be dissatisfied and discuss ways that Apple could make their products or services better, but out of control behavior is not warranted or productive for the overall health of the MacRumors forums.
The stainless steel with classic band is probably the most "professional" looking model and it sold out the last. I ordered mine at 2:00 PDT and it is coming tomorrow. Many Milanese Loop models are shipping tomorrow, too. So I'd say they accommodated us professionals just fine.
As for Apple's order site, have you ever ordered an iPhone at launch? The site goes down all the time. The website for the iPhone 6 preorder was down for 45 minutes. They didn't even offer a preorder for the iPhone 5s and the online site still crashed, and gold models sold out in minutes.
This time the ordering process on the Apple Store app was smooth as glass.
Not necessarily, I know people who make over $200k and wear jeans to work every day (and this is on the east coast). On the west coast, casual clothing is even more common among the well paid. Plus I know tons of execs who wear fitbits with their suits and sure they are mostly black, you'll see some of the blueish ones but that is all fitbit offers.
Did you get an email or promise it would arrive solely on the 24th? Didn't think so ...
Apple is well aware of this, and that's why conspiracy theories about how Apple "screws customers" by withholding supply to artificially create the perception of demand are bunk. Quanta made both the Watch and the MacBook and apparently had massive QC issues with both, requiring Apple to bring in Foxconn at the last minute. My guess is that they will rethink their supplier choices in the future, or at least do whatever they can to make sure that future releases go off much more smoothly.
But once again we are talking about average people, the sg sport should have been over stocked.
I always I order my new iPhone via AT&T website for that very reason. This was, sadly, not an option for the watch.
I've used the Apple Store app for the last few launches. It has never had the same crashing issues as the web site.
In any case, if Apple had overstocked on the Space Gray sport some other popular model would be in short supply and people would be complaining about that. The difference this time is that there are so many combinations and Apple could only guess at the relative popularity. There is no such thing as a "regular" customer. Nilay Patek at the Verge thought the Milanese Loop looked "ridiculous." A lot of us think it looks quite nice. I would never wear the bright green sport band, but lots of people here say they ordered or will order one.
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