Massive Stainless Steel Unavailability

I agree. It's ridiculous. I wrote a macro script to check stock for sbss in Ontario constantly (i run it 24/7) and it doesn't look like they're restocking these. It became available at Eaton Centre (Toronto) for a few minutes just an hr ago and then all gone.

 

I’m not seeing any Aluminium availablitiy either.

Pretty sure they are directing most of their production to satisfy pre-orders but letting a few per day out to their stores to keep traffic walking in.

 

Have you checked in store? They don't list online unless they reach a certain quantity, but stores will still have stock.

 

Cool, just giving an option as my store yesterday had stock of all of them, but none listed online. Maybe they had just got a shipment. Picked one up for my wife.

 

Apple updates the store inventory every day at 8am local time. I was able to secure my 40mm SBSS by checking for inventory right at 8am on Sunday and nabbed the watch. I did have to drive from Seattle to Portland and back in order to pick it up though (6.5 hour round trip). I saved on the sales tax though.

I did note that iStock lagged a little compared to checking the Apple website like a freak. I saw inventory of the 44mm's show up right at 8am but iStock did not send me a notification until 30 minutes later at which point they were gone. Not the worst thing though as I did not want a 44mm anyway.

 

You are checking at the Apple Site, right? Not iStock? iStock is an aggregator so there will always be a delay relative to the Apple website or App. My local stores (4 total) have been pretty stock constrained though so you may just need to get lucky to snag it. I have a feeling that the inventory constraints will lessen over this week and we will start seeing wider availability next week.

 

looks like all the hermes SS configurations are available at Caesar's palace! lol!

 

right! I love the look of the bands... but the prices are RIDICULOUS!

 

I was able to pick up a Silver 44mm SS w/Sport Band from the Apple Store in Nebraska on launch day. They didn't list any stock online and I stopped just to check around 5pm and they had plenty - even asked me if I wanted more lol.

 

Actually, not that bad. I got my 44mm gold SS on Saturday at my local apple store. Keep checking iStockNow and you will find it eventually.

 

Go to the store anyway. That’s how I got mine on Saturday. Apple and istocknow were both showing nothing, yet they had them in-store for walk-ins.

 

I pre-ordered a GSS 44mm with Stone band. It came yesterday (9/24). I took a shot in the dark and opened up the apple store app on Saturday (9/22) and was able to buy the GSS 44 with stone band for pick up at my local Apple Store. I went in and bought it. When my pre-order came in yesterday, I picked it up at UPS and took it right to the Apple store and returned it (unopened), hopefully that was made available to a needing local customer (I'll bet an employee took it if it didn't have to go back to Apple).

They are out there. I'm in Long Island, NY.

 

There are a ton of Hermes at the stores near me as well.

While I think the prices are partly a reason why, I also suspect Apple is purposely stocking the Hermes models to tempt those looking for a SS, which are severely stock constrained. Until I lucked out on a SS 40, I was considering picking up one of the Hermes single tours.

 

I preordered a stainless steel gold 44mm from Verizon pretty late. I believe it was on the 18th. Was quoted 11/7 as the ship by date. Looks like I will be receiving it this Thursday.

 

They definitely have SS in stock at stores, regardless of what iStock says. Although when I looked at iStock a few days ago it did indeed say they had several SS available in various stores nearby. No SB though, from what I could note.

 

SB SS 44mm right now! Lucky bstars.

 

You sure about that? I checked yesterday and there were only 4 SB across the nation (40mm), and only 1 44mm SB, which was in Canada.

Edit: It looks like you're right, they must have gotten huge shipments in stock over the last couple days.