Massive Stainless Steel Unavailability

[Dastrass]

Picked my 44mm SS up yesterday from Strormfront in Carlisle. Only waited a week from putting £100 deposit down. Very happy after upgrading from series 2.

 

[dstew201]

Anyone near the big easy??? New Orleans has the 44 SS in stock now!! (See what I did there!).

 

[PhillyGuy72]

Just snagged a 44mm SBSS with sport strap, expecting to receive on Friday (much sooner than the Oct 19-26 timeframe on my order from Apple). Great heads-up!

Did Target get you the Black SS on Friday?

 

[penajmz]

I have not seen a single GSS 44mm pop up anywhere. I give up. I placed an order last week which will arrive later this month or early November. I’m done checking every 20 minutes everywhere to see if something pops up.

 

[dstew201]

I have not seen a single GSS 44mm pop up anywhere. I give up. I placed an order last week which will arrive later this month or early November. I’m done checking every 20 minutes everywhere to see if something pops up.

Same here. But, I just realized GSS would clash with my Hermès bands, so I might be canceling my order and getting SS, but that will push my delivery well into November.

 

[Jumpie]

... and ATL is the only place with SBSS 44. 3rd party retailers it is.

Where in ATL?

 

[dstew201]

Where in ATL?

Atlanta, Georgia

 

[jsmitty]

Where in ATL?

It was just for a short while yesterday morning. I believe at Lenox.

 

[PhillyGuy72]

Anyone near the big easy??? New Orleans has the 44 SS in stock now!! (See what I did there!).

For the one grabbing this today, lucky!
That is the first time I have ever seen this.

 

[dstew201]

For the one grabbing this today, lucky!
That is the first time I have ever seen this.

This pains me!!! That’s the version I’m looking to grab!!!!!

Anyone in N’awlins wanna help me out!!!!??
I’ll buy, you ship to me!!!

 

[cwanja]

Let's all remember just how many countries these started shipping in within two weeks. That is likely contributing to the global supply shortage.

 

[christophermdia]

Someone grabbed the New Orleans one 15min ago I thought about making the 6 hour drive!

 

[dstew201]

I broke down an ordered the Hermès edition. I’ll be in the Chicago area tomorrow for work.

 

[thomyorke68]

I broke down an ordered the Hermès edition. I’ll be in the Chicago area tomorrow for work.

That's what Apple wants you to do lol Become impatient, give up and pay more for another model and you fell for it! Could've waited like the rest of us for a little while and got the one you really wanted

 

[Aluminum213]

Someone grabbed the New Orleans one 15min ago I thought about making the 6 hour drive!

Are you nuts? In a month every apple store will be stacked to the ceiling with them

 

[mcdj]

Are you nuts? In a month every apple store will be stacked to the ceiling with them

You're asking if someone is nuts on a forum dedicated to discussing the minutiae of a consumer electronics brand?

To 99% of the world, we're ALL nuts here.

 

[movieator]

You're asking if someone is nuts on a forum dedicated to discussing the minutiae of a consumer electronics brand?

To 99% of the world, we're ALL nuts here.

Accurate.

 

[WilliamG]

You're asking if someone is nuts on a forum dedicated to discussing the minutiae of a consumer electronics brand?

To 99% of the world, we're ALL nuts here.

More accurately 100% of the world. I think even we here recognize our insanity.

 

[rwilliams]

More accurately 100% of the world. I think even we here recognize our insanity.

We’re feverishly tracking the inventory of a smart watch. There’s something wrong with us

 

[dstew201]

That's what Apple wants you to do lol Become impatient, give up and pay more for another model and you fell for it! Could've waited like the rest of us for a little while and got the one you really wanted

You’re right!! I still have my gold SS on order, due to be delivered between 10/31 and 11/7, figure I give in to the impulse and then give myself a cool down period to think it through and cancel.

It did feel good knowing there was a SS waiting.

One less marker on the map

 

[nws0291]

I broke down an ordered the Hermès edition. I’ll be in the Chicago area tomorrow for work.

I did as well. I wanted one but wasn’t sure which strap. Lucky that one of the local stores had stock regularly for most of the Hermès models. Went with the 44mm fauve barenia deployment.

Last week I picked up a gold stainless 40mm for my wife. Our local store in Boca Raton had a few 40mm stainless in stock.

 

[jsmitty]

Just picked up open box GSS 44 w Milanese from Best Buy. Opened it up and checked it in store and barely looks touched.

 

[Kaloyan]

Just picked up open box GSS 44 w Milanese from Best Buy. Opened it up and checked it in store and barely looks touched.

How do you find those usually?

 

[jsmitty]

How do you find those usually?

They pop up pretty often and I got lucky there was one nearby. There’s one now

 

[davpel24]

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They pop up pretty often and I got lucky there was one nearby. There’s one now

I have that Open Box pop up all the time but it doesn’t tell what store it’s at.