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Massive Stainless Steel Unavailability
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Lucky! Looks like Apple delegated them to the US only this afternoon. No such luck here in the Great White North. Maybe tomorrow?
Space Black 40mm models were available at three Apple Stores here in AZ today. I was notified by iStocknow and am on my way to pick one up later today.
Same exact situation as me. Then I went to the Apple Store and they had them in stock, even though they showed unavailable online. Sweet deal for me! Cancelled the online order.
LOL - So 1 hour ago there were 2x SB 44mm available at different locations. Now there are none. Rush hour ftw
Was checking every minute. Suddenly this afternoon most Chicago area stores got stock. Scored a 40mm SS and a 44 mm SBSS. Canceled my oct 5-12 online order.
Received my black stainless 44 yesterday. Ordering my gold stainless 44 tonight. Delivery precdiction is October 11-15th. I did notice the stainless models were primarily immediately Delayed this year when preordering for most, however, keep in mind, Apple tends to under promise and over deliver for those are still waiting for their deliveries.
I was able to score a 44 SS w/ white band at my local store by checking at 8am in the Apple Store app. Was so shocked. Was running late to drop kids off at school...said “we’ve got to stop for a min” while I finished the transaction.
Oddly enough, after watching iStock for a few days and only seeing aluminum available at the five local Apple stores, one popped up with 3-4 SS late this afternoon. Including two SBSS. Ordered and picking up shortly. Little surprising since it was one of the smaller Apple Stores in Minnesota.
Lol..Interesting how (some of) these employees act!
A short story. As I was shopping for an engagement ring, I happened to like one at Jared..it was pricey ( certified and all ) but def caught my eye, so I asked one of the sales guy if I could see it.. Right off the bat, I got the ‘ you cant afford this ‘ look ( was in my 20s and walked in wearing shorts and a baseball cap..so clearly pre-judged ) and then two people kept watching me like a hawk as if I was about to bolt with the ring!
A few minutes later, I thanked them, and as I was walking out..I could hear the two guys comment something about me wasting their precious idle time ( it was a Tuesday afternoon, with nearly no other customer there ). A few days later, I came in to pick up the same ring, and the guy recognized me ( I intentionally wore the exact same attire ) and the look on his face was priceless as he brought the ring out.. I had purchased it online with store pickup. He earned zero commission for that sale, only because of his attitude.
Picked up two yesterday. Most of the local stores had black and silver SS available.
Istock sucks. Check apple’s website directly.
I’ve seen every SS configuration available in my area except for the one I want - 44mm Silver SS with the white band. There were 2 40mm watches just up the road from me for hours today, and I almost tricked myself into going to get one 
I noticed stainless steel in my local store, but only SS SB Milanese Loop. Looking for either SS silver or SS Gold with sport band.
After seeing the 40mm in person, I realize it'll be 44mm or nothing for me.
After seeing the 40mm in person, I realize it'll be 44mm or nothing for me.
I was able to get a SBSS 44mm with the sport band today by getting an alert from istocknow at around 8:10am Eastern time this morning. Last night showed no stock in the entire US. So I’m assuming they update their stock early each morning. Check and purchase with the pickup in store option. Good luck.
With all these stories I'm surprised I was able to walk in around 6:30pm on release day and pick up a gold SS 44mm. I was the only SS color they had in stock
Sign up on iStockNow for notifications. I did that and got my husband a SS Silver with White sport band yesterday.
Filtered for stainless gold and space black after stock was updated a short while ago
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That’s why you need notifications. Stores get small shipments during the day.
Filtered for stainless gold and space black after stock was updated a short while ago
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Yeah, I’ve noticed the same. I want a 44mm GSS. There was one at a store here in Atlanta over the weekend – but I was still on the fence and it got taken. Since then, I’ve been stalking both iStocknow and the Apple app and it doesn’t appear that any stores in Georgia have received any 44mm stainless in any color since Sunday – save for 44mm silver SS at one location, and that was an odd situation because I clicked on the link the instant I got the Istocknow notification and Apple’s site said there was none available. So either there was only one or a few and they got taken within 10 second of the notification, or Istocknow glitched out.
Surrounding states (Alabama, North Carolina) have gotten a few, but no love for Georgia at all this week.
(Edit to clarify - "it doesn’t appear that any stores in Georgia have received any 44mm stainless in any color since Sunday" - actually I now recall there several stores received Space Black SS one day earlier in the week. But no 44mm silver or gold.)
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