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Pencil Ship dates?

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darkgremio

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Recently put an order through on Apple, so I have a spot in the shipping line. I am still trying to seek out one from an Apple Store physically or some other retail location. As for ordering online, are the ship times pretty accurate? From the past I know Apple has sometimes exaggerated expected ship times.
 
I don't think anyone really knows for certain. I haven't heard widespread reports of exaggerated ship times... for what it's worth, I ordered a computer from Apple's online store a few months ago and the ship time was accurate. One thing that may go in our favor with the Pencil ship times is the fact that a lot of people seem to be returning their iPad Pros. I'm assuming that a lot of people bought the device and then promptly went online to order the Pencil and/or keyboard cover; as people return their devices, they'll probably cancel their orders. For that reason, I wouldn't be surprised if the Pencils ship out a bit earlier.
 
Ledgem said:
I don't think anyone really knows for certain. I haven't heard widespread reports of exaggerated ship times... for what it's worth, I ordered a computer from Apple's online store a few months ago and the ship time was accurate. One thing that may go in our favor with the Pencil ship times is the fact that a lot of people seem to be returning their iPad Pros. I'm assuming that a lot of people bought the device and then promptly went online to order the Pencil and/or keyboard cover; as people return their devices, they'll probably cancel their orders. For that reason, I wouldn't be surprised if the Pencils ship out a bit earlier.
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What's your source for lots of people returning their iPad pros? This forum?
 
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The best source of polling. Look at forums filled with picky unsatisfied customers
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I tend to disagree with this statement. As a market researcher the general consensus on forums is that there is a pool of negative users, this creates a skew in research data. Consumers typically set the bar very high to post positive and influential information. The product must almost be absolutely flawless and satisfy various hierarchy levels of self realization before considered perfect. While for negative issue the bar is set very low, where people will light a forum or discussion up about anything negative.

Personally I would be safe to say that iPad Pro is selling excellently for numerous reasons. The Apple pencil is nearly impossible to find, this means Apple underestimated their attachment rate to iPad Pro. This means Apple the company they are use the just in time (hybrid JIT) manufacturing practice and they did not predict the overall popularity.

Another prevelent sign Apple iPad Pro sold well, and can disprove Apple attempted to create artificial demand (some people believe they do, I do not its bad business practices) most retailers such as Bestbuy who sell accessories are picked clean of accessories for the iPad Pro. This means that the secondary party attachment rates were underestimated as well.

This can all be here say, but I believe wholeheartedly with my supply chain management experience and marketing experience that the iPad Pro is sellinb beyond Apples estimated target.
 
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darkgremio said:
I tend to disagree with this statement. As a market researcher the general consensus on forums is that there is a pool of negative users, this creates a skew in research data. Consumers typically set the bar very high to post positive and influential information. The product must almost be absolutely flawless and satisfy various hierarchy levels of self realization before considered perfect. While for negative issue the bar is set very low, where people will light a forum or discussion up about anything negative.

Personally I would be safe to say that iPad Pro is selling excellently for numerous reasons. The Apple pencil is nearly impossible to find, this means Apple underestimated their attachment rate to iPad Pro. This means Apple the company they are use the just in time (hybrid JIT) manufacturing practice and they did not predict the overall popularity.

Another prevelent sign Apple iPad Pro sold well, and can disprove Apple attempted to create artificial demand (some people believe they do, I do not its bad business practices) most retailers such as Bestbuy who sell accessories are picked clean of accessories for the iPad Pro. This means that the secondary party attachment rates were underestimated as well.

This can all be here say, but I believe wholeheartedly with my supply chain management experience and marketing experience that the iPad Pro is sellinb beyond Apples estimated target.
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I forgot to put an /s at the end of that. Sometimes I forget how badly tone translates to the Internet. What I meant was reading these forums doesn't give you any idea of how well something is selling. Ex: people will come out and say Apple is doomed then the quarterly report comes and Apple breaks sales records.
 
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Walmart.com has them in stock available for immediate shipping. Just ordered mine with rush shipping,will be here on Thursday. FINALLY! I've had my iPad pro since launch and. So am excited to get it :)
 
I refused to wait the 4-5week wait apple gives, just to let you all know that John Lewis has them in stock. Got mine deliverd to my local waitrose and I'm picking it up tomorrow!
 
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