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Powerbeats Pro Orders Begin This Friday in UK, France, and Germany

Mr.DD216 said:
Looking at how I ordered mine May 10 and they STILL haven’t shipped, I wouldn’t get too excited for the foreign orders. They probably won’t ship for another month smh this has got to be the worst launch of a product I’ve ever seen
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Exactly. If they get theirs before us then something isn’t right
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Keep checking I ordered mines May 10th from bestbuy and they finally shipped today and will arrive this Friday.
 

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Silverjerk said:
No. I, like many other consumers, purchase my Apple products in store. On the date of release, there was a line of folks waiting in the early AM at my local Apple Store. Several days prior a manager stated (to all of us that called in beforehand, which was the majority of us) we should be at the store prior to opening and they'd have units in store for purchase, and that the folks who were waiting would get their units before any other customers. When Apple disclose that pre-orders will begin online on X date, and will be available in store on Y date, that's what we expect to happen. Yet, the doors opened, and their staff hurriedly dispersed and informed all of us individually that they did not get any units in, nor did any other store in the state. They had no news on when or at which locations to expect them.

And that is the crux of my issue. Apple said nothing publicly, and didn't even keep their staff updated on the status of their inventory (or lack thereof).

And no, I'm not implying that the rest of the world should wait; that's a misrepresentation of what I was actually stating, which is that Apple isn't even meeting the demand here, so how do they expect to meet it elsewhere when supplies are already constrained. If you check Apple.com regularly, the in store date gets pushed back by one more day each and every day. They are now slated for June 28th (when the original date of release was supposedly May 10th). From what I understand, this is the case everywhere, and is consistent across the US.

So if your question really is, what did I expect to happen? I expected for the release to be an actual release, to not have wasted my time and energy, and for them to have, at the very least, communicated that the May 10th release date was not going to happen. It would've been a simple matter of doing a press release and informing retail staff -- as they often do with company-wide communications -- that they would not have any stock available. But nothing.

Of my 40 years on this earth, I've been using Apple products for most of my life. I rely on them for both work and play. I'm an advocate of their technology, and love their products. But as a consumer, I do expect a certain level of responsibility to be taken on the side of the company that's developing and distributing products and services to be open and honest with their customers. While I'm still a fan of Apple products, I'm extremely disappointed with how this particular launch has been handled. And frankly, I have every right to be.
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I do understand your frustration but when you can order online the second a product goes on sale then receive a week later in the comfort of your own surroundings, I never understand the want to queue outside a shop that has no guarantee they can fulfil your order because stock levels are always unknown and demand is too damn high! Your number 11 in the queue but they only have 10 units for example.
 
jimmy_uk said:
I do understand your frustration but when you can order online the second a product goes on sale then receive a week later in the comfort of your own surroundings, I never understand the want to queue outside a shop that has no guarantee they can fulfil your order because stock levels are always unknown and demand is too damn high! Your number 11 in the queue but they only have 10 units for example.
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Well, it's not for you to understand, because you're not me. Some people like lima beans. I hate the damned things. But that's what makes us so special. We're all different, and we prefer different things, different experiences. I prefer to buy my products in store; I enjoy waiting with other, emphatic and like-minded people. It's always been half of the fun of getting a new product in hand. Talking to fellow gearheads and nerds. I enjoy connecting with people. It's a whole thing. I'll tell you the same thing I've parotted many times here: just because you don't understand something, doesn't mean you have to challenge it. Whenever you start a statement with, "I never understand the want..." you should always stop right there and ask yourself whether or not what you're about to say afterward is constructive, because generally it's not.

And as for the second part of your statement, see that is exactly the issue. In almost every case before this, waiting for a product on release day was extremely reliable, at least in the sense that when they said they'd be releasing that product in their retail stores, it was actually on the shelf the morning of. Surely if you were at the back of a long line you understood you may not get your hands on one, but that's part of the charm. But those prior launches were handled differently than this one. There was no communication from Apple to either their consumers, or their employees, and their supposed in store release date of May 10th was not honored, at all -- and (beating a dead horse here) they said nothing, to anyone. Maybe you're just missing the very big point here, so I'll spell it out for you more simply. Apple said "Hey come and get it." So we did. But there was nothing to get, and when we asked, "Hey, there's nothing to get, s'like WTF?" They were like "..."

Also, let's not forget the other MAJOR point here. Your assertion that we'd receive orders a week later doesn't hold up either, because there are many STILL waiting for their units to be delivered, well outside their promised delivery window.
 
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Silverjerk said:
Well, it's not for you to understand, because you're not me. Some people like lima beans. I hate the damned things. But that's what makes us so special. We're all different, and we prefer different things, different experiences. I prefer to buy my products in store; I enjoy waiting with other, emphatic and like-minded people. It's always been half of the fun of getting a new product in hand. Talking to fellow gearheads and nerds. I enjoy connecting with people. It's a whole thing. I'll tell you the same thing I've parotted many times here: just because you don't understand something, doesn't mean you have to challenge it. Whenever you start a statement with, "I never understand the want..." you should always stop right there and ask yourself whether or not what you're about to say afterward is constructive, because generally it's not.

And as for the second part of your statement, see that is exactly the issue. In almost every case before this, waiting for a product on release day was extremely reliable, at least in the sense that when they said they'd be releasing that product in their retail stores, it was actually on the shelf the morning of. Surely if you were at the back of a long line you understood you may not get your hands on one, but that's part of the charm. But those prior launches were handled differently than this one. There was no communication from Apple to either their consumers, or their employees, and their supposed in store release date of May 10th was not honored, at all -- and (beating a dead horse here) they said nothing, to anyone. Maybe you're just missing the very big point here, so I'll spell it out for you more simply. Apple said "Hey come and get it." So we did. But there was nothing to get, and when we asked, "Hey, there's nothing to get." They were like "..."

Also, let's not forget the other MAJOR point here. Your assertion that we'd receive orders a week later doesn't hold up either, because there are many STILL waiting for their units to be delivered, well outside their promised delivery window.
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Wow. At this point I regret all of my replies. With this much energy it would be best directed at Tim Cook. I'm exhausted...need to rest before placing my preorder in the morning.
 
jimmy_uk said:
Wow. At this point I regret all of my replies. With this much energy it would be best directed at Tim Cook. I'm exhausted...need to rest before placing my preorder in the morning.
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What time do you think the preorder will go live? 7:30? 8:00?
 
Ordered my pair 00:01 from MediaMarkt (Germany). About 15 Minutes later they were sold out. Email says I can pick it up 07.06.19 from the store nearby.

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Orders are acutally live now on european apple sites.
 
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Just ordered from UK, from the "Add to bag" screen to the submit payment screen the delivery estimation went from 03-06/Jun to 06-10/Jun

Happy times.
 
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niv007 said:
Just ordered from UK, from the "Add to bag" screen to the submit payment screen the delivery estimation went from 03-06/Jun to 06-10/Jun

Happy times.
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Yep available to order on UK app store but not internet site. Also 06-10th June which is what I expected anyway.
 
jimmy_uk said:
Yep available to order on UK app store but not internet site. Also 06-10th June which is what I expected anyway.
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Other way for me. The Store app was still the greyed out blue Add To Bag box. Went online and it was available.

Order placed. 6th-10th June. Very happy with that!
 
Akrapovic said:
Other way for me. The Store app was still the greyed out blue Add To Bag box. Went online and it was available.

Order placed. 6th-10th June. Very happy with that!
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Weird. Still greyed out on my iMac. Chrome and Safari?
 
Ordered on EPP store just after 7 this morning. 6-10th June is my estimated delivery date
 
I'm genuinely surprised these are still available with original delivery window. UK demand is low. Apple haven't even put them on the front page.
 
jimmy_uk said:
I'm genuinely surprised these are still available with original delivery window. UK demand is low. Apple haven't even put them on the front page.
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I'm surprised! I find it hard to believe that there's little demand, maybe we just have more available stock? but to be fair there hasn't been an awful lot of solid advertising either of the official pre-order date OR of the fact that pre-order is open.

I've been waiting impatiently for these, searching every single day since the American release, they only had online orders, but we have both online and in-store availability (from the 10th). I'm hoping I get mine for the beginning of the window (6th), but 10th isn't bad at all. At this time of posting dates have slipped to 10th - 17th for delivery, and in-store pickup on the 17th (Stratford, London at least)

Excited :) Got mine via the app dead on 8am, didn't see availability online (PC Chrome, Mac Safari) until about 11am (when it wasn't available on the App for a bit) from then onwards it seemed to be available via both web and app.
 
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Whooop! I got charged! London before 9am, with a predicted delivery between 6th and 10th... No 'movement' on the actual order but I'm now hopeful for delivery earlier rather than later. Fingers crossed it's actually tomorrow!
 
My pair is getting ready for department wohoo :)
Location: Germany
Ordered: 31/06/2019, 08:00 am
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