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Reservation a disadvantage?
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Well reservations kinda stopped around the first day or two of preorders, so who knows. I know I might be there at 11PM the 23rd.
People in the reservation line are guaranteed an iPhone; people in the other line are not.
My Apple Store is different. For the iPad all the reservations went through and the the normal lines went through. I Was out of there at 8:02 for an 8:00 am launch.
Why do you say that? I would think the people willing to wait in like at 5am would be all about reserving
They are saying the same thing in the UK. it will be a lottery of those that have reserved
Because the reservations were unavailable pretty early in the day, and most people couldn't get through... many many people I've talked to were unable to reserve
This is true. Preorders are taken by apple not the store. The store doesn't even know it's allocated number of phones and there is no negative feedback mechanism to shut off reserves when capacity is reached because capacity is unknown!
Last year the walk in line was like 12 people long. the reserves line was around 80-90 or so.
But guess what, everyone who was in the reserve line got to go ahead of everyone else.
But guess what, everyone who was in the reserve line got to go ahead of everyone else.
Last year at the Washington Square Mall Apple Store in Tigard, Oregon people were turned away if they didn't have reservations because the store didn't have enough to cover those with reservations and those without.
They were however happy to call up another Apple store and reserve pickup of a phone for you at that store if they had some.
They were however happy to call up another Apple store and reserve pickup of a phone for you at that store if they had some.
For the WiFi iPad release, it was 15 pre-orders (reservations) to 1 non-reservation.
click on "stores" at the bottom, go to the store you have your reservation at and click "reservations"
Yes. If I select find a store then select the store I reserved at, then click the reservations tab I will see 32gb black iPhone 4 listed as reserved
That's not correct, you make the reservation through apple, not the individual store. After reservations end apple gauges how many phones need to be shipped to each store, plus walk in orders. So all reservations are covered. Apple knows how many phones need to be at each store to cover anyone who reserved.
You should preface your comment with, "In a perfect world..."
But seriously, where'd you get that info from? I don't see corporate basing numbers based on anything but past trends and known sales figures.