So you get up and place an online order in the middle of the night and people can walk in stores and pick them up and sell them as scalpers before your order is fulfilled. It seems with each new product launch interation these days, Apple is losing focus, cooordination, and discipline. They are beignning to take on the personlaity of traditional retailers. For an organization that now takes stands on social issues around rights, what happened to the value of their historically most loyal early adopter customers? I have about had enough of these disconnected processes and need to realize Apple's success is beginning to take its toll on their abilities to execute.
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"Boo" at Arden not having any. I hoping to maybe pick up there instead of waiting for the order going to my parents' house in SF. Oh well.
I was at Mayfair store everyday since Monday. They told me they were out of both pencils and keyboards. I was there today at 11:30 am. I hoped to pick up at least the keyboard... Also yeah Apple employees seemed very annoyed and aggressive.
Just got mine from the apple store in Town Square in Las Vegas. I think I was the first to buy this morning, had 9 on the shelf.
I was able to get one in Fort Worth at University Park Village. Knox and the store in Plano has them as well. Fort Worth store said they should have twenty but could only find the one I got. They were still unpacking. I was also the first person in this store to receive one according to them. Finally the hunt is over.
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Just managed to get both the pencil and keyboard at Apple Store in Sugar land TX, it seems they got shipment today and had a few of both. There were some other people getting it too.
I was on the phone with an Apple rep who checked stock at some NYC stores.
- 5th Ave (Out of Stock)
- Grand Central (Out of Stock)
- Soho (Out of Stock)
- Upper East Side (Out of Stock)
- West 14th (Out of Stock)
I was informed that calling early in the morning to check for availability is helpful; Apple's retail inventory resets each morning at 8AM. It's a bit upsetting; random people shouldn't be stumbling across Apple Pencils in stores. The people who've placed online orders should be where any spare Pencil are sent. Oh well; looks like I'm still on the hunt!
- 5th Ave (Out of Stock)
- Grand Central (Out of Stock)
- Soho (Out of Stock)
- Upper East Side (Out of Stock)
- West 14th (Out of Stock)
I was informed that calling early in the morning to check for availability is helpful; Apple's retail inventory resets each morning at 8AM. It's a bit upsetting; random people shouldn't be stumbling across Apple Pencils in stores. The people who've placed online orders should be where any spare Pencil are sent. Oh well; looks like I'm still on the hunt!
I have no problem with them send some to stores while people are waiting for online orders. But the website should have updates for in store availability and the number you can buy is limited. They can also restricted to people who bought an iPad Pro.
The Apple inventory reset is only online for in store availability. It doesn't update if they receive stuff after that.
HUGE THANKS - got one from Galleria - said they had less than 5 - looks like Houston got shipments today.
Interesting — the store employees said they get deliveries at random times during the afternoon. But I don't have that much faith in what they tell us.
SUCCESS!! Got a pencil at the village point Apple Store in Omaha, he said they got about 20 in today and all sold out except for this one.
Me and another guy from the forums just picked one up at the Fort Worth university village location. At least 8 pencils and a couple keyboards
Metairie, LA store has some, i got the last two on the floor. there are more in the back
I've been hoping someone would post info on here before I went it's an hour an a half drive for me.
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It seems, at least the local Apple store (OKC), is holding whatever Pencils they get in, back for Business Accounts.
My business is a 1-2 person show, so still no go for me!
They still won't release any numbers as to what they've gotten it....and I worked on the iOS dev team back in 2011/2012!
I planned on picking up as many as my bank account would allow and shooting them out to forum members. I feel, if you're devoted enough to stay on this thread, than you damn well deserve one!
Ugh, a little frustrating.
My business is a 1-2 person show, so still no go for me!
They still won't release any numbers as to what they've gotten it....and I worked on the iOS dev team back in 2011/2012!
I planned on picking up as many as my bank account would allow and shooting them out to forum members. I feel, if you're devoted enough to stay on this thread, than you damn well deserve one!
Ugh, a little frustrating.
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Checked both of the SLC Utah area Apple Stores at around 12p today and no pencils or keyboards. The employees I talked to at both Fashion Place and City Creek said that they did not receive a shipment today, but one also told me that I could order online for in store pickup... which shows they really have no clue what is going on with the pencils.