Store inventory and how that works

[MedRed]

My local store surprisingly had the BTO config I want. I canceled my preorder after ordering an in store pickup.

 

[fompsweeva]

I watched all day (while working) for Macbook Pro's in stock at my local.

Got there and they were all snapped up by the time I walked in.

Any chance they'll have more dripping in? Or won't see any in store until current shipping dates?

 

[sparkie1984]

I watched all day (while working) for Macbook Pro's in stock at my local.

Got there and they were all snapped up by the time I walked in.

Any chance they'll have more dripping in? Or won't see any in store until current shipping dates?

There hasn’t been any replenishments I can see in the UK yet. Still the really ££££ BTO models but I guess not many can afford to drop that much money on it

 

[fompsweeva]

There hasn’t been any replenishments I can see in the UK yet. Still the really ££££ BTO models but I guess not many can afford to drop that much money on it

I saw a suburban store show availability for pickup briefly last night. Was considering snapping it up but thought I'd wait to see if somewhere a bit closer gets stock.

Maybe have simply been a single return or cancellation.

Edit: Also saw the city story have some available this morning, but they all went very quickly.

 

[fompsweeva]

Wrote myself a little node script to check stock in my area and got a ping today! Picking it up at 5pm! 😀

 

[sparkie1984]

Wrote myself a little node script to check stock in my area and got a ping today! Picking it up at 5pm! 😀

Nice!! Wish I knew how to do things like that 😂

 

[Maaaako]

I am in Canada. And just got my 16” M1 max this afternoon. I checked stock levels for the last week or so, 2 times a day, once at 8am and another time at 1pm. And it worked. Placed order at 1:30pm and got it delivered at 4:30pm today via courier delivery (Uber)

 

[oadnakf]

Apple Stores only stock base configuration models

This is not correct. For the new MacBookPro models both 14" 2TB SSD 64GB RAM M1 Max and 16" 4TB SSD 64GB RAM M1 Max are sold in stores. Inventory levels are low, but these are available in stores. I bought mine this way. One way to tell if your configuration is available at stores or online only is to see what message you get for delivery and pick-up options once you've configured the computer. If you see "Pickup:Currently unavailable at Apple Store Name Whatever" and the store's name is hyperlinked, this means this is a model that is carried online and in physical stores. If you see "
Apple Store Pickup is currently unavailable" then that means this configuration is available online only.