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UK Retailer Argos Selling New Apple TV 4K a Day Early [Update: Not Any More]
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Because they never sold the homepod in italy. Its the same case in austria and switzerland.
I guess this move fits with the Argos brand.
Cheap and tacky.
Cheap and tacky.
Not the same. I do occasionally upgrade every other product. Not because I need but because I want to and I can.
The website keeps cycling between showing me collection for wednesday and no delivery and showing me collection and delivery both for today except when I click on it nothing happens! Sort it out Argos 😂
Looks like someone hit the button too early. And it isn't uncommon for shops too get stock of these things even a week in advance so they can have them shelved for day one release. What is a shame is that Argos was so close to having become the UK's Amazon before Amazon existed but they wanted to stick to retail stores and physical catalogues.
I was waiting for an Apple TV for a long time, but to me this update isn’t that compelling. Now that there is an ATV app on my Visio TV I think I’ll just stick with that. One less device, one less remote, and a few extra quid in my pocket.
It just shows that, if you actually try going ahead with ordering it for collection or delivery you’ll get an error.
No you can’t actually buy it, you’ll get an error “We’ve had a technical glitch and this page won’t load”
What a shock. One retailer out of thousands made a mistake. Probably a couple others did the same without a website reporting it and mucking it up for everyone else thereafter.
I don’t understand… when I try delivery or collection (doesn’t matter which) the website just reloads or takes me to an error page. I live in South London.
What do you mean? They literally announced that it was discontinued. There's no quotes around "discontinued" and it wasn't "previously mentioned", it happened.
They're continuing to support them, though, and even to sell them at the moment as they still have stock, so yeah they're still advertising features.
Seems more like a marketing ploy. I’ve gone to retailers here in the US for Apple products. Besides the Apple store. And they all have said they can’t sell me that product until “launch day”. That is the agreement they have with Apple. Even if they have a ton in the back ready to sell. The agreement is always can’t release it till whatever arbitrary day Apple decides to launch that product. Some of the retailers wish this wasn’t so. Cause they say it would make things easier for the employees if they didn’t have to do that. Cause of how hectic it can get.
Every other generation means every second generation. Also dont need to do that, but more sensible than every generation.
Sounds like someone needs to go take business economics 101 class again.
Not to mention the contract they signed when becoming a retailer that selling early like this violates.