Hey all,
edit: this accidentally posted before I'd typed even half of it, sorry if you saw an early version (and that I missed a 'P' in the subject...)
Apologies if you are tried of questions like this, but information is hard to find. Does anyone have any information about the supply chain for Apple stores? I am looking for a rMBP and I would just order one online, I'm happy to wait my turn... but I am going away for a couple of weeks next week so I'd really like to get one before that.
The stores won't give out information about when they get deliveries. That's fine, and I've been calling once a day for about a week now. Given that none have come in, I'm not too worried that I should be calling more often. I once called at about 11am and got told "we've got a delivery coming in now so call back in 40mins", so since then I've been calling at about 11:45-noon, assuming that'll be after the morning delivery. If anyone thinks I should change strategy then I'm interested to hear it! And maybe other people who are trying will find that information useful.
What does interest me is whether all the stores get the same stock each delivery. I'm located in Bath, and there are 3 stores within driving distance. I've just been calling the Bath store, but is it possible that a Bristol one will get a shipment and the Bath one won't? I assume that this is the same situation around the country right? If someone tells me that they're sitting on a pile of them in Cardiff then I'll just jump on a train, not a particularly high expense compared to the cost of the device. But I really don't want to have to sit through that phone menu system more times than I have to!
Any advice? Is the stock so dried up that I might as well just give up on getting one before I go away and order it online?
Good luck to anyone else trying...!
Andy
edit: this accidentally posted before I'd typed even half of it, sorry if you saw an early version (and that I missed a 'P' in the subject...)
Apologies if you are tried of questions like this, but information is hard to find. Does anyone have any information about the supply chain for Apple stores? I am looking for a rMBP and I would just order one online, I'm happy to wait my turn... but I am going away for a couple of weeks next week so I'd really like to get one before that.
The stores won't give out information about when they get deliveries. That's fine, and I've been calling once a day for about a week now. Given that none have come in, I'm not too worried that I should be calling more often. I once called at about 11am and got told "we've got a delivery coming in now so call back in 40mins", so since then I've been calling at about 11:45-noon, assuming that'll be after the morning delivery. If anyone thinks I should change strategy then I'm interested to hear it! And maybe other people who are trying will find that information useful.
What does interest me is whether all the stores get the same stock each delivery. I'm located in Bath, and there are 3 stores within driving distance. I've just been calling the Bath store, but is it possible that a Bristol one will get a shipment and the Bath one won't? I assume that this is the same situation around the country right? If someone tells me that they're sitting on a pile of them in Cardiff then I'll just jump on a train, not a particularly high expense compared to the cost of the device. But I really don't want to have to sit through that phone menu system more times than I have to!
Any advice? Is the stock so dried up that I might as well just give up on getting one before I go away and order it online?
Good luck to anyone else trying...!
Andy
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. My first Mac, still getting used to OS X but the hardware is just unparalleled. Even the keyboard just feels so nice to type on. I've also got to find what to spend my £70 of credit on! Are the iWork apps worth going for?