No, because Expected/Estimated ship dates aren't "firm". A rep could have told you the wrong thing, which trust me... I've worked in that industry and there is always disconnects, but what I'm simply saying is that the Expected/Estimated ship date, by just the verbiage alone, means it's not "firm". A rep is probably telling you "what they heard" but that doesn't mean the site/company official stance lied. That's just poor CS and people probably tired of answering the same question 100x a day.
Now... I'm not making excuses for them, because like everyone else waiting I'm waiting too... but I'm simply saying that there's a difference between "Ships on" and "Estimated" or "Expected". Those are soft dates, and can change. Also a difference between the company official "in writing" information and what a person says. If I'm going to be mad, I'm going to direct it with the right information. As for oversold... who knows. I don't know the algorithm they use for official expected stock with probably % cancellations and other random stuff in there to determine future ship dates. I'm sure they have expected stock from Apple, and that can vary based on yield, but I really can't go there because I would just be taking some guesses.
I'm just as mad and anxious as the rest... but I have more of an issue for Apple, having had MAJOR demand on every new release, not taking proper stock precautions. Verizon I'm annoyed at how they don't update if the date changes promptly, but "expected" allows them some flexibility.
I was talking to a friend who used to work at VZN, for quite a few launches, kids are in Girl Scouts together... he only left about 6 months ago, and he said something interesting. He was saying after a few launches, most notably the 6 series last year, he was talking to some people in the supply chain wondering how they always have such shortages with Apple products. Apparently they told him that Apple has agreements that they can only ship so many units at a time which is why the dates always are all over. Initial vs Post launch demand fluctuates what ships after the initial release (since one may drop, others may rise, some may stay steady) but they have some hard locks per Apple's mandate on what they can be shipping. I don't know if it's true, but it's curious and sort of jives with what you see for a bit post launch. It's always creating market demand.
Honestly, I'm over the stressing about getting my phone. I'll still stalk the HELL out things because I'm completely OCD like that, but right now I just have come to terms that it's going to be a bit and I have to be okay with that. lol. Otherwise I'll be stalking local stuff.
OH, and somewhere above someone asked me about the Best Buy Add a Line thing. I think it's just that store. I did stock checks over the weekend, and that ONE store has a bunch of things and nobody else for 40 miles does. I have a feeling that store has reps just trying to get more money, and messing over people. It didn't make sense to me, either, that they couldn't add a line... and that would explain why nobody else, including other Best Buy's, has stock but that one has a plethora. I'm tempted to write something to corporate, but I'm too exhausted at this point.
