What's going on with the stock in the United States!?
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PNutts
macrumors 601
Me four.
Maggiep67
macrumors regular
FYI... Try Radio Shack!! I was stunned when I scored one there this morning.
Called my closest Radio Shack. Manager who answered said she only had a 6 SG 16. I told her I was looking for that but in a 64. She asked if she could call me back in 5 mins, she would try to locate me one. I swear not 5 mins later she called and found one at another store. She told me she would drive over and pick it up and I could be at the store later in the afternoon and she would sell it to me. I showed up at 2:45pm. Sure enough she had just gotten back about 5 minutes before me with the 6 SG 64!! She said her District Manager had called saying they had gotten a shipment in. I was in and out of the store in 20 mins!!!
Called my closest Radio Shack. Manager who answered said she only had a 6 SG 16. I told her I was looking for that but in a 64. She asked if she could call me back in 5 mins, she would try to locate me one. I swear not 5 mins later she called and found one at another store. She told me she would drive over and pick it up and I could be at the store later in the afternoon and she would sell it to me. I showed up at 2:45pm. Sure enough she had just gotten back about 5 minutes before me with the 6 SG 64!! She said her District Manager had called saying they had gotten a shipment in. I was in and out of the store in 20 mins!!!
sillywabbit
macrumors 6502a
FYI... Try Radio Shack!! I was stunned when I scored one there this morning.
Called my closest Radio Shack. Manager who answered said she only had a 6 SG 16. I told her I was looking for that but in a 64. She asked if she could call me back in 5 mins, she would try to locate me one. I swear not 5 mins later she called and found one at another store. She told me she would drive over and pick it up and I could be at the store later in the afternoon and she would sell it to me. I showed up at 2:45pm. Sure enough she had just gotten back about 5 minutes before me with the 6 SG 64!! She said her District Manager had called saying they had gotten a shipment in. I was in and out of the store in 20 mins!!!
Niicceee!
ToddH
macrumors 68040
My guess is that apple is supplying to other countries that have been waiting
It's not simply high demand. It's that mixed with low supply.
That is the problem with Apple trying to launch is so many markets at once. It is rarely done by other companies because dealing with the supply chain is extremely complicated. Overall, Apple does a pretty amazing job. But, these supply shortages are to be expected.
veedubshafer
macrumors 6502
Same here. Luckily the guy came out about 30 seconds after I walked up.
makotoisle
macrumors 6502
I think it would exasperate the the problem as scalpers would flock to the countries with stock and buy all the phones up for resale.
benji888
macrumors 68000
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Exactly, the gray market is a big problem in China, especially.
bunnicula
macrumors 68040
I think that's what is happening to a good amount of the U.S. stock. Scalpers are surely using iStockNow, too. As well as queuing up every AM.
I doubt it's a scalper issue. We don't seem to have much of a scalper problem here in Sacramento, and yet iPhone stock is still non-existent.
bunnicula
macrumors 68040
We have a scalper problem here in NC. Probably because we just don't have the volume of Apple stores that are in other areas, yet our population in the RTP area of NC has exploded over the past few years.
I do suspect a lot of this is just people buying phones, but if I was a scalper, you'd better believe I'd have stock alerts set up.
Which is why I have a love/hate thing with iStockNow, because before people started creating these sites, I always just went to the Apple store and plugged in what I wanted and where and I never struggled THIS hard to find an item IF there was any stock.
Granted, I got 2 iPhones on launch day (one preorder and the other bought at Best Buy) and I swapped one of those out for a 6+ later when I decided I wanted one, so it's not like I'm waiting for a phone for myself, but I need to play phone roulette over here very soon to give some 5C models to my inlaws who need phones and can't really afford to buy new models and/or go under 2-year contracts to use Next plan.
Aggravation! Here's to hoping that stock pops back up on Tuesday.
metzy25
macrumors 65816
I've been wanting to exchange my 128gb 6+. I've went to the apple store early in the morning for the last week and they had no stock at all for verizon. tomorrow is my last day to do an exchange so hopefully my apple stores get something for verizon in so i can start another 14 days to be able to get the phone i want.
veedubshafer
macrumors 6502
If people would buy the correct model the first time instead of swapping within 14 days over and over maybe the rest of us could get the ONE phone we would like to purchase. I understand if you buy it thinking it's what you want and finding out you don't like it. Fine. But buying a phone that you plan on returning really bugs me. I guess for 
it's not too bad because these phones are used for refurb white box replacement devices anyway.
it's not too bad because these phones are used for refurb white box replacement devices anyway.
metzy25
macrumors 65816
If people would buy the correct model the first time instead of swapping within 14 days over and over maybe the rest of us could get the ONE phone we would like to purchase. I understand if you buy it thinking it's what you want and finding out you don't like it. Fine. But buying a phone that you plan on returning really bugs me. I guess for
I'm exchanging it for the fact that I needed a phone and all the was available was a 128gb plus. $100 is more important to me then an extra 64gb. theres a reason there's a 14 day return/EXCHANGE policy.
dukebound85
macrumors Core
Depends where you are. It has been easy to get one with a couple days of launch where I am at