I set up for in store pick up of 2 cables on Oct 3rd. Had plenty in stock. Been back a few times and haven't seen any shortages.
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You think finding a lightning cable in store is bad now...
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I suppose it's best to table this thread until after the new Apple products begin selling, whenever that is, following this coming Tuesday's 10/23 announcement.
I went to 2 different Best Buys in the Phoenix, Arizona area and the pegs were all the way full. They couldn't fit any more out on the sales floor unless they added another peg to hold them. Sounds like it's just dependent on the Best Buy you go into.
I went in to get my original iPhone 5 replaced a couple weeks after launch and my Apple store had just put out 7 or 8 racks full of lightening cables. Guess I should have bought a few more and sold em on eBay.
That's the same as I was saying about the phones themselves, especially with how easy it seems to get them unlocked now.
Londkn regent covent brent cross white city have hundres of them in store.
No need to worry at all. I bought 2 the other day
This is capitalism and nobody is forced to pay anything. If they don't want to pay, they can go without. Nobody is holding a gun to anybody's head.
If someone scoops up all the cables and sells them for $100 apiece on ebay, then good for them. Like you said, it might not be fair, but life's not fair.
And at some point it becomes price gouging, which is inordinately profiting from other's misfortune (i.e. not being able to buy an item from a legitimate retail source because some DB has bought & hoarded those items in order to create shortages.) People don't need cables to live but I bet you'd be whining the loudest to find yourself in that situation.
WRT your rationalization, a pig in a tutu is no ballerina and a bad deal still stinks.
I have an extra for use on a different floor of my house so I don't have to move plug-ins.
I think it wont be an issue as you get one with the device and some people will already have their iPhone5 cable...
When I got my iP5 I went from having cables everywhere to just one and I scrambled, but now my wife also has iP5 and I bought a cable easily at local store so I have 300% more cables...
I see well I just charge mine at Night and it seems to last all day pretty consistently
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These lightning cables are pretty cool No doubt
Just order from Apple. I ordered 5 of these new cables and they arrived in only a few days. I think at what Apple charges, they will keep up.
No reason to start a panic
That's one of the reasons that I think the availability of the lightning cable is generally good.
Everyone gets a cable in the box, so having additional cables is just a convenience.
With the 30-pin to Lightning adaptors it's a different matter. You simply can't use the iPhone 5/iPod touch with certain accessories without one.
The Apple stores have the Lightning-to-USB cables, but practically nowhere else I looked had them in stock. I checked multiple Best Buys, Wal-marts, Targets, Micro Center, as well as Sprint and AT&T stores, all nothing. I ended up getting my spare cable from a Verizon store off of Shawnee Mission Pkwy. They sold it to me with no probs, despite me having cell service with AT&T.
Actually, the one Verizon store I called in Lawrence also had the Lightning cables in stock, so it may be that some Verizon stores around here (KC area) are getting them before other places?
My Best Buy was outta them and I didn't want to wait 1-2 weeks, so I checked ATT online. Says it ships in 2-3 business days, so I ordered from there. No rush, so whatever.
Hrmm, good idea! I should check there too!