I ordered the U2 Black and Red iPod the first few days it was offered. I was told it would ship on or around the 18th of November. Around that time Apple sent me an email saying that due to demand the item would not ship until early December.
I say B.S. The retailers are all getting their U2 iPods and the ads on TV are driving people to the stores.
Apple used the online demand to help support the sell in in order to predict where the demand was coming from. Should I have waited and went to Best Buy? Maybe. Since I bought it more for the coolness of the colors, than a real need for the iPOD I’m not as upset as some people may be.
But Apple has always had a problem meeting demand and that’s what they do to drive demand. Short run, build up the secondary market and drive the buyers into as many stores as possible to get the product ordered so their numbers can look better the next quarter. It’s all a stock or I should say out of stock game with that company. That’s why I don’t like them.
You should just cancel your order and then run over to Best Buy. I’ve done that myself with Apple. I won’t say I dislike them for delaying my order though. Although I do agree that they might use their online orders as gauge for sales, I don’t believe this is how they boost their next fiscal quarter.
Run over to BestBuy and get yourself a new ipod. Or, better yet, I have a 15 gig 3G version that I can paint for you.
Welcome to Apple baby! Gotta Love it! It’s usually a wait after any new product announcement…
Great site. I stopped buying Apple when Apple in the Netherlands refused to support foreign language operating systems – just as the ink was dry on the contract. French keyboard? Hmmm. Updates? Why not use a Dutch OS sir – because that is the start of problems. Have an i-pod, but not revisiting the PC anytime soon. Used to be a fan – got burned for it. And so we move on….