I confess to some frustration with the whole process. It's a bit irritating that we were largely told to preorder online, and are waiting for shipment in most cases (unless you ordered within the first 5 or 6 minutes after midnight on 4/10), but if you're geographically fortunate (i.e., near Los Angeles in America), you could walk into a store in West Hollywood on 4/24 and walk out with a Watch.
I have to agree the Maxfield thing is a black mark on Apple. From they way they treat the Apple customers lined up outside the store with disdain, and obviously catering to scalpers, to the fact four days after the 24th, they have inventory to continue selling watches to people who walk in off the street without a pre-order. When you take this into consideration with the the rest of it, the picture is not especially attractive.
I have to agree the Maxfield thing is a black mark on Apple. From they way they treat the Apple customers lined up outside the store with disdain, and obviously catering to scalpers, to the fact four days after the 24th, they have inventory to continue selling watches to people who walk in off the street without a pre-order. When you take this into consideration with the the rest of it, the picture is not especially attractive.
I'm not ascribing any malicious intent to them, I'm just a bit confused by their reasoning (what little they've given; they're remaining pretty quiet on this issue, though I'm hoping something more concrete comes out of today's shareholder meeting). It just seems "good business" to me to go with the guaranteed money (the un-canceled preorders) before letting stock on the street that may sit there (again: it almost definitely WON'T sit there, but it may) for a day or two.
I think that Apple made no announcement is kinda telling in itself. For a product launch they've never been less than forthcoming about how successful a particular launch has been. Perhaps the answer is "cautiously successful". Not a flop, but likely not the response they were expecting.
Some folks aren't reading the article right.
"Only about 22 percent -- or 376,000 -- of U.S. Apple Watch preorders actually shipped between Friday and Sunday during the device's launch weekend, according to estimates produced by research firm Slice Intelligence."
"Slice's data comes from analyzing the electronic receipts of some 2 million participating shoppers. In all the firm projects that 1.7 million Apple Watches have been ordered in the U.S. so far, based on recording 10,744 Watch transactions."
Meaning... The orders were THERE, so it's not a flop at all. A lot of the orders simply haven't shipped yet.
I have to agree the Maxfield thing is a black mark on Apple. From they way they treat the Apple customers lined up outside the store with disdain, and obviously catering to scalpers, to the fact four days after the 24th, they have inventory to continue selling watches to people who walk in off the street without a pre-order. When you take this into consideration with the the rest of it, the picture is not especially attractive.
Why wouldn't it be a "black mark" against Maxfield? (Not that I agree with the argument to begin with)
I have to agree the Maxfield thing is a black mark on Apple. From they way they treat the Apple customers lined up outside the store with disdain, and obviously catering to scalpers, to the fact four days after the 24th, they have inventory to continue selling watches to people who walk in off the street without a pre-order. When you take this into consideration with the the rest of it, the picture is not especially attractive.
If the demand is there (and it is), they can fumble the launch and still come out with blockbuster results. A great product sometimes gets you graded on a curve. Just don't make it a habit, is all.
I ordered one but then later decided I didn't want it after playing around with it at the store a couple different times. It is nice but I just don't think I would use it for anything. My life is so routine these days, I don't have any issues keeping it organized. My schedule is my own. I rarely need to be anywhere at a precise time.
I think the watch is more than an organizer and time keeper! If Any of you were gym rats, I'm sure you or your wife would be all over this! ( and selling your Fitbit ) ! I have a 5s and want Apple pay, but I'm also a 2nd Gen guy too???? good luck!!
Anyone else sell theirs already? I can't believe the secondary market. People don't want to wait 4-6 weeks?
I haven't sold mine, since it hasn't even shipped yet, but I'm not inclined to. I didn't buy it to make a small $100 or (if I'm fortunate) $200 profit. I bought it because I want to have one, and wear it, and use it.
There is, however, something to be said for the belief that we shouldn't HAVE to wait 4-6 weeks when we preordered. If there's enough stock to be sending to brick-and-mortar storefronts (when we were told we could only order it online), then that stock ought to be recouped by Apple and used to speed along the preorders in a first-come-first-served order.
I haven't sold mine, since it hasn't even shipped yet, but I'm not inclined to. I didn't buy it to make a small $100 or (if I'm fortunate) $200 profit. I bought it because I want to have one, and wear it, and use it.
There is, however, something to be said for the belief that we shouldn't HAVE to wait 4-6 weeks when we preordered. If there's enough stock to be sending to brick-and-mortar storefronts (when we were told we could only order it online), then that stock ought to be recouped by Apple and used to speed along the preorders in a first-come-first-served order.
They only had what 3-4K sent to non Apple store fronts, those selling the editions (probably contractual obligations) and you think that would have made any difference in the larger scheme of thing. You think Apple should have screwed those high end retailers and pissed them off (possibly impacting relationship with all future high end retailers), to get 3K watches back?
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I confess to some frustration with the whole process. It's a bit irritating that we were largely told to preorder online, and are waiting for shipment in most cases (unless you ordered within the first 5 or 6 minutes after midnight on 4/10), but if you're geographically fortunate (i.e., near Los Angeles in America), you could walk into a store in West Hollywood on 4/24 and walk out with a Watch.
I have to agree the Maxfield thing is a black mark on Apple. From they way they treat the Apple customers lined up outside the store with disdain, and obviously catering to scalpers, to the fact four days after the 24th, they have inventory to continue selling watches to people who walk in off the street without a pre-order. When you take this into consideration with the the rest of it, the picture is not especially attractive.
I have to agree the Maxfield thing is a black mark on Apple. From they way they treat the Apple customers lined up outside the store with disdain, and obviously catering to scalpers, to the fact four days after the 24th, they have inventory to continue selling watches to people who walk in off the street without a pre-order. When you take this into consideration with the the rest of it, the picture is not especially attractive.
I'm not ascribing any malicious intent to them, I'm just a bit confused by their reasoning (what little they've given; they're remaining pretty quiet on this issue, though I'm hoping something more concrete comes out of today's shareholder meeting). It just seems "good business" to me to go with the guaranteed money (the un-canceled preorders) before letting stock on the street that may sit there (again: it almost definitely WON'T sit there, but it may) for a day or two.
I think that Apple made no announcement is kinda telling in itself. For a product launch they've never been less than forthcoming about how successful a particular launch has been. Perhaps the answer is "cautiously successful". Not a flop, but likely not the response they were expecting.
Some folks aren't reading the article right.
"Only about 22 percent -- or 376,000 -- of U.S. Apple Watch preorders actually shipped between Friday and Sunday during the device's launch weekend, according to estimates produced by research firm Slice Intelligence."
"Slice's data comes from analyzing the electronic receipts of some 2 million participating shoppers. In all the firm projects that 1.7 million Apple Watches have been ordered in the U.S. so far, based on recording 10,744 Watch transactions."
Meaning... The orders were THERE, so it's not a flop at all. A lot of the orders simply haven't shipped yet.
Why wouldn't it be a "black mark" against Maxfield? (Not that I agree with the argument to begin with)
I have to agree the Maxfield thing is a black mark on Apple. From they way they treat the Apple customers lined up outside the store with disdain, and obviously catering to scalpers, to the fact four days after the 24th, they have inventory to continue selling watches to people who walk in off the street without a pre-order. When you take this into consideration with the the rest of it, the picture is not especially attractive.
If the demand is there (and it is), they can fumble the launch and still come out with blockbuster results. A great product sometimes gets you graded on a curve. Just don't make it a habit, is all.
I think the watch is more than an organizer and time keeper! If Any of you were gym rats, I'm sure you or your wife would be all over this! ( and selling your Fitbit ) ! I have a 5s and want Apple pay, but I'm also a 2nd Gen guy too???? good luck!!
If my math is correct.. thats no where near the 3 million sold that many are projecting.. umm.. who's correct?
Read the article it said that the 376,000 represented 22% of watches ordered. Over the first weekend.
Anyone else sell theirs already? I can't believe the secondary market. People don't want to wait 4-6 weeks?!
Anyone else sell theirs already? I can't believe the secondary market. People don't want to wait 4-6 weeks?
I haven't sold mine, since it hasn't even shipped yet, but I'm not inclined to. I didn't buy it to make a small $100 or (if I'm fortunate) $200 profit. I bought it because I want to have one, and wear it, and use it.
There is, however, something to be said for the belief that we shouldn't HAVE to wait 4-6 weeks when we preordered. If there's enough stock to be sending to brick-and-mortar storefronts (when we were told we could only order it online), then that stock ought to be recouped by Apple and used to speed along the preorders in a first-come-first-served order.
I haven't sold mine, since it hasn't even shipped yet, but I'm not inclined to. I didn't buy it to make a small $100 or (if I'm fortunate) $200 profit. I bought it because I want to have one, and wear it, and use it.
There is, however, something to be said for the belief that we shouldn't HAVE to wait 4-6 weeks when we preordered. If there's enough stock to be sending to brick-and-mortar storefronts (when we were told we could only order it online), then that stock ought to be recouped by Apple and used to speed along the preorders in a first-come-first-served order.
They only had what 3-4K sent to non Apple store fronts, those selling the editions (probably contractual obligations) and you think that would have made any difference in the larger scheme of thing. You think Apple should have screwed those high end retailers and pissed them off (possibly impacting relationship with all future high end retailers), to get 3K watches back?