Refurbished items return to Apple online store after 3-day drought
Apple restocked the certified refurbished section its online store on Friday after an as yet unexplained international outage of previously-owned computers left the virtual shelves bare for over three days.
The apparent refurbished stock outage was one of the longest in recent memory and affected both U.S. and international customers with numerous AppleInsider readers reporting that their respective stores were indeed empty.
When customers visited the "Refurbished Mac" section of Apple's website they were met with the message: "Sorry there are no products available, please check back later."
While it is unknown exactly what product lines were affected internationally most reports noted zero stock for used Macs, iPads, iPods as well as clearance items. A check with Apple's U.S. online store revealed that all refurbished product categories were without stock as of Thursday night.
Some have speculated that a system error is to blame for the three-day stock outage but Apple has yet to release any information regarding the matter.
Screenshot of Apple's online store shows a restocked "Refurbished Mac" section. Source: Apple
The used offerings reappeared on Friday with discounts ranging from 10 percent to a deep 38 percent off retail pricing, though clearance items remain out of stock.
The apparent refurbished stock outage was one of the longest in recent memory and affected both U.S. and international customers with numerous AppleInsider readers reporting that their respective stores were indeed empty.
When customers visited the "Refurbished Mac" section of Apple's website they were met with the message: "Sorry there are no products available, please check back later."
While it is unknown exactly what product lines were affected internationally most reports noted zero stock for used Macs, iPads, iPods as well as clearance items. A check with Apple's U.S. online store revealed that all refurbished product categories were without stock as of Thursday night.
Some have speculated that a system error is to blame for the three-day stock outage but Apple has yet to release any information regarding the matter.
Screenshot of Apple's online store shows a restocked "Refurbished Mac" section. Source: Apple
The used offerings reappeared on Friday with discounts ranging from 10 percent to a deep 38 percent off retail pricing, though clearance items remain out of stock.
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finally they fixed that site error when i chatted to one of the apple specialist under the ask now chat they said it was an site error
Seems that at 4:22am EDT, the site is again down with no refurbished products being available.
Seems that at 5:22am EDT, the site is again down with no refurbished products being available.
Well this event had no effect on me, till now! It says on the European refurbished website based in Ireland at 11:35 GMT today Saturday the 14th 2012, "Sorry there are no products available, please check back later." So your information at AppleInsider about this problem having ended isn't correct, because it is still affecting some of us in Europe. Can you get your facts right!!
Well this event had no effect on me, till now! It says on the European refurbished website based in Ireland at 11:35 GMT today Saturday the 14th 2012, "Sorry there are no products available, please check back later." So your information at AppleInsider about this problem having ended isn't correct, because it is still affecting some of us in Europe. Can you get your facts right!!
Well this event had no effect on me, till now! It says on the European refurbished website based in Ireland at 12:15 GMT today Saturday the 14th 2012, "Sorry there are no products available, please check back later." So your information at AppleInsider about this problem having ended isn't correct, because it is still affecting some of us in Europe. Can you get your facts right!!
Even Apple makes mistakes.
Apple is DOOMED!
It's still not working for me.
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Originally Posted by RedGeminiPA
It's still not working for me.
Me either.
Nor for me.
Well this event had no effect on me, till now! It says on the European refurbished website based in Ireland at 1:35 GMT today Saturday the 14th 2012, "Sorry there are no products available, please check back later." So your information at AppleInsider about this problem having ended isn't correct, because it is still affecting some of us in Europe. Can you get your facts right!!
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Originally Posted by marvfox
Even Apple makes mistakes.
What!? This proves it - there is no god.
Well this event had no effect on me, till now! It says on the European refurbished website based in Ireland at 1:35 GMT today Saturday the 14th 2012, "Sorry there are no products available, please check back later." So your information at AppleInsider about this problem having ended isn't correct, because it is still affecting some of us in Europe. Can you get your facts right!!
Wow, an "international" outage. That sounds serious.
It is kind of sad that when ApplInsider finally publishes a story based upon original research, it gets misreported.
They were pulling off EPEAT stickers... and then puting them back on.
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Originally Posted by Douglas Bailey
They were pulling off EPEAT stickers... and then puting them back on.
Thankfully, Macs aren't loaded with component stickers, like just about every PC on the market.