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29-06-2008, 10:38 PM
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The Nth Doctor
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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If what the OP wrote is true, and the rumor spreads (ie. first preorder customers in, best dressed), then Chaddy is looking at a meltdown as everyone heads there.
At least the 11th is a late night trade, so there will only be people around the empty stores for 3 hours... but the potential for confusion (and anger?) as non-preorder people get in line only to be turned away is great.
IMHO, they'd be much better to handle the first batch by online signups and courier deliveries to preorder customers, in invoice number order. No point opening stores for this one, since there won't be enough stock to cater to everyone that joins the queue.
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29-06-2008, 10:52 PM
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Member
Group: Member
Location: Geelong, Australia
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Vodafone will be calling people some time next week, in order of registering their interest for the iPhone, to sign people up. I spoke to Vodafone on Friday and was told this. He said that they could provide a courier for the phone...but I said that I want it on the 11th and he said that they will be accommodating and I will be be able to nominate a store for pickup.
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29-06-2008, 10:58 PM
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I Am Hollywood
Group: Regulars
Location: Bendigo, Victoria
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i don't think there are many mac nerd in my town, (bendigo) well if there is, they won't be lining up at midnight for one. ill just get one in the morning i think. but if there is a midnight release i guess i go. just to stay up all night and play.
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30-06-2008, 06:08 AM
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Member
Group: Member
Location: Glenwood
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Quote:
Originally Posted by QueenOfSwords
So what of us with the deposit... huh?
(Well, Optus will already have the interest from the deposit, so I guess they couldn't care less at this point).
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He said that the deposit was only valid for "Yes Optus" and "Optus World" stores.
Resellers could choose weather of not they honour the deposit"
Which I have, so that kinda sucks.
But we should all remember that the optus deposit didn't gaurentee you a phone.
Just service 2 hours before people without. |
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30-06-2008, 06:49 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: where it's damn hot in summer and freezing in winter.
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I think the same about Mt Druitt, for some reason I don't think there are that many people out here that could afford one.
As my partner says to me all the time, we're the Packers of Mt Druitt.
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30-06-2008, 07:00 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: S37°56.2' E145°07.6'
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Originally Posted by grippon
I cant see Centre Management coming to the party opening up Chadstone so Optus Chadstone can flog a couple hundred iPhones
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Originally Posted by anteck
I agree with the poster above.. don't see this happening due to the logistics involved with keeping the centre open.
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They do midnight launches more often than you might think. Mostly for things like game consoles. Generally they seem to just close off the built in fences that are already there to herd people out at closing time and put a couple of the ever present bored security guards near the bit they don't want people to leave. All the stores have their own security grilles so it wouldn't matter even if you did wander off.
Nothing to it really.
If you've ever been there after closing it's amazing just how empty the place feels. They'd have no trouble finding you unless you were actively hiding but what would be the point? As soon as you came out again security wouldn't have any trouble finding you. |
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30-06-2008, 07:05 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by toholio
They do midnight launches more often than you might think. Mostly for things like game consoles. Generally they seem to just close off the built in fences that are already there to herd people out at closing time and put a couple of the ever present bored security guards near the bit they don't want people to leave. All the stores have their own security grilles so it wouldn't matter even if you did wander off.
Nothing to it really.
If you've ever been there after closing it's amazing just how empty the place feels. They'd have no trouble finding you unless you were actively hiding but what would be the point? As soon as you came out again security wouldn't have any trouble finding you.
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OK, they may od it for consoles and the logistics may be in place as far as security screen BUT at some point someoen will be saying "how many iPhones have you got is stock to sell at midnight"
I am tipping there would be few, certainly not enough to justify a midnight opening |
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30-06-2008, 08:56 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: QLD
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Originally Posted by decryption
Fucks sake - I paid my deposit yet it doesn't promise me one? So what was the fucking point of that? BALLS TO YOU OPTUS
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yeah.
all it promised you was that you got it 2hrs before everyone else....
theoretically enabling you to have a gurantee of getting one.
only problem is; what happens if everyone that pre-ordered ends up at the same city store.... hardly able to get one then is you have another 1000ppl waiting for one as well..
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30-06-2008, 09:11 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by grippon
OK, they may od it for consoles and the logistics may be in place as far as security screen BUT at some point someoen will be saying "how many iPhones have you got is stock to sell at midnight"
I am tipping there would be few, certainly not enough to justify a midnight opening
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as i said before even the store haven't even announced the 12AM Launch iv spoken to 3 different employees about it and they say its in the bucket of ideas but will probably not gunna know until a day or two before the launch so sorta 8th 9th of July. someone got a tad excited when they opened this topic so i think there waiting for the number of iphones there getting |
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01-07-2008, 01:10 AM
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Group: Regular.
Location: fuck this forum
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whats your invoice number?I'm curious as to what they got up to.mines between 0001000 and 0001100...
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01-07-2008, 06:28 AM
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Member
Group: Member
Location: Glenwood
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Originally Posted by dtklamf
whats your invoice number?I'm curious as to what they got up to.mines between 0001000 and 0001100...
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008600 |
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01-07-2008, 06:50 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: NSW
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Take it with a grain of salt, but someone either on here or Macrumors said that it was closed because Optus received more than 80 000 pre-registers.
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01-07-2008, 07:51 AM
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Member
Group: Member
Location: Glenwood
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Yeah, i did hear a romur that they got smashed with the number of people that registerd. Just didn't expect that much interest.
ARE YOU SERIOUS OPTUS.
YOU BETTER HAVE 100,000+ of these phone to get you through the first day
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01-07-2008, 09:50 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney
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Midnight opening for iPhone 10th
Hi Guys and Gals,
Please dont shoot me if this has been posted already.
I just called a dozen Vodafone stores to see if they will open midnight on the 10th for the iPone launch. Neither store could give me a definite yes or no.
Does anyone know of a store that'll open at midnight on the 10th?
Regards,
Spidey
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01-07-2008, 09:53 AM
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Supreme Overload (TM)
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Melbourne
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We won't shoot you, but you did use the forum search before posting right? 
No one has confirmed anything yet - you'll certainly know when they do. |
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