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09-07-2008, 04:00 PM
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Location: Sydney, Australia.
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Originally Posted by VOOK
Shhhhh don't tell any one :P
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Yeah hush hush :P. I'm number 10 on the list at my local store.
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09-07-2008, 04:01 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: QLD
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Originally Posted by dolbinau
Yeah hush hush :P. I'm number 10 on the list at my local store.
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oh.
lol.
MY BAD!
hangon .... ill change it...
"in the next year"
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09-07-2008, 04:08 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Australia
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Originally Posted by gareth
why would stores waste there time opening at 7am if they only got a few phone?
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09-07-2008, 04:13 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney, Australia
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I called my local Allphones she said they are honoring those deposit things and I can actually come in and do some paper work and be on a list of which there is currently 2 people. Then on Friday it gets processed according to the people on the list. I asked how many they were getting and she said they haven't been told but they were hoping for about 10ish. *prays* So....I think I might go in tomorrow and do some "paperwork" which involves ID and stuff.
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09-07-2008, 04:14 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: S37°56.2' E145°07.6'
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Originally Posted by gareth
why would stores waste there time opening at 7am if they only got a few phone?
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In Optus' case it'll be so they can pre-sign people up on contracts after the initial stock is all gone.
Also, even if you only have 10 to sell you'll need some time to sign people up and activate them. Assuming a very quick 15 minute turnaround you'd be looking at 2.5 hours just for ten iPhones. |
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09-07-2008, 04:15 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Mount gambier SA now cutting the nightly news.
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dont know if this has been posted but looks like iphone shortages are fair dinkum
MacNN | iPhone shortages in UK, Australia, New Zealand? |
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09-07-2008, 04:21 PM
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Grrr
no such word as "pre-order". Hate to be the pedant of the forum but it's just an "order".
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Originally Posted by chrijame
he seemed very confident about it taking a week to week and a half and yes watter it is pre-ordering it  |
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09-07-2008, 04:22 PM
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If deposit holders have priority and phones have been ordered for them then how could they miss out unless they know that stores will sell to a first-in-best-dressed policy?
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Originally Posted by yinyang
According to the Optus person I spoke to, the second shipment is on Monday to fulfil those deposit holders that miss out on Friday. He also mentioned that stores (presumably only talking about Optus stores) were only getting single digit stock allocations.
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09-07-2008, 04:25 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney, Australia.
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Originally Posted by watters
I called my local Allphones she said they are honoring those deposit things and I can actually come in and do some paper work and be on a list of which there is currently 2 people. Then on Friday it gets processed according to the people on the list. I asked how many they were getting and she said they haven't been told but they were hoping for about 10ish. *prays* So....I think I might go in tomorrow and do some "paperwork" which involves ID and stuff.
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Hey,
Does this mean you have to wait around on Friday until they call you - what if you have a job :-/?
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09-07-2008, 04:29 PM
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Location: Sydney
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Originally Posted by grorr76
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They're just reposting the Smarthouse BS.
Although the shortages are probably real, don't count that story as another source.
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09-07-2008, 04:30 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: QLD
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Originally Posted by dolbinau
Hey,
Does this mean you have to wait around on Friday until they call you - what if you have a job :-/?
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it just means you will be on the list and they will hold the phone for you
im quite excited actually.
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09-07-2008, 04:31 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Gold Coast
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i hope i dont have to wait for another shipment
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09-07-2008, 04:32 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by cougar
If deposit holders have priority and phones have been ordered for them then how could they miss out unless they know that stores will sell to a first-in-best-dressed policy?
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I spoke with few Optus World Stores - consensus is that all will be "first-in-best dressed" scenario, HOWEVER, they all stressed that deposit holders will be given priority. There will be security at the larger OWS and from the email I received from Optus, 2 queues. Once deposit holders are all processed, then the other queue for non-deposit holders will be processed. So chances are slim, since most don't know how much stock they will have (haven't received them yet), but estimates are 30-50 iPhones per store - and I'm guessing even less for resellers.
Telechoice had a waiting list and their order have been allocated already. But the main OWS said "first-in-best-dressed" policy. |
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09-07-2008, 04:33 PM
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Here's to the crazy ones
Group: Regulars
Location: melbourne
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80 thousand in Australia im cool with that.
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09-07-2008, 04:34 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: QLD
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Originally Posted by bertofski
i hope i dont have to wait for another shipment
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i least for about 10 days it will be "exclusive" though.
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