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Direct Unfulfillment
Jul. 11th, 2008 12:04 pmOr...
How I learned to wait in line for 3 hours to NOT get an iPhone 3G.
First place I checked had a short line... because they'd already worked out when they'd run out.
Second place had a longer line, but it was moving. Cut to 3 hours of gossip and overall discontent.
When the line was down to about 6 people, they announced the sellout, but that they'd be getting another shipment tonight (around midnight) for tomorrow, and additional shipments tomorrow and Sunday nights. OTOH, I could order the phone and get it in 5-7 days (faster with a fee).
This is called "Direct Fulfillment", BTW, which seems a bit of a misnomer. Delayed Fulfillment is more accurate, but anyway...
I get in and place the order, with the express shipping. I'm _hoping_ to get it in 2-3 days, but the sales guys says the offcial schedule is 7-10.
Oh... and the guy at the counter told me that they'd received, for the first day of a GLOBAL rollout, a grand total of....
*drumroll*
TWENTY phones.
*grump*
How I learned to wait in line for 3 hours to NOT get an iPhone 3G.
First place I checked had a short line... because they'd already worked out when they'd run out.
Second place had a longer line, but it was moving. Cut to 3 hours of gossip and overall discontent.
When the line was down to about 6 people, they announced the sellout, but that they'd be getting another shipment tonight (around midnight) for tomorrow, and additional shipments tomorrow and Sunday nights. OTOH, I could order the phone and get it in 5-7 days (faster with a fee).
This is called "Direct Fulfillment", BTW, which seems a bit of a misnomer. Delayed Fulfillment is more accurate, but anyway...
I get in and place the order, with the express shipping. I'm _hoping_ to get it in 2-3 days, but the sales guys says the offcial schedule is 7-10.
Oh... and the guy at the counter told me that they'd received, for the first day of a GLOBAL rollout, a grand total of....
*drumroll*
TWENTY phones.
*grump*
