no ipods around xmas?

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stiles05s

16-12-2004 19:20:54

i've been hearin alot on the news about how ipods are sold out. cant find them in stores anywhere becuase of xmas. anyone think the free ones will be put on hold for a while cuz of this?

turpentinedreams

16-12-2004 19:22:34

i got one in the male today.

twistrman

16-12-2004 19:36:59

[quoteed7581c7b3="stiles05s"]i've been hearin alot on the news about how ipods are sold out. cant find them in stores anywhere becuase of xmas. anyone think the free ones will be put on hold for a while cuz of this?[/quoteed7581c7b3]

i don't really see the whole "sold out" thing to be true. When i went to my local best buy there was whole stack(encased in this wirey cage like security devices). Then when i called the apple store near me to confirm that i could exchange mine without a receipt they said they had a lot of 20's and 40's there and have floor models out for my to play with.

Maybe in some cities they are getting sold out, but so far i haven't seen proof of it

zed2004

17-12-2004 10:07:26

a news report on tv did say that 'the ipod may be sold out' during the christmas season.

i dont know what this means, but i'm sure a lot of store already placed orders for a bunch of them to sell around this time of year.

Dais781

17-12-2004 13:06:39

i'm sure apple forsaw this and increase production. unfortunately sony failed to come to realization that their system would sell more during the holiday and decreased production of their original model ps2 and don't have enough pstwos to meet demand.

FreeOffersNow

17-12-2004 14:01:26

It is difficult to say if there will be an insufficient supply or iPods for the Christmas season. They are very popular, and it really isn't a question of forseeing the increased demand. It is actually dependant on production capacity...that is, products can only be produced so quickly with any given number of resources and it takes time to expand.

twistrman

17-12-2004 21:04:43

I was at the apple store today (yeah i know it's the freaking apple store so of course they have a lot) but I'm saying stacks of them were there. i exchanged mine for a 40gb today (I'm so happy i did) and i grabbed the box out of a pile that had at least 30 or 35 in it, and that's just what they had in plain view.

For the PS2 guy Wouldn't they be a little short on original PS2's because they're trying to switch over to that whole slimline thing, so the switch in types might have caused the shortage? does that make sense? I'm just guessing.

userfour

18-12-2004 05:49:34

yeah, not a lot of retailers have them, but the apple stores should have plenty...

zed2004

18-12-2004 12:51:49

buy.com sent out an email saying they just got in a bunch of 20gb and 40gb iPods. (just in case anyone is interested in buying one during the xmas time)

Stroid

18-12-2004 21:07:40

I dont think ipods are out everywhere but today i was at the Apple store in ATL and they where sold out of the 20gig, but they had lots of minis and photos.

vrundmc

19-12-2004 10:52:29

as of today no 20 gig's at Bridgewater, NJ Apple store...
they had everything else