[G4] Apple's New G5 Marketing Approach

[sr ferenczy]

when i go to the applestore and build a G5, the dual processors are 
saying ship in 7-10 weeks, and the singles are saying ship in 4-6.  
also bear in mind that when i ordered my QS 867 a while back, that was 
originally listed as shipping in 4-6, and i had it within 2. those 
numbers have always seemed a bit pessimistic just to protect apple's 
backside from backlash.

sandor

On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 10:18  AM, Sean O'Malley wrote:

> Are is there really a backlog of orders for 2 months? are the shipping
> dates ending on oct 31 now?
> *curious*
>
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, jgvp wrote:
>
>>
>> A very odd incident occurred yesterday evening. My wife called me to
>> the phone as Eric of Apple wished to speak to me. Not having
>> communicated in any way with Apple recently, I was intrigued with why
>> they would want to phone me. Eric stated: " I hear you're thinking
>> about buying a G5 ?" I replied "Yes, you're right about that, at the
>> moment I just happen to be thinking about it !"
>> Naturally, you have thoughts running through your head such as: "where
>> did he get this kind of information from ? However, whenever I asked
>> such a question, I would hear Eric say " this line is breaking up, I
>> couldn't hear what you just said properly." I wasn't using my cellular
>> so any break up must have been caused at his end (?). Since we weren't
>> getting anywhere in this kind of scenario, I let Eric know that I have
>> a favourite retailer from whom I now buy all things Apple. He replied
>> that I should bear in mind that any orders placed now are running two
>> to two-and-a-half months late. When I replied that I would bear that 
>> in
>> mind the connection finally ended with the disconnect sound.
>>
>> Now, I have no way of knowing whether this was some sort of joke or
>> not, but my call display indicated that the call originated from
>> Unknown name at 1-916-399-7992, a long distance call from California 
>> of
>> all places. Since the number of orders for the G5 is such that there 
>> is
>> a back-log of >2 months, why would Apple see a need to seek additional
>> sales by using techniques that, so far as I am concerned, are rather
>> extraordinary to say the least ?
>>
>>
>>
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