How often does Amazon itself get these? Does anyone know how long it usually takes Amazon itself to restock the a1?
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I got mine on wednesday afternoon of this week, sent it back Thursday morning. After 12 hours of making the backup disks to have, it bricked on me. Please do yourself a favor and wait for amazon to get it in so you have a way to return it. That way, you will get all your money back minus what it costs you to ship it back. There are a lot of problems with the unit. I wish I would have looked around on the net before I bought it. They usually get a shipment in every couple of weeks if you want to try this unit. Ashame, has great stats, but terrible support, and terrible bios software. If you get one that doesn't brick, you may be lucky. If you do send it to Asus for warrenty, be prepared to wait several weeks for repairs. (Why I send mine back to Amazon instead,)
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My Best Buy pre-order shows a release date of 10/25 so I wouldn't expect Amazon to be much faster. That being said, I do remember Google saying that they were available. Maybe their definition of "available" is different from ours...
351016
Good point. It's October and the Amazon iMacs still ship with Snow Leopard? Every other reseller I've checked is offering models with Lion pre-installed. You guys just lost a sale.
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I am in same boat guys, I did notice on eBay a lot of the vendors are saying "pre-order till March 11". Hard to imagine Amazon getting it much later than them. Good luck.
467874
I ordered mine on Sept 21 and still have had no luck, unfortunately, I can't just cancel my order and buy straight from apple because of some amazon gift cards I used to purchase it. When these gift cards are gone, I hope to not be doing much, if any, more business with amazon.
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I got mine on Black Friday. I saw the price and my eyes almost popped out of my head. I couldn't order it fast enough! Keep an eye out, you never know when the price might drop again. Even at this price it's still cheaper than any other reseller I've seen or even the Apple Store is. I live in Texas and I have no sales tax when purchasing from Amazon which is a added plus!
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September 25th it is. Amazon product page is showing it to be in stock now. Hopefully they will start shipping soon. Edit: Looks like anyone who pre-ordered from Amazon is screwed. In stock at Buy.com, J&R, and Electronics Expo, but Amazon is quoting 1-2 months! WTF?
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I know its ridiculous. I had been trying to hunt one down also and finally got my hands on one. My suggestion would be to try Newegg and J&R because both have options to request an automatic notification when the product comes in stock. Both retailers had units in stock last week but sold out very quickly. Last I checked Newegg had an ETA of 11/22 and J&R told me last week they'd be getting more within 1-2 weeks but they allow you to add it to cart and pre-purchase now which will ensure one of the units in that next shipment will be yours. Between these two choices I'd go with J&R if at all possible only because there'll be no tax and free shipping and as a bonus you can use Amex points if you happen to have any and purchase through shopamex.com. The strategy that worked for me was to signup for auto-alerts from both of these retailers and I also created a Google alert to be e-mailed anytime a new post appeared that included "Aspire Timeline AS1810T" as well as a Bountii alert. I know it sounds like overkill but I was concerned it would only get more difficult to get one the closer we got to X-Mas so I chose to cover all possible bases and it worked-got one of these puppies in my hands in less than a week. Anyway best of luck - I assure you its worth the wait it's a great little machine.
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Who knows??? I saw the July 24th date last week and now as I look at various sites it says August. Just "August", no date with it. I preordered my in April, since it was suppose to be due on in May. Then June. Then July 24th. Now "August". I don't know why Amazon seems to be actually selling them now. Does this mean they actual have ones in stock? I would call Amazon (the contact information isn't hard to find) and ask them directly IF they actually have them *in stock*! To be honest, I would be shocked if they did, because no one else does! (And don't be fooled by eBay; there are sellers there ALWAYS selling stuff months before it is released! Of course, they never mention that in their listings!)
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I was walking through Staples today and they had these on the floor and in stock. The sales guy at Staples said they had them since last week. I am pretty upset at Amazon--why is it taking them so long to get them in stock? If I didn't have an amazon gift certificate to use I would cancel my order and buy it at Staples.
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NewEgg went from "ETA: 11/07" to "Out of Stock" instantly... in the time it took me to refresh my screen. Why does that sound so familiar? Oh yeah, Amazon did the same thing!Does this thing even HAVE a release date?!
563150
Thanks, I saw a UK post on a site mentioning a delay of 2-6 weeks from Amazon UK and wanted to see if there were any USA updates. I appreciate the information.
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The units are selling fast. My local Apple store was completely sold out when I went to get one. They said they received a dozen or so in and were all sold in a day or two. They told me to check back soon as they receive new shipments daily. I went back a few days latter and they had dozens of them on the shelf.
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I purchased two of them (red and blue), and they shipped without ever having a restock estimate. One was actually prepared for shipment before the other, but then both shipped together. It looks as though there's a heavy demand, which means they'll probably come in and out of stock for a while. If Amazon doesn't have a date, then I don't think there's any hope of us knowing. I suggest ordering them anyway and checking the order status often.
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I'm within a mile and a half of a Costco, Best Buy, Apple store, and Circuit City. It's 9 AM. they all open in an hour. I think I'll be able to get a Touch at one of those stores. :) To heck with Amazon. They blew it big time with me, by showing "In Stock" when I ordered, on the 16th. I don't care about engraving and I know Apple is hard nosed about returns, so I'll double check the Return policy of the store I buy from, just in case the Touch doesn't work out well for me. IF Apple didn't have an automatic restocking fee, I'd just buy from them...
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I think you sumed it up well. Seems like most of the business world is just waiting for the small supplies of the iTouch to be let out of the Apple warehouse. I talked again to the manager at Best Buy and he said they have no idea ahead of time what they will get. My guess is Amazon is in the same sitution. I have gotten items from Amazon also for years and a similiar thing came up when the HP or it was then Compaq iPaq PDA's first came out, the supply was way more then what was produced. This was the first really vague email response I had received from Amazon, usually they are pretty good. Hopefully Apple will get these things out the door fast ! I think you sumed it up well. Seems like most of the business world is just waiting for the small supplies of the iTouch to be let out of the Apple warehouse. I talked again to the manager at Best Buy and he said they have no idea ahead of time what they will get. My guess is Amazon is in the same sitution. I have gotten items from Amazon also for years and a similiar thing came up when the HP or it was then Compaq iPaq PDA's first came out, the supply was way more then what was produced. This was the first really vague email response I had received from Amazon, usually they are pretty... » Read More I think you sumed it up well. Seems like most of the business world is just waiting for the small supplies of the iTouch to be let out of the Apple warehouse. I talked again to the manager at Best Buy and he said they have no idea ahead of time what they will get. My guess is Amazon is in the same sitution. I have gotten items from Amazon also for years and a similiar thing came up when the HP or it was then Compaq iPaq PDA's first came out, the supply was way more then what was produced. This was the first really vague email response I had received from Amazon, usually they are pretty good. Hopefully Apple will get these things out the door fast ! « Show Less
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I gave up on Amazon. Canceled my order (Preordered Feb 17th). I stopped by the local Apple store and picked one up that they had in stock. It sucks that i had to pay tax, but at least now i have it. I'm guessing Apple is to blame on this mess. It's seems that they're only selling them directly, and denying them to other stores like Amazon. :-/