Thread: N900 shipping delayed
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jaark is offline jaark
2009-11-13 , 23:35
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Originally Posted by Shiggy View Post
I don't see how having a fixed date the customer loses.
How would you feel if you saw your local shop being delivered a big box marked 'Nokia N900' and them refusing to sell you one?
Many people would be complaining that their local shop has stock but won't sell.

It's like not getting delivery date from UPS, FedEx, DHL or whomever you use for shipping.
No it's not. When you send something via DHL, you are sending it via a single delivery entity. You will also find that in many cases, they have disclaimers in their guaranteed delivery dates to account for things such as inspections or temporary seisures by customs.

Usually fixed release dates should allow retailers enough time to stock a decent amount of products in order for the first rush. Now I'm not saying this is perfect but at least gives enough time for a majority of retailers
I'm not saying that any system is perfect. you are describing an artificial delay. Any artificial barrier annoys me. If one shop manages to get stock turned around before the one I've ordered from then I'm fine with that as long as I'm happy that my retailer is doing their best to get me stuff ASAP.