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Shipping date speculation

burtonvdp said:
To be completely honest I can't see why anyone is calling this a failure right now. They said from the start that it will ship in the middle of July.
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I agree. However, I do not want to see the device on retail shelves before Google ships pre-orders. Until this morning it appeared retail outlets would have them to sell/ship today.
 
GeoUSA said:
I agree. However, I do not want to see the device on retail shelves before Google ships pre-orders. Until this morning it appeared retail outlets would have them to sell/ship today.
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Well, the original plan was for the retailers to begin selling them today. But earlier this week, Google has been contacting them directly (at least from what we've heard from trusted Gamestop sources) to instruct them not to sell any until further notice.

(Speculation)
Right now, it's looking like retail stores are instructed not to sell any until at least next week. No one can come up with a reason, but I'm guessing it's to allow Google more time to synchronize shipping to all the Retail channels, as well as getting the individual pre-orders out the door.

Edit: I'd like to add, we're extremely likely to see units go out the door from lots of retailers for various reasons...
- They can claim they did not get any 'hold notice' from google
- Friends of friends that are making the sale ahead of time anyway, or under-the-table.
 
GeoUSA said:
I agree. However, I do not want to see the device on retail shelves before Google ships pre-orders. Until this morning it appeared retail outlets would have them to sell/ship today.
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yeah that would piss me off quite a bit. Especially if they hit retail stores before hand. What was the purpose of pre-ordering at that point lol.

I would have liked to see them commit to a small quantity and be able to say "Sold out"... Nothing like saying you cant have something to make everyone want it....
 
I had some errands to run over lunch today and stopped by the Gamestop since I was out. I asked about pre-ordering and the lady told me that if I pre-ordered today I would get in on wave 2 which is street dated at 7/31. I asked about wave 1 and she said that they were street dated today, but that they got 3-4 emails this morning from management saying that under no circumstances whatsoever were they supposed to sell the N7, release it to anyone or even take pictures. She then told me they had several in stock in the back. We were the only people in the store so I gave some thought to hitting her over the head and taking an N7. I still may go back and do that. Anyway, she said the N7's they have in stock have no street date at all and they have been ordered to hold them indefinitely. She said they got no word as to why so she doesn't know if it's a software bug, a recall or something else. They do physically have them in the store. They just can't sell them. No clue what that means.
 
A.Nonymous said:
I had some errands to run over lunch today and stopped by the Gamestop since I was out. I asked about pre-ordering and the lady told me that if I pre-ordered today I would get in on wave 2 which is street dated at 7/31. I asked about wave 1 and she said that they were street dated today, but that they got 3-4 emails this morning from management saying that under no circumstances whatsoever were they supposed to sell the N7, release it to anyone or even take pictures. She then told me they had several in stock in the back. We were the only people in the store so I gave some thought to hitting her over the head and taking an N7. I still may go back and do that. Anyway, she said the N7's they have in stock have no street date at all and they have been ordered to hold them indefinitely. She said they got no word as to why so she doesn't know if it's a software bug, a recall or something else. They do physically have them in the store. They just can't sell them. No clue what that means.
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I am having horrible flashbacks to the whole Verizon Galaxy Nexus release debacle! I knew of at least 10 stores that had their stock, but could not sell them for whatever reason. You'd think that big companies could get their shit together when it comes to product releases!
 
wysts43 said:
I am having horrible flashbacks to the whole Verizon Galaxy Nexus release debacle! I knew of at least 10 stores that had their stock, but could not sell them for whatever reason. You'd think that big companies could get their shit together when it comes to product releases!
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They can. Apple does it every time. I can't imagine an Apple product launch going like this.
 
A.Nonymous said:
I had some errands to run over lunch today and stopped by the Gamestop since I was out. I asked about pre-ordering and the lady told me that if I pre-ordered today I would get in on wave 2 which is street dated at 7/31. I asked about wave 1 and she said that they were street dated today, but that they got 3-4 emails this morning from management saying that under no circumstances whatsoever were they supposed to sell the N7, release it to anyone or even take pictures. She then told me they had several in stock in the back. We were the only people in the store so I gave some thought to hitting her over the head and taking an N7. I still may go back and do that. Anyway, she said the N7's they have in stock have no street date at all and they have been ordered to hold them indefinitely. She said they got no word as to why so she doesn't know if it's a software bug, a recall or something else. They do physically have them in the store. They just can't sell them. No clue what that means.
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^ the true story. Thanks for checking it again today and posting the update.
 
Just noticed a charge from Google that appeared a few minutes ago (been checking my account a lot today :) ) for $1, pending. Maybe a pre-auth to verify the card works still?
 
Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but my brother ordered mine for me from another state on July 1. He just texted me and said he got an update that says DELAYED. He called and the Play store rep said he had no definitive news but that he felt like it's because of Google's response to the Apple lawsuit.
 
RichardRight said:
Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but my brother ordered mine for me from another state on July 1. He just texted me and said he got an update that says DELAYED. He called and the Play store rep said he had no definitive news but that he felt like it's because of Google's response to the Apple lawsuit.
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Probably not as the Galaxy Nexus sold directly from google has JB installed and they pushed the update to the unlocked Gnex's so this is unrelated to the Apple lawsuit.
 
RichardRight said:
Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but my brother ordered mine for me from another state on July 1. He just texted me and said he got an update that says DELAYED. He called and the Play store rep said he had no definitive news but that he felt like it's because of Google's response to the Apple lawsuit.
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Hope not. I ordered mine the 2nd. I have not received that message. I really hope I don't, but if i do I will post.
 
I have a $1 charge that appeared today on my credit card too (unfortunately, it is just the temp auth from using my card to buy gasoline while out for lunch today :-).
 
Unforgiven said:
Probably not as the Galaxy Nexus sold directly from google has JB installed and they pushed the update to the unlocked Gnex's so this is unrelated to the Apple lawsuit.
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It may be that they have to get that update ready to push to the N7 before shipping though.
 
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