Yeah, that was my question.
Is the April 29 date the date they expect the first shipment to arrive
or is it the date they expect enough shipments will have arrived so they
will have units available to fill new orders after they've filled all
the existing pre-orders?
Another consideration.
Looking at the calendar, April 15 is a Friday. I don't see B&H breaking
down a pallet load & re-packing to ship to customers that same day.
Probably the earliest they would go out to customers would be the
following Monday.
April 29 is also a Friday, so figure the earliest shipping day
from then would be May 1.
Just idle curiosity.
On 4/7/2016 10:20 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote:
On Apr 6, 2016, at 9:44 PM, Mark Roberts
<[email protected]> wrote:
… The only interpretation that makes sense is "Order now and
you'll probably get it some time around this date". ...
I think it means, “Order it now. This is about the time we will start
to have them available to ship, first-come first served.” I.e., an
estimate based on when they have it, not based on when they have it
plus some additional shipping time which will vary according to
shipping method, distance, spring snow storms, etc.
But the other point you make is interesting as well. Lets say that
they* expect to get one pallet-load of K-1 bodies every week,
starting on April 15. If they* have pre-orders for two pallets-full
of the K-1 and know they will only be receiving one pallet in their
first delivery on 15 April, do they advertise an availability of 15
April? Or is it a more dynamic process whereby they try to give
updated accurate estimates to the ones who ordered from the second or
third or fourth pallet? Or do they wait to start shipping until they
have enough stock to fulfill x percentage of the preorders? I
suspect that both the manufacturer/distributor and the retailer would
rather have a full inventory ready to meet demand, rather than having
a slow trickle of orders fulfilled.
* (where they = B&H, Adorama, or any other large store)
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