Dear Kristoffer,
Thank you for your interest in our shopping assistance service.
I would like to inform you of the current status of the iPod Mini orders.
It seems that the whole of the USA is after an iPod Mini and as such an
enormous shortage was created.
Even the Apple store in New York has sold out last we heard!
I had an interesting conversation with the head sales manager of Electronics
giant JandR.com and was told that they
only received 300!! - mini's so far and have allocated fairly between the
persons and companies who had placed pre-orders.
As of now they are again sold out.
We have been able to fill the first 25 orders that were placed with us and
as of right now we are not quite sure when the next shipment will arrive.
We have been promised a shipment to go out to us this Monday from JandR.com
Stores are often left in the dark about how many and what colors they have
been allocated by Apple until they open the boxes and check what is inside.
Sounds unbelievable- and yes it is. We have not seen a frenzy quite like
this in the years we have been in business. This also something we did not
foresee happening. Some colors are proving very hard to come by. The Silver
Mini's
seem to have been more readily available.
At this point we have taken several steps to ensure that we will get iPod
Minis.
We have placed back-orders with 4 different online companies and hope to
receive them as soon as those stores receive the merchandise.
We have teamed up with a local Apple dealer here in Los Angeles. All Mini's
they receive will be sold to us. We are even expecting some today!
They receive some almost every day but again - they are never sure of how
many and what colors have been allocated to them till they open the box.
We have stopped taking orders for now and are just working on filling the
ones already placed.
At this point we have created a list of people wishing to buy an iPod Mini
through our service and as soon as we have a clearer idea as when and how
many we will receive we will be in touch with you.
Kind regards,
Saskia Strick
www.AmericanGoodies.com
