Originally Posted by jonmorris:
“That's a problem for some companies, but would most iOS invested users suddenly switch to Android? Wouldn't they become accustomed to the fact that if they don't act quick, they'll lose out - thus waking up extra early to secure a purchase at 8am?
Like buying tickets to a gig etc.
Would someone buy an Xbox because they missed out on the latest PlayStation?
Would someone .. you get the idea.
It works for some brands to make them hard to get, and seem exclusive. Which for a while they are.
As I said, why wouldn't you do this if you could? Not only do you not lose sales today, but you ensure you have people queuing up next time (if not at a store, behind their keyboards waiting to pre-order).”
“That's a problem for some companies, but would most iOS invested users suddenly switch to Android? Wouldn't they become accustomed to the fact that if they don't act quick, they'll lose out - thus waking up extra early to secure a purchase at 8am?
Like buying tickets to a gig etc.
Would someone buy an Xbox because they missed out on the latest PlayStation?
Would someone .. you get the idea.
It works for some brands to make them hard to get, and seem exclusive. Which for a while they are.
As I said, why wouldn't you do this if you could? Not only do you not lose sales today, but you ensure you have people queuing up next time (if not at a store, behind their keyboards waiting to pre-order).”
If your theory is that most iOS users are just going to buy a new iPhone anyway, what advantage is there to Apple in making them wait?
If people want something on day one, they'll queue anyway - there doesn't really need to be a shortage to make people queue.
If I'm a company selling a product, I just want to sell it to people who want to buy it. I don't really see any advantage in purposely making people wait before they can buy it.
I can't think of any circumstance where a potential customer wants to wait a couple of months to buy a product - its just frustrating.




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