Wind Shamefully Slaps Loyal Customers Across The Face

**AllanVS** · 06-26-2012, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by FTW

You can't blame Wind. Supply is going to be tight at all stores. It Samsung's fault for underestimating the demand for their phone. They sold well over 24 million S II's.

The SII sold 24mil in around 16 months. This has reached 1/2 of that in just over 1 month ... there's a major demand for this amazing device... more than even Samsung expected.

Originally Posted by I Drive a V8

I'm with you sharpie...I can't believe WIND doesn't want $650 from me at once, they'd rather wait and have me risk snatching it off Kijiji or Pacific Mall.

Wind would RECOUP maybe $100 total from you, and the other $550 would go back to Samsung via a Purchase Order (aka an IOU).
You see, Wind will PURCHASE the device (and usually at a loss) and sell to you. Don't think Wind is making fist fulls of cash on a single device. Only Apple does that!

**SharpieFiend** · 06-26-2012, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by AllanVS

Wind would RECOUP maybe $100 total from you, and the other $550 would go back to Samsung via a Purchase Order (aka an IOU). You see, Wind will PURCHASE the device (and usually at a loss) and sell to you. Don't think Wind is making fist fulls of cash on a single device. Only Apple does that!

Wind is not making a loss on selling phones outright, in fact with their inflated outright price they are making a fistful of cash. Plus, there is an opportunity cost to having a customer buy a device somewhere else, and that is the future ability to get additional volume discounts.

**SRG01** · 06-26-2012, 05:14 PM

Why the hell are people QQing about SIII shortages? This is the most anticipated Android phone of this year. Just wait it out, for crying out loud.

**SharpieFiend** · 06-26-2012, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by SRG01

Why the hell are people QQing about SIII shortages? This is the most anticipated Android phone of this year. Just wait it out, for crying out loud.

This is an online forum, good sir - that's what we do here!

**savbers** · 06-26-2012, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by SRG01

Why the hell are people QQing about SIII shortages? This is the most anticipated Android phone of this year. Just wait it out, for crying out loud.

You said it yourself! It's the most anticipated Android phone of this year! We were on the edge of our seats, cash in-hand, just to be slapped in the face.

**SRG01** · 06-26-2012, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by savbers

You said it yourself! It's the most anticipated Android phone of this year! We were on the edge of our seats, cash in-hand, just to be slapped in the face.

Uhhh, right. And product shortages never occur, hmm? Every carrier is anticipating shortages. Calm down.

**Mr Mystery** · 06-26-2012, 06:21 PM

Meh, wake me when the Note 2 launches

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**SharpieFiend** · 06-26-2012, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by SRG01

Uhhh, right. And product shortages never occur, hmm? Every carrier is anticipating shortages. Calm down.

Wind could have handled it differently - when I preregistered they made it seem like I could expect to get a phone, because they said I had to preregister if I wanted one. Now they're saying I can't, and not giving me any information at all on when I can expect to get one. All they're doing is handing us some BS about an 'exclusive' deal and not even saying what that is.

It's not the fact that there is a product shortage - which was completely expected - it was the fact they allowed me to preregister to 'reserve' one.

**savbers** · 06-26-2012, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by SRG01

Uhhh, right. And product shortages never occur, hmm? Every carrier is anticipating shortages. Calm down.

Telling a teenager to calm down?
That's like telling a rock to move.

**Positive Climb** · 06-26-2012, 06:30 PM

LMAO this is getting interesting...

**savbers** · 06-26-2012, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by Positive Climb

LMAO this is getting interesting...

Indeed! The phone is $299 with a WINDtab!
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/06/26/wi...new-customers/

**Tendenzi** · 06-26-2012, 07:06 PM

Why is everyone so up-in arms about this again? They're going to make it up to you. Last time on the Bold 9780 it was a $50 hardware discount. I can't remember if it applied to tab purchases too of an instant in store savings... I wasn't interested in a BB ever. But I do recall the inventory mess up and shortages during this time for that device.

**FTW** · 06-26-2012, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by AllanVS

The SII sold 24mil in around 16 months. This has reached 1/2 of that in just over 1 month ... there's a major demand for this amazing device... more than even Samsung expected.

Your right. I was just trying to get people to calm down.

**Stephen Morris** · 06-26-2012, 09:26 PM

Geez, my employers are stupid!

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**LXXIII** · 06-26-2012, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by SharpieFiend

Wind could have handled it differently - when I preregistered they made it seem like I could expect to get a phone, because they said I had to preregister if I wanted one. Now they're saying I can't, and not giving me any information at all on when I can expect to get one. All they're doing is handing us some BS about an 'exclusive' deal and not even saying what that is.

It's not the fact that there is a product shortage - which was completely expected - it was the fact they allowed me to preregister to 'reserve' one.

The exclusive deal is a $25 discount on the SIII...