Sold Out! - International Delivery Already Delayed

International iPad preorders now shipping June 7th - SlashGear

 

To be honest, hearing about the status of the store stock from you Americans, I wonder if they're not having production problems. They just started taking pre-orders on Monday this week!!

 

My guess it's a combination. I do believe they not expect the iPad to be as successful as it is for them. And because of that, they did not have production at the level needed to have a free flowing pipeline.

This is a problem that HP, Toshiba, Sony, and Dell would love to have.....

 

I'm glad I got my pre-order in on day one - a 2.30am. My expected delivery date is still showing as "by 28th May". I wonder if anyone is monitoring the expected pre-orders in Europe as they did in the US? I read somewhere that approximately 15,000 iPads have already found there way to the UK via grey import (mainly eBay) so that's presumably 15,000 people who haven't pre-ordered this time (unless they want more of the things of course).

 

I've had my iPad for 1 1/2 weeks now. I think their issue is that the iPad is that damned good - demand is much higher than expected. So - they're trying to level supplies out and not get themselves in a big mess.

 

If my experience is like other peoples, the more people have them, and show others, the more sales will keep coming in. My son, daughter, and I each have one, and there hasn't been one person who has seen them, that hasn't wanted one!

 

It's interesting that, in the UK, there has been zero advertising for the iPad and the general public seems disinterested/ unaware of what it is capable of. In my company of some seventy plus people, no one has said they will be getting one (although most have said they would like to see mine when it arrives)

So either their are a lot of Geeks out there who read forums such as this/ listen to Podcasts from the likes of Leo Laporte, or Apple have not allocated us many?

 

Delivery of iPads to Europe will be canceled or severely delayed if Katla blows.

 

Canadian Apple Store still shows may 28th for now, but we know how slow Canadians are to react eh! LOL