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On 2003-02-18 12:30, Andy_P wrote:
In all fairness, Emma always says the 24th, I presume so that thats a worst case scenario.
I can't seem to get the search working on esato (you search on the word UK and it says Word Excluded: UK and returns no results) but if you had been reading the million+1 other posts about this you may have seen some of mine regarding release dates.
Justin said yesterday it's still 17th - 24th but he has a gut feeling about the 20th.
Andy
I phoned the E-shop and spoke to Justin. He said that he was expecting some in today but it is looking likely (after he has spoken to the driver) that they will not be in until Monday. They have 1500 units being delivered which should cover the pre-orders.
Z.
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Posted: 2003-02-20 12:04:00
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you think that's bad - you try working for Orange. we've got about a 3 monnth delay before our internal subs department get hold of even a limited stock of new handset...
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Posted: 2003-02-20 12:35:00
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@Zoidy:
Thats a shame: Justin said he had a gut feeling they would arrive today, and even if they did arrive now they probably wouldn't make tomorrow delivery.
Monday / Tuesday it is then
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Posted: 2003-02-20 13:36:00
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I just looked on Orange web site and its now showing a price of £329.99 on contract so I phoned and they said that is a confirmed price on the system but the shops may have promotions on high tariff packages (was showing £299.99 on website & telephone contact was £249.99 only two days ago!!
Expansys still expecting delivery next tuesday but all of them are likely to go to pre-orders.
Check situation with SonyEricsson E-Shop (Justin) who are also still expecting large delivery today or Monday and said I would have one out of the first shipment if I order today (ie. still not all allocated to pre-orders). So I've ordered one as orange don't seem to know what the f**k they are doing and Justin told me that they actually supply the units to Expansys!!
So best bet for getting one next week is E-shop plus at £349.99 with say £15 contract with orange its looking better to just by the unlocked phone.
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Posted: 2003-02-20 13:55:00
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Hmmmm, Emma just told me week commencing 24th before they ship.
I'm very tempted to wait until OSPS gets them in (they say 1-2weeks). Could get one for £284.99 all in on Orange there. (P800 = £34.99 on OVP T-Mobile Everyone 300, 4months line rental (OSPS's advised clawback period) £170, then switch to the HSD tariff for a tenner a month for the remaining 8months = £80 = £284.99 total. Just need to get it unlocked, plus wait a week or two extra, and you save 200squid!
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Posted: 2003-02-20 14:18:00
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How many times...
Emma has said the 24th all along for some reason.. presumably because she doesn't want to disapoint people.
Speak to Justin (for the last 6 weeks) and he thinks they will be in today. Emma may turn out to be right though, we'll see.
Wonder if they deliver on Saturdays? I could do with a nice surprise at the moment...
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Posted: 2003-02-20 17:26:00
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Damn. I must say I don't like they way
are treating you.
The phone will be worth every day of waiting once you get it but they are not treating you with much respect.
If the phone wasn't so damn good I'd wait for the upcoming siemens smart phone or something like that. They should be punished in some way. But not to hard as I want them to keep making sweet phones
I'm lucky for living in norway. It's already in stores here.
(I got it a week before it hit the shop due to some special cirumstances)
Lucky me. Keep your faith. The phone IS worth it.
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Posted: 2003-02-20 20:49:00
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rite, my news as i promised earlier: i was at Old Trafford last nite for the ManU v Juventus game, in the Europa suite as a guest of Motorola, no1 from Motorola turned up but 4 guys from Orange did. 1 guy was in charge of arranging logistics etc, 2 were handset engineers, and the last was Orange's rep for the NorthWest in charge of Carphone Warehouse's account. The logistics guy told me b4 every1 else turned up that the P800 won't be available in the UK "for a fair while yet" because SE are apparently having major problems with shipping since "they moved production to the Far East" - which we all know is bollocks because P800 is currently being made in France!
Later on I spoke to the guy in charge of CPW's account, and he said that CPW will be having all their Orange P800s delivered this Friday.
And last but not least, the handset engineers, 1 had a P800 with him as his personal phone, and let me have a little play with it, hae to say very nice on 1st opinions. They then both agreed on the fact that Orange's own SPV is a shite product, and will only become a stable and properly useable product sometime after March when they finally sort out a decent software release for it, which they both said waould be too late to save it's credibility.
Anyway, no CONFIRMED DELIVERY or any such bullshit, just what I was told last nite by the people in the know.
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Posted: 2003-02-21 01:06:00
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I said the phone will be released on Firday or Saturday!
Why are you ringing Orange Direct for when i said that they will be available in Orange Shops. I didn't mention anything about Orange Direct. The Derby Orange Shop don't know what they are talking about.
Orange Direct will get theie P800's after the retail shops.
And don't bother ring customer service because they probably won't know either.
Happy shopping tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 2003-02-21 02:31:00
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Heh - i've got one reserved in three O shops scattered over london - at most, it'll take me half an hour to reach the nearest one
Good hunting all!
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Posted: 2003-02-21 02:35:00
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