Why would they do that when the store closes at 9pm. Seems counterproductive if someone is looking for stock to buy between 6pm and 9pm when they get off work.
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iPhone XS Iphone Xs max suddenly out of stock everywhere?
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Why would they do that when the store closes at 9pm. Seems counterproductive if someone is looking for stock to buy between 6pm and 9pm when they get off work.
That's how they have been doing it for launch week. Also any other day, when things die down, Once the clock turns 8 PM, the in-store pick up available changes to next day. You can check this yourself on the iPhone 7 or 8 and you'll see that typically after 8 pm is when it switches to next day store pick up.
I'm pretty sure in a couple of weeks, the XS and XS Max will be back to normal where you can pick it up on the same day if you order before 8 PM.
Edit: Plus I've been monitoring this daily and that's what I have been seeing so far.
[doublepost=1538711183][/doublepost]Also, just because the apple store app or apple.com shows it unavailable for pick up doesn't necessarily mean they are sold out. Even if they disable this at 6 PM, you can still walk to the Apple store and still be able to pick one up.
I think that might have to do with store pickup when ordered online. Maybe after certain rime they cannot schedule pickup on the same day.
The Apple Store in my area (capital region, Upstate NY) had been getting stock everyday. Usually posts about 8:00am every morning.
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Probably to make it look like they are selling out everyday. Low demand for a new iPhone is embarrassing for Apple. There's really no other excuse for it..
Were you checking online at Apple.com and at what time were you checking the availability of the XS MAX in the 12 stores? The inventory is actually there. Apple somehow disables the inventory at least an hour or two before store closing. If you go back to Apple.com at around 9-930AM tomorrow, inventory will reappear. It's strange Apple does this. I think it has to do with the appointments. Appointments for iPhone pick-up is only available the same day. As the store nears closing, inventory of XS/XS Max will not show since you won't be able to set up an appointment time.
The stores near me have been running out daily. The regular XS model is always in stock.
You definitely are over exaggerating and/or are over-assuming. Apple Being a hardware company, has zero incentive to limit sales and there no value in artificially limiting iPhones, and they certainly don't need to resort to this type of behavior make it ‘look like they are selling out everyday’. They sell millions of iPhones and manufacturer 600,000 units a day, and the amount of logistics with iPhone Manufacturing/delivering across the world is far more advanced than you’re making it appear.
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It's because the appt. slots are filled so they disable inventory as it is link to making an appt. They probably don't want to enable inventory in the off chance you come to the store the next day, ask for a specific iPhone you saw available, and someone before you in line had already purchased it and you go psycho-ballistic on the poor apple guy/girl.