Lame Verizon... Just lame..
XxJoshxX
Enthusiast - Level 2

This is now the "upmteenth" time I've seen you guys change the ship dates for the refresh on Droid X's. Where in the world are you getting your time-frames from!? And who do you have doing the ordering, a chimp!? Seriously.. One good way to lose business. It's bad enough that the online department and in-store department are 2 separate entities, which only means I as a customer have to deal with the runaround twice, when it comes to rebates and upgrades.. What a joke. Seperate, yet neither one can manage to keep these phones in stock, nor anticipate an influx? You guys have been promising since July that stocks would remain healthy.. You lied.

 

“While we are currently experiencing delays on orders of one of our more popular phones. We view that as an anomaly driven by a combination of supply and popularity,” Brenda Raney said. “At present, we feel that we have done everything possible to ensure we have inventory to meet customer needs around the Droid X–the proof will be in the execution on July 15.”

 



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djtonic
Contributor - Level 2

XxJoshxX wrote:

This is now the "upmteenth" time I've seen you guys change the ship dates for the refresh on Droid X's. Where in the world are you getting your time-frames from!? And who do you have doing the ordering, a chimp!? Seriously.. One good way to lose business. It's bad enough that the online department and in-store department are 2 separate entities, which only means I as a customer have to deal with the runaround twice, when it comes to rebates and upgrades.. What a joke. Seperate, yet neither one can manage to keep these phones in stock, nor anticipate an influx? You guys have been promising since July that stocks would remain healthy.. You lied.

 

“While we are currently experiencing delays on orders of one of our more popular phones. We view that as an anomaly driven by a combination of supply and popularity,” Brenda Raney said. “At present, we feel that we have done everything possible to ensure we have inventory to meet customer needs around the Droid X–the proof will be in the execution on July 15.”

 




Alright, i am not a "verizon fanboy" by any means, but come on. Verizon never 'promised' you anything.  Never crossed their hearts or became blood brothers about shipping the X to you on a particular date.  Brenda Raney quote above is carefully worded by Verizon when she says "At Present" and "we feel" to ensure they aren't "pomising" anything.

 

As demand rises and stock depletes that means that manufacturing has to constantly catch up.  When stock depletes, demand rises and manufacturing has to constantly catch up that means that ship dates have to be pushed back, again and again. 

 

Verizon is loosing money when they cant meet demand.....you really think they are just simply lying to you?

 

And, yes.  Online and instore are 2 different entities altogether.  If Shell Gasoline has an explosion at the refinery and your local shell station is out of fuel....who's fault is that?  Do you not understand that the large majority of verizon stores are individual companies selling verizon products?

 

 

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reallyniceguy
Contributor - Level 3
This is interesting lol the delay is only like 8 days isn't it? If don't want to wait simply get anoher phone. This phone is very popukar and its been selling like crazy. I can imagine demand being to high for the supply.

To tease you... this was posted using my moto deoid x :smileytongue:
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hallcp1019
Contributor - Level 2

ok way off the topic but good grief dude ...i do some quick posts that get little proof reading but you just made me laugh for about 5 mins{please keep your posts courteous}

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curtterp
Specialist - Level 1

XxJoshxX wrote:

This is now the "upmteenth" time I've seen you guys change the ship dates for the refresh on Droid X's. Where in the world are you getting your time-frames from!? And who do you have doing the ordering, a chimp!? Seriously.. One good way to lose business. It's bad enough that the online department and in-store department are 2 separate entities, which only means I as a customer have to deal with the runaround twice, when it comes to rebates and upgrades.. What a joke. Seperate, yet neither one can manage to keep these phones in stock, nor anticipate an influx? You guys have been promising since July that stocks would remain healthy.. You lied.

 

“While we are currently experiencing delays on orders of one of our more popular phones. We view that as an anomaly driven by a combination of supply and popularity,” Brenda Raney said. “At present, we feel that we have done everything possible to ensure we have inventory to meet customer needs around the Droid X–the proof will be in the execution on July 15.”

 




The dates come from information from Motorola. Basically Verizon cannot ship a single Droid X until they get it from Motorola first.

 

The demand for this phone is a LOT higher than Verizon or Motorola anticipated. Motorola sets their manufacturing schedule in advance, and when the demand is higher than originally thought, they ramp up production, but there is only so many they can manufacturer at one time. If the demand is higher than what Motorola can produce, yes there will be backorders until the demand is lower than what they can produce, then they can build stock up.

 

Seriously, you need to get an education on how business run. To ask if Verizon has a chimp ordering the phone is just plain **bleep**.

 

No I do not work for Verizon. I have been a Verizon customer for a long time, with multiple lines the whole time. Verizon is not perfect, but the backorder situation is not in their control. The way the dates move, they are forecasting what supply is coming in, looking at orders already placed, try to forecast future orders, and plan accordingly. If Motorola has a hiccup during manufacturing, and cannot supply the number of units that they said they could supply, then the backorder date moves farther out.

 

and

 

if you think that you can do better, then apply for a job at Verizon.

 

 

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djtonic
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XxJoshxX wrote:

To {please keep your posts courteous}who replied...

 


 

Hillarious. Stating, that there is no way that Verizon or Motorolla, did not anticipate an influx in sales, is simply you   {please keep your posts courteous} Verizon has been pushing back orders for the last 2 months. No company that I've ever known markets, nor backs any new and unproven technology, if they don't anticipate a success  {no personal comments, please}They are doing what most companies do, to boost sales and hype. Create a limited supply and increase demand. And Verizon did promise "Healthy Stocks". {please keep your posts courteous}

 

"if you think that you can do better, then apply for a job at Verizon."

 

Last place I'd want to work for..  {please keep your posts courteous}.


Just an observation xxjoshxx...to start calling people "nutjobs" and "nuts" and "pathetic" and "chimp" and "puppet" AND "smart guy" and "special" because a few people did not agree with your thread (me being one of those people) is simply out of line. 

 

I hope that reply is your last because with that type of attitude and blatant disrespect of this forum and it's members you probably will end up getting banned if you keep it up.

 

Dj.

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djtonic
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djtonic wrote:

XxJoshxX wrote:

To {please keep your posts courteous}who replied...

 


 

Hillarious. Stating, that there is no way that Verizon or Motorolla, did not anticipate an influx in sales, is simply you {please keep your posts courteous} Verizon has been pushing back orders for the last 2 months. No company that I've ever known markets, nor backs any new and unproven technology, if they don't anticipate a success{no personal comments, please}They are doing what most companies do, to boost sales and hype. Create a limited supply and increase demand. And Verizon did promise "Healthy Stocks". {please keep your posts courteous}

 

"if you think that you can do better, then apply for a job at Verizon."

 

Last place I'd want to work for..  {please keep your posts courteous}.


Just an observation xxjoshxx...to start calling people "nutjobs" and "nuts" and "pathetic" and "chimp" and "puppet" AND "smart guy" and "special" because a few people did not agree with your thread (me being one of those people) is simply out of line. 

 

I hope that reply is your last because with that type of attitude and blatant disrespect of this forum and it's members you probably will end up getting banned if you keep it up.

 

Dj.


Quick work MODS!!  I had the pleasure of reading the full monty before you took care of it all!

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curtterp
Specialist - Level 1

djtonic wrote:

XxJoshxX wrote:

To {please keep your posts courteous}who replied...

 


 

Hillarious. Stating, that there is no way that Verizon or Motorolla, did not anticipate an influx in sales, is simply you  {please keep your posts courteous} Verizon has been pushing back orders for the last 2 months. No company that I've ever known markets, nor backs any new and unproven technology, if they don't anticipate a success  {no personal comments, please}They are doing what most companies do, to boost sales and hype. Create a limited supply and increase demand. And Verizon did promise "Healthy Stocks". {please keep your posts courteous}

 

"if you think that you can do better, then apply for a job at Verizon."

 

Last place I'd want to work for..  {please keep your posts courteous}.


Just an observation xxjoshxx...to start calling people "nutjobs" and "nuts" and "pathetic" and "chimp" and "puppet" AND "smart guy" and "special" because a few people did not agree with your thread (me being one of those people) is simply out of line. 

 

I hope that reply is your last because with that type of attitude and blatant disrespect of this forum and it's members you probably will end up getting banned if you keep it up.

 

Dj.


Hey Dj

 

I did see his post before it was quoted by you, and I think it was deleted.......

 

I was sitting here laughing so hard, I had tears in my eyes. Truthfully I have been called worse by my ex wife.......

 

but we must have empathy/pity for the young un's...... for they know not how people can achieve true happiness. For to have true happiness, one must be happy at home, at their place of employment (I LOVE MY JOB), and be secure in their place in life and look for the good.

 

I might have been a little hard on the young un earlier.... but when people bash companies over something they do not control, I just get a little sick of it.

 

and I still thought his post you quoted was funny (even in the unquoted form that I read)

 

Hope your having a good night

 

 

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djtonic
Contributor - Level 2

curtterp wrote:

Hey Dj

 

I did see his post before it was quoted by you, and I think it was deleted.......

 

I was sitting here laughing so hard, I had tears in my eyes. Truthfully I have been called worse by my ex wife.......

 

but we must have empathy/pity for the young un's...... for they know not how people can achieve true happiness. For to have true happiness, one must be happy at home, at their place of employment (I LOVE MY JOB), and by secure in their place in life and look for the good.

 

I might have been a little hard on the young un earlier.... but when people bash companies over something they do not control, I just get a little sick of it.

 

and I still thought his post you quoted was funny (even in the unquoted form that I read)

 

Hope your having a good night

 

 


Yeah...I'm having a great night...Wife and Kid are sleeping, watching highlights on ESPN and enjoying a "cold one". 

 

I just shook my head a liitle when I read his reply :smileyhappy: That type of shortsightedness ends with a little expirence I hope. 

 

To Quote a great man:

"If you're 20 and not a liberal, you have no heart...If you are 40 and not a conservative, you have no brain"

----Winston Churchhill

 

Dj

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curtterp
Specialist - Level 1

I am enjoying a cold one too..... diet cherry pepsi :smileytongue:

 

I was watching the highlights too, but checking my EPSN Score app, Cal and Nevada is have a good old fashioned shootout of a football game.... so i turned over there too.....

 

Wife is looking at her sewing/embroidery/quilt boards..... and we have an empty nest here....

 

Yeah, I am old....... but seasoned :smileyvery-happy:

 

 

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