US release date could be July 12th!
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Careful now! I'm a great grandmother and 71 - and have an Asus Transformer and ordered the Nexus 7 a few days ago. -sheureka
Mind my language, but you're one bad ass grandmother. I bow to you.
You're just trying to start arguments. The man already said his main issue is the fact that people that preordered after him might get it first.
Also, what I meant to say is that if someone was to order from GameStop on the same day one did from google play and the person that got his/her tablet from GameStop first, I'd be pissed
No I'm not, GS is an acting agent for Google by selling the N7, which by law entitles me to any and all perks afforded to anyone who pre-ordered from the Play site.
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No one's arguing legality, just overall fairness. Like, playground fairness. Dibs, really.
This is going to be biased depending on where people ordered.
Seeing as I ordered from both Google play and Staples, I say the people from Play should get them at the same time if not first. However, you could argue that preordering is just saving a spot...
Seeing as I ordered from both Google play and Staples, I say the people from Play should get them at the same time if not first. However, you could argue that preordering is just saving a spot...
I'm not a lawyer, but I do play one on t.v. And I am pretty sure there is no law as to what you are referring to.
If google wanted they could give us people who pre-ordered directly from the play store golden doubloons. Any you, just a silly little tablet.
Aaaaaand... now I'm gonna poke holes in your nice neat theory.
It's a numbers game, plain and simple.
The nexus costs a certain amount to make. That doesn't change depending on where someone bought it from.
Asus takes a bit of profit on top of that. This becomes Google's cost.
Google sells it to the public direct for retail, the keep 100% of the remaining profit.
Google also sells some units to stores. These they have to sell for less than retail, because the retailers are NOT going to sell them for no profit. These units Google makes LESS money.
So, NO, GS is not acting as Google's agent on the same level. Period. This is the way it works in channel sales vs. direct sales.
Furthermore, in the pc market and gaming industries, it is extremely common for companies to ship items a day or 2 before the release date so that they are delivered to pre-order customers ON the release date, the same day that the B&M stores sell it to walk in customers. It's actually more common than it is for B&M to have it first and direct sales to come in later. This is from personal experience.
No, I don't think it's necessarily right for anyone to *expect* that those of us who pre-ordered direct from Google will get it *before* retail B&M pre-order customers. But it is perfectly reasonable to expect that we will get it on the same day. Also, as we are supporting google directly by purchasing it from them direct (and therefore contributing more to their revenue by paying them full retail, and helping them recoup development costs and profit), it's not stupid or unreasonable to *hope* that we would be rewarded for our loyalty by receiving our shipments say a day sooner than retail stores release it.
The point you made that had some validity is that your money is as good as anyone else's. And you're right. However, from Google's standpoint, you didn't pay them the same price we did. You paid the same price to Gamestop, and they made less profit from that sale than they did from a sale that was direct from their store.
"Dibs" Really? I didn't know I was dealing with a bunch of 10 year olds from the playground. The only point I was trying to make is I should not be penelized by going to GS. All the money is going to the same place.........
And I hope everyone gets their new toy on the same day so no one gets their feelers hurt....
Its just a gadget guys........
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Why do you seem the most hurt? I think the people who preordered day one are simply saying, "Hey, wouldn't it be swell if we got ours first?" That's not really childish or even worth arguing. It would be nice is all.
No, Gamestop is most likely not acting as an agent for Google. Gamestop, much like any other retailer, is a *reseller*. They purchase inventory from manufacturers or distributors, then they resell it for a markup. The ownership of that inventory transfers to the retailer, and then to the customer. If the retailer is unable to sell that product, they take a loss on it. Once the retailer has taken posession of the inventory and paid for it, the manufacturer or distributor cannot demand it back or take away their right to sell it. Technically a retailer can violate street dates and there isn't anything legally that the manufacturer or distributor can do about it unless there's contractual limitations in the sales agreement with the retailer. Obviously however, the retailer would be well advised to adhere to street dates because if they don't they may just find themselves not able to buy the next item that manufacturer sells, without having to go through another reseller at a higher cost and lowered profit.
An agent does not receive ownership of inventory. The inventory remains the property of the manufacturer or distributor until it is sold. If the Agent is unable to sell it, they do not take a loss (aside from having wasted the shelf space while it sat in their storefront). If the manufacturer or distributor decided that they no longer wanted to authorize the agent to sell their product, they could prohibit them from selling further product and take back all existing product in the agent's posession.
I'm not hurt at all, and thats the truth. Everyone else on this thread has expressed their opnion, all I wanted to do was express mine......thats all
Really sorry some of you can't or wont accept the fact that yours isn't the only thought on a subject. And just because you have an opnion(you as well as me) doesn't mean its the only one out there.
Again I hope we all get the N7 on the same day.:-$
No need for you all to get angry about this. We're supposed to be in this together. Just as long as we all get them within a day or 2 of each other we should be good. Google should have shipped out the Google Play ones earlier so we wouldn't have had this issue though.
I'm pretty sure people here aren't so utterly oblivious that they don't realize others have opinions....what do you think this is? An Apple forum?
Actually you are right and a little wrong here.........GS does have a binding contract with Google to recieve XX number on N7's on certain dates. GS does in effect pay up front for each N7 they recieve. But they also have the right to return any and all N7's to Google to keep from taking a loss on the item. This is in every purchass agreement GS has ever made with Google, Microsoft & Sony. So in effect with no concerns for loss GS is acting as purchasing agent for Google.
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