Olympus E-1 Digital SLR - £98.70 (Apple Education Store) [CLOSED]

Heir_2_Hesjane

Heir_2_Hesjane wrote:

No - apple put ZML next to alot of their orders. Its just that when the move from an acknowledgement to a confimation they shorten the item description and often add ZML. Not too sure what it means, but you should see the full description in the Acknowledgement and then the shortened version in the Confirmation. Important thing is that the product numbers are the same.

Apologies for self-quoting, but as a followup, I've looked through the list of my recent orders from Apple (I order A LOT of stuff from these guys!) and they ALWAYS add a 3 letter code to the end of their orders. I've been looking around to see what it relates to but I can't find it. Oh, and I have ZML on orders that I've recieved in the past.... they're always standalone items that are not Apple's own make (as opposed to computers, ipods, etc).

manhattan

thanks dude

bbford

rowantoad wrote:

It's got no flash, no memory card, the lcd screen doesn't preview, quite frankly I don't know what the fuss is about. ;-)

Digital SLRs don't have LCD preview because the image sensor is only exposed when the shutter is open.

peter_the_piper

And the specs say built-in flash(jessops and Apple) And the memory card ain't a problem, most of us have a compactflash card hanging around.

davilown

peter_the_piper wrote:

And the specs say built-in flash(jessops and Apple) And the memory card ain't a problem, most of us have a compactflash card hanging around.

Is it compact flash as their cheaper ranges rely on XD?

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FF99

Ordered 2 at 17.45 and got 1st email and then 2nd order confirmation email at 18.20.

The T&C state clearly that once an order confirmation has been sent they are obliged to supply unless they are unable to source the items. There are plenty available in the market so I dont see them getting away with that. As I am a lawyer I regard myself as qualified to express a view on this (see next post !!).

Should I have ordered more ?????????? Presumably Ebay will be flooded with them !

"Dear FF99,

Thank you for placing your Apple Store order. We are pleased to send you this order confirmation containing details of your order.

Before your product is shipped, you will receive a shipment notification email. To check the current status of your order please visit our URL http://store.apple.com/Apple/..../.......

Your web order number is W**********, this is an important reference number. Should you have any further queries, you will need to quote this reference number

Your reference is: W********
Order Date: 29.12.2005

Item Number Product Number Product Description Quantity Ordered Price Est Build time
000010 TB011ZM/A OLYMPUS E1-ZML 2 168.00 within 24 hours

Total: 168.00
Shipping Cost: 0.00
Discount (Incl. in Total): 851.58
VAT @ 17.50% : 29.40
Order Total: 197.40
Currency: GBP
Payment Method: *************

How long will my order take?
Your order should ship on or before 30.12.2005
We estimate that you will receive delivery of your order 3-9 business days from this date. Once your order has dispatched,
you will receive a Dispatch Notification email, which will provide you with detailed delivery information."

zincoxide

Glad to see all the pocket lawyers are out again quoting this law and that law which most if not all of them will have absolutely no understanding of...something I don't pretend to know myself!!

Why don't we sit back, see what happens and if the worst comes to the worst, we get a refund in a couple of days time. But it has been amusing watching this thread today so that was worth it alone!

ThrobsBlackHat

I placed an order at about 5.30pm and both emails have come through, but dispatch date is set for tomorrow

I reckon ones ordered earlier today will be on the way already

later orders have to hope that they don't do a sweep of orders tonight and make everything disappear


I am on a slightly sticky wicket if they contact me because i am not a student, but I bought one as a gift for a student, with her delivery details. It is all veyr odd, let's hope a few have sneaked through and at least the people who found this brilliant offer get their cameras.



Incidentally - I very much doubt that they would have had thousands of these babies in stock at one time so it will be the early birds who might get warehouse stock and the rest wait for further deliveries - and time for the orders to be cancelled.

But having said all that - surely a company like apple would have a built in stock control system whereby they would tell you of impending delays due to being out of stock. I cannot believe they would issue me with a dispatch day of tomorrow if they don;t have the stock there - that would be ridiculous considering even the most basic online retailers can tell you if they have your product.


The alternative of course is that Apple UK bought a job lot of several thousand end of line cameras to flog off on the cheap - or even that the manufacturer wanted exposure to genuine students who need photography - much like Microsoft discounting software for students. It might be these are discontinued products as of 1st January and Apple UK got the last container load.

madkid88

i think there all gone now,:-(

Nostromo

20000 views i cant see Apple giving away almost £2000000 :snow_laug

They dont exactly have a glowing reputation for CS so will probably fob everyone off with the misprice email just as happened with the cheap laptop.