Palm plans on intentionally short selling the new Palm Pre

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by psychdesire

WOW.... I do not know how I feel about this. Being a big electronic fanatic, intentionally letting the consumers know about your marketing promotion kind of defeats the luxury of having the phone.

and not to mention they are purposefully not running ads on the phone...

Altho they showed a few this past season on 24.

Sprint and Palm needs all the help that they can get...it's a shame they are shooting themselves in the foot.

I wonder how many more years it will be before T mobile and Sprint cry uncle and get swallowed into Verizon or AT&T

[PeppyGPhiB]

I don't get why this is news. This is routine when it comes to cell phones and other electronics. They always run out. It is a great way to drive demand. It works. That said, Palm and Sprint aren't the ones talking about this as a "strategy"...analysts are. Big difference. Sprint's CEO has stated that they won't have an unending supply of the phone to begin with, saying that they're trying to manage demand and expectations by not advertising. That's the smart, and right, thing to do. If they wanted to be really obnoxious, they could advertise the crap out of the phone, drive high demand, then disappoint people who show up to get a phone and find out that the store is out.

For what it's worth, I've had Sprint for 8 years and have never had any issues. I get coverage everywhere, never get dropped calls, and Sprint's plans are a bargain compared to the competition. People always complain about the phone customer service, but I never have had to even deal with them until a couple months ago when I upgraded my phone to a Blackberry. At first they wanted to charge me an arm and a leg for the phone, but I was able to talk them into giving me a great deal eventually.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I don't get why this is news. This is routine when it comes to cell phones and other electronics. They always run out. It is a great way to drive demand. It works. That said, Palm and Sprint aren't the ones talking about this as a "strategy"...analysts are. Big difference. Sprint's CEO has stated that they won't have an unending supply of the phone to begin with, saying that they're trying to manage demand and expectations by not advertising. That's the smart, and right, thing to do. If they wanted to be really obnoxious, they could advertise the crap out of the phone, drive high demand, then disappoint people who show up to get a phone and find out that the store is out.

For what it's worth, I've had Sprint for 8 years and have never had any issues. I get coverage everywhere, never get dropped calls, and Sprint's plans are a bargain compared to the competition. People always complain about the phone customer service, but I never have had to even deal with them until a couple months ago when I upgraded my phone to a Blackberry. At first they wanted to charge me an arm and a leg for the phone, but I was able to talk them into giving me a great deal eventually.

I agree...but more of a slant to I don't get why Sprint felt a need to ADVERTISE that they were going to be short.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

and not to mention they are purposefully not running ads on the phone...

Altho they showed a few this past season on 24.

Sprint and Palm needs all the help that they can get...it's a shame they are shooting themselves in the foot.

I wonder how many more years it will be before T mobile and Sprint cry uncle and get swallowed into Verizon or AT&T

Hopefully forever. I have AT&T and kept them because their plan was cheaper, but they pretty much follow sprint nextel's footsteps's in both technology and service.

Plus, it will eventually be all one company again, technology will stagnate, customer service (both consumer and comericail) will suffer and your Uncle will break up your Ma's house. Then a bunch of advances will come. Then it will repeat.

[DaemonSeid]

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