Comments on: Microsoft Surface Pro Showing Out of Stock Just Hours After Retail Launch

By: Jim Bezdan

Jim Bezdan — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:53:00 +0000

I reserved a 128GB on Monday at my local Best Buy in Richmond, VA. I was a bit concerned when I didn’t get the notification this morning to come pick it up. I went over the store at 11:30 AM EST and asked the manager if they had received any 128GB models. He said they did but they were sold immediately. I then showed him my reservation receipt and he turned pale and didn’t say anything for a almost a minute. Finally he said “wait here” and walked into the back. After about 5 minutes he returned carrying a 128 GB. Apparently someone had forgotten to move the reserved one (I may have been the only one who did this at this store) up to the front, so they didn’t notify me that it was ready.

At another BB across town, they said they only received 1 128GB and they had someone waiting at the door for it when they opened. A friend in the Charlotte area said the Microsoft Store Kiosk at Southpark Mall only received 3 of the 128GBs.

By: Curt Weese

Curt Weese — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:10:00 +0000

massive lines even in Washington. I was buying two but will have to wait now a little longer. Oh well, no worries….I’m still buy two of them for me and my girlfriend!!!

By: Once a loyal Windows man.

Once a loyal Windows man. — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:54:00 +0000

NOw, it safe to say that microsoft is a big ego problem, and won’t fix their mistakes.
they won’t lower the prices of an item that lacks many things to be desire.
They won’t cut cost to improve sales, and innovations. To top it off they make the few customers willing to pay for an overprices under achieving product (Compare to other win8 tablet hybrids) but they won’t even stock the stores properly to sell these products. I went into best buy and they said there is nothing in there systems that say these items will be shippign to their best buys or any neighboring ones.
a launch with nothing other then a display unit are you Serious M$FT??? wtf…
When it does come out officially week’s and months from now, they better drop the prices! Grrr… liars I swear, they won’t admit to their failures in win8. its fast and new, but its not the future. it’s gimmicky at best.. thats why they are rushing to put out windwos 9.

By: destroy_all_humans

destroy_all_humans — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:44:00 +0000

they should have made more than 10

By: dc

dc — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:44:00 +0000

same in md, all sold out at best buy and staples too

By: dan

dan — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:38:00 +0000

And Memphis. Only 1 unit shipped to all area BestBuy stores. Some Staples stores didn’t get any.

By: Surface Pro Release Day Stock Apparently Limited at Best Buy and Staples Stores — WindowsObserver.com

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:13:44 +0000

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By: Sturev

Sturev — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:31:00 +0000

seeing the same thing here in CA…