Electronics

[mima]

On 11/29/2014 jordan2 said:

I'm still holding out hope that I'll get the ""invite"".

Me too.

[Jordan2]

On 11/29/2014 gardenman said:

On 11/29/2014 jordan2 said:

I'm still holding out hope that I'll get the "invite".

I'm cautiously optimistic that Monday/Tuesday more invites will go out. So far the buy option has gone live on Monday before the invites go out, so if you can suddenly buy one on Monday, you'll know the invite is coming. The good news is you don't have to wait for the invite to arrive, just find that "add to cart" button and you're good to go.

I don't understand. Do you mean that you can buy it but for the $199 price without waiting? I'm a prime member and am not paying $199 for it when others have bought it for $99.

[gardenman]

So far on Monday nights they've unlocked the Echo buy button for those who will be getting the invites. If you're a Prime member you can then buy one for $99 or for $199 if you're not a Prime member. On Tuesday morning the e-mail invites go out, but they unlock them the night before.

[mima]

On 11/30/2014 jordan2 said:

On 11/29/2014 gardenman said:

On 11/29/2014 jordan2 said:

I'm still holding out hope that I'll get the "invite".

I'm cautiously optimistic that Monday/Tuesday more invites will go out. So far the buy option has gone live on Monday before the invites go out, so if you can suddenly buy one on Monday, you'll know the invite is coming. The good news is you don't have to wait for the invite to arrive, just find that "add to cart" button and you're good to go.

I don't understand. Do you mean that you can buy it but for the $199 price without waiting? I'm a prime member and am not paying $199 for it when others have bought it for $99.

No, you can't buy them without an invite at any price. At least for now. If you are a prime member and get the invite it is $99. If you aren't a prime member and get an invite, you can buy it for $199.

For others reading this....you have to request an invite. They don't send invites out without a request. This is the dumbest thing I've run across in retail sales. Very frustrating.

I thought maybe they would be for sale for either Black Friday or Cyber Monday. No such luck!!!!!

[lovescats]

On 12/1/2014 mima said:

On 11/30/2014 jordan2 said:

On 11/29/2014 gardenman said:

On 11/29/2014 jordan2 said:

I'm still holding out hope that I'll get the "invite".

I'm cautiously optimistic that Monday/Tuesday more invites will go out. So far the buy option has gone live on Monday before the invites go out, so if you can suddenly buy one on Monday, you'll know the invite is coming. The good news is you don't have to wait for the invite to arrive, just find that "add to cart" button and you're good to go.

I don't understand. Do you mean that you can buy it but for the $199 price without waiting? I'm a prime member and am not paying $199 for it when others have bought it for $99.

No, you can't buy them without an invite at any price. At least for now. If you are a prime member and get the invite it is $99. If you aren't a prime member and get an invite, you can buy it for $199.

For others reading this....you have to request an invite. They don't send invites out without a request. This is the dumbest thing I've run across in retail sales. Very frustrating.

I thought maybe they would be for sale for either Black Friday or Cyber Monday. No such luck!!!!!

I think it's pretty smart of amazon to do it this way because people are going to think about buying one if they get the invitation. Remember when gmail was by invitation only. If you're not a prime member and you get the invitation and want to buy one why not just become a prime member? amazon is creating a demand for it.

[mima]

On 12/1/2014 lovescats said:

On 12/1/2014 mima said:

On 11/30/2014 jordan2 said:

On 11/29/2014 gardenman said:

On 11/29/2014 jordan2 said:

I'm still holding out hope that I'll get the "invite".

I'm cautiously optimistic that Monday/Tuesday more invites will go out. So far the buy option has gone live on Monday before the invites go out, so if you can suddenly buy one on Monday, you'll know the invite is coming. The good news is you don't have to wait for the invite to arrive, just find that "add to cart" button and you're good to go.

I don't understand. Do you mean that you can buy it but for the $199 price without waiting? I'm a prime member and am not paying $199 for it when others have bought it for $99.

No, you can't buy them without an invite at any price. At least for now. If you are a prime member and get the invite it is $99. If you aren't a prime member and get an invite, you can buy it for $199.

For others reading this....you have to request an invite. They don't send invites out without a request. This is the dumbest thing I've run across in retail sales. Very frustrating.

I thought maybe they would be for sale for either Black Friday or Cyber Monday. No such luck!!!!!

I think it's pretty smart of amazon to do it this way because people are going to think about buying one if they get the invitation. Remember when gmail was by invitation only. If you're not a prime member and you get the invitation and want to buy one why not just become a prime member? amazon is creating a demand for it.

If you read their discussion boards it is making people mad. They are not going to renew their prime if they don't get an invitation. I requested an invite, so I already know I want one. I don't think too many people would request an invite unless they were already wanting one.

I don't understand the bolded.

[lovescats]

On 12/1/2014 mima said:

On 12/1/2014 lovescats said:

On 12/1/2014 mima said:

On 11/30/2014 jordan2 said:

On 11/29/2014 gardenman said:

On 11/29/2014 jordan2 said:

I'm still holding out hope that I'll get the "invite".

I'm cautiously optimistic that Monday/Tuesday more invites will go out. So far the buy option has gone live on Monday before the invites go out, so if you can suddenly buy one on Monday, you'll know the invite is coming. The good news is you don't have to wait for the invite to arrive, just find that "add to cart" button and you're good to go.

I don't understand. Do you mean that you can buy it but for the $199 price without waiting? I'm a prime member and am not paying $199 for it when others have bought it for $99.

No, you can't buy them without an invite at any price. At least for now. If you are a prime member and get the invite it is $99. If you aren't a prime member and get an invite, you can buy it for $199.

For others reading this....you have to request an invite. They don't send invites out without a request. This is the dumbest thing I've run across in retail sales. Very frustrating.

I thought maybe they would be for sale for either Black Friday or Cyber Monday. No such luck!!!!!

I think it's pretty smart of amazon to do it this way because people are going to think about buying one if they get the invitation. Remember when gmail was by invitation only. If you're not a prime member and you get the invitation and want to buy one why not just become a prime member? amazon is creating a demand for it.

If you read their discussion boards it is making people mad. They are not going to renew their prime if they don't get an invitation. I requested an invite, so I already know I want one. I don't think too many people would request an invite unless they were already wanting one.

I don't understand the bolded.

my original reply doesn't include anything bolded wasn't done by me.

[mima]

On 12/1/2014 lovescats said:

On 12/1/2014 mima said:

On 12/1/2014 lovescats said:

On 12/1/2014 mima said:

On 11/30/2014 jordan2 said:

On 11/29/2014 gardenman said:

On 11/29/2014 jordan2 said:

I'm still holding out hope that I'll get the "invite".

I'm cautiously optimistic that Monday/Tuesday more invites will go out. So far the buy option has gone live on Monday before the invites go out, so if you can suddenly buy one on Monday, you'll know the invite is coming. The good news is you don't have to wait for the invite to arrive, just find that "add to cart" button and you're good to go.

I don't understand. Do you mean that you can buy it but for the $199 price without waiting? I'm a prime member and am not paying $199 for it when others have bought it for $99.

No, you can't buy them without an invite at any price. At least for now. If you are a prime member and get the invite it is $99. If you aren't a prime member and get an invite, you can buy it for $199.

For others reading this....you have to request an invite. They don't send invites out without a request. This is the dumbest thing I've run across in retail sales. Very frustrating.

I thought maybe they would be for sale for either Black Friday or Cyber Monday. No such luck!!!!!

I think it's pretty smart of amazon to do it this way because people are going to think about buying one if they get the invitation. Remember when gmail was by invitation only. If you're not a prime member and you get the invitation and want to buy one why not just become a prime member? amazon is creating a demand for it.

If you read their discussion boards it is making people mad. They are not going to renew their prime if they don't get an invitation. I requested an invite, so I already know I want one. I don't think too many people would request an invite unless they were already wanting one.

I don't understand the bolded.

my original reply doesn't include anything bolded wasn't done by me.

I bolded it so that you would know the part I don't understand. I am already wanting one so I requested an invite. You don't get an invite unless you request it. I didn't get what you meant.

[gardenman]

For those of us waiting for invites, Amazon gave the last group nine days due to the holiday to buy their Echos, so the invite may be delayed a couple of days this time around. No one's sure how this all works, but I've seen mentions of people who created an account for someone just so they could ask for an invite getting the invite despite having never done any business with Amazon, so it's not just their best customers. There's some metric they're using that defies our understanding. It could just be totally random selection from those who asked for an invite with various qualifiers based on location/demographics.

We're sorely lacking for information. Are they selling them as quickly as they manufacture them? Did they have a set number made and in warehouses just waiting to go out and are they offering just those and when they're gone they're gone? Are they making them now? Are they shipping them constantly? Are there any left to ship? A hundred? A thousand? Ten thousand? A million? We know next to nothing.

We need someone to find Jeff Bezos and get (perhaps beat) some answers out of him. I've still got the money set aside to get one, but there are lots of other things begging me for that money now. I'd kind of like to spend it on other stuff, but as soon as I do I know the invite will come and I'll be kicking myself for spending it on something else.

[lovescats]

On 12/1/2014 mima said:

On 12/1/2014 lovescats said:

On 12/1/2014 mima said:

On 12/1/2014 lovescats said:

On 12/1/2014 mima said:

On 11/30/2014 jordan2 said:

On 11/29/2014 gardenman said:

On 11/29/2014 jordan2 said:

I'm still holding out hope that I'll get the "invite".

I'm cautiously optimistic that Monday/Tuesday more invites will go out. So far the buy option has gone live on Monday before the invites go out, so if you can suddenly buy one on Monday, you'll know the invite is coming. The good news is you don't have to wait for the invite to arrive, just find that "add to cart" button and you're good to go.

I don't understand. Do you mean that you can buy it but for the $199 price without waiting? I'm a prime member and am not paying $199 for it when others have bought it for $99.

No, you can't buy them without an invite at any price. At least for now. If you are a prime member and get the invite it is $99. If you aren't a prime member and get an invite, you can buy it for $199.

For others reading this....you have to request an invite. They don't send invites out without a request. This is the dumbest thing I've run across in retail sales. Very frustrating.

I thought maybe they would be for sale for either Black Friday or Cyber Monday. No such luck!!!!!

I think it's pretty smart of amazon to do it this way because people are going to think about buying one if they get the invitation. Remember when gmail was by invitation only. If you're not a prime member and you get the invitation and want to buy one why not just become a prime member? amazon is creating a demand for it.

If you read their discussion boards it is making people mad. They are not going to renew their prime if they don't get an invitation. I requested an invite, so I already know I want one. I don't think too many people would request an invite unless they were already wanting one.

I don't understand the bolded.

my original reply doesn't include anything bolded wasn't done by me.

I bolded it so that you would know the part I don't understand. I am already wanting one so I requested an invite. You don't get an invite unless you request it. I didn't get what you meant.

But didn't people get an email to request an invitation? or how did people first know about it? I just think amazon is doing a slow or test rollout of this product. My point is if amazon just brought this out in mass would people want it right now or just think or that's something I can buy later. Low supply equals high demand. Amazon is creating their own buzz.