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Authorities said.....best leave it.....unsolved
As we see multiple posters now complaining about how long a "sold order" takes, perhaps we need to remember that A) they are available in stores, but B) those people ordered theirs months before yours. I think what is ticking people off, is that they have a sold order that isn't taking precedence over a "stock" order. It's not my decision to make... if I had a sold order, I may be ticked at waiting over a year, while seeing them in stores. But if I worked at a store as a salesman and we ordered 5 for stock a year ago and I had people waiting to play/buy them, I'd be ticked to know that some guy who ordered one yesterday was getting his before my stock orders.
One store even told me that he didn't care if every sold order cancelled, because they'd need all those for stock anyway, as so many people wanted to try them out. He was confident that if all his presold orders cancelled, they'd all sell quickly to other buyers once they got there. In fact, he said the most frustrating thing was having so many potential buyers, but never having one in stock for them to try.
The moral of this story: There ain't no way to make everyone happy when there is a backlog. If you're loyal to the store you bought from, wait it out. If not, buy one that's in stock. IMHO
Well said, HC!