(...Psst...US buyers...I moved my order for a desktop to novamusik last night because they swore I would be in the first shipment, and that should at least by then end of the year -- 2004, that is. If yer desperate, you might call them...still $1,600...)

Re: shipping
 

pfft.... :roll:
'anyday' between now - and then end of say, jan next year :wink:

The following quotes are from Mike Carrol, who works for the international sales dep at access... (perhaps his word might be a litle closer to the truth)

so I wonder where your friends got their info from?

shipping
 

Thats why I put "not to get anybodys hopes up " and "hopefully this is true" in the reply :wink: but it was logged in the pc as shipping which is a little vague and could imply anything I guess. I think I would take mikes info to be more legit.

Guitar Center shipping is not true. I checked my order today and the expected arrival date is Feb.2005 I am suppossed to call back tommorrow and find out for sure if this is accurate. Wll let ya know.

I really dont know why you bother checking with suppliers/distribs as the email mike sent me was on 13th dec, and surely his word is better than anyones at the current time.
As he said - he cannot and has not been able to provide local distributors of an ETA, so how are the distribs/suppliers even coming up with any of these dates?
IMHO most of these dates (esp the impossibly early ones) have been listed by suppliers to boost preorder sales. I suggest you be wary of this.

Im sure access will have an update for us at least by xmas, so I suggest waiting to hear it from the horses mouth.

My keyboard is apparently going to arrive the day that it gets here :wink:

suppliers often get ahead of themselves. the more advertising they throw around, the more they embelish the fact that the TI. is COMING. to a town near youuuuuu!!! the more preorders they can fulfill. also, if one sales vendour advertises that they have TI's in stock or have access to them, customers are more likely to purchase from whichever vendour starts selling first. so everyone else, jumps on the bandwagon to stop that other sales site from taking a chunk out of its initial sales target. the wonderful world of marketing. ultimately as you say - access's word on this is final so id go with that.

shipping
 

Nova just changed to january http://www.novamusik.com/search.aspx...rer&keyword=20

HA! This means probably rest of world (other than countries close to Germany) will get their Ti's realistically by FEB 2005 the earliest....

Maybe we should start posting votes, and making some bets....

Even if we chip in $1 each, we could have the pot up to $2-300

Thats a fair chunk from a Ti

I'm going to sleep...............wake me up when my TI comes. Can't they at least put up a manual on their website so that I can read up on my new toy?

I understand that "good things come to those who wait" but man oh man.

When I ordered my Polar TI from Sam Ash it was going to come in the second shipment because the first was sold out. I guess I am looking at " when it get here it gets here" shipping date. AHhhhhhh!