BMaker11 said:
I think I have a right to be upset here. It's not a matter of "rage over a toy being in stock 2 years ago". The problem is that ever since that exchange (me showing that XBOnes were in stock at the time at most major retailers when MS claimed they were sold out), that guy has, on multiple occassions, tried to undermine comments I make by saying "this is the guy who said MS should have up to the minute tracking on every unit sold". It's why my first sentence was "oh, you just had to come in with that BS"...it's because he's done it before. I've never once said or even implied that MS should have that kind of tracking. I've corrected him several times about it. Yet, he continues to spread lies to, essentially, say "don't take him seriously". I'm sure you'd be a little pissed, too, if time and again, someone tells a lie about you/misquotes you, and despite being corrected, still tells the lie over and over. |
1. Please dont be so dramatic as if I have thrown this back at you repeatedly or something. I think this is the 2nd time I have referenced your posts during the launch times since the launch times. And always in reference to your wacky logistics thinking. Its not as if its off topic or attacking.
2. You did imply MS needs up to the second tracking data because if you look at the very thread you linked (it wasnt the only one btw), its the only thing that would make your idea work. So MS should have supplied people with the stores that had Xbones in stock because "they know where they shipped them". Nevermind delivery to said stores distribution center, nevermind sorting and loading for said store, nevermind delivery and unloading to said store, nevermind time required for product to be stocked at said store. Nevermind that each retailers stock checking system are flawed and constantly inaccurate.
So MS should know WM #2716 should have Xbones because they know they shipped that store 8 on Tuesday. Nevermind that it might have been the next Monday before they were unloaded at that store and available for sale (which MS would not know). Nevermind that it wouldnt be until that truck was scanned in that the product would be in the store inventory, and that the website wont update until midnight. MS should still know that store has some. So maybe Monday night an associate stocks them to the shelf. Maybe they last until midnight and are included when the website updates. If even one is left when it updates and its sold 5 minutes latee, for an entire day the website will show in stock. Yet MS should still be in position to track all of this, because they know that hey, we shipped em some units!
Of course, there could be a line when those Xbones are brought out amd they could have been sold in 10 minutes. But MS should still post online that the store has them, because they know they shipped them.
It implies that MS must either have a way to track sales lightning fast or they just send everyone on a blind goose chase with old shipping info. Whichever of those two you prefer, either one represents a terribly flawed understanding of how logistics works, which was the moral of my story anyway. That whoever i quoted asking you about logistics should understand that you know very little about it, which youve proven again in this thread.
Nothing personal, just saying. And thats all Ill say about that.
