Originally posted by: Termie
I also pre-ordered the e6600 from Buy.com, but it looks like they're not taking orders for it anymore. Could this mean that they won't be able to fulfill their current orders?
Rumor has it that Intel wasn't happy with all the pre-ordering and reseller's links to disti's inventory systems. (probably because it caused double ordering and other chaos in the channel). They told the resellers to remove the links and told distis not to accept new stocking orders until the 27th.
Will the existing orders be grandfathered in and be among the first to ship??? That's anyone's guess. I also have no idea how Intel and the distis will allocated initial stock. (I'm guessing it'll be proportioned based on a reseller's past sales history with boxed CPUs. It could also be based on FIFO but I doubt it. Or it could be a preset max. order qty for every reseller.)
Anyone in the disti channel have any additional insight??