My skeptical dollar is on IBM trying to spook folks into withdrawing their orders. IIRC, Dell faced a similar fiasco at one point last year, and were forced to honor the advertised item and price, though they limited it to one per customer.
richard wrote:
> Someone else on fatwallet posted:
>
> "I just called them and, according to the sales person, the management
> is very well aware of the spike in the orders. They have been told by
> the management to let the customers know that it's just a hard drive
> tray, and will be shipping trays, not hard drives."
>
> Now I'm confused. The two FRUs are clearly for drives, based on the
> web page descriptions. Some people on fatwallet claim to have gotten
> drives. When I called Parts, I was told orders would be canceled.
> According to this fatwallet post, they will ship trays.
>
> Does anyone else have any information on this?
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