I'd not call it a letdown at this point and more the industry standard norm of scalpers able to outwit multibillion $ corporations.

Also, if something sells out within 30 min, that's no longer a lack of supply issue but more they didn't even bother to you know like do some accurate sales projection analysis or something.

How many scalpers can there be? Couple of hundred on eBay? A thousand listings?

They're short in stock by millions...

The pricing of the base model on the AU store is unusually low priced. Usually electronics in Australia cost a lot more than anywhere else.

And 31% discount on a laptop that just came out?

Hmm. That's actually not bad. Might even be a deal.

Quote from: heffeque on Today at 01:10:42You seem to be quite a bit misinformed:
The sales slump is car sales in China in general, irrespective of car brand.

Chinese cars are selling like hot cakes everywhere, inside and out of China (except the US, obviously).

To give some examples, you'll see Chinese cars in Australia (BYD Seal U is selling great), Uruguay (last month BYD #1, Geely #2, Chevrolet #3, Suzuki #4, and Dongfeng #5, so 3 out of the 5 most sold brands were Chinese), Spain (almost 20% of cars sold to private individuals were Chinese brands)... I even saw a BYD Yangwang U9 Xtreme parked in Monaco last week beside a Bugatti, a McLaren, and a few other nice cars.

Another true statement is that traditional brands are falling quite a bit in the largest car market in the world (China), hence indy0's comment.

Amazing how Chinese bots on the internet have brainwashed the uneducated to spread their propaganda. Here is a fact for you: Chinese car brands (all combined!) are irrelevant in 9 of the 10 biggest car markets in the world. The countries you mentioned simply do not matter for the big picture, neither does your anecdotal evidence. Stop perpetuating false narratives.