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Old 04-02-2011, 19:58   #1648
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Re: TiVo
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Originally Posted by BenMcr View Post
There will be enough boxes being produced to fullfil the installs being booked.

If I was to guess I would think it's fairly close to a JIT process, with enough extra to cover any additional box requests. Virgin know how many installs they can complete in a week, and how many people pre-registered so can plan appropriately.

This isn't a bad thing, as quite a lot of companies operate orders in the same way. In the next few years then TiVo will become stock so less brand new boxes will be produced and more will be returned and refurbished.
So, based on the number of people on the Pre register list and the install capacity, when will the last installs of pre-registered list happen? Feb?, March?. Later?

And, after the S1 installs, will they be working to a specific selection method of customers; for example VIP followed by XL customers followed by non XL prepared to upgrade? That seems the fairest way to me, even though as a triple XL, I'll come after the VIPs.
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