Yes, apparently there were long lines that morning, and not enough supply to meet the demand.<div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><a href="http://www.techmtaa.com/2010/03/26/when-safaricom-phone-promotion-goes-wrong/">http://www.techmtaa.com/2010/03/26/when-safaricom-phone-promotion-goes-wrong/</a></div>

<div><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div>That being said, it is not hard to fathom unscrupulous behaviour whereby dealers/vendors bought multiple units to resell at higher cost in the &quot;secondary&quot; market.</div>

<div><br></div>- Chris<div><br><div><br><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:50 PM, aki <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:aki275@googlemail.com">aki275@googlemail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I saw the advert paper that was circulated about the month end offer<br>
and so decided to check out the HTC touch HD. When I visited one of<br>
their outlets on saturday, the sales attendant informed me that the<br>
entire stock was finished and they did not have ANY of the advertised<br>
units in stock. I found this not normal, especially when a company as<br>
big as Safcom was running the special. The attendant further me<br>
informed that all units were sold out in a matter of few hours a day<br>
before. What I find very strange about the offer is this : - Do<br>
kenyans walk around with millions of Ksh in their pockets, literally,<br>
that they just went and bought all the units outright? Would dealers<br>
have bought the unit outright and if they did, that even complicates<br>
the situation because Safaricom advertised to the general public, not<br>
dealers and thereby misleading the general public. Therefore, if any<br>
member of the public bought more than 2 handsets, would this mean a<br>
vendor and not the general public was buying the handsets. Something<br>
stinks about this whole month end offer affair and I think is worthy<br>
of investigation by kenyan authorities. Did anyone on the list see<br>
safaricom outlets being overcrowed by huge lines of people wanting to<br>
buy handsets for a the first few hours that the offer ran on that day,<br>
then the lines slowly disappear?.<br>
<br>
Sharing my thots, corrections welcome.<br>
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