Tom --- Please Ship Today !

[nudata 10]

You have waited long enough. Gates is off counting his money. At least give us a 24 hour break for being loyal AVSIMers. Please,Dick KLBE

[Guest lawyerpilot]

As much as I want it too, it is a federal offense, with up to a 30,000 fine per item, for shipping before release date. :)P4 2.81024 DDRAM800 Bus36 gig SATA hardrive80 gig harddriveATI Radeon 9700 ProCH yoke/pedalsElite Multi quadrant19" inch monitor-Soundblaster PCI 512Win XPInstrument rated ASEL -270 hoursAOPALawyerPilots Bar Association"Men without dreams are never free, twas thus this way and thus will ever be."

[Guest JDH]

Must be a good few $30,000 fines due, given the number of posters here how appear to have copies "before the release date."

[Guest]

Not just that, an additional penalty can be blacklisting as a Microsoft distributor meaning you will not be allowed to sell ANY Microsoft products in the future.

[Guest]

They're gambling Microsoft won't enforce the law because they're too large a distributor for Microsoft to loose (or they'll claim it was an individual employee working in violation of company regulations, almost certainly having a piece of paper at the ready stating shipment before the official release is not allowed...).

[nudata 10]

Do you think MS really cares. If speculation is set aside we have no info that MS ever took punitive steps against a retail outlet. SALES dollars matter. I cannot think of any reason why they would actually block a sale because of an artificial release date. It is all marketing and it worked. They will have many more days of exposure on forums because of "leaked sales". Dick KLBE

[Guest firehawk44]

Guess AVSIM heard you. I received my notification this PM that my copy has been shipped and will arrive on Wed. Tomorrow, UPS is delivering my new GeForce FX 5900 Ultra w/256 mgs video card. Like Christmas except it's July...Jim

[Tabs 2,790]

Yeah, it's not like anyone will get it before tomorrow if they ship today...

[nudata 10]

I saw a rumor that they are on the UPS truck and due at the door in 2 to 3 days.Dick KLBE

[Guest RobA]

I just got a call an hour ago from Software Etc that my tinned copy will be waiting for me when they open the doors at 10 AM tomorrow. I didn't even know I was getting the tinned version! :-)Best, Rob