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Strange regularity in phase advancement

post #1 of 13
12/6/04 at 10:30pm
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I've been able to predict my last 2 phase advancements for my 7700 order.

They always happen exactly at midnight ET. They are exactly 5 days -- 120 hours -- apart.

Unless the AW folks are robots, this means that the phase game is being updated by a web-based timer. Then when they put it together, if they do so before the timer goes to phase 14, you'll get a sudden jump to the last phase.

Anyone else notice this?

I'm currently on Phase 7. Can't wait for that Phase 8 to come on midnight Friday!
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post #2 of 13
12/6/04 at 10:40pm
uhhh well make it work on my phase, 'cuz I am still on 2!
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post #3 of 13
12/6/04 at 10:42pm
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Originally Posted by Majestica
uhhh well make it work on my phase, 'cuz I am still on 2!
Oh no! To paraphrase Watergate prosecutors -- Ms. Majestica, what did you order and when did you order it?
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post #4 of 13
12/6/04 at 11:08pm
I looked at the 4 email status updates that i have gotten for my desktop and all 4 emails were sent at 3:10 pm or 3:13 pm. So the emails are sent out on a timer based system.

Last Saturday morning i checked the status web page and it said i was in phase 6. I checked it 2 hours later and it was on phase 9. Then about 2 hours later (3:13 pm) i got the email that my status has changed. So it looks like the web page gets updated first then the email goes out later.

(All times listed are Pacific Standard Time)
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post #5 of 13
12/7/04 at 12:04pm
i reckon the first 8 phases are them just sitting on their butts and buying time. Only when it enters phase 9 do they actually do anything in the sense they are building your machine. The first 8 phases are just a farce and you are more than likely to have to wait weeks after u get to phase 8 anyway.
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post #6 of 13
12/7/04 at 12:18pm
I have been stuck at phase 8 for awhile now .
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post #7 of 13
12/7/04 at 4:11pm
Those damned pesky Alienware Elves.
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post #8 of 13
12/14/04 at 12:22pm
noooo ...
I'm in phase 8 for a while now ...
It's very difficult to wait ...
Plz AW do something for me
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post #9 of 13
12/14/04 at 1:11pm
i got an email yesterday and i was on phase 6 i called them up today the first time adn they told me i was on phase 9 yay!! 9 down and 5 or less left
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post #10 of 13
12/14/04 at 5:09pm
Strange, I got from Phase 1-14 in about a week. They shipped it almost a month earlier than their estimated date. Guess I just got lucky.
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post #11 of 13
12/14/04 at 5:12pm
You're very Lucky Man !!!
I'm always in phase 8 ...
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post #12 of 13
12/15/04 at 11:51am
I had Alienware on the phone today and the graphic card x800xt was out of stock but it's ok now so I will have my computer soon as possible
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post #13 of 13
12/15/04 at 12:37pm
my computer never had no back orders
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