Apple iPod Shuffle Shortage In Effect

In what could be considered a marketing trick, consumers are being forced to wait two to four weeks if they want an iPod Shuffle.

“The backlog of orders comes not quite a year after the introduction of the iPod mini sparked a a six-week wait when ordered online.

There is a two- to three-week wait for the $99 iPod Shuffle, which holds about 120 songs, while customers face a wait of three to four weeks for the $149 model, which has double the capacity, according to the Apple Web site.”

Don’t confuse the shortage with high demand at this point. Last week Steve Jobs said the new iPod Shuffle was on its way to stores – perhaps they just have not arrived yet :)

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