QUOTE(ASRockMY @ Apr 7 2015, 11:53 PM)
Unfortunately consumers are often unaware of the complexities behind the trade.
Anyway, that's why we have a thread here. It's good to know what the market is looking for so we can try to work out something that's beneficial for as many parties as possible.
As of now, we're re-organizing some arrangement so there will likely be changes when it comes to product availability.
Bear in mind that what's stated to be available is often based on what is currently being imported, if they're all snatched up quickly then availability goes to 0.
yes, and it's supposed to be that way. (i.e. consumers not knowing what's going on behind the scene) all it matters to us consumers is when we wanna get something it's there and we just go grab and pay for it hehe
i do hope some day ASRock will work out that something so that we consumers can have some working channels to get what we actually want.
QUOTE(User61 @ Apr 8 2015, 02:32 AM)
Seriously, why does the consumer need to understand the complexities of the trade? To be sympathetic to the plight of the corporation? Boo hoo, it's so hard to do business here :'( Are you getting your priorities right? What does the consumer want? Can the consumer actually buy your freaking product? That's so basic. If you say the listed models in this thread is available locally, then as a consumer I actually expect to be able to buy it here locally. What 'market complexity' should I take into account?
This thread to me is mindless propaganda for a marketing team to make itself feel good if the consumers here can't actually buy any other model other than a Extreme4 here in Malaysia. Seriously, why bother? It seems that ASRockMY is not even in touch with the market realities here on the ground. You don't even know if the 3 distributors listed on the ASRock website sells the models listed here in the thread.
as consumers we are frustrated to see stuffs are not readily available here as advertised. i get that. however i think it's more useful to ask if there are working channels for us to get these niche products locally (maybe via local pre-orders, or asrock appointed online stores if there is one).
just chill and take it easy. it's not good to point the finger to one particular party while the whole thing involves many others that contribute to the actual problem, especially when we only look at consumers' side of things.
i believe ASRockMY is here not because for marketing purposes only, but also get to know more about local market, and to facilitate much better product positioning, customer experience and warranty support.
QUOTE(goldfries @ Apr 8 2015, 02:39 AM)
Dude, chill. It's really as what they said. The thread was started in January, and when did you start hunting? Even by then I notice that some sellers who once had the boards already took it off their price list.

You're just unlucky man, too late to the game so need not be a sour grape.
It's actually not as simple as you think. What they have also depends on what Distributors bring in, and what's available here could be available now but not available later. Things come in by batches and they're distributed out to many sellers so you got to understand that often the one handling threads like this would not have access to LIVE UPDATE data.
I myself have been in contact with many distributors and I can tell you updating own stock daily basis itself is already quite a task. A single distributor alone would have many shops taking goods from them, you can't be expecting them to call all the shops daily basis to check remaining stock and then feedback to the team that's managing this thread, right?
there are better ways to do things. i believe what works elsewhere should work well locally too. the real question is whether the local industry players are willing to keep up. to me, it's hard to swallow the fact that product availability is actually a problem in this internet age with much better logistics than before.