Hi,VS. NET 2005 purchase - resellers are struggling

[DotNetInterest]

Hi all, I had recently placed an order for VS.NET 2005 + MSDN professional, and its been a week since i had made an order (in the UK) and the reseller tells me that they are struggling to complete teh order because of a big queue in Microsoft on the orders placed. In fact, i did not even order for a boxed product, all i ordered was a open license stuff, so all i will get to start with is a MSDN regsitration stuff where i can go in and download the purchased products. But still it seems to be a big problem with Microsoft to complete the order, the reseller tells me. Anybody else facing similar problems, especially in the UK? -- modified at 12:21 Monday 28th November, 2005

[code frog 0]

What exactly are they saying? It's not unusual for that process to take several weeks during slow demand periods. During the holidays and end-of-year budgets for companies I can see that process taking 2-6 weeks and reasonably so... - Rex

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[Michael P Butler]

DotNetInterest wrote:

and the reseller tells me that they are struggling to complete teh order because of a big queue in Microsoft on the orders placed.

Just like the XBox360, they are limiting supply to increase demand. Expect to see VS2005 as the second hottest ebay item this Christmas. :-D Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]