All Quiet on the Oppo front?

I wonder whether everyone on the current list will get the opportunity to buy one.

I asked about Allan’s claim of getting on the list by an alternative means. Oppo said no such alternative pathway exists. 

@lancelock Yeah, I know. I had a hard time locating it myself. Had to search “Oppo” as a subject term in my Hotmail account to find it. 

@lancelock Would you please share when you confirmed your address to Oppo and when Oppo sent to email to you requesting payment?

@uberwaltz, the Oppo reply might be a form letter. But if they already know their final product release count, the return rate of accepted invitations, and the outstanding wait list count, then they should be sending out emails to the late subscribers who would not likely get one. 

@uberwaltz, you are correct. I registered and verified my email address on the same date (5/9). Here is their email reply from my query of last night:

”You registered your interest for the player in May, so based on your current queue it does not seem likely that you will be offered a player for purchase due to how many customers are ahead of you and how many units we actually have manufactured, but you can continue to wait patiently and wait for an E-mail to come to us possible at the end of the month.”

☝🏻☝🏻 Still could be an auto-reply. But I strongly doubt it. The gist of the message is the same as @uberwaltz reported. 

Well, this is somewhat confusing. 😂 

Ok. So there appears some confusion here. Everyone gets an auto-reply from Oppo email requesting that they verify their email address. Thereafter, months later, some folks get a second email confirming their interest in getting a player? Is that second Oppo email the same as requesting payment, or did Oppo send yet a third email requesting payment?

@mcgal did you signup for the waiting list AND verify your email address on the same date? I understand that Oppo is prioritizing based on the initial date of contact, not the date when the email address is verified. The two dates can differ. 

@mcgal thanks for your follow-up. That’s the same email I got back then. 

☝🏻☝🏻Clearly stated, thanks!

I asked Oppo about multiple product purchases from folks having used multiple email addresses. Here is their response:

”We are limiting sales to one per customer/household regardless of email addresses.”

So some of these requests might be turned down once they get similar CC/shipping info.

Those who are buying them simply to flip them at a higher price are likely going to be disappointed. Great value at $1300. Not so much at $2400+. 

The margins are much, much higher. Each player, from soup to nuts, can’t be much more than $400 cost to manufacture. That means Oppo is making a profit of $700-$900, depending on tariffs and import and consumer shipping costs.

Well, that is the Oppo official line now. Sounds like one of their suppliers ran into a snafu. Only Q is how many runs remain. 

@ptss The Oppo service folks respond with info when specific inquiries are sent to them via email. I’ve had good success getting such info twice from them in the past several days. 

@stereo5 when did you first contact Oppo about your interest?

@jhajeski. When did you express an initial interest in the Oppo player?

Oppo will post a notice on their website when their stock is out. 

“This page will be updated when we have sold out of the OPPO UDP-205.“

I find it a bit odd that some who already own the 205 player would decide to order a second one, only to then wonder out loud that they have no personal use for it. 

Odd in the sense it is the contributor’s very first post on any A’gon forum thread. Sorry for the incomplete thought. I hope these gougers never get the price they are asking. Sure, the Oppo ‘205 is a value at $1300. Not sure if it is much above that price. 

Oppo will post a notice on their website page about the ‘205 player once they have sold out of product. 

I just reported the listing. It’s a personal sale under a “verified dealer” listing. 

@bultaco

Oppo has not updated their website page showing that Oppo sold out of their 205 products. 

Totally out of sync with my understanding of Oppo and their ground rules. 

I’ll pass. Oppo will be obsolete soon enough. 

@mental. Oppo offers a lot of features unrelated to playback of discs. And, apparently, a lot of folks want to spend even more money modding it to sound better.