iPod Rapid Asin? - New Apple Product?

[shunpike]

This is strange on UK Amazon store i found this - say's that it is an Apple product and is first avaliable on the 5th September.
Although the price and name seem a little odd might this just be a live preperation page for an entirely new product?

 

[bartelby]

Rapid Asin
by Apple

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Price: £30,718.95 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions


Availability: This item is due to be released on September 24, 2007. Please note that release dates are subject to change. Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.

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Boxed-product weight: 1.4 Kg
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Item model number: Apple01
ASIN: B000UUSAFM
Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 5 Sep 2007

Yeah, price is a bit steep!
And the dates don't match

 

[sid872]

Woah, have you seen the price though? Maybe it's just a hoax.

 

[dalvin200]

no doubt someone will add a review to say it's a fantastic product

at that price, i'll have 2 RAPID ASINs

 

[shunpike]

Yeah, price is a bit steep!
And the dates don't match

no the dates make sense - released on 24th but avaliable to order on 5th - read announced on the 5th (pre-orders) avalibale on the 24th.

 

[notsofatjames]

how on earth would someone manage to post a fake on amazon. Should i pre-order it and see what i get??

 

[bartelby]

no the dates make sense - released on 24th but avaliable to order on 5th - read announced on the 5th (pre-orders) avalibale on the 24th.

Yeah, that could work...

 

[dalvin200]

how on earth would someone manage to post a fake on amazon. Should i pre-order it and see what i get??

go on then

 

[displaced]

Certainly a place-holder for something to be announced tomorrow.

ASIN codes are Amazon's internal-use item codes, similar to ISBN or UPC codes. Looks like the name 'Rapid Asin' is some artefact of Amazon's system for putting pending items into their catalogue.

Good find!

edit:

There's also this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Needed-pote...9167752-8079620?ie=UTF8&qid=1188855361&sr=1-1

... priced at £615. Note the technical details placeholder. Possibly consistent with an MP3 player (although the price would suggest otherwise). Maybe iPhone-related?

 

[psg2000]

the product initially referred to became the new ipod nano.
however there now appears to be several new apple items coming soon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-APPLERA9-Rapid-Asin/dp/B0014IM8L6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1204820885&sr=1-1

a new ipod touch?