The Microsoft Surface was originally sold in the UK either directly through the company itself or via John Lewis stores. However the device started to hit mainstream UK resellers this past August and has managed to sell out nation wide. Impressed? Don’t be: only 2,000 units actually hit UK resellers at that time.
Nine retailers started selling the Surface on August 15th. About 1,500 of the Microsoft Surface tablets sold were the RT versions. Back orders continue to mount at this point in time. As The Register reports, some of these retailers even received a high-demand for the tablet, but simply weren’t able to meet it after poor stock allocation. The list of cleared resellers includes SCC, Computacenter, Kelway, Misco, Phoenix Software, Softcat, Software One, Insight and CCS Media.
Of course, demand for this version of the tablet is going to slip away even more as we head towards the release of the Surface 2 on October 22nd. We don’t know of Microsoft’s plans for restocking right now, but it may want to get a move on if many more Surface devices are going to be sold.
Source: The Register
