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this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2026
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I agree: there's a distinction without a difference. If they have the product now, why can't it be purchased until next year? If you have to wait to purchase (and assuming valve will keep making frames as long as there's a literal line of people eager to buy them), it's functionally the same as the waiting list: wait until there's stock ready to ship and it's your turn, then you can purchase. I'm not sure what difference in practice you're seeing?
They DON'T have the product, but they do have secured the parts and manufacture, so it gets slowly built, after which small batches are dispached around the world, before getting assigned to someone in the queue to be bought (if he still wish to).
For the waitlist, they don't have secured enough parts to buy a chunk of manufacturing time to assemble them. From the look of it they decided to buy additional manufacturing time chunks in 2028, but don't know yet when they will be, so wait & see.
Thanks! I feel that ought to have been better communicated, since naturally there's some implied timing. For example, if I said I had a car available for you to buy, how long do I have to be able to provide the car before my claim it's available seems false? 1 year? Longer?