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I place my order for the AirPods Max on January, 2 and had the delivery date of Feb. 15 to 22. And was shipped on the Feb. 16 and Fedex said it would be devleied on the Feb. 17, but apple tracking said Feb. 18, then we got hit with the winter storm. I noticed it came from California, on the fedex tracking page it says Fedex Standard Overnight. So now it says its in Tennessee and there is no updated delivery date just says pending, and the last update no the tracking pack was Thursday Feb. 18 and says in transit and still says memphis TN- Due to the winter storm that hit memphis tn last week- that is why the shipment is delayed for me
 
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It would of be nice if Fedex just put it on a plane and flew it out to virginia, then they would not have a delay and plus the package says overnight, but they I know fedex dose not have a hub in Virginia
 
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I place my order for the AirPods Max on January, 2 and had the delivery date of Feb. 15 to 22. And was shipped on the Feb. 16 and Fedex said it would be devleied on the Feb. 17, but apple tracking said Feb. 18, then we got hit with the winter storm. I noticed it came from California, on the fedex tracking page it says Fedex Standard Overnight. So now it says its in Tennessee and there is no updated delivery date just says pending, and the last update no the tracking pack was Thursday Feb. 18 and says in transit and still says memphis TN- Due to the winter storm that hit memphis tn last week- that is why the shipment is delayed for me
It would of be nice if Fedex just put it on a plane and flew it out to virginia, then they would not have a delay and plus the package says overnight, but they I know fedex dose not have a hub in Virginia
Yea unfortunately just like UPS, some still go through the hub but yea that isnt always the case and theh shouod have flown elsewhere. I know sometime it doesnt go to the Memphis hub and just goes directly to mount juliet, TN. Or if i order something and apple ships it out it normally goes from mt. Juliet tn then to Indianapolis, IN and then to my destination.

it sticks because my apple Return was sitting at Memphis hub all week until yesterday it finally moved.
 
Normally when I order stuff from apple and if they have in stock at the warehouse in PA, then my order gets shipped from and it normally arrives the next day. but like when I ordered my moms new a while back the PA warehouse did not have it in stock then it came straight from china which can take a while- so looks like the AirPods Max are being made in California
 
If you want (or are OK with) the Silver APM, Amazon has these discounted frequently and they deliver in a few days. (There are currently two used Silver APM.) They also have returns of other colors from time to time.
 
I was just checking my order tracking number and it just left memphis, and I hope its on a plane to virginia right now and not a truck. I hope I get them tomorrow
 
I hope they come today. I know they are at the Fedex destination facility so I'm still hoping its coming today, but if not I think tomorrow
If it's at your destination facility, more than likely you should get it today. Otherwise you could contact fedex and see if you could pick it up directly at the sorting center? I know I had to for one of the package because they couldn't find my address and since it was a dangerous goods, fedex ship and print center are not allowed to accept those for hold for pick ups, so I had to call Fedex Ground and that I'd be picking it up at their sorting facility instead.
 
for anyone in the UK, amazon have them in stock now for delivery tomorrow. and some colours are below RRP! space grey £494.51, pink £438.92.

blue is £438.92 too although currently out of stock, but you can still place an order!
 
for anyone in the UK, amazon have them in stock now for delivery tomorrow. and some colours are below RRP! space grey £494.51, pink £438.92.

blue is £438.92 too although currently out of stock, but you can still place an order!
thanks! tempted with the SG but due to brexit it’s ~€30 more expensive...if it’s the blue one will order in a heartbeat
 
Well, my renewed optimism from last week has pretty much evaporated. No new stock so far. At least I’m one week closer to my delivery estimate. Only 3 more to go.

Ugh... :confused:
 
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Cancelled my Apple Store order fed up with waiting and ordered them on Amazon UK, they are coming Saturday.
 
what color did you get? Was thinking ordering SG then return later since my Blue from Apple store est is Mar 31 🤔
Went with SG, which is the ones I want anyway. Apple said between the 11th and 18th March, but I’ve already waited 3 weeks so far.
 
I ordered from Amazon here in the UK yesterday. SG for £494 and I had £160 Amazon vouchers to put towards them too.

They arrived earlier on and I’ll be trying them out properly later on when I’ve finished work!
 
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I ordered from Amazon here in the UK yesterday. SG for £494 and I had £160 Amazon vouchers to put towards them too.

They arrived earlier on and I’ll be trying them out properly later on when I’ve finished work!
Damn, gutted I missed that. Paid £550 for them in the evening.
 
bought mine open-box from Best Buy without dealing with backorder BS. Less than $450 and absolute mint condition.

Space Gray too.
 
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My APM in blue arrived on Monday, after sitting in FedEx's Memphis hub for a full week. I didn't get much of a chance to put them through their paces until today. A few quick observations:

1. I must have a very small head because, even at the smallest setting of the headband, they feel loose unless I wear a ball cap. Fortunately I almost always do.

2. I exercised for 2 hours today on my exercise bike while watching two episodes of the Mandalorian with noise cancellation on (using my iPad Pro), as well as doing an iFit workout. The AirPods Max really make a difference.The spatial audio was awesome—ships flying overhead, bullets flying from the left and right, etc. And the noise cancellation blocked out almost all of the bike noise, making it possible to actually hear the dialog. Up til now, I've been unable to watch movies while exercising on the bike because the bike noise makes it nearly impossible to hear what's going on. Not so with the APM and this alone makes the steep price well worth it to me!

3. After 2 hours non-stop on the bike, there wasn't a drop of moisture inside my ear cups. Not sure if this is because the fit is a little looser than it is on people with larger heads or whether it's because I simply don't generate that much heat. I suspect it is the latter.

4. Make sure that the APM are the ONLY audio output set on your iPad. At first I was having real problems with the background music drowning out the dialog, until I realized that the sound was getting played by the APM AND by a previously paired set of Beats headphones. I'm not sure how that works but when I unchecked the Beats, all was well!

That's all for now. I'm loving the APM. They were well worth both the wait and the $$$$ cost.
 
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Still waiting on my Space Grey Airpod Max here. I ordered on February 10th and the delivery date says it should arrive between March 11th and March 18th. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will potentially deliver sometimes towards the end of this week or the beginning of next week. Super excited about these headphones after reading people's reviews. Still keeping my fingers crossed that they'll work well with my Cochlear implants! Meanwhile, a lot of the Apple stores near me (the nearest one is about 45 minutes from me) is finally accepting shopping appointments again — so if I end up not liking these headphones for some reason, I can easily return them at the store! Phew. Hopefully they'll be able to allow shopping reservations for awhile in the store due to COVID. We weren't able to shop in the store physically since November when they stopped accepting shopping reservations and only taking online orders. Hopefully things are looking up!
 
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Has anyone else noticed that the deals on the like new returned APM on Amazon have gone from the low 400s (I paid $420 shipped) to over $500 consistently? Did they finally catch on?
 
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Has anyone else noticed that the deals on the like new returned APM on Amazon have gone from the low 400s (I paid $420 shipped) to over $500 consistently? Did they finally catch on?
Yes I think Amazon realized how underpriced they were! I’m very happy with my impulse buy at $447.
 
Apple's site shows SG & Silver shipping in 2-3 weeks (joining Pink, which has been there for a few weeks now). Green remains at 4-5. Blue is stubbornly remaining at 6-7. I wonder if they're experiencing difficulties securing those respective colour agents/dyes? Or maybe there really is just too much demand for those colours?

I blame it on the reviews/influencers who all seem to feature the blue one. It's making everyone subconsciously want it! 😜
 
Has anyone else noticed that the deals on the like new returned APM on Amazon have gone from the low 400s (I paid $420 shipped) to over $500 consistently? Did they finally catch on?
Y'all were extremely lucky to snag them. Up here there haven't been many returns posted on Amazon. The cheapest one I noticed was about 70 CAD off of retail (roughly 55 USD).
 
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