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gagee

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That’s interesting... the US isn’t all that different from here in Canada. I wonder where all the stock is going?

I’ve been checking daily for a couple weeks now. I don’t think we’ve gotten stock since early Feb, in any colour. My province’s stores are completely bone-dry. C’mon Apple, throw us something lol.
I live in Toronto. My order is estimated to arrive April 14-21. I went to markville mall in markham and they had nothing.
 
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klpribula93

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I also got the dates changed to March 5th-8th but still "processing" status. We're March 5th and not even preparing for shipment
Looks like there's a problem.

My order was just pushed back. Now Mar 16-23.

I ordered space grays on 2/11 with expected delivery March 12-19. About a week ago it updated to March 5-8. Yipee!

I just noticed it changed to March 16-23! Bummer!

According to the website, If I ordered today I should expect delivery March 22-29.

Something is going on. I've ordered hundreds of Apple product, and they arrive on or before expected date. I've never had date ranges shift three times in different directions.

I'm guessing they are having trouble with consistent high yields on their production line, or perhaps a parts shortage, making it hard to predict production quantities.

Same here. Sometimes late last night I got a text notification and app notification saying that my order delivery estimate was changed to March 16-23rd from the March 5-8th date. I had an original date saying that it would be delivered March 11th-18th, then got moved up to March 5th-8th and now got the March 16th-23rd dates. I was confused as to what was going on since the delivery estimate date was changed twice. So I ended up chatting with Apple support online and they apologized and explained that it could mean a variety of different things; i.e. restocking, processing times, etc. So Apple said when I ordered on February 10th, it was possible that when I was in the middle of ordering the APM, the availability of the APM they had in stock went down (bummer). The Apple specialist did tell me however, with access that they were given that the March 16th-23rd date is the final quote delivery date that Apple issued on the APM. So hopefully that's true but I'm keeping my eyes peeled for the delivery!

I'm actually really interested to see what you think of them. You're the most unique use case I've seen so far and I really hope they live up to everything you hope they'll be.

Thanks! I'm super excited about these headphones. I truly hope they will work with my Cochlear implants. A lot of the headphones I've tried in the past always had rounded ear cups which didn't fit over my processors very well. And the cups itself were pretty thick with the padding and couldn't hear the music very well out of them. I have a pair of special wired 'headphones' that literally plugs into my processors so I can listen to music. I like my wired headphones but they're a pain in the butt because I have to take off my processors, then plug the 'headphones' in the processors and then make sure that they're connected and then put them back on my head, then plug the headphones into the phone with the lighting dongle for the iPhone 12. I have a wireless telephone clip that'll connect with my implants via bluetooth but I never liked how the music sounded through bluetooth with my processors and they don't always have the best connection between my implants and the telephone clip. It reminded me of wearing FM systems back in the days when I was in school from K-12 and I hated it haha. They never worked for me. So When I saw that Apple FINALLy came out with over the head headphones with a rectangular shaped ear cups, I got excited because they seem to cover the processors entirely and not have a super thick padding earcups. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they'll work!
 

artfossil

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Oct 5, 2015
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I broke down & brought an open box pair of space gray from Best Buy, that still allowed for Apple Care.

Arriving Tuesday, so I'm curious to see if these are worth all the praise.
You will love them! (And love them even more because you got them on sale.)
 

Michael887

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I live in Toronto. My order is estimated to arrive April 14-21. I went to markville mall in markham and they had nothing.
I'm in the GTA as well. It's frustrating when we've got so many stores in such close proximity, but none have stock! :(
 
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Michael887

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Just checked Apple Canada's site and blue & green were updated to 2-3 weeks. I'd expect quite a few of our new friends to be receiving a modest (if not complete) bump up, shortly. Looks like Apple's finally getting on top of supply.

Not gonna lie... it's a little disappointing when my orders been in for so long already, then Apple promises delivery only 1 week later for new orders placed today. Oh well.
 
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MadDog31

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Officially throwing my hat in the ring with an order for the blues, due to deliver between -- ugh -- April 14-21. :( The kids head back to school full-time in early April, which means I'll be back in my office full-time then too. Figured after a year of limited work (I'm a headshot photographer), working weekends, and home-schooling, I earned this one. I had a giant credit built up with Apple from trade-ins and the sort so they're only costing about $50 on the AC. Very excited, but hate this wait!


Well, I just got my ship date bumped up to March 23-30. Interesting and not complaining. Let's hope this sticks and these suckers show up in a couple of weeks!
 

gagee

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Well, I just got my ship date bumped up to March 23-30. Interesting and not complaining. Let's hope this sticks and these suckers show up in a couple of weeks!
Yeah mine changed yesterday as well for the blues to the same date.
 

Bosh

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Sep 7, 2006
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Ordered Jan 3rd, SkyBlue w/ engraving.
Delivery has been and still is Mar 9th to 23rd.

Just moved to "Preparing To Ship".
 

gagee

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So I bit the bullet and decided to order the Sky blue. I will sell the space gray model. Gave me the April date but yesterday changed to 3/23/2021 to 3/31.
A lot people like the blue. This is what I ordered as well. Mine is coming on the same date March 23-31.
 

JayMysterio

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Apr 24, 2010
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I broke down & brought an open box pair of space gray from Best Buy, that still allowed for Apple Care.

Arriving Tuesday, so I'm curious to see if these are worth all the praise.
Exactly as BB said, my open box pair showed up Tuesday.

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Haven't had much time to try them out, just played with the spatial audio a bit. Will give them a proper test run this weekend.

Only things of note was the security tape on the box was already cracked open, so I guess somebody needed to know what was inside. Also the box itself is sealed with "inspected by" tape from BB, but when I went to connect the headphones the first time I got the notification of "unknown device" or something. Went to check, and the headphones are labelled as "XXXXXXXX's Apple AirPods Max". Some inspection.
 
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klpribula93

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Jan 1, 2021
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Finally getting movement on the APM SP! Should arrive by Monday, March 15th. I'm super pumped and excited to see if these will work out for me!! I'm sort of quietly hoping they'll arrive tomorrow or Saturday — I paid for Express delivery (which was all they had when I originally ordered the APM SP). Super excited that the APM will be literally my FIRST over the head headphones that I've owned so far as a Deaf person with bilateral cochlear implants! 😁 Keeping my fingers crossed that they will work!
 

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dandrewk

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I ordered space grays on 2/11 with expected delivery March 12-19. About a week ago it updated to March 5-8. Yipee!

I just noticed it changed to March 16-23! Bummer!

According to the website, If I ordered today I should expect delivery March 22-29.

Something is going on. I've ordered hundreds of Apple product, and they arrive on or before expected date. I've never had date ranges shift three times in different directions.

I'm guessing they are having trouble with consistent high yields on their production line, or perhaps a parts shortage, making it hard to predict production quantities.

Now preparing to ship. It seems APM SGs are starting to move again. Yay!

ETA Mon. 3/15. Holding out hope it will arrive sooner. Checking FedEx and UPS tracking via reference number, so far nothing.
 

Michael887

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Oct 25, 2012
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Glad to see so much movement today. Congrats, guys!

It looks like this week’s out of the question now. Apple’s probably going right down to the wire with mine.
 

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