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hashholly

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Oct 13, 2008
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Hi All,

Im looking to get a Black Stainless Steel 42mm Apple Watch and trying to figure out where i should place my order for quickest pickup/delivery.

Both Best Buy and Apple have estimated ship dates of 3-4 weeks, a bit longer for store pickup.

For people that have placed their orders with extended ship/pickup dates...did Apple or Best Buy get it to you quicker than their estimation? Did you choose store pickup or delivery?
 

Floris

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Sep 7, 2007
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I personally prefer to just buy things from Apple directly, so I can go into the Apple store and get it sorted.
 

44267547

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Apple, from my past experiences, has always delivered ahead of time. They typically predict a later ship date, but deliver sooner than most third party stores.
 

hashholly

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Original poster
Oct 13, 2008
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Thanks for the suggestions.

Got mine from bestbuy in 2 days. They just happened to have one jn stock

When you placed your order, did it give you a 3-4 week delivery estimate or did it actually show it was available for 2-day delivery when you placed the order?

Looking for info from people who ordered with a 3-4 week delivery estimate.
 

Wallace

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Oct 9, 2003
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BB was also much quicker for me. Took less then a week from ordering and picking up in-store. I tried Apple directly and said 3-4 weeks and after 1+ weeks I canceled the order since BB send me an email that my AW2 is ready for pick up.

AW2, Sport, Space Grey
 
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metblack328i

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Oct 17, 2016
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Thanks for the suggestions.



When you placed your order, did it give you a 3-4 week delivery estimate or did it actually show it was available for 2-day delivery when you placed the order?

Looking for info from people who ordered with a 3-4 week delivery estimate.

In my case, it was already in stock (justs that morning they updated)
 
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