Dreaded Apple shipping delay email

[jlanuez]

Well, it happened yesterday at 5:40PM. My 17" MBP (Matte, 3GB, 160GB) was due to ship 11/14 and arrive 11/17 and now it won't ship until 11/17.
I ordered it on 10/30.

Here is a portion of the email from Apple:


To Our Valued Apple Customer:

Thank you for your recent order with the Apple Store online.

We are unable to ship your 17-inch MacBook Pro by the date given when you
placed the order. It is now expected to ship on or before 11/17/06. We
sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this delay may cause and we are
making every effort to ship this unit as soon as possible.

 

[jlanuez]

Worse news...

In checking the order staus page at apple.com, I see my dates are now changed to soemthing more vague:

Custom configured
Ships by: Nov 17 - Nov 21
Delivers by: Nov 21 - Nov 27

 

[Emptea]

Sorry but this really isn't anything that bad. I also ordered the same spec 17" as you on the 30/10 and my shipping date is 20th and delivery 30th, so you should really count yourself lucky.

 

[jlanuez]

Will it ship tomorrow???? Place your bets!

Anyone still have a Magic Eight Ball to consult?

MBPRO 17/2.33 CTO
Custom configured
Ships by: Nov 17 - Nov 21
Delivers by: Nov 21 - Nov 27

 

[jlanuez]

Woke up this morning to the "Shipped" email, hooray!

Finally received Apple email that it shipped:

Shipment Information
Shipment Date: NOV 17, 2006
Delivers by: NOV 22, 2006

FedEx tracking:
Nov 17, 2006 11:25 AM Left origin SHANGHAI CN 11:05 AM Picked up SHANGHAI CN
Package received after FedEx cutoff 8:27 AM Package data transmitted to FedEx

 

[macman2790]

Well, it happened yesterday at 5:40PM. My 17" MBP (Matte, 3GB, 160GB) was due to ship 11/14 and arrive 11/17 and now it won't ship until 11/17.
I ordered it on 10/30.

Here is a portion of the email from Apple:


To Our Valued Apple Customer:

Thank you for your recent order with the Apple Store online.

We are unable to ship your 17-inch MacBook Pro by the date given when you
placed the order. It is now expected to ship on or before 11/17/06. We
sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this delay may cause and we are
making every effort to ship this unit as soon as possible.

i got one of these emails for my 15" i ordered earlier this week, but they are throwing in a brenthaven edge II for free that i will be selling since i already ordered a case.

 

[smueboy]

i got one of these emails for my 15" i ordered earlier this week, but they are throwing in a brenthaven edge II for free that i will be selling since i already ordered a case.

When exactly did you order, and when are they saying it will ship? I ordered the same spec on Oct 30th, ship nov 27....

 

[macman2790]

When exactly did you order, and when are they saying it will ship? I ordered the same spec on Oct 30th, ship nov 27....

27 - 29, of november, same as yours, sucks don't it. gave me a free brenthaven edge II case and gave free expedited shipping.

 

[smueboy]

27 - 29, of november, same as yours, sucks don't it. gave me a free brenthaven edge II case and gave free expedited shipping.

i think it's the 2GB RAM chip that is slowing things down. did you order with an education discount?
i got nothing free, but it think i might just try to sqeeze something out of them.

 

[macman2790]

i think it's the 2GB RAM chip that is slowing things down. did you order with an education discount?
i got nothing free, but it think i might just try to sqeeze something out of them.

i used the student apple developer connection discount, ($500 off) on my macbook pro.

 

[jellomizer]

Keep calm.
Once you have that MacBook on your lap you will forget about the whole ordeal.