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MaximTV

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Creating this thread for the european users because it seems like there are some differences with shipping (eg. we can't track our orders by reference on the UPS site).

My current order status is 'Preparing to Ship' and the delivery date is Sep 22. :)
 
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mine is still on preparing to ship too.

are we the only europeans that order the S3?

we were so much people on late 2016 mbp EU thread!
 
mine is still on preparing to ship too.

are we the only europeans that order the S3?

we were so much people on late 2016 mbp EU thread!
Oh man.. I remember these times haha.

I think I've seen one other european guy.. but yeah we're not a lot of european users here who've ordered the AW S3.
 
My white ceramic is still showing as processing. Delivery date 25-27th September. Monday will be a bummer as I will be work so i am hoping it might be with me by next Friday.
 
My white ceramic is still showing as processing. Delivery date 25-27th September. Monday will be a bummer as I will be work so i am hoping it might be with me by next Friday.
i thought the difference in models was only in US/EU but in UK you have more options than we at spain... seriously apple!?!?!

look at this!
https://www.apple.com/es/watch/

https://www.apple.com/es/shop/buy-watch/apple-watch


the only options are S1, S3 nike, S3 (non-lte) standard with standard plastic strap
not hermes, not ceramic, not lte, not new nylon strap by default...
 
i thought the difference in models was only in US/EU but in UK you have more options than we at spain... seriously apple!?!?!

look at this!
https://www.apple.com/es/watch/

https://www.apple.com/es/shop/buy-watch/apple-watch


the only options are S1, S3 nike, S3 (non-lte) standard with standard plastic strap
not hermes, not ceramic, not lte, not new nylon strap by default...

I think that ownership and sales per head, the UK is Apples second largest customer base
 
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I've ordered from German Apple Store last night (42mm, Sports, GPS+LTE) and stuck at 5-6 weeks. Do you guys reckon it will be shorter than that or no luck?
 
I've ordered from German Apple Store last night (42mm, Sports, GPS+LTE) and stuck at 5-6 weeks. Do you guys reckon it will be shorter than that or no luck?
It's always possible that you will receive your order sooner than stated on the order confirmation. Maybe your delivery date will change soon, but don't expect too big of a change.
[doublepost=1505629887][/doublepost]It's so annoying not to be able to track the order like the US guys.. We know no shipping progress at all until the last second lol.
 
It's always possible that you will receive your order sooner than stated on the order confirmation. Maybe your delivery date will change soon, but don't expect too big of a change.
[doublepost=1505629887][/doublepost]It's so annoying not to be able to track the order like the US guys.. We know no shipping progress at all until the last second lol.

Alright, thank you, I really hope so as it did change for a few people already however not having my hopes up. Very true, wish they've offered it in Europe as well!
 
Ireland here, ordered the SS 42mm with white sports band, on preparing to ship also.

I ordered from the UK as I wanted SS, so will have cellular which I can't use here!
 
Order placed this morning :D for a SS 42mm GPS+cellular space black wth Milanese loop, to be delivered to Apple Store Montpellier (southern France) on Sept. 22th. I was very lucky indeed, it was the only one of this model available for launch day. It appeared only early in the morning today that they had one available.
So I did cancel my order placed last Friday at 9h01 with standard delivery between October 6th and 13th :).
There is also one S3 white ceramic 42mm available at Apple Store Montpellier for Sept. 22th, should someone in France be interested in.
 
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Still nothing on UPS's website. I guess they're batch shipping everything to Prague, CZ and then giving each parcel over to DHL Express.
 
Still nothing on UPS's website. I guess they're batch shipping everything to Prague, CZ and then giving each parcel over to DHL Express.
that's what i said on the global thread.

since ups is the chosen to deliver worldwide from china to warehouses AND also is the chosen to deliver to homes in the US they have the tracking since the beginning because is on the same company. we won't ever have an early tracking because of that. our tracking will begin when our watches go out of the EU warehouse with the final company that delivers it to our homes.
 
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that's what i said on the global thread.

since ups is the chosen to deliver worldwide from china to warehouses AND also is the chosen to deliver to homes in the US they have the tracking since the beginning because is on the same company. we won't ever have an early tracking because of that. our tracking will begin when our watches go out of the EU warehouse with the final company that delivers it to our homes.
The first and last ever global tracking that I had for an order from Apple was in 2015..
 
Ordered a 42mm Series 3 (non-LTE, we don't have much of a choice in Spain) an hour after launch. Updating from Series 0...

Status: Preparing to ship, delivery due to 22nd.

On the Spanish store, You can still order any Series 3 now and get a 22nd delivery date btw :/
 
Do you guys think that we'll receive some shipping notifications in 1-2 days?

Hope so, but then again, they can move parcels rather fast inside europe.. so even if they get going on Wednesday, there still would be enough time to reach everyone on Friday.
 
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I've ordered many items on launch day, they have always been delivered on time, not sure what everyone is worried about.

It'll arrive on the delivery date Apple state, it's Apple, not Dell.
 
I've ordered many items on launch day, they have always been delivered on time, not sure what everyone is worried about.

It'll arrive on the delivery date Apple state, it's Apple, not Dell.

This is all part of the hype. Don't worry about us. ;-)
 
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