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sfrangu

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I placed an order with AT&T for a 2021 Space Grey 12.9 1TB iPad Pro on Friday. I originally had an expected shipped date of July 19-26. Today, I received an email with a UPS tracking number, indicating it has shipped.
Wow, so nice of them!
Which Friday, if you don't mind?
 

mobi-logic

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May 6, 2014
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Ordered 12.9 cellular 256gb with mkb white and pencil over the weekend. Today got mkb and pencil delivered and iPad is showing delivery date of mid July
 
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Admara

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May 30, 2021
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Ordered 12.9 cellular 256gb with mkb white and pencil over the weekend. Today got mkb and pencil delivered and iPad is showing delivery date of mid July
Ordered wifi iPad and pencil engraved 4/30 early evening. Rec'd the pencil and have 6/23-7/8 window for the ipad! Hmph
 
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paulchiu

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Feb 26, 2009
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Last week on Wednesday, Apple updated my ETA to June 15 to June 29m, while all New York City stores had it in stock.
I did not cancel and go pick one up over the weekend.

Today, June 15 got Apple's message that it is arriving tomorrow Wednesday, June 16.


LAST WEEK:

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6 days later today:

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sfrangu

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May 13, 2021
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Ordered the same iPad and pencil engraved 4/30 early evening. Rec'd the pencil and have 6/23-7/8 window for the ipad! Hmph
Same here and I don't get it why some had the delivery window moved to an earlier date while others didn't, and also so many were able to find them in stock in their area. It defeats the purpose of having it pre-ordered.

Is your iPad also engraved?
 

rbdh

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Jun 27, 2010
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Same here and I don't get it why some had the delivery window moved to an earlier date while others didn't, and also so many were able to find them in stock in their area. It defeats the purpose of having it pre-ordered.

Is your iPad also engraved?
I have the feeling that ATT is prioritizing shipments to those with a new line activation vs upgrading a current line.
 

sfrangu

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May 13, 2021
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I have the feeling that ATT is prioritizing shipments to those with a new line activation vs upgrading a current line.
Mine is WiFi only, from Apple.

That wouldn't be fair of them though.

Still, are there so many new customers of AT&T ordering iPPs?
 

rbdh

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Jun 27, 2010
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Mine is WiFi only, from Apple.

That wouldn't be fair of them though.

Still, are there so many new customers of AT&T ordering iPPs?
not sure how many could be ordering. Ordering through them makes it attractive since you can essentially 0% APR finance the ipad if you want the cellular option.
 
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Admara

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May 30, 2021
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Same here and I don't get it why some had the delivery window moved to an earlier date while others didn't, and also so many were able to find them in stock in their area. It defeats the purpose of having it pre-ordered.

Is your iPad also engraved?
Yes...engraved wifi 256GB space grey.
 
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MTShipp

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Mar 25, 2009
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*Sigh* I guess I’m the last one out in this batch. Thanks again for nothing, UPS. I think I (we) got allocated to a container that wasn’t going to go until just in time. I’m guessing your delivery date from UPS Is Tuesday? Mine’s Wednesday, and it seems like it must leave on one of tonight’s flights. That will get it to ANC early tomorrow afternoon. It’s about 12 hours from there to SDF (Louisville: ~2 hours refuel, ~ 6 hours flight time, 4 hour time differential). That should put mine in Louisville early Tuesday morning. If they wait for the following day, I don’t think they can make delivery by Wednesday. ‘Course, they could just delay my date; they have no qualms about doing that; they just won’t advance dates
Got mine today.
 
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kby

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Oct 13, 2011
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Got mine today.
You beat me, although supposedly it will come today. UPS rescheduled my delivery to a day earlier than original, due to a late flight. No, that’s not one of my typos. So it was now supposed be be today 9:30–13:30. Now it’s 15:40 and UPS now says “by 19:00.” I’m having memories of my Titanium Apple Card which was on the delivery truck two or three separate days and never delivered before I finally had it held and went to pick it up.
UPS’s tracking also has my clearing customs in Louisville about six hours after it was already in California.
 
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sfrangu

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May 13, 2021
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You beat me, although supposedly it will come today. UPS rescheduled my delivery to a day earlier than original, due to a late flight. No, that’s not one of my typos. So it was now supposed be be today 9:30–13:30. Now it’s 15:40 and UPS now says “by 19:00.” I’m having memories of my Titanium Apple Card which was on the delivery truck two or three separate days and never delivered before I finally had it held and went to pick it up.
UPS’s tracking also has my clearing customs in Louisville about six hours after it was already in California.
That’s typical ups. I could write a book of how many times they didn’t wanna come deliver on time because we live on a hill with a long and steep driveway. Like they’re doing us a favor, for free or something.
 

macjestic_twelve

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Jun 15, 2021
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Last week on Wednesday, Apple updated my ETA to June 15 to June 29m, while all New York City stores had it in stock.
I did not cancel and go pick one up over the weekend.

Today, June 15 got Apple's message that it is arriving tomorrow Wednesday, June 16.
Same. Same delivery window updates+shipping to NYC. Mine shipped today from Pennsylvania with a UPS label created in the US.
 
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Johnnie Walker

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May 8, 2015
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*Update*

On Friday, June 11, 2021, I ordered a 2021 12.9 1 TB Space Grey iPad Pro wifi+cellular on-line from AT&T. The original delivery date was July 19-26. It was delivered yesterday at 1:30 pm EDT.
 
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kjwinc

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May 3, 2021
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12.9 256 cellular ordered May 1.
Old ETA was June 23 - July 8. New ETA, as of last week, is June 16 to 30.
Yesterday the status updated from "processing" to "preparing to ship."

What's a ballpark estimate of the number of days from "preparing to ship" to "shipped?"
 

David53

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May 3, 2021
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Canada
12.9 256 cellular ordered May 1.
Old ETA was June 23 - July 8. New ETA, as of last week, is June 16 to 30.
Yesterday the status updated from "processing" to "preparing to ship."

What's a ballpark estimate of the number of days from "preparing to ship" to "shipped?"

Usually, it takes about a day, at least it did for mine when it shipped from China in May.(received 5-6 days after shipping). There were a few, mainly in the UK, where the “preparing to ship” stage took longer.
 
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kby

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Oct 13, 2011
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Mine was finally delivered yesterday. It has taken time to get files transferred (tried to do it on set up but didn’t seem to work; tried with iMazing and was going to take three days; finally did a good enough jobs with iTunes (I am on High Sierra).

I’ve even now had time to lose/misplace my new Pencil. *Sigh* Some things never change.

Still have to go to the Apple Store to fix up the charge on the wrong card. Probably tomorrow; maybe tonight if I get done with some other things early.
 

kjwinc

macrumors newbie
May 3, 2021
7
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Usually, it takes about a day, at least it did for mine when it shipped from China in May.(received 5-6 days after shipping). There were a few, mainly in the UK, where the “preparing to ship” stage took longer.
Thanks for the info --
 

sfrangu

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May 13, 2021
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Ours will arrive tomorrow, yay!! Can’t wait and am thinking to take the rest of the day off after its delivery.

After weeks of (not so) patiently waiting for it to be shipped, with no movement in sight, I finally gave up yesterday evening and ordered for me and my DD from BestBuy, and they will be delivered tomorrow. Apple store, buh-bye! Preordering an item does not mean waiting for months while others can find the said item in stores. It defeats the purpose of preordering. I really wanted to have mine engraved but I may get some kinda skin and engrave that before installing it. Or not. Not decided yet.
 
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