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iPad shipped, Apple just sent out tracking numbers!

nolesfan said:
I am on the phone with apple now and they are saying it will be Monday. No joke fellows. This is BS. They told me at first they would ship here on Saturday when i placed the order and now they aren't holding up their end of the deal. Not acceptable.
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Call UPS with your tracking number and they can tell you. It's not up to Apple if UPS delievers it on Saturday in your area. It's up to UPS if it's available in your area or not. I am sure they will have a lot of extra workers working that day just to cover the huge deliveries.
 
Man I am to old to be playing games on the computer about this. I own my own business and this is not how I planned on spending my day. Its not a joke man, trust me.
GeekLawyer said:
This flames of this email hoax are being fanned by members who joined MacRumors today. Proceed with caution.
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Half?

MacVDS said:
...I mean probably half the preorders are most likely not in a major city. gads.
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Why exactly would you assume that half of the iPad pre-orders would be outside of major cities? I would bet the there are very few pre-orders outside of major cities. We've already seen that the primary people pre-ordering are techies, and I submit to you that techies typically have a job in a major city. I hope, for their sake, that they aren't commuting hours from their home, whereby they have no Saturday delivery. Certainly this does happen, and there are techies that work from home, but I am confident this is the exception, not the rule.

Yes, people in major cities usually have the option to reserve for in-store pickup (like I did), but I would also bet that most are trusting in the Saturday delivery.

Based on the numbers we've seen for how many iPads would be built for the launch, I would bet that there will be less than a few thousand (at most!) that won't be in their buyers' precious hands on Saturday.
 
First poster here, can't lurk anymore. I do shipping for a living and can't wrap my head around this one. I usually get more detailed information viewing under my UPS account, but get nothing on this shipment besides Billing Information Received. The date changes everyday as well, which is odd. Anyone else still stuck at this stage?
 
nolesfan said:
I am on the phone with apple now and they are saying it will be Monday. No joke fellows. This is BS. They told me at first they would ship here on Saturday when i placed the order and now they aren't holding up their end of the deal. Not acceptable.
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No, you are simply not paying attention to the deal you entered with Apple. It clearly states that if Saturday delivery is not available in your area, it'll be available on Monday. Apple is holding up their end of the deal. Don't know what you're complaining about.
 
I am sure this e-mail has caused a ton of phone calls to Apple and UPS over it. Terrible April Fool's if it is one. At the expense of call flooding and panic. I am not worried. I know mine will be here on Saturday.
 
wingnut8 said:
Why doesn't someone who got the email call Apple with your order number and ask them?
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I also called Apple and they weren't aware of this specific email and deferred me to UPS for delivery questions. UPS then verified that Saturday delivery is definitely in my area and they are brining extra drivers in to handle the iPad load.

I agree the email is not Apple-esque, but it's got all the right info and links to the secure apple store order tracking site. I wish we knew what was really going on here.
 
fusconed said:
Based on the numbers we've seen for how many iPads would be built for the launch, I would bet that there will be less than a few thousand (at most!) that won't be in their buyers' precious hands on Saturday.
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What do you have to back that statement up with?

You reasoning sounds alot like our current administration's cooked numbers on health care!:eek: I would bet you millions that MORE than only a few thousand iPads will NOT be in the hands of the owners.:mad:
 
kirchnrd said:
Many of us didn't know they would use UPS, or we would have done more research before placing the order... obviously. In many of my other posts I stated that Apple Store always ships FedEx which is a non-issue for Saturday delivery, hence the reaction we are having. People in metropolitan areas can scratch their head and say wow, why didn't you... For us that live in the sticks, it was impressive that Apple would get us the product on Saturday, which was posted all over the net, listed on the order confirmation, and listed on the order status. until today, when they send a "magical and revolutionary" email to us saying.... meh, not wasting time or money on you Mr. Customer... you can get it Monday.
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Thank you, this is my point as well. I got the dreaded letter about an hour ago. The problem is, Saturday delivery IS available in my area, just not on UPS. I can't help it if they choose a carrier which does not delivery on Saturdays, not just for me, but for many people. Nowhere when I placed the order did they mention they would be shipping on a carrier which has very limited ability to meet their promise. You know, I can wait until Monday, but I had made arrangments to be home so someone would be there to sign for the package. It's just dissappointing. I mean really, why not just ship them out Yellow Roadway ground from whatever port of entry in the U.S? No one would get them on Saturday, because Saturday delivery is not available on the carrier they chose. Saturday Delivery not available on UPS and Saturday Delivery not available are two different things. It is very reasonable for people to be frustrated with this.
 
Full headers - I 2nd the idea!

I agree with GeekLawyer. Would someone that received the email at least look at or post the full headers (obviously after hiding your personal info)?
 
nolesfan said:
I just got the same email from apple.

To Our Valued Apple Customer:


Thank you for your recent purchase of the magical and revolutionary
Apple iPad.

We would like to advise you Saturday delivery is not available in your
area.

Your order will be delivered on Monday April 5th.

For up-to-date information on your order, please visit our Order
Status website at http://www.apple.com/orderstatus.
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I don't know. Seems bogus to me. That's one crappy ass email if that's real.

"not in your area" - Area? Stupid. How about at the delivery address.
"Monday April 5th" - comma missing.
 
To those who have received this email regarding the delayed delivery, is it possible that someone you know is pulling a prank on you? A wife or girlfriend perhaps? Might be worth looking into.

You know what they say about payback... :cool:
 
Hmmm...My UPS tracking page say's it will be on time..

I live 19 miles south of Charlotte (metro area) when I click my 'track this package' link from my Apple ("You've been sent a Package!") email it says this...

Status: In Transit
Shipped To: GASTONIA, NC, US
Shipped/Billed On: 04/02/2010
Product: WORLD EASE
Type: Package Service: EXPRESS
Weight: 1.50 Kgs
Need to send e-mail notifications?
SHENZHEN, CN 03/30/2010 7:09 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
CN 04/02/2010 12:40 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED :confused:
Tracking results provided by UPS: 04/01/2010 2:04 P.M. ET

So..it's still in China? Or is the update lagging? When I click on the "in transit" link it says it's "in the UPS system and will be delivered on time" but it doesn't give me a delivery date (yet) only my Apple email says "delivers by: APR 03, 2010"

DID you guys get all the "it's on time" info...then SUDDENLY you get the Apple "Dear John" letter about Monday delivery? Hahah...funny that it's the 2nd of April there...
 
See previous post

GregGebhardt said:
What do you have to back that statement up with?

You reasoning sounds alot like our current administration's cooked numbers on health care!:eek: I would bet you millions that MORE than only a few thousand iPads will NOT be in the hands of the owners.:mad:
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Did you not read my full post?:confused:

I posted my logic as to why I think there are far less than half of all orders being delivered outside major cities. Obviously, as I mentioned, my assumption is based on the pre-order numbers we've seen (200 - 250K). A few thousand would equate to about 1% of that. My opinion is that there are less than 1% of pre-orders that are outside of the Saturday delivery area. Could I be wrong? Absolutely. I was arguing that it's not _half_, and giving my opinion that there will be very few people not receiving them on Saturday.

What's your logic for disagreeing?
 
EddyP said:
I don't know. Seems bogus to me. That's one crappy ass email if that's real.

"not in your area" - Area? Stupid. How about at the delivery address.
"Monday April 5th" - comma missing.
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"Not in your area" is a term used widely across shipping companies. And a comma missing? really? So an email is crappy and fake because a comma is missing? lol
 
I haven't got the dredded apple order email....but my shipment is still in SHENZHEN!.....hopefully its just a tracking error! :eek:
 
fusconed said:
I agree with GeekLawyer. Would someone that received the email at least look at or post the full headers (obviously after hiding your personal info)?
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Full Headers for the "No delivery on Saturday" Apple emails. Can someone confirm if these are legit?

From APPLE STORE Thu Apr 1 16:13:29 2010
X-Apparently-To: private@yahoo.com via XX.XXX.XXX.XX; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:16:08 -0700
Return-Path: <do_not_reply@apple.com>
X-YMailISG: 8sqUvHsWLDuMKTagJ6ZevhXhRDfcwoZOdYgqQ84kxwDGswq6hKKoYcqXbIrDtzhssaXbPYlDDl.zFqr590Fi50TVfX7xAu8EqWpyRNFUfU8n3AEZjLaTW.pNrwt0yZhaEjZnqbftJDAwQUb_m.EZy1a2IxVZR4FG11zMf7vAKA3iNRK5XAQmi68yWjf_l5SU2nUpl.a.FnNncsMnMOdxFWAGxZKsi4P5dYuF60fTK6cTE.6YFfjVQw73XdtwT5PzngBAPJvi.zWa05ZkJnSa4xwiQzyZ0RGcw1KhYH65X5cxAJvIF80XXiUcva04QFn4sM6nGUoZRV5v1F6dFQvovH3XOYM-
X-Originating-IP: [17.254.13.38]
Authentication-Results: mta1106.mail.mud.yahoo.com from=; domainkeys=neutral (no sig); from=apple.com; dkim=neutral (no sig)
Received: from 127.0.0.1 (EHLO bz3.apple.com) (17.254.13.38)
by mta1106.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:16:08 -0700
Received: from apple.com (unknown [17.34.124.17])
by bz3.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFE851BBAD651
for <private@yahoo.com>; Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:16:07 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:13:29 -0700 (PST)
From: APPLE STORE <Do_not_reply@apple.com>
Subject: RE: Your Apple Order # 71318XXXXX
To: <private@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <ADR35000004003411@apple.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Importance: Normal
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-Mailer: SAP Web Application Server 6.20
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Description: RE: Your Apple Order # 71318XXXXX
Content-Length: 847
 
Code: 
Delivered-To: [address]@gmail.com
Received: by 10.229.23.10 with SMTP id p10cs41382qcb;
        Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:19:49 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.142.4.31 with SMTP id 31mr345343wfd.255.1270138788157;
        Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:19:48 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <Do_not_reply@apple.com>
Received: from bz1.apple.com (bz1.apple.com [17.254.13.36])
        by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 9si7413690iwn.69.2010.04.01.09.19.47;
        Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:19:48 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of [email]Do_not_reply@apple.com[/email] designates 17.254.13.36 as permitted sender) client-ip=17.254.13.36;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of [email]Do_not_reply@apple.com[/email] designates 17.254.13.36 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=Do_not_reply@apple.com
Received: from apple.com (unknown [17.34.124.18])
	by bz1.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BEE51B6BA0E4
	for <[address]@gmail.com>; Thu,  1 Apr 2010 09:19:47 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:17:12 -0700 (PST)
From: APPLE STORE <Do_not_reply@apple.com>
Subject: RE: Your Apple Order # [my order number]
To: <[address]@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ADR35000004004188@apple.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Importance: Normal
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-Mailer: SAP Web Application Server 6.20
Content-Type: text/plain;
 charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Description: RE: Your Apple Order # [my order number]

Well... the headers are entirely legitimate.

Code: 
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;36.13.254.17.in-addr.arpa.	IN	PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
36.13.254.17.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN	PTR	bz1.apple.com.

# whois 17.254.13.36

OrgName:    Apple Computer, Inc.
OrgID:      APPLEC-3
Address:    20740 Valley Green Drive, MS32E
City:       Cupertino
StateProv:  CA
PostalCode: 95014
Country:    US

and the sending IP address does appear to belong to Apple.com.

My town (Provo, UT) doesn't appear to have Saturday delivery available from UPS (if I calculate a shipment via UPS.com), and my tracking information ends with:

SHENZHEN, CN 04/01/2010 5:29 A.M. THE SERVICE SELECTED IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE DESTINATION ADDRESS / DOWNGRADED, FORWARDED TO CONSIGNEE, SELECTED SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE
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So I guess this email does hold some credibility, even if mailed on April 1st.
 
azboricua said:
"Not in your area" is a term used widely across shipping companies. And a comma missing? really? So an email is crappy and fake because a comma is missing? lol
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Sure it might be. But Apple isn't a shipping company.


Also, someone please explain to me how I find these numbers:
My Apple customer number?
PO number?
And what's the difference between the "Web Order Number" and "Our Order Number"?

I have an "Order Number". What one is that? The "Web" or "Our" Order Number?

Again... I vote bogus.
 
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