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Well mine still says it is in HK . this is a bummer
CHEK LAP KOK, HK 05/03/2010 9:57 P.M. THE AIRLINE OFF-LOADED PACKAGES

Guess they didn't want yours and mine on the same plane lol

Well, at least they're moving...
CHEK LAP KOK, HK 05/04/2010 4:40 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

I thought RunnerGirl was in the same boat (plane) as us but her's is now Out for Delivery.


This is interesting:

Status: In Transit
Your package is moving within the UPS network and is going to be delivered on the scheduled delivery date. A package can remain in this status until delivery. Packages moving long distances are often not scanned again between origin and destination. Other than those receiving premium air service, packages may be delivered any time between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to residences, and close of business for commercial addresses. UPS cannot schedule a specific delivery time within that window.
 
Well, at least it's moving...

CHEK LAP KOK, HK 05/04/2010 4:40 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

I thought RunnerGirl was in the same boat (plane) as us but her's is now Out for Delivery.

That is really strange. I thought for sure you guys would be out for delivery as well.

So does that mean that they had TWO planes that had to be off loaded due to a customs (or other) issue? Weird!
 
Hmm that is weird. Wonder what caused it?

On another note, is it normal that some Ipads are being shipped via UPS and others by Fedex? I thought Apple would stick to one company.
 
Mine is now 'Out for Delivery'!

Rub it in lol just got another exception notice,, mine was taken off the plane 2 days in a row now

CHEK LAP KOK, HK 05/04/2010 9:48 P.M. THE AIRLINE OFF-LOADED PACKAGES
CHEK LAP KOK, HK 05/03/2010 9:57 P.M. THE AIRLINE OFF-LOADED PACKAGES
SHENZHEN, CN 05/01/2010 2:36 A.M. ORIGIN SCAN
CN 05/01/2010 8:37 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
 
Rub it in lol just got another exception notice,, mine was taken off the plane 2 days in a row now

CHEK LAP KOK, HK 05/04/2010 9:48 P.M. THE AIRLINE OFF-LOADED PACKAGES
CHEK LAP KOK, HK 05/03/2010 9:57 P.M. THE AIRLINE OFF-LOADED PACKAGES
SHENZHEN, CN 05/01/2010 2:36 A.M. ORIGIN SCAN
CN 05/01/2010 8:37 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

UPS or FedEx?
 
That is really strange. I thought for sure you guys would be out for delivery as well.

So does that mean that they had TWO planes that had to be off loaded due to a customs (or other) issue? Weird!


I talked to someone in our shipping dept. It is usually UPS having space issues. Customs doesn't usually get involved if the plane is just passing through. like refueling etc.

Customs primary purpose is for people or items entering their country. not being moved from plane to plane and not staying there.
They can /will take items off a plane if they suspect contraband.

If cargo planes had to get offloaded and customs searched in every country the flew though or refueled in,, there would be a shipping night mare

This is just a typical UPS screw up when they run out of space on cargo capacity
 
I am actually questioning even keeping this after my only dealing with apple customer support.
I politely called , gave them my order number and explained this issue of UPS holding my package in HK since 5/1. I was VERY POLITE yes...

The Apple person said, It shows you didn't pay for shipping so they can't help me(they didnt even look beyond the order number). And since i didn't pay for shipping, if it isn't received by the 8th i can call back then. and they hung up
End of call. I didnt even have time to say I don't think that is right or ask another question.

I have never had to deal with them on the phone but if they just hang up and don't even let you ask another question, it was like "time aloted 15 seconds" click.

And please ,,, i was very polite, i simply said i am having a problem with an order and gave them the order number.

I sort of knew i wouldn't get anywhere with them,, but if their idea of support is one question ,, "sorry can't help, click"
what will it be like after i get the ipad.. i am guessing the same thing
 
Chris, that is really interesting. I am always fascinated in how stuff like that works.



Maybe I shouldn't tell you all this..

Both my ipad and camera kit arrived today.

And I am in lurvve! ;)



(ipad - UPS, camera kit - FedEx)
 
I am actually questioning even keeping this after my only dealing with apple customer support.
I politely called , gave them my order number and explained this issue of UPS holding my package in HK since 5/1. I was VERY POLITE yes...

The Apple person said, It shows you didn't pay for shipping so they can't help me(they didnt even look beyond the order number). And since i didn't pay for shipping, if it isn't received by the 8th i can call back then. and they hung up
End of call. I didnt even have time to say I don't think that is right or ask another question.

I have never had to deal with them on the phone but if they just hang up and don't even let you ask another question, it was like "time aloted 15 seconds" click.

And please ,,, i was very polite, i simple said i am having a problem with an order and gave them the order number.

I sort of knew i wouldn't get anywhere with them,, but if their idea of support is one question ,, "sorry can't help, click"
what will it be like after i get the ipad.. i am guessing the same thing

That's crap.

I didn't pay for shipping, ordered my ipad the same time you did, shipping with the same carrier, and I have mine today.

I am sorry!
 
That's crap.

I didn't pay for shipping, ordered my ipad the same time you did, shipping with the same carrier, and I have mine today.

I am sorry!

Hi Runner, there is no need to be sorry, well unless you called UPS in HK and told them not to put that mean old chris' ipad on the same plane as yours lol.

I am actually not even upset at all, just surprised at apples response. especially since Apple is paying a premium over stand shipping, and apple marketing scheme seems pretty muchly based on "suspense days" . but it does leave a serious question in my mind on their support after i get it ..

it is only a toy tho,, i am sitting back having a beer and and playing my guitar , and laughing .. oh and once in a while looking at the forums of course
 
Ordered 4/26 and is finally in "Left FedEx Origin Facility Shenzhen CN" status. Says it'll be delivered Friday 5/7.

Mine's coming via FedEx, how come some people's are coming via UPS? No complaints here, my FedEx service is way better here so I'm happy. Just curious.
 
Hi Runner, there is no need to be sorry, well unless you called UPS in HK and told them not to put that mean old chris' ipad on the same plane as yours lol.

I am actually not even upset at all, just surprised at apples response. especially since Apple is paying a premium over stand shipping, and apple marketing scheme seems pretty muchly based on "suspense days" . but it does leave a serious question in my mind on their support after i get it ..

it is only a toy tho,, i am sitting back having a beer and and playing my guitar , and laughing .. oh and once in a while looking at the forums of course

Well Chris at least you have some company ;) I'm in the same boat as you (or airport). Mine was originally scheduled for delivery today. Oh well....looks like mine got stuck in a time warp at the start :D

CHEK LAP KOK, HK 05/03/2010 9:57 P.M. THE AIRLINE OFF-LOADED PACKAGES
SHENZHEN, CN 05/03/2010 1:30 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
05/03/2010 1:02 A.M. ORIGIN SCAN
CN 05/03/2010 9:41 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
 
Hi Runner, there is no need to be sorry, well unless you called UPS in HK and told them not to put that mean old chris' ipad on the same plane as yours lol.

I am actually not even upset at all, just surprised at apples response. especially since Apple is paying a premium over stand shipping, and apple marketing scheme seems pretty muchly based on "suspense days" . but it does leave a serious question in my mind on their support after i get it ..

it is only a toy tho,, i am sitting back having a beer and and playing my guitar , and laughing .. oh and once in a while looking at the forums of course

That sucks dude. Remember it only takes one bad apple (pun intended!) to give a bad customer service experience to a customer. Maybe call back and ask to speak to a manager? Some reparations are in order? Good luck. Trust me it's worth the wait.
 
Ordered 4/26 and is finally in "Left FedEx Origin Facility Shenzhen CN" status. Says it'll be delivered Friday 5/7.

Mine's coming via FedEx, how come some people's are coming via UPS? No complaints here, my FedEx service is way better here so I'm happy. Just curious.

Mine shows exactly the same. I ordered it 4/23.

BTW, I am not sure how it will get here. Last week I ordered shoes. I got the exact same FedEx tracking but in the end I received the package by USP in my mailbox. The only difference in this one is that it shows "signature needed".
 
Ordered 4/26 and is finally in "Left FedEx Origin Facility Shenzhen CN" status. Says it'll be delivered Friday 5/7.

Mine's coming via FedEx, how come some people's are coming via UPS? No complaints here, my FedEx service is way better here so I'm happy. Just curious.


Funny part is in all my reading ,, there are a few speculations on why fedex for Ipad 3g release and mixed now. No one really knows so what i say below is only a wild guess

one rumor that makes sense is UPS used to be the prime shipper for apple. but screwed up with late deliveries on the iPad Wifi first release.
So they used fedex for the first release on the iPad3g , but they did something even worse, they delivered some the day before the Official Jobs fan fare. and that is viewed by some as being worse than not delivering at all

But what i say above is only a guess from my opinion and some threads i read. Apple will never tell anyone what the real reason is lol

oh and for the latest humor,, adding insult to injury, i got an email from apple 15 minutes ago..

Got to love apple on their shipping sarcasm...


From: Apple <News@InsideApple.Apple.com>
To: csxxxx@xxxx.net
Subject: Thanks for purchasing your iPad.

guess they love emailing customers they wont talk to on the phone lol and whose ipad is stuck in HK since saturday
 
Mine shows exactly the same. I ordered it 4/23.

BTW, I am not sure how it will get here. Last week I ordered shoes. I got the exact same FedEx tracking but in the end I received the package by USP in my mailbox. The only difference in this one is that it shows "signature needed".

Well both ups and fedex have this smart shipping thing, but is usually for low cost ground orders. they basically figure costs and if it is cheaper for fedex or ups to get it to one point then from there put it in the US mail they do.
Half of the stuff i order from the Guitar center comes that way. UPS ships it to the chelmsford ma. depot then us mail from there to nh.

If you want to see the typical fedex tracking, there are 2 or 3 threads on the ipad 3g first release.
go back to the main ipad forum and search for wording that fedex uses in their first tracking line..
something like this

Left FedEx origin facility

And scroll through one of those threads it lists. There are a lot of tracking notices in there lol

and that should give you a rough idea of the journey your ipad will take, and will probably show you get yours before i get mine lol
 
Chris, is your UPS tracting showing any progress or is it still showing unloaded in Hong Kong?
Well it is in HK and wont be leaving HK in the near future.. I was going to post ealier, but didnt want to hog all the posts for today lol

I called my friend in our Traffic dept at work and he called our corporate contact. and told them them our company was waiting for an urgent package and the corporate contact would only say that shipment is on hold by request from shipper and has no release date for the hold. and it is not a customs hold it is a shipper hold. So there is no date for arrival

opps forgot to mention that the money has been deducted from my account and cleared on 4/29 ..

so at this moment,, there is no expected arrival date for me. the best i can do is make a claim with Visa
 
Well mines in the same boat as yours. Got the same message Monday morning and it has not changed since then. I guess missery loves company. ;)
 
If you want to see the typical fedex tracking, there are 2 or 3 threads on the ipad 3g first release.
go back to the main ipad forum and search for wording that fedex uses in their first tracking line..
something like this

Left FedEx origin facility

And scroll through one of those threads it lists. There are a lot of tracking notices in there lol

and that should give you a rough idea of the journey your ipad will take, and will probably show you get yours before i get mine lol

Thanks, I went through the old merged file (page 59 on) and had a few laughs. They went through what we are going through. I feel better. It seems it might be FedEx all the way.

BTW, while reading I picked up on the fact that many people had problems similar to yours but they were surprised when they got their shipment on time. Hopefully yours will come very soon.
 
Thanks, I went through the old merged file (page 59 on) and had a few laughs. They went through what we are going through. I feel better. It seems it might be FedEx all the way.

BTW, while reading I picked up on the fact that many people had problems similar to yours but they were surprised when they got their shipment on time. Hopefully yours will come very soon.

Hi Robin,
thanks for the attempted pickup, but i am sort of in "write off Mode on this"

I do believe my companies corporate contact when he states there is no delivery date and wont be until sender changes it.

But one thing i learned and going to chalk this up to stupidity on my part is trying to be nice to Apple on the phone

I called them about an hour ago and requested to talk to a supervisor, and it was like i wanted to have a meeting with the president of the usa.
I got a call back after 30 minutes or so. And explained the issues i am having with them and shipping. And i was vey polite and calm.

He said "sorry the initial support person couldn't help me but they can only refund my shipping , if i had pad for it" and they could have worded it better.

Now for the best part, i asked is there anything he can do, and he said no, since it wasn't expedited shipping, he can't do anything until 10 days from the promised ship date of may 7th.

So i said,, ok fine,, and said i wasn't happy with the service i was getting for sales support , and it gives me the impression that thier product support would be the same.
I politely asked for a RMA (return authorization) since i prefer not to own a product that cost over 600 dollars that the vendor wont support.

He said he is very sorry I am having such a bad first experience with apple and gladly gave me an RMA and mailed it to me. I said thanks. dumb move.

After he gave it to me and mailed me it ,, he said it is valid for 14 days from date of issue or date of receipt of product. Which ever comes first. I said what???

And he said that is the policy and if i don't ship it with in 14 calender days, it will be rejected and no refund. and will not be shipped back until i give them a second charge authorization to ship it back. So i said wait, and he said he cant undo the RMA request. click,.. he is laughing at me i bet

So i guess i am screwed lol,,, i was nice,, and i will have to write this 600 plus bucks off.. But i learned i wont deal with apple again.. when my iphones contracts expire with at&t google phone here i come

i am not mad,, just a better educated consumer.. dont assume apple cares after your CC has been cleared..
 
mine has shipped via Fedex and I have been staring at this message all day.

May 4, 2010 5:30 PM
Clearance in progress
SHENZHEN CN

It is supposed to be here Friday though.
 
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