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The "Ships: By May 7th" information thread
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Ordered a 64GB 3G on April 26th. Been sitting at "Prepared for Shipment" since I checked when I woke up yesterday morning...
Look at the trend in this thread and calling around, I think all of the iPads come in Waves. All of the "It could Come Daily" isn't quite as relevant to those of us who ordered through the online store. It seems like the pack like 4 or 5 day's worth of iPads (WiFi and 3G) on a plane in then it comes over (barring odd holds like what we saw earlier in this thread).
I bet the ones in the Apple store are in various warehouses in the country being distributed via ground somehow.
I bet the ones in the Apple store are in various warehouses in the country being distributed via ground somehow.
Correlation
It's an interesting point... I wonder if we'll see any correlation with store availability and online store delivery days....
It seems a lot of us are getting online orders on Friday... Maybe a big day for store deliveries too?
It's an interesting point... I wonder if we'll see any correlation with store availability and online store delivery days....
It seems a lot of us are getting online orders on Friday... Maybe a big day for store deliveries too?
"Prepared for Shipment" since Saturday. This is the longest I've had an Apple delivery be stuck in that state.
The packages may just have not been scanned. i've seen things clear customs but it did not show up until it landed and contents were sorted and scanned and put on the next step of your journey.
To be honest, I have a feeling you are going to piss them off, and your package is going to be delayed some how. You know nothing in life is certain, including delivery dates.
When did you order yours? I ordered mine Monday morning at about 6am. My status hasn't changed at all.
The 30th was a Friday and I ordered at 5:11PM which was after I tried getting one in stores
So is yours scheduled to be delivered this week May 7 or next week?
I'm hoping they are not taking orders one week *all last week or the last two weeks* and shipping them at the end of this week.
I was quoted that it would arrive between may 7-12 and I'm hoping it comes on the 7th and that it has been in transit and that UPS or FedEx fumbled the tracking.
I've had that happen before where ive ordered from a company that had their products made some where else and it was shipped a day or two before you got the actual notification but was sitting in customs
wishful thinking, i know.
do they deliver on saturday?
iPad Wifi came on a Saturday so yeah they do deliver on that day. When I ordered the 3G it said ships by May 7th though not delivers by May 7th.
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Shipping notice this morning. Says I'll have it "by" May 12th.
Shipping notice this morning. Says I'll have it "by" May 12th.
I'd be pissed if I were you - I ordered 4/26 and mine is in transit and scheduled for delivery tomorrow. 64GB Wifi + 3G
no sense in trying to tell apple you are mad. they have a new tactic to tame unhappy customers.
I ihad another wonderful talk with apple last night. got through to a supposed supervisor.
And he said the only people who are complaining at late shipments are the ones who are trying to resell them. and i said dont start this is the first and only product i have ordered. And wont ever order again and i am going to return it the minute i get
And he then said this can/would void my warrenty and any rights to return the item for a refund told me told me to look at the website and hung up.
So apples new way to tame the unhappy people is to threaten them with no warrenty or returns
by the way if anyone thinks or says they cant do that they can! it is clearly stated on the website
thy sell to end users only. and can and will cancel if they "think you are buying it for resale"
and since they clearly state state that it completely legal for them to do this to me. He pointed that out
Even though i am buying it for myself and they have no real reason to think i am reselling it, it doesn't matter. It is obvious they have a new tool to screw legit consumers
Wow that's shocking customer service. I wonder if they're always like this, or if it's a result of the thousands of calls they're receiving about when the Ipad is shipping, why etc etc.
The truth
Well after ripping UPS a new butt hole for sending me a form letter I got a real response with the actual truth. Yes indeed Apple and UPS both know about this. They are lying. Imagine that:
Notice the "Both Apple and UPS" part. At least I got them to admit that UPS is too cheap to have enough aircraft to get the job done.
Well after ripping UPS a new butt hole for sending me a form letter I got a real response with the actual truth. Yes indeed Apple and UPS both know about this. They are lying. Imagine that:
Notice the "Both Apple and UPS" part. At least I got them to admit that UPS is too cheap to have enough aircraft to get the job done.