Yes the rapid checkout experience is somewhat hampered by the find a piece of paper, a ruler and a pencil. Felt like an episode of Blue Peter!
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Got the Stainless Steel with white sports band coming this Friday.
I ordered the braided loop separately and that's coming 23rd.
The only way to get the initial delivery date for Friday was to order the watch without the combined new bands sadly. I needed a new white sports band anyway.
It also allowed me to properly measure my wrist and not drop in the queue.
I ordered the braided loop separately and that's coming 23rd.
The only way to get the initial delivery date for Friday was to order the watch without the combined new bands sadly. I needed a new white sports band anyway.
It also allowed me to properly measure my wrist and not drop in the queue.
PFS probably coming from China. We may not see progress until tomorrow as they’re already in the UK
Someone in another thread proposed that maybe the ones due later are coming from manufactory, which makes sense. Shorter preparation time if it’s already where it’s supposed to be?
Currys now have listings up for anyone who missed the initial wave. Can’t preorder just yet and the prices aren’t quite right 🤣...
I sold mine within 1 24 hours on Facebook market place. You gets lots of chancers but there are genuine offers there.
Last I checked (although was a couple months or so ago now) they are doing try-ons. It’s a bit delicate though.
A bit offtopic
I'm in Germany, but the same thing happend to me.
Got a notification this morning that payment through apple pay was declined.
Called the Card issuing bank. The person that took the call even but me on hold to talk to some colleagues.
Apparently the error message was "Wrong Wallet" and they haven't seen it before, but it's nothing wrong with the card and they weren't the entity blocking the payment.
Next I called Apple. Their support worker told me that it's not an uncommon problem. They even have a support note to just reenter the cerdit card details manually with the customer.
Splashed out and ordered "Apple Watch Series 6 GPS + Cellular, 44mm Silver Stainless Steel Case with Silver Milanese Loop"
Do you mind saying what bank this was? Can't believe these banks still do this every year.
Apple Pay with Face ID and they decline it!
Same here, shame to see it drop to the 28th so soon..
Managed to get £220 for my Series 5 40mm Aluminium.
I would love one of the higher end models but I can't justify the price difference as I tend to upgrade every year. I really liked the look of the gold but the aluminium version looks slightly more rose-gold than the stainless steel. I also have a couple of the more expensive bands that wouldn't have matched.
Only ordered the Nike strap because it was available on the 18th. First thing I'm going to do is swap it out for my black leather strap.
BEWARE CURRYS - May not see that watch until 2023. Woefully bad at their pre-orders for Apple an often promise launch delivery with little to no sign and support.