shipping times

[afornander]

people that have ordered one of the new imacs off the apple store, please tell me how long ur shipping is takeing and wether its stock, or BTO.

Thanks:D

[manutd]

ship date 15th and delivery date 19th for core2duo imac with 2gb of ram, also ordered 2gb ipod nano, the nano also has the same dates.

[Alex Duggan]

24" iMac - With 2gb ram, 7600GT Graphics and Wireless keyboard/mouse; Ship date estimated 21st September - delivery date 28th September

[Courthold]

20" with 256 graphics and 2GB RAM - ship on the 15th and delivery by 19th hopefully! (Am in the UK)

[SpankyPenzaanz]

24" with 2.33 and 2gb ram and 7600gt - it ships sep15
the free printer arrives today though

[afornander]

ship date 15th and delivery date 19th for core2duo imac with 2gb of ram, also ordered 2gb ipod nano, the nano also has the same dates.
what model is it?
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shipping the 15th!!! wow, thats a long ways away. all thoughs are BTO though, so.... Stock wouldnt be as long.:o

[jdl8422]

I ordered a 24" on Wednesday and It said 5-7 days to ship and then less than 5 for it to arrive. From what I understand, if you order anything besides the basic 24" model then it will take 5-7 days, a base model 24" will take 2-4 days. Mine is shipped 15th arrive on the 22nd.

[manutd]

what model is it?
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shipping the 15th!!! wow, thats a long ways away. all thoughs are BTO though, so.... Stock wouldnt be as long.:o

its the 17 inch model, i cant wait. i wonder is they will upgrade my nano if a new version comes out

[dallardyce]

Had my 20" Core Duo iMac replaced by a 20" Core 2 Duo iMac, which shifted the delivery dates somewhat - ship by 15th, deliver by 19th.

Mine's built-to-order - it's got the 256MB video card and 2GB of RAM in it - but I think these dates might be the case for all UK iMacs.

I hope it comes sooner but I'm not hopeful! I ordered the first one on 21 August... first Mac is a long time coming!

[Philgr]

20'' Imac 2.33Ghz, 2 Gig Ram, 256 Gfx, 500Gig HD

Ordered 11-09-06
Ship 20-09-06
Delivery 22-09-06

[lightster]

Has anyone actually received a 20" BTO iMac? I am eagerly waiting for my first Mac to be shipped, and I am curious about when they are actually being shipped.

I ordered a 20" BTO iMac on August 31 before the iMacs with Core 2 Duo were released. My order still hadn't shipped by Sept. 6, so I was fortunate enough to have Apple upgrade my order. However, the expected ship date moved from the 8th to the 14th. I cannot complain about the change in expected ship date, but it would be nice if it shipped today :p

[Peace]

We have to stand in line for the 20" CTO iMacs.I ordered mine the morning they came out and the ship date has stayed at Sept.15th ever since.

[Peace]

My CTO 2.33 core 2 duo iMac went from shipping on the 15th to shipped today with delivery Friday!!

[kleinishere]

I placed my order on September 10th:

24"
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600 GT w/256
250GB Serial ATA Drive
SuperDrive 8X (DVDR-DL/CD-RW)
WL kybd, Mse & Mac OS X
Country Kit

It's scheduled to ship the 18th and arrive the 25th. Does anyone have any experience w/ the free ground shipping? Does it really take that long to ship the computer or is it just an overstatement? It will be shipping to California.

[Peace]

I placed my order on September 10th:

24"
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600 GT w/256
250GB Serial ATA Drive
SuperDrive 8X (DVDR-DL/CD-RW)
WL kybd, Mse & Mac OS X
Country Kit

It's scheduled to ship the 18th and arrive the 25th. Does anyone have any experience w/ the free ground shipping? Does it really take that long to ship the computer or is it just an overstatement? It will be shipping to California.

See my previous post.

I did standard shipping and it's going FedEx with 2-day delivery.Apple's pretty good about this type of shipping.

[kleinishere]

See my previous post.

I did standard shipping and it's going FedEx with 2-day delivery.Apple's pretty good about this type of shipping.

That's incredibly awesome! Sorry for my lack of observance - that's terrific to hear.

[Peace]

That's incredibly awesome! Sorry for my lack of observance - that's terrific to hear.


It's not exactly TRUE 2-day shipping but when it comes from Shanghai China to Seattle it's a direct flight making it 2-day.

Ship date
Sep 13, 2006
Estimated delivery
Sep 15, 2006 4:30 PM

Service type
IP Direct Distribution
Weight
14.5 kgs.

[phytonix]

mine just shipped from Shanghai but just picked up by FedEx not even on the plane here yet.

[Peace]

mine just shipped from Shanghai but just picked up by FedEx not even on the plane here yet.

If it was picked up by FedEx in Shanghai that means it went straight to the Shanghai airport facility from the factory.That's what IP Direct distribution means.

[discoforce]

Ordered 9/11 - estimated ship date 9/20

20"
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
wireless keyboard & wireless mighty mouse

Everything else standard.

[huw1000]

24inch iMac with 2.33ghz/2GB/7600GT

ordered on the 7th
Shipping by the 21st
Delivered by the 28th

[SpankyPenzaanz]

just did a order status update - it landed in indianopolis about 4am and i will have it tomorrow by 10:30 according to fedex site:D :D :D

[discoforce]

Ordered 9/11 - estimated ship date 9/20

20"
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
wireless keyboard & wireless mighty mouse

Everything else standard.

Like others, my BTO iMac just changed from "estimated ship 9/20" to "Oh that? It left yesterday (9/13)"

So long iMac G4 15", hello beautiful!

:D

[vansouza]

It does nothing but make your account lighter... Ordered on the 6th BTO fastest CPU, 2gigs and 250HDrive and wireless KB and Mouse... was to shipp on the 15th and be delivered on the 20th... shipped on the 12th and will be here tomorrow the 15th at 10:30am... while I am at work... and leaving for Palm Springs for the weekend... I may take it with me... kind of kidding...:o

[discoforce]

... will be here tomorrow the 15th at 10:30am... while I am at work... and leaving for Palm Springs for the weekend... I may take it with me... kind of kidding...:o

Definitely take it with you: With the built in isight you can take some great vacation photos and post them here!

(congrats!)

[lightster]

... and leaving for Palm Springs for the weekend... I may take it with me... kind of kidding...:oWhy not? A few years back I took my PC tower and CRT monitor with me on vacation. Ironically, I bought a laptop on that same trip :p

[foxbatkllr]

HECK YEAH!!!

Original Shipped by date: September 20
Original Delivered by date: September 27

NEW Shipped date: September 14
NEW Delivery date: September 15!!!!!

I AM SO STOKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JMies419]

HECK YEAH!!!

Original Shipped by date: September 20
Original Delivered by date: September 27

NEW Shipped date: September 14
NEW Delivery date: September 15!!!!!

I AM SO STOKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What model did you purchase? BTO?

[Courthold]

Mine still says shipping today.. but so far no e-mail :(

[BwanaZulia]

24", 2.33, 2GB, 500GB Drive, 256MB Video.

Ordered: 9/11/2006 (spooked by that date) and Apple said it would ship by the 19th.

Shipped: 9/15/2006

I expect it next Monday or Tuesday which is fine.

BZ

[rfc13]

Mine still says shipping today.. but so far no e-mail :(

Have you got an email yet? Mine is due to ship on 21st but was hoping it would ship today as I saw that many of the UK orders were due to ship today. Doesn't look like mine has unless it is a late shipping or they haven't confirmed it electronically.

[Courthold]

Well I just called up, and was told that my order should have been 'pending' (i.e. packing ready to ship) but it isn't, so she was going to wait until monday and then investigate :( I might try calling up again and see if another person says the same thing.

Edit: Well, it got passed to a supervisor so guess I am still waiting until I hear anything

[Gonzo4182]

20" iMac
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
256MB VRAM
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512
250GB Serial ATA Drive

Ordered on the 11th
Est. Ship Date: 20th
Est. Delivery: 22nd
Actual Ship Date: 14th
New Est. Delivery: 18th (Stupid no Weekend Delivery)

It was quite a nice surprise that it shipped a few days early.

[Courthold]

Gonzo - you're lucky! Mine was ordered on the 6th with the same specs (except 2GB of RAM) and still nothing :( Wonder if there is a supply problem in the UK or anything - has anyone in the UK got a BTO iMac yet?

[Gonzo4182]

I guess its a little good luck that helped my iMac along sooner than expected considering my Dell's hard drive crashed last week, and I've been computerless at home since. I actually had the DVD-R's next to the tower ready to back up the 4500 or so photos, but alas, the PC wanted to stick it to me one last time.

[kleinishere]

Wow, I'm really stoked.

Original -
Shipping: 9/18
Delivery: 9/25

Update:
My new 24" iMac/2GB Ram/256 Card/Wireless keyboard/mouse set up just had the "Package data transmitted to FedEx"
Shipping: 9/15
Delivery: 9/20

Maybe since I'm in California my delivery might be here even sooner. Who knows, i'm really pumped, though.

[Courthold]

Maybe I should have got mine sent somewhere in America and collected it :rolleyes:

[foxbatkllr]

What model did you purchase? BTO?


20" BTO (VRAM and RAM Upgrades)

[Sulis]

Hurrah! Not often a poster, but 24" BTO (2.33, 2GB, 256vram, Wireless K&M) just been shipped (or so apple's site tells me). Shame it takes around a week to reach the UK, but knowing it's on its way has me all excited!

[rfc13]

Does anyone know which delivery company they use in the UK, as depending on when mine ships I may be at work, and when at uni i don't have a car, so wouldn't be able to pick it up from a depot. Do most companies offer arranged redelivery? Sorry not used to all this courier stuff.

[vansouza]

It is at the house... finally... one hour early from the posted time for delivery..

[astewart]

I'm hoping that my iMac ships today too! :rolleyes:
I made the order on the 12th of Sept, the Estimated Shipping date is Sept. 19th.
BTO - 20" iMac - Upgraded the RAM and VRAM.

This is being shipped to Canada, Im really hoping it Ships earlier then said..
I don't seem to have a Delivery Date set as some others do, why?

[Sulis]

Does anyone know which delivery company they use in the UK

Once it's in the UK it's usually delivered by UPS, or so I'm told.

[Alex Duggan]

Mine's being delivered by TNT direct from Shanghai

[orangezorki]

Mine's being delivered by TNT direct from Shanghai

Yeah, the things I have had delivered from Apple in the past (2yrs ago, mind you) to the UK were sent through TNT. Don't expect them to be cheery, on time, or competent in any way. You have been warned.

[Courthold]

Thank you for shopping at the Apple Store.

The demand for the product you ordered has been higher than anticipated. We are shipping as quickly
as possible, but cannot meet the dispatch date we previously estimated for you. We now expect to dispatch
your order by 21.09.2006.

We estimate that it will be delivered to your shipping address on or before 02.10.2006.


:( :( :( :(

[astewart]

Thank you for shopping at the Apple Store.

The demand for the product you ordered has been higher than anticipated. We are shipping as quickly
as possible, but cannot meet the dispatch date we previously estimated for you. We now expect to dispatch
your order by 21.09.2006.

We estimate that it will be delivered to your shipping address on or before 02.10.2006.


:( :( :( :(

Man, your going to be in pain for about 3 and a half weeks...Now you know what I'm going through :(

You never know though, they may ship it earlier then expected.

[Courthold]

I wouldn't mind so much if it weren't for the fact that I ordered on the 6th and plenty of the folks here already have theirs, hopefully it'll be sooner than they are saying.

[Flyinace2000]

Ordered on Sep 12, 2006 at 01:12 PM PDT
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600 GT w/256
250GB Serial ATA Drive
SuperDrive 8X (DVDR-DL/CD-RW)
WL kybd, Mse & Mac OS X
Country Kit

Shipped - Sep 15, 2006

Sep 15, 2006 2:50 PM
Picked up
SHANGHAI CN
Package received after FedEx cutoff (bummer it won't get on an airplane until monday :( )

Scheduled for Delivery on September 20th @ 10:30 (i assume they mean before 10:30AM)

[CaliforniaNick]

Hi everyone,
I am new to this forum that I was happy to find. I am a semi-convert with a 15'' iMac for home use since 2002 and I placed an online order as follows at 1 am on Saturday Sept 16:
IMAC 24/2.16 CTO
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600 GT w/256
250GB Serial ATA Drive
SuperDrive 8X (DVDR-DL/CD-RW)
WL kybd, Mse & Mac OS X
Country Kit

Given that the Apple Online store page says "Ships in 1-2 business days" and the fact that I paid extra for 2-day shipping, I was very disappointed to later see the order status page say: Estimated Shipped By Sep 22, 2006; Estimated Delivered By Sep 27, 2006. How could 2+2 days turn into 11? Well, I am not here to gripe and I know that weekends don't count, etc, and today, Apple told me over the phone that 2-day shipping doesn't apply to the computers since they are built-to-order in China... (but they were able to charge me for 2-day shipping which only would apply to a few other smaller items).

My main concern is that I want the computer here while my mac geek brother is visiting from Sweden Sept 22-26 so he can help me set it up. Apple told me that I could cancel the order up to when the order may go into processing and instead buy an off-the-shelf unit in the store if I can live with a 128 MB graphics card. Then I did some online research and learned that the 24'' inch's NVIDIA 7300 128 MB probably already is an overkill for my needs and I started smiling in anticipation of tonight's trip to the Irvine, California store to get my hands on one of these slick machines very, very soon.

However, when I called to cancel the online order, Apple's phone reps had closed for Saturday night and when I tried to cancel it online, I learned that the computer item cannot be cancelled for one or several of 5 reasons:
1. If you have just placed your order, please allow 30 minutes for our system to process it before trying to cancel. In some cases your items may not be eligible to cancel because we have begun the fulfillment process.
2. Your item has already been shipped.
3. Your item has already been cancelled.
4. Your item was electronically delivered.
5. Your item is being built or is being prepared for shipment and can no longer be cancelled.

Only reason 5 seems applicable in my case (even if reason #2 would be nice!) and I wonder if anyone thinks that this indicates that they are dealing with my order rather expeditiously so that I can hope to get it earlier than the Sep 27 date or if it simply is standard procedure for them to lock in online orders within 24 hours and ban cancellations? Or, does anyone think that I might be able to cancel this order by phone once they open again on Sunday or is this computer message basically what I have to live with?

Thanks for any insights and my apologies for a very lengthy first posting!

[sugar tips]

amazed i found this wonderful forum.
as when i made an online purchase i was under the impression shipment would be made in 24 hours regardless of spesification or modification.
impressive is the online signing details that enables you to track your shipment.
however details keep changing and so does my shipment date keep changing.
on the status it says mine was shipped on the 14th sept and my estimated delivery date on the phone was said to be 19th sept, but then 23rd and now 25th all in the space of three days. i dread waking up in morning and seeing delivery has been changed again to even longer.
i live in dorset uk, if anybody gets any details please kindly let me know.

[CaliforniaNick]

If anyone wonders, I was able to cancel my online order by phone on Sunday even if I wasn't able to cancel it myself online Saturday night. Now I am just back from the Irvine store with a sparkling new 24'' iMac! Hope everyone else get theirs soon as well! :D