iPod minis now shipping in UK [Archive]

dobbin

Jul 21, 2004, 01:23 AM

My mini was shipped yesterday using TNT express (Ireland?).

I haven't found anymore details yet of where it is now or when its arriving.

I ordered within 2 or 3 hours of them being available so I guess I'm quite near the top of the queue. It wasn't due to ship until 26 July though so its 6 days early!

I can't wait to see it, and I'm so glad it'll be here in time for my wife's birthday (It's her present). :D

OziMac

Jul 21, 2004, 01:29 AM

Man, you are lucky... congratulations! :cool:

I ordered my Mini seconds after the Apple Store came back online with the Minis available for order. My order status is still 'Open', even though my credit card has been charged. Also, someone else in Australia received their 'personalised' (whatever that means - engraved?) Mini yesterday, having ordered it the day after orders were available...

So all this leads me to think - and I wish they would hurry up with mine already! ;)

dobbin

Jul 21, 2004, 01:34 AM

mine is pink - don't know if that makes a difference in shipping time?

OziMac

Jul 21, 2004, 01:36 AM

Hmm... possibly - mine is green :D

Hopefully your wife will be bowled over ;)

stevehaslip

Jul 21, 2004, 03:31 AM

i havent seen them in any stores yet, i went all round the apple shops i knew of in London. I couldn't find a single mini :(
I didn't know that they had started shipping yet!

Sabbath

Jul 21, 2004, 05:23 AM

Mine shipped too, I started a thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=80686) last night.

Your right there are no details on the shipping though which is a bit confusing it would be nice to know when to expect a delivery so I can listen out for it. All I know at the moment is it left luxembourg on the 19th.

dobbin

Jul 21, 2004, 06:37 AM

All I know at the moment is it left luxembourg on the 19th.

How do you know it left Luxembourg? I can't even find that much information. All I know is that it was shipped on the 20th using TNT Express (Ireland) Ltd, hence I assumed it was coming from Ireland. Maybe not though, thats just where Apple are.

Apple gave me an 11 digit tracking number but it doesn't seem to work on the TNT website. They want a 9 digit number, and I have tried knocking 2 off either end but still no luck.

Please let me know when yours arrives as mine is a day behind I think! Hope you like it!

Sabbath

Jul 21, 2004, 07:00 AM

How do you know it left Luxembourg? I can't even find that much information. All I know is that it was shipped on the 20th using TNT Express (Ireland) Ltd, hence I assumed it was coming from Ireland. Maybe not though, thats just where Apple are.

Apple gave me an 11 digit tracking number but it doesn't seem to work on the TNT website. They want a 9 digit number, and I have tried knocking 2 off either end but still no luck.

Please let me know when yours arrives as mine is a day behind I think! Hope you like it!

Mine is with TNT Nederland B.V. according to Apple, if you click on the tracking number from the Apple order status page, it lets you track it there, although I am not sure how up to date it is. Under activity the last thing mine did was depart from luxembourg 19 July, so it's had 2 days so far. I wonder where it is. :confused:

dobbin

Jul 21, 2004, 08:11 AM

There's nothing showing under 'activity' for me yet. I guess it will come from Luxembourg though if yours did. I hope it doesn't show up today because my wife will be home before me today for a change, and she's not supposed to see it yet ;)

Sabbath

Jul 21, 2004, 10:40 AM

It doesn't look like mine is going to show up today, it's a shame the tracking is so poor compared with the other couriers I have used. I don't really know whether to wait around for delivery or not. I would have thought it would have been here within 2 days of shipping from luxembourg, but obviously not. May be tomorrow :rolleyes:

jothee

Jul 21, 2004, 11:05 AM

I got a shipping notication email yesterday. it came from Shanghai with KN High Tech Logestics. KN bring it to Luxemburg or the Nederlands where TNT take over. TNT has no record of it so i assume its still in KN's hands. From past experiences i know that K&N are very slow but once TNT get it should be delivered within 24 hours.

Forget about apple's tracking system. Use www.apecode.com. Just enter your tracking number from Apple's order status page.

Sabbath

Jul 21, 2004, 01:23 PM

I just checked my order status and I have a new tracking number which TNT actually understand, it seems they only picked it up today despite it being in Luxembourg for two days. Still no idea of when to expect delivery, hopefully it will update by tomorrow morning.

I get really fed up waiting around for delivery but as I have no car to go collect I have to make sure I get it. I wish we could just book delivery times, it would be such a better service than waiting around all day.

jothee

Jul 21, 2004, 01:30 PM

Just checked mine as well. TNT have it finally. Ours must be in the same shipment. I've had very good experiences with TNT in the past. So i could get it tomorrow (i'm in ireland). Check again later around 11pm, it might be updated by then.

ScotRobson

Jul 21, 2004, 01:52 PM

Hi guys

Just to let you know my silver mini shipped on the 15th - which was 11 days early, but it hasn't arrived yet!

I've also ordered the new ipod 20GB on the 19th which said at the time - ship time 2 to 3 days and now it has been changed to - on or before the 2nd August!!! :mad: I was hoping to have it by the end of the week

klaus

Jul 21, 2004, 02:04 PM

Well, mine shipped on the same dates as the ones you ordered. 15th in shanghai to luxemburg, arrived their the 19th, and just 10 mins ago, I checked the tnt order status page, and it finally got hold of the box. So I'll have it tomorrow or friday at the latest. yeah!

i'll keep you posted

dobbin

Jul 21, 2004, 02:22 PM

Sabbath

Jul 21, 2004, 02:34 PM

I've also got the TNT tracking code now. Apple say it shipped yesterday and TNT seem to have got it in Ireland this evening. I think (hope?) it will get to me on Friday but if I'm lucky maybe it'll be tomorrow?

21 Jul 2004*
19:45*
Cork*
Shipped From Originating Depot*

21 Jul 2004*
18:27*
Cork*
Consignment Received At Transit Point*

It seems pretty strange how some are coming from Luxembourg and others Ireland, especially when ones going to Ireland come from Luxembourg :confused: I would have thought Apple would have one big shipping depot, but obviously not. I hope mine comes tomorrow although I'm not holding out too much hope. Glad to see a few people all getting shipping receipts though. Mine is currently in Eindhoven incase anyone cares, although not anyone dutch who might hijack the truck!

I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with it when it gets here, I have three on order due to a change in heart on colour :o

klaus

Jul 21, 2004, 02:37 PM

what are you going to do with 3 mini's?

Well I guess you can sell them with a little profit ;)

ecche

Jul 21, 2004, 04:32 PM

just as i was jealously reading your post thinking "hey, i ordered my mini the minute they became available and now they are shipping everybody else's but mine" my mail goes "ping" and there it was: ipod mini shipped!!! can't wait to give it to my wife! this is going to be a very early birthday present!

Sabbath

Jul 21, 2004, 05:07 PM

what are you going to do with 3 mini's?

Well I guess you can sell them with a little profit ;)

I only want one; I just had a bit of a nightmare with colour choice. I always wanted the pink, but thought I might not be able to pull it off being a guy and all. In the panic of ordering as soon as I possibly could after refreshing the Apple store over and over to be first in line, I decided to get blue, which is the one on its way from Apple. I slept on it overnight and changed my mind I really wanted pink, but now there was a huge backlog on the Apple store. So I tried some resellers and managed to get pretty high on the list of two resellers for a pink one. Thus now I have 3 on the way and am still not sure which colour I will prefer in real life, as all the pictures I've seen the colours look different. Yup I'm an idiot and have no idea how I get into these situations either :rolleyes:

If they all get here soon I should be able to make a nice profit on eBay anyway :D

dobbin

Jul 22, 2004, 01:28 AM

ha - I think the pink ones are cool too, but I wouldn't get away with having one myself. I don't like the blue, I think I'd go for green if I was choosing for myself. I hope my wife will like this pink one though.

It arrived at Cardiff airport at 5.50 this morning, and that's not very far from Dursley.... only an hours drive.... so maybe it will arrive today....

klaus

Jul 22, 2004, 03:04 AM

Sabbath

Jul 22, 2004, 03:10 AM

Well,

Picked up by tnt in luxemburg yesterday, arrived today!!!

i was still asleep though (10 am here), but I heard the door bell, and someone asked for me, so I knew it was tttttnnnnnntttt ;)

well, i'm excited, very excited <me rushes to open the package>

Glad you got yours, mines out for delivery today so hopefully they won't keep me hanging around all day by delivering at 5pm, although I will probably manage to miss it anyway.

dobbin

Jul 22, 2004, 03:31 AM

WOW!

TNT don't hang around once they've got it do they? Cork last night, arrived Cardiff Airport 5.50, arrived in Yate (north of Bristol) 8.07 and out for delivery by 8.29.

Its going to come to me today and I'm not at home to receive it! Arrghhh! And I will be travelling home from work with my wife today so if there's a delivery note then I'll have to quickly get in and hide it.

Enjoy your minis everyone - they're finally here!!!! :D :D :D

ScotRobson

Jul 22, 2004, 04:43 AM

klaus

Jul 22, 2004, 04:50 AM

Well, that means it arrived at the depot in Luxemburg or Ireland. From there, TNT will take over, when that happens, you'll be able to use that reference number that starts with 80, to track your order on the tnt webpage..

Sabbath

Jul 22, 2004, 05:12 AM

Where are you guys getting your tracking numbers from for the TNT page?

My mini shipped on the 15th but all the numbers i have won't work on the TNT page.

Ive searched on apecode.com as suggested earlier in this thread and the last thing it says on there is that "truck arrived at final destination on the 20th" but it isnt't here :confused:

Scot

On the Order status page click on the tracking number and you will probably have got a third number last night, mine starts with 89....

This is your tnt tracking number enter it on tnt and select coming from outside the UK. You should get it today though as it sounds like its in the same order as mine and others.

Oh and the reson I spent so long on this reply, is mine just arrived! :D :D :D :D

ScotRobson

Jul 22, 2004, 05:20 AM

On the Order status page click on the tracking number and you will probably have got a third number last night, mine starts with 89....

This is your tnt tracking number enter it on tnt and select coming from outside the UK. You should get it today though as it sounds like its in the same order as mine and others.

Oh and the reson I spent so long on this reply, is mine just arrived! :D :D :D :D

My tracking number is a 10 digit number starting with 80 but TNT website just says "not found" I havn't had a third number.

Congrats on yours arriving - enjoy!

Scot

ScotRobson

Jul 22, 2004, 05:24 AM

Oh and the reson I spent so long on this reply, is mine just arrived! :D :D :D :D

I presume its your blue one that arrived and your still waiting on two pinks?

What do you think of the blue? I ordered silver and the next day wished i had got blue, but like you the wait was much longer by then. I didnt think of multi ordering though lol ;)

Time to change your sig now as well Sabbath :D

Scot

klaus

Jul 22, 2004, 05:28 AM

My tracking number is a 10 digit number starting with 80 but TNT website just says "not found" I havn't had a third number.

Congrats on yours arriving - enjoy!

Scot

Well, there's no info on that number, because tnt haven't taken over the package as of yet. Check back in a couple of hours, it'll change :)

enjoy!

dobbin

Jul 22, 2004, 05:30 AM

Keep checking - hopefully another tracking number (9 digits) will appear soon that will work on the TNT site. Make sure you click the 'consignment' number box and not the 'reference' number box on the TNT site.

Mine was delivered at 10.30 and signed for by someone called LAVIS. Who the hell is that? I guess it must be someone on my street that has accepted the package for me. I'm going mad thinking that they may be playing with my [wife's] iPod while I'm stuck at work! Well I know they won't have opened it really, but it's still frustrating.

I think I may pop home at lunchtime :) Its only a 26 mile round trip and will save the difficulty of my neighbours coming round and giving it to my wife later when its supposed to be a secret until 2nd August..... ;)

ScotRobson

Jul 22, 2004, 05:30 AM

Well, there's no info on that number, because tnt haven't taken over the package as of yet. Check back in a couple of hours, it'll change :)

enjoy!

Ok, so i need to look out for a new number? is that right?

Scot

ScotRobson

Jul 22, 2004, 05:37 AM

Ok, so i need to look out for a new number? is that right?

Scot

Ok you beat me to it - im too slow!

Thanks Dobbin

Scot

Sabbath

Jul 22, 2004, 06:01 AM

I presume its your blue one that arrived and your still waiting on two pinks?

What do you think of the blue? I ordered silver and the next day wished i had got blue, but like you the wait was much longer by then. I didnt think of multi ordering though lol ;)

Time to change your sig now as well Sabbath :D

Scot

Yup definitely time to change the sig and I can remove the mad face as well as that was only added when they delayed my airport express, and I guess they have partially redeemed themselves by delivering this early.

It's the blue one which is here, it's quite nice on it's own but doesn't really fit in with my desk of Apple products, everything else being white or aluminium. I didn't go for the silver as I wanted something a bit brighter but the silver would definitely look better on my desk, I'm sure you will be more than pleased with Silver. I'll have to wait till a pink one gets here before making my final decision.

I've just spent ages deciding what music to put on my mini, 4Gb actually goes surprisingly far at AAC 128kbps, I've managed to get 1040 songs on with a whopping 15Mb free :D It's seems a fair bit slower than my 3G 20Gb to upload songs but the size is really nice, and hopefully I won't need a case to stop it getting all scratched with is annoying in that it adds more depth to the iPod. Also I wanted a new one of the black bags you get with the regular iPod but no luck unfortunately. Now I just need to wait for it to charge before taking it for an inaugural trip.

Enjoy your minis everyone :)

jothee

Jul 22, 2004, 06:16 AM

My silver mini just got delivered about 30 minutes ago. This is my first ipod and this thing is SO COOOOL. i can't believe how small it is and how well the click wheel works. I'm glad i went with the silver, looks much better than in pictures.

Hope you all get your mini's soon.

dobbin

Jul 22, 2004, 12:15 PM

OK, I know I said earlier that TNT were very quick, but the service is not great!!

They delivered my pinkie to a house that is not even on my street because no-one on my street was at home! And they didn't even leave a card at my house to say what they'd done :eek:

It was only because I was tracking online that I knew to check. So I called the TNT local depot and the lady on the phone had to go and ask the driver what he'd done with it. He said it was left with a house ON A DIFFERENT STREET. I was able to collect it from them and they were equally surprised to hear my story.

I certainly won't be using TNT next time I have to ship anything.

Back on the subject of the mini, how long does it take to charge? I want to get it ready for my wife but without opening the bag with the instructions in if possible. I have put 20 albums on as a start for her and its only about 1/3 full. Those are high bitrate MP3s so when I get round to re-ripping to AAC it should fit even more. More than plenty for her, until she finds out about the iTunes Music Store! ;)

VincentVega

Jul 22, 2004, 01:24 PM

jothee: Thanks for the apecode.com link! My silver iPod Mini is showing as having arrived in its truck at its final destination, Luxembourg. However, it doesn't look like TNT have taken charge of it for its journey to me yet, as clicking on the link on the left doesn't show anything :(.

This is my first Apple product and I'm really looking forward to owning it. I already have plans for it: iPod Mini and myself are going on holiday to Iceland for a week in early September...

jothee

Jul 22, 2004, 01:49 PM

rogerw

Jul 22, 2004, 03:00 PM

mine is pink - don't know if that makes a difference in shipping time?
my daughters engraved pink one arrived today

VincentVega

Jul 23, 2004, 12:59 AM

I've been looking at the info about my order on the Apecode website and the last entry is dated 20th July - three days ago.

Here's the relevant part of the tracking:

Stat Date Status Stat Desc. Prod. Source
20 jul 04 90 75 truck arrived at final destination Apple, Shanghai
19 jul 04 30 10 departed direct KN Luxemburg
15 jul 04 30 60 departed from product source Kuehne & Nagel Shanghai
15 jul 04 05 00 boxes scanned Kuehne & Nagel Shanghai
15 jul 04 00 05 Data received from supplier Apple, Shanghai

Anyone care to decipher this for me? Where is my iPod? Is is still in Shanghai or is it in Luxembourg? Why the delay?

dobbin

Jul 23, 2004, 03:11 AM

VV, try going back to the order status page of the Applestore and clicking on the tracking codes there. I think there are 2 codes, one for the first part of the journey and another when TNT pick it up. Look for a 9 digit number, and enter this on the tracking page at www.tnt.com, make sure youy select 'consignment' number (not reference number) and hopefully you'll get some more info.

I hope you get it soon.

Sabbath

Jul 23, 2004, 07:21 AM

After receiving my blue mini yesterday my pink one is now in at the resellers (I'm going to pick it up now) and they have all colours of minis in stock there as well I believe. So if anyone is looking for a mini I can point you in the direction.

Sabbath

Jul 23, 2004, 09:46 AM

Arrgghh I have both pink and blue in front of me now and I still can't decide which one I prefer. The pink isn't as nice as I thought it would be but I still like it hmmmm :rolleyes:

VincentVega

Jul 23, 2004, 11:52 AM

ScotRobson

Jul 23, 2004, 05:43 PM

Hooray! Something's happened!

I called up Apple Store UK at lunchtime and was told that my iPod was with TNT and I was given a consignment tracking number to try. Lo and behold, my iPod is now showing as "in transit" and is currently shown as being in Eindhoven ("Consignment Received At Transit Point").

Hi

My iPod was shipped on the 15th and only today it has shown on the TNT website. Like you it shows "in transit" and in Eindhoven. I wonder how long it will take to arrive now! :confused: I CANT WAIT!!!! I ordered a new iPod when they were released a few days after ordering the mini. I tried to cancel the mini order but it was too late. However, I have now managed to talk my partner into letting me keep both :eek: :D

Scot

dobbin

Jul 24, 2004, 03:06 AM

The pink isn't as nice as I thought it would be but I still like it hmmmm :rolleyes:

I know exactly what you mean. I hate to be critical when I know loads of people would kill for one, but its not quite as pink as I'd hoped. I still like it, and I hope Mrs Dobbin will too!

VincentVega

Jul 24, 2004, 04:56 AM

Hi

My iPod was shipped on the 15th and only today it has shown on the TNT website. Like you it shows "in transit" and in Eindhoven. I wonder how long it will take to arrive now! :confused: I CANT WAIT!!!! I ordered a new iPod when they were released a few days after ordering the mini. I tried to cancel the mini order but it was too late.

When I called the Apple Store, I was told to expect it sometime in the first half of next week. My order now states "Shipped From Originating Depot", so it's presumably winging its way across the channel to the UK and on to me. Annoyingly it's the weekend now, so that's another two days to wait...

IMHO, Apple needs to improve the tracking a little so that it's easier to find out what's going on. Still, I'm sure it'll all be worth it in the end!

However, I have now managed to talk my partner into letting me keep both :eek: :D

Of course, you could always give your partner one of the iPods... :)

ScotRobson

Jul 24, 2004, 05:47 AM

Of course, you could always give your partner one of the iPods... :)

Yes thats how i managed to get away with it. He will have the mini because he has far less music than me. I have just over 4GB on iTunes so far, when I ordered the mini I just though I would have to be selective with what went on it. Now with my iPod on the way aswell I can just put it all on with room to spare (not that I will probably listen to it all) :D

Scot

Zaty

Jul 24, 2004, 05:59 AM

Mine (pink) is on its way, too. It's already in Switzerland. So there's a good chance I get on Monday which is my birthday. That's so sweet! Thanks Apple!

captain kirk

Jul 24, 2004, 06:22 AM

I just picked up 3 mini's this morning from Selfridges in Manchester's lovely trafford centre. The apple guy there said they had loads in stock as well as all the pre ordered ones.

ScotRobson

Jul 26, 2004, 02:31 AM

I just picked up 3 mini's this morning from Selfridges in Manchester's lovely trafford centre. The apple guy there said they had loads in stock as well as all the pre ordered ones.

My mini arrived in Croydon this morning at 6.30 (about 1 hour away from me) its now 08.30 and i'm watching the clock - the day has "finally" arrived! :D

Zaty

Jul 26, 2004, 09:36 AM

My mini arrived today, on my birthday! Perfect timing! Thanks Apple!

klaus

Jul 26, 2004, 09:41 AM

congrats!

VincentVega

Jul 26, 2004, 02:21 PM

Got my iPod today! Yippee!

It really is fantastic, even though I've not had that much of a play with it. It's lovely and small and a pleasure to use (I had a bit of trouble working out the wheel, but it's fine now).

iPod is being charged at the moment, sitting in its dock. Can't wait to use it properly and upload some music to it.