Preparing for shipment - how long?

KrasHr said:

From the spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlEmmsf8GxV9dE1EQnFzWGpidFduY1Qxb2ZYUFZTQ2c#gid=0 , the wait from Preparing for shipping to shipped is usually 1-2 days (sometimes same day), with the rare occurrence of a day or 2 more.

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Yougotcarved said:

So my iMac just changed to preparing for shipment (wooo!). How long does this phase typically last for? Am I in for another 2 week wait before shipping or will it be sooner than that? Share your experience!

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laryenhilllvr said:

you may have wanted to spring for the extra 30 bucks. i placed my order on the 26th and i'm still waiting for it to go to prepared. so when you do finally go to shipped you're probably gonna want it so bad...

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large farva said:

Actually, I spoke with a rep when I called Apple about my iMac, cause I wanted to see if there has been any change with how quick they are going out. And he told me something that surprised me. All 27" iMac Build To Orders are given Express Shipping. He said they are doing this to get them out as soon as possible. So, from what he told me, if you spent $30 on Express Shipping, you wasted your money, because I didn't, and mine has Express Shipping. But who knows. Also, another bit of info he gave me was that he's seeing the 27" iMac orders placed in January ship out about a week early.

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laryenhilllvr said:

meanwhile i'm two days away from my 4 week mark and i still have yet to even move to preparing...

but it is good to know they are comping people for the expedited shipping. i already had mine refunded when i called last week.

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large farva said:

Yeah. I don't know how true any of it is, because it was only a bottom level service rep that I was speaking with. I mean, who knows, he might have just told me that my iMac is being processed with expedited shipping to put my mind at ease. Because in all reality, I don't think it makes a huge difference. According to the delivery quotes I received when I was placing my order. A Feb. 7th - 14th delivery date with Standard Shipping vs. a Feb. 6th - 13th delivery date with Express/Expedited Shipping. Which is why I didn't select Express Shipping from the get go.

Also, it seems like a pretty awesome deal, Apple setting up all of the 27" iMac orders with Express Shipping, but not really for the people who actually paid the $30 for Express Shipping, as they would essentially be paying for, nothing. Unless Apple gives those folks a bump a little further ahead in line. Who knows. Just because you hear it from one person, doesn't make it true. It's like police officers. They are police officers, so you would expect them to know the laws and state statutes, especially the most commonly broken ones or the more important ones, but a lot of them really don't know jack about the laws or local statutes.

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large farva said:

Yeah. I don't know how true any of it is, because it was only a bottom level service rep that I was speaking with. I mean, who knows, he might have just told me that my iMac is being processed with expedited shipping to put my mind at ease. Because in all reality, I don't think it makes a huge difference. According to the delivery quotes I received when I was placing my order. A Feb. 7th - 14th delivery date with Standard Shipping vs. a Feb. 6th - 13th delivery date with Express/Expedited Shipping. Which is why I didn't select Express Shipping from the get go.

Also, it seems like a pretty awesome deal, Apple setting up all of the 27" iMac orders with Express Shipping, but not really for the people who actually paid the $30 for Express Shipping, as they would essentially be paying for, nothing. Unless Apple gives those folks a bump a little further ahead in line. Who knows. Just because you hear it from one person, doesn't make it true. It's like police officers. They are police officers, so you would expect them to know the laws and state statutes, especially the most commonly broken ones or the more important ones, but a lot of them really don't know jack about the laws or local statutes.

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WizardHunt said:

Well I was one who chose the Overnight shipping. I am still happy about choosing the faster shipping. Even if there is any chance it might be faster it will be worth it to me. It won't sit even one day in the Warehouse of Fed-Ex after it arrives to USA. Fed-Ex is bad about that, if it is not scheduled to be delivered on a certain date but it's in your city, most times Fed-Ex will sit on it until the next day. I hate that about Fed-Ex. Rarely do they ship early or earlier than scheduled. I think one time they did it for me but I order tons of stuff, and this is my experience with Fed-Ex at least on the West Coast. Maybe on the East Coast they handle things differently. But I am happy and not having regrets about paying for the overnight shipping.

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WizardHunt said:

Well I was one who chose the Overnight shipping. I am still happy about choosing the faster shipping. Even if there is any chance it might be faster it will be worth it to me. It won't sit even one day in the Warehouse of Fed-Ex after it arrives to USA. Fed-Ex is bad about that, if it is not scheduled to be delivered on a certain date but it's in your city, most times Fed-Ex will sit on it until the next day. I hate that about Fed-Ex. Rarely do they ship early or earlier than scheduled. I think one time they did it for me but I order tons of stuff, and this is my experience with Fed-Ex at least on the West Coast. Maybe on the East Coast they handle things differently. But I am happy and not having regrets about paying for the overnight shipping.

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laryenhilllvr said:

i wish overnight shipping was an option. when did you order?

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laryenhilllvr said:

this is very true. the bright side is that you at least recieved a shipping estimate. i'm apart of the poor saps that just have "january". hopefully mine will ship off soon as i'm almost at the 4 week mark. if not, then i'm cancelling my order and NEVER buying anothe apple product. the company is changing...for the worse it seems.

They didn't give you a slightly more specific time frame during your check out process or afterwards? For example my time frame is Feb. 7th - 14th.. I don't know, I still wish I would have gotten the order in while it still showed "January", because that means before the end of the month, and even though I got a more exact time frame, it extends two weeks into February. It's January 22nd, and I'm already checking my order status every day, twice or thrice (lol) a day. Holding on to a little tiny bit of hope that maybe, just maybe, my iMac MIGHT possibly go to "Preparing for Shipment" soon, as someone who ordered theirs 5 days before me received theirs yesterday. So, I sit, I wait, I hope, and I have a huge bitch fit every time I see "Processing". After this I never want to see or hear the word processing ever again. lol

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jimbo1mcm said:

I7, 1TB Fusion, 16 GB. Went to Preparing to Ship on 22 January. Expected delivery 1 Feb-6 Feb

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large farva said:

laryenhilllvr said:

this is very true. the bright side is that you at least recieved a shipping estimate. i'm apart of the poor saps that just have "january". hopefully mine will ship off soon as i'm almost at the 4 week mark. if not, then i'm cancelling my order and NEVER buying anothe apple product. the company is changing...for the worse it seems.

They didn't give you a slightly more specific time frame during your check out process or afterwards? For example my time frame is Feb. 7th - 14th.. I don't know, I still wish I would have gotten the order in while it still showed "January", because that means before the end of the month, and even though I got a more exact time frame, it extends two weeks into February. It's January 22nd, and I'm already checking my order status every day, twice or thrice (lol) a day. Holding on to a little tiny bit of hope that maybe, just maybe, my iMac MIGHT possibly go to "Preparing for Shipment" soon, as someone who ordered theirs 5 days before me received theirs yesterday. So, I sit, I wait, I hope, and I have a huge bitch fit every time I see "Processing". After this I never want to see or hear the word processing ever again. lol

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well with your specs you'll probably get it before the more complex specs. i was one of the unfortunate "january" people. it may sound nice to just have january, but when you're without a computer and stuck in a third world country with no other form of entertainment and a two to three week additional waiting time tacked on to the delivery date (since apple doesn't ship to apo addresses i have to have it forwarded through a third party) it doesn't seem so good.

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Daves0024 said:

I ordered Jan 25th

21.5 inch
2.9 8gb
1tb fusion

Just changed from preparing to ship to shipped about an hour ago

Original timeframe was feb 19-22

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WizardHunt said:

I thought even the 21.5 models had a 2-3 weeks shipping time frame.. that is like only 1 week what is going on?

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Daves0024 said:

I ordered Jan 25th

21.5 inch
2.9 8gb
1tb fusion

Just changed from preparing to ship to shipped about an hour ago

Original timeframe was feb 19-22

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trustever said:

Daves0024 where have you ordered from?

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davidfinchley said:

I am in the UK. I ordered on 30 November, I was quoted 3-4 weeks and it arrived on 28 December. 4 weeks to the day. I rang Apple and tried to sweet talk them into shipping faster, but, as expected, they said they could not expedite a BTO of a highest end 27" even though I explained that I had bought two Ipad minis in December as well and could they look after such a good customer!

However, they did give me a credit of £50 for not having my machine to me in three weeks. That was nice of them.

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