How does "NEXT DAY AIR" translate to Sep 21? Shouldn't you have it tomorrow?
It doesn't make financial sense, does it?
HOWEVER, it is apple's goal to make sure that everybody receives this phone on Fri, and not a day earlier so they are willing to pay overnight fees for every phone.
Every 16gb black iphone will be over-nighted and will leave one of three warehouses in the US on Thursday.
I've had my 5 since Fri, as many other people who work where I do... However, we're not allowed to leave the office with them until Fri
I made this thread to alert the AT&T customers that ordered a 16g black phone that if they are one of the 380,000 phones in Illinois, that they may not have their tracking number until Wednesday evening. This is when the labels are serials are recorded for the last round of shipping from that facility.
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They ask UPS to hold it until friday. They send it early, then ask them to hold it, so they have some leeway if there is a delay
That is not correct.
They will not leave the distribution center until thursday.
If that was the case, everybody who knows somebody who works at the local UPS office would have them on Thursday.
You have NO idea how much this costs us errr, apple to make it so people don't get a hold of these things until fri.