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Oct. 1 to 6 2014 Delivery Date Orders (Update) Delivered earlier!
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Ups 99 update (part of team 520)
http://flightaware.com/live/findflight/PANC/KSDF
Looks like ups 99 will refuel and continue next leg which should make it to Louisville around 11:20 Est. I have long shot hopes at getting it Thursday looking like Friday.
http://flightaware.com/live/findflight/PANC/KSDF
Looks like ups 99 will refuel and continue next leg which should make it to Louisville around 11:20 Est. I have long shot hopes at getting it Thursday looking like Friday.
Well based upon what I am seeing on this thread now, it will do me no good to stay up the next 90 minutes to see if they do the import scan and departure scan since they are holding packages until the last moment they can. Oh well. Nothing we can do but grit our teeth.
I had the same issues, but you have to look at the very large bright side. Yes the preorder system sucked, but as of today MANY 6 Plus phones are not available in the Apple Stores (Don't even bother with ATT, Verizon..they wont carry them until at least Nov.) So you will get it on the 25th, meanwhile people who didn't do the preorder what so ever and want the 6+, well they will be waiting until god knows when in stores. Limited first come first serve...and since were hitting Xmas Holiday shipping, the rush is already on.
Even orders placed on the 13th, 14th, 15th..they will be waiting another 3-4 weeks at the earliest to see them. We've waited this long, its been a mind-draining wait total emotional rollercoaster that can make you insanely mad, I know. But think, 2 days. Doesnt that sound so much better than 2 weeks?
Yeah! Next thing you know, they'll expect next-day delivery for ground deliveries! We can't have that! We might get more customers!
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There's no excuse to push back our delivery date if they've been sitting in the same exact place for 24+ hours at least.
The excuse is that there are customers ahead of you. They are delivering to them.
Maybe thats why thy haven't gotten to ours?
The point is that Apple promised us all the same level of shipping service but then chose to split us in to 2 separate categories... People are completely justified in being dissapointed that phones from the exact same batch are given completely different priority.
I would hope that there aren't any customers ahead of us (well, iPhone orders at least). I ordered within 45 minutes of preorders opening (I couldn't any sooner since the Apple website was so glitchy)...I'm not saying that I deserve a higher spot, but if the facility is able to process 30,000 packages an hour (I do believe that was the latest statistic from the video I watched on the facility) then there really isn't much of an excuse. I'll take nothing less than a bomb threat at this rate
AND...just got an update. Yeah, the date pushed back to the 25th. Figured that would happened. Oh well, not going to sweat it.
And, how much do you want to bet that there have been plane loads of phones that have arrived and left within the last 24 hours while our phones just sat with their low priority stickers?
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That's even more lame. I'm really sorry man...
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That's even more lame. I'm really sorry man...
I would bet zero dollars because it's not even a bet. We've actually been seeing it happen. UPS will never intentionally get another ****ing dime out of me.
Imagine if ours got pushed back by another day. I'm pretty sure I'd tear into somebody at UPS or Apple...and I have never called in to complain about a service before.
We have learned that our packages have been marked as low priority. I wouldn't be surprised if they sit there another day just so UPS ensures that they don't get shipped to us a day early.
2 days definitely sounds better than 2 weeks. But then again, getting a full night's sleep sounds better than setting my alarm at 2:50 in the morning (and then spending the next 2 hours trying to preorder my and my wife's new iphones). I expected to get up, put in my preorders in 20-30 minutes max, go back to sleep and get a release day shipment.
Instead, I spent hours trying to get both preorders in. And people whose phones were shipped after mine are getting deliveries earlier than me (because Apple selected me for expedited service instead of express saver).
So specifically, what irks me:
1) Wasting hours in the middle of the night because Apple can't set up a proper server farm. Don't tell me it's too technically difficult. Plenty of websites handle far more volume every day.
2) Shipping delays because I got selected to a lower tier of shipping on a $950 phone. (Shouldn't the most expensive phones with the largest profit margins get the faster shipping option?) At the very least, everybody should get the same shipping speed.
3) Probably the most irritating issue, Apple and UPS not acknowledging my concerns about the preorder process and shipping delays and being told that I should just be happy with what I have. (Really, after I shelled out nearly $600 for a phone--$500 plus tax plus $40 upgrade fee--after the $450 subsidy for a 2 year contract).
4) Apple couldn't even get the keynote streamed properly.
I think Apple is burning through some significant brand loyalty here, and UPS is adding insult to injury. Not that I'm going to do anything about it (it's not like I'm going to return the phone because of this). But I'll think twice before giving Apple my money in the future.
I'm starting a business that needs a couple of servers. I was toying with the idea of running Apple servers.
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Now this ..if this 24 hr hold BS happens to me tomorrow since Louisville seems to have their head up their a**es, yeah, then I'll be in rage mode. Seriously its like they are waving these in our faces just to tease us.
I said its not a big deal, now thinking 'c'mon a plane from Louisville to Philly, - unless it wants to make some other out of the way destination to Chicago for example..it would be here by morning,' on a truck to the hub near by. I'll pick it up. I've had shipments from Arizona that left at 10pm local time and had my items by 11am MY time that following day!
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WTF is going on!
9/25er - just got updated to 9/24 EARLY DELIVERY.
I'm not holding my breath, but I'm hoping it can get to Los Angeles overnight.
I just hope the driver accepts the pre-sign paper on the door. There will be people at home keeping an eye out, but I'm not taking anything for granted.
In Transit
Scheduled For Early Delivery On:
Wednesday, 09/24/2014
Originally Scheduled For Delivery On:
Thursday, 09/25/2014
Last Location:
Louisville, KY, United States, Wednesday, 09/24/2014
Leave At:
Front Door
I'm not holding my breath, but I'm hoping it can get to Los Angeles overnight.
I just hope the driver accepts the pre-sign paper on the door. There will be people at home keeping an eye out, but I'm not taking anything for granted.
In Transit
Scheduled For Early Delivery On:
Wednesday, 09/24/2014
Originally Scheduled For Delivery On:
Thursday, 09/25/2014
Last Location:
Louisville, KY, United States, Wednesday, 09/24/2014
Leave At:
Front Door
9/25er - just got updated to 9/24 EARLY DELIVERY.
I'm not holding my breath, but I'm hoping it can get to Los Angeles overnight.
I just hope the driver accepts the pre-sign paper on the door. There will be people at home keeping an eye out, but I'm not taking anything for granted.
In Transit
Scheduled For Early Delivery On:
Wednesday, 09/24/2014
Originally Scheduled For Delivery On:
Thursday, 09/25/2014
Last Location:
Louisville, KY, United States, Wednesday, 09/24/2014
Leave At:
Front Door
That's awesome man! Good to see one of us slipped through. Enjoy your phone. You deserve it.
AND...I just got another email that it changed - its coming tomorrow again?? It's actually becoming almost comical. No clue what to believe at this point!
Im done..f this, Im off to bed..its just messing with my head at this point. Maybe it will change to the the original date of Oct 1 by tomorrow? Wow
Im done..f this, Im off to bed..its just messing with my head at this point. Maybe it will change to the the original date of Oct 1 by tomorrow? Wow
9/25er - just got updated to 9/24 EARLY DELIVERY.
I'm not holding my breath, but I'm hoping it can get to Los Angeles overnight.
I just hope the driver accepts the pre-sign paper on the door. There will be people at home keeping an eye out, but I'm not taking anything for granted.
In Transit
Scheduled For Early Delivery On:
Wednesday, 09/24/2014
Originally Scheduled For Delivery On:
Thursday, 09/25/2014
Last Location:
Louisville, KY, United States, Wednesday, 09/24/2014
Leave At:
Front Door
Thats awesome, yeah I had the 24th, changed to the 25th 20 minutes ago, then back to the 24th. Maybe they put together a few brain cells and fueled up a new plane!