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2016 Macbook Pro, Order/Shipping Thread

Innominate said:
I feel like it's highly unlikely that I'll receive mine on the 14th Nov. Shipping doesn't move over the weekend does it?
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Freight does, so it's possible it could end up at your local hub by Sunday night, depending on where you are located. So it's not impossible that yours will be delivered Monday. Once we actually get some tracking numbers we will be able to tell.
 
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benz240 said:
Are these usually sent via FedEx? If so, will there be a way to designate delivery instructions to the driver once we get a tracking number? In the past, for example, has anyone designated to have their Apple delivery signed for by an apartment property manager at the office/clubhouse?
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apple.com has a pre-sign for delivery section. I think you need to wait until you get a tracking number before it becomes an option for the item you are wanting to pre-sign for.
 
maclaw21 said:
Freight does, so it's possible it could end up at your local hub by Sunday night, depending on where you are located. So it's not impossible that yours will be delivered Monday. Once we actually get some tracking numbers we will be able to tell.
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Yeah, it depends where it was made. If it is south of China, they normally trunk the boxes to Hong Kong International airport. This process can take 1-2 days. Once in Hong Kong, next stop usually (I mean usually) is Alaska for clearance. Sometimes, it go direct to Fedex/UPS hub in US for clearance. After that, it's normal distribution.
 
Brookzy said:
Yep, 9-6 UK time. +44 (0) 800 048 0408. :)

EDIT: And they're open till 9 tonight, i.e. another half hour or so.
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Thanks! I just tried, but they can't even check on a Danish order. They did however say that I have seven days before the order is cancelled, so I guess I just need to wait to Monday. :(
 
MacDanish said:
To the EU guys getting close to a nervous breakdown.. like myself.

Ordered my MBP on 27 Oct - delivery 16-23 Nov. Apple took a "reserved" amount on my CC for the Auto-Enroll Apple Care on 04 Nov, and just now Apple took another "reserved" amount on my CC for the actual MBP (Apple: ..right, let's see if this guy is actually good for the money). Now I'm imagining Chinese workers smiling all over, as they just got the 'ALL OK' yelling inaudible out of massive huge loudspeakers, in Chinese of course, and they get to build my MBP while there're thinking about it's going waaaay around the globe all over to a place called Holland, mumbling "John Cruijff and wooden shoes" in their best Dutch accent, whilst building the MacBook Pro 15 inch with utmost care and especially love. All done in like 12 minutes. 3 minutes actually building. 1 minute of tossing in free dongles in a secret compartment in the box, and 8 minutes of utter love and caressing the box with white gloves on, while mellow forest sounds is oozing out of a quality speaker.

Enough of that rambling. Almost. This is how I think it goes for the EU customers. Everything is going to their central depot in Eindhoven, Holland for EU custom clearance (hey, Apple/Ireland still have to pay the EU 14bn, according to Brussels, so they need fast profits). If your CC has been 'charged' or maybe Apple just made their 'reserve' on your CC, you'll get the shipping notice the moment it leaves Eindhoven, Holland and your MBP is on it way to your doorstep. That may be just 1-2 days between you get the shipping notice, till it actually arrives in our feverish, sweaty and shaking hands, while laughing hysterically and signing it off to the UPS courier on his worn out pad, looking strangely at you (me) and shaking his head, and wonders off to his brown van again for his next MBP delivery.

Hold on and keep faith !
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Nice post! Apple actually has at least two warehouses in EU.

- Prague, Czech Republic
- Eindhoven, Netherlands

All of my orders came from Prague but i've heard that other users got their orders from Eindhoven. Maybe it just really depends on the location of the customer or the stock. :)
 
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Macintosh IIcx said:
Thanks! I just tried, but they can't even check on a Danish order. They did however say that I have seven days before the order is cancelled, so I guess I just need to wait to Monday. :(
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Also from Denmark here. I also had an issue with the payment, I guess somewhat similar to yours. I therefore called the bank and they said everything looked fine until the guy looked closer and saw a problem with NETS. I don't know if it is of any help, but the payment went straight through when I tried with the same card again afterwards. I hope you figure it out.
 
My card got charged a couple of hours ago (UK) still processing, but one step closer.

Any UK on PFS yet, I assume not but thought I'd ask!!
 
MadDane said:
Also from Denmark here. I also had an issue with the payment, I guess somewhat similar to yours. I therefore called the bank and they said everything looked fine until the guy looked closer and saw a problem with NETS. I don't know if it is of any help, but the payment went straight through when I tried with the same card again afterwards. I hope you figure it out.
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Thanks. I will just have to try again tomorrow. Really weird they wont authorize my MasterCard Gold. I think my VISA just hit the ceiling at 25.000 dk kr, so I was kinda worried about the actually. But my MasterCard doesn't hit the limit of the payment.
 
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mattburley7 said:
i want mine shipped so i know the delivery day! finding that out is killing me :mad:
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Same, deliveries app is still showing the worst case scenario of 14 days to delivery (eta of 11/17-11/25). That hurts :-( I've got a lot going on in the next couple weeks and want to ensure I'm available the day of the delivery, or at the very least be able to setup the pickup at my local UPS store.
 
delasonrisa said:
This literally made my day :D never would have thought of looking up plane routes :D nice one sir! Not sure if this is meaningful but let's hope so.
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lol, you haven't been here long. Checking plane routes is one of the steps of waiting for your newly launched Apple device. It's an annual right of passage for those of us that upgrade our phones yearly.
 
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shareef777 said:
lol, you haven't been here long. Checking plane routes is one of the steps of waiting for your newly launched Apple device. It's an annual right of passage for those of us that upgrade our phones yearly.
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that's true, indeed. just registered yesterday to follow this thread.
 
Reading through this thread since the PFS notifications began, it seems pretty haphazard. But since it doesn't look like anyone has a tracking number, it's safe to say nothing has actually shipped yet. Given that Apple is fullfilling how many thousands of orders, is it possible they are prepping orders to ship in no particular order in advance of a major first shipment? That is to say, it doesn't really matter when your card was charged or you received the PFS notice because all of the first day preorders (or the significant majority) will ship on a given day, say Monday? I don't work in freight and logistics but that seems more logical than Apple picking and choosing orders at random for shipping.
 
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