Hopefully yours is correct, I have a departure scan a few mins before that flight left, so would make sense.
Dang, that sucks. Hope it gets on the next one, mine has a departure scan so looks like it made the flight out.
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Hopefully yours is correct, I have a departure scan a few mins before that flight left, so would make sense.
Dang, that sucks. Hope it gets on the next one, mine has a departure scan so looks like it made the flight out.
Good god, this thread moves fast..
Mine is still processing and my cc received the reservation for the the full amount.
Hope it's still on track for 16th delivery.
Live in The Netherlands.
Mine is still processing and my cc received the reservation for the the full amount.
Hope it's still on track for 16th delivery.
Live in The Netherlands.
If we've all gotten the 'unable to load onto the plane' message, that's interesting. Along with "scheduled delivery is not available at this time".
I think getting it on Wednesday seems the most logical now. Darn.
Someone asked about the "clearing agency", that just means they are through customs and are essentially on a ramp waiting to be loaded. Which confirms my earlier theory that the 'departure' and 'arrival' scans had to do with physically moving this cargo from one location to another but not that they had left and come back or something.
Yep, we're getting these on the 16th folks. Party time is over... I'd be willing to bet that that is when the NDA/Review Embargo is over, and even though these are ready and Apple didn't announce a "release date", internally, that's when it was and they don't want the first available reviews to be amateurs. Plus, can you imagine how furious big firms like Cnet would be if they had a product for weeks and poured thousands into reviewing it; but miss out on that critical "first review" wave because of a bunch of jerks shooting videos on their iPhones! (Like me...)
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No. Those of us who are tracking via UPS are 'shipped'.
You can 'track by reference number' and try your phone number, order number, etc. If you get a tracking number; then it indeed has shipped; Apple just hasn't updated yet on their end.
I think getting it on Wednesday seems the most logical now. Darn.
Someone asked about the "clearing agency", that just means they are through customs and are essentially on a ramp waiting to be loaded. Which confirms my earlier theory that the 'departure' and 'arrival' scans had to do with physically moving this cargo from one location to another but not that they had left and come back or something.
Yep, we're getting these on the 16th folks. Party time is over... I'd be willing to bet that that is when the NDA/Review Embargo is over, and even though these are ready and Apple didn't announce a "release date", internally, that's when it was and they don't want the first available reviews to be amateurs. Plus, can you imagine how furious big firms like Cnet would be if they had a product for weeks and poured thousands into reviewing it; but miss out on that critical "first review" wave because of a bunch of jerks shooting videos on their iPhones! (Like me...)
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No. Those of us who are tracking via UPS are 'shipped'.
You can 'track by reference number' and try your phone number, order number, etc. If you get a tracking number; then it indeed has shipped; Apple just hasn't updated yet on their end.
This is a fairly standard customs clearance thing. First deliveries will happen for most 14th-16th.
I think the only product Apple has ever held packages back on are iPhones, which follow a very strict global release date. Usually as soon as the first official reviews are posted, shipments will arrive later that day.
It might be a standard thing to clear customs, but "we were unable to load the package on the plane as scheduled" doesn't sound like good news to me.
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UK, 13" BTO, ETA 17-24th November at the moment.
I hope so. Maybe something as simple as the plane took off without those clearing customs; so they'll hitch the next ride. The saving grace is that this is all happening over the weekend. UPS delivers on Saturdays but it would've needed to arrive at the local distribution station early Saturday AM. If they get to Louisville sometime Sunday, then there's a good chance at least some of us will get them Monday or Tuesday.
As far as holding back? We KNOW there's a review embargo, because we KNOW lots of the "big" tech reviewers actually have these and have had them for a while now. There's just no way they are voluntarily waiting to release the reviews, they are certainly under NDA. I don't believe Apple will ship to a single customer before that NDA expires.
Any idea if the shipping dates in December might move up a bit (earlier?) now that this first batch is moving?
I'm Dec 7 - 13, and don't want to get my hopes up, but earlier would certainly be nicer!
Never ordered anything new like this from Apple, so not sure of their process/policies.
I'm Dec 7 - 13, and don't want to get my hopes up, but earlier would certainly be nicer!
Never ordered anything new like this from Apple, so not sure of their process/policies.
Both my AW S2 and my iPhone 7 plus were ordered a few hours after the keynote and, thus, I didn't get them until several weeks after launch. I still got them, each, about two weeks earlier than my estimated ship date.
Take that for what it's worth. But I can say that in 2016, twice, I got something two weeks earlier than expected despite still being healthily delayed by not getting the order in quick enough. (Ordering opened at 2AM local time and I foolishly thought ordering at 5AM when I woke up was sufficient. Whoops...)
So frustrating seeing people able to track theirs.
My delivery window opens tomorrow (13th here now), and its still sitting on processing.
My delivery window opens tomorrow (13th here now), and its still sitting on processing.
I think there is a very good chance of you getting it earlier. The delivery date estimates of the first batch tend to be accurate, but the estimates of later batches tend to be very conservative. It could well arrive this month.
It's not a big deal. I have that message, and then 7 min later it was "Cleared". UPS only has a handful of status messages... pallets are being scanned and then cleared as they're loaded onto the plane. It's nothing like missing your commercial airline flight. Cargo planes need to fill their manifest before they fly. Going light is generally not an option -- fuel is expensive.
Others have reported that non-US customers haven't gotten tracking info until it was in their country. Who knows why, could be some weird regulation, could be some internal logistical issue. Could be a grand conspiracy to overthrow the world by mildly agitating citizens of other countries so they are too distracted refreshing the order status page to notice the Apple Army overthrowing their government and taking over the world. I don't know.
But, it very well may be that yours is going to arrive just as quickly as everyone elses, but for some reason, you just don't have tracking info because it isn't yet in the distribution center local to you (despite you being decidedly closer than all of us). Several have reported not getting shipping info in the EU, for example, until it was in their distribution center.
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It's also the holiday season; a time which UPS is all hands on deck. Pilots and ground crew get over time, etc. It's not too crazy to think that there were two shipments on the ramp, and the other one was ready first, so they loaded it and took off. Of course, we're all just guessing here. But if it says it missed the plane, then it missed the plane. But, there are other planes. It's not a big deal. Changing a manifest or re-filing a flight plan is a routine thing and it's not a big deal. It can even be done from the cockpit with an iPad. The items can be updated, submitted, and a radio call to clearance delivery to cancel their current flight plan and request clearance under their new flight plan. (Pilots don't radio in their flight plan, it's all done electronically these days, clearance delivery just has to 'pull it up', and then modify it as they need to and then give the pilot any instructions/modifications. Pilot reads it back, if correct, they move on to ground control). Happens all the time.
Given that those of us who got the message first got a "not loaded" message and then a second "cleared customs" message, I really think these just hadn't cleared yet in time to be loaded; so we'll be on the next plane.
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Ehhh don't get me wrong, i have every confidence i will have it by Wednesday at the latest....its just frustrating. Id be happy with a PTS right now!
I love the whole tracking stage.....and want to join the others! hahaha
Finally charged! Stock 15": lowest end model. With business discount. Ordered 10 mins after store went live.
Edit: PFS 5 minutes later on order status. (USA)
Edit: PFS 5 minutes later on order status. (USA)
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Welp, mine missed the plane. The UPS agent I talked to said it's likely the plane was too full and that it had to be held back for a subsequent one. She said there were 1400 packages on the plane it missed.
So, it looks like I'll be getting it on the 15th or 16th instead of Monday.
So, it looks like I'll be getting it on the 15th or 16th instead of Monday.
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Yours isn't the first to miss the plane, most likely just Apple holding them back so that everyone can get them delivered on the 16th and not earlier.
Mine appears to have not missed the plane.
"Shanghai, China 11/13/2016 4:27 A.M. Departure Scan"
UPS says Monday delivery by end of day.
Apple changed delivery date from "Nov 16" to "Est Nov 16"
(EDIT: 15" BTO)
"Shanghai, China 11/13/2016 4:27 A.M. Departure Scan"
UPS says Monday delivery by end of day.
Apple changed delivery date from "Nov 16" to "Est Nov 16"
(EDIT: 15" BTO)
Apple forgot to add power extension cables with the MacBook Pros which is why the plane was delayed.