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Finally Preparing for Shipment.

Yes, I know I've posted elsewhere, but for the people only following this thread.

Ordered 1st December (Australia) and finally changed to Preparing for Shipment this morning.
That was a painful 3 week wait!

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Happy times :)
 
I think it depends upon which FedEx flight it catches. FDX90 is a straight through flight to Memphis, FDX28 (?) is the one that has a layover in Anchorage where they do import clearances and divide up the cargo for west and east coast hub distribution.

Mine came over on 90 so it went through Memphis.

Could you tell me if FedEx has any flights out of Shanghai on Saturday or Sunday. My BTO 27" missed the FedEx cutoff for Fridays flights from shanghai (PVG)
 
Could you tell me if FedEx has any flights out of Shanghai on Saturday or Sunday. My BTO 27" missed the FedEx cutoff for Fridays flights from shanghai (PVG)

It missed the cutoff for Friday's flights? Or Thursday's? Or are there no flights on Thursday? It's only 11:30 am on Thursday in Shanghai right now.
 
It missed the cutoff for Friday's flights? Or Thursday's? Or are there no flights on Thursday? It's only 11:30 am on Thursday in Shanghai right now.

So sorry bayleaves, for some reason I was thinking it was Thursday here and Friday in Shanghai :confused: you are correct, my shipment should go out on Thursday, Shanghai time. I've been on here too long (Nov. 30th) waiting for my new Mac to finally go from "Processing" to being "Shipped"

My FedEx tracking indicates "Left FedEx origin facility" will there be a further notification when it leaves on a plane to the US? Thanks:)
 
When you made the change(s) to your order did the order number change? I would compare the numbers to see if that is the case.

My order number stayed the same, but it clearly shows cancelled and replaced with new product. I'd called instead of changing the order myself because I didn't want to cancel the old order, and had naively assumed customer service could solve that issue.

Now my BTO November 30th order is still processing with an estimated January shipping date.
 
So sorry bayleaves, for some reason I was thinking it was Thursday here and Friday in Shanghai :confused: you are correct, my shipment should go out on Thursday, Shanghai time. I've been on here too long (Nov. 30th) waiting for my new Mac to finally go from "Processing" to being "Shipped"

My FedEx tracking indicates "Left FedEx origin facility" will there be a further notification when it leaves on a plane to the US? Thanks:)

Airnova ... I think our iMacs are on a plane that will land in Memphis at 10:15pm Memphis time.

Check your tracking info later ... we may have a nice surprise.
 
I found the link on page 104 of this thread lol.

http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html

You just have to type your serial number in.

Oh wow... Mine says week 51, now I'm really confused. Bayleaves maybe they spent a week hand polishing yours to brilliant perfection!

Still no tracking update, FDX90 direct flight to Memphis lands in 30 min. Either ours are on that plane, or they totally are not. If they are, it's strange they were not scanned a second time in shanghai. If we're not on the plane, who knows.
 
Airnova ... I think our iMacs are on a plane that will land in Memphis at 10:15pm Memphis time.

Check your tracking info later ... we may have a nice surprise.

This is what I'm hoping. It is supposed to land in about 15 minutes, but who knows when they will scan. I am keeping my fingers crossed that ours are on this flight.

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Oh wow... Mine says week 51, now I'm really confused. Bayleaves maybe they spent a week hand polishing yours to brilliant perfection!

I better have the shiniest darn computer on the planet. I better be able to see my reflection in the bump on the back. :p I hope this doesn't mean there is something wrong with it - but if there was, you'd think they'd trash it and give me a week 51 computer. Very odd.
 
This is what I'm hoping. It is supposed to land in about 15 minutes, but who knows when they will scan. I am keeping my fingers crossed that ours are on this flight.

Post if you see that it arrived!

They probably will scan soon ... many of us have 2 day delivery and our Macs will move out of Memphis quickly
 
At this point, I'm tired of tracking my order. It's gotten old seeing the processing status for over 3 weeks now, and I'm no longer enjoying the process of anticipating my order changing to preparing for shipment. I just want it to change now. It's gotten old and annoying at this point.

I am right there with you. When they started shipping early, I thought I might get it before Christmas. Then, the original CC charge went away. On Sunday, a new charge was there and my hopes were up again. Now, I am just going to plan on the original January 2-8 timeframe.
 
If they are, it's strange they were not scanned a second time in shanghai. If we're not on the plane, who knows.

I know UPS scans again when a package departs, but it's not clear to me whether FedEx does. I looked back and most of the people posting their tracking info had UPS. But I was too lazy to look back more than 10 or so pages.
 
Airnova ... I think our iMacs are on a plane that will land in Memphis at 10:15pm Memphis time.

Check your tracking info later ... we may have a nice surprise.

I hope your right, but this is what Fedex tracking shows:

Dec 19, 2012 18:53 Picked up SHANGHAI CN Package received after FedEx cutoff.

Dec 19, 2012 19:00 Left FedEx origin facility

FedEx scheduled to leave Shanghai at 10:30 am local time and the next one at 1:30 pm local. As indicated above, my package missed the cutoff for the 19th flts out of Shanghai so I assume it will be on one of those two flts on Thursday the 20th.
But I will check the tracking info later. Thanks for the heads up
 
I am right there with you. When they started shipping early, I thought I might get it before Christmas. Then, the original CC charge went away. On Sunday, a new charge was there and my hopes were up again. Now, I am just going to plan on the original January 2-8 timeframe.

I'm still amazed at how much extra time our orders take due to ordering one day later. Also, many others appear to have their iMacs up to two weeks earlier than the estimated delivery window, but it appears our iMacs will actually appear within the delivery window and not any earlier. :rolleyes:
 
This is what I'm hoping. It is supposed to land in about 15 minutes, but who knows when they will scan. I am keeping my fingers crossed that ours are on this flight.

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I better have the shiniest darn computer on the planet. I better be able to see my reflection in the bump on the back. :p I hope this doesn't mean there is something wrong with it - but if there was, you'd think they'd trash it and give me a week 51 computer. Very odd.

I ordered on Nov. 30th around 7:00 eastern and shipped today. I have week 51
 
Post if you see that it arrived!

They probably will scan soon ... many of us have 2 day delivery and our Macs will move out of Memphis quickly

Just checked. FedEx 90 descending through 5000ft

Landing in Memphis at 10:20 cst

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Just checked. FedEx 90 descending through 5000ft

Landing in Memphis at 10:20 cst

On final approach 9km to go!!!
 
Got my iMac 27" today :)

Ordered nov 30th at 8am. Original scheduled delivery between dec 27 and jan 3.

i7/1TbF/680.

Working nicely. Boot rapidly. Problem with Unity Web Player that crash the whole system with polite reboot message. This is with Safari. Using Chrome for now to play BSGO with success. Worked well with 10.7.5 on Mac Mini with Safari (game on low setting). iMac plays all settings up.

Screen is almost too large and dense but colors are nice. Was getting used to 720p on 32" TV screen. Will have to play with fonts.

I hope you'll get yours rapidly.
 
Congrats Milk18! I hope mine makes it that fast. Just left China yesterday. We will see.

What gives, Echomango? You were several steps ahead of me. Where are you in the process?

Believe it or not, mine is still in the shipping cardboard, waiting for a full day tomorrow to transfer data.
 
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