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4-6weeks (Deliever May 13 - May 27th) pre-orders
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4-6weeks (Deliever May 13 - May 27th) pre-orders
What you say probably makes sense from Apple's perspective. From the customer perspective though, it's quite a negative experience.
38% without even a shipment date is even worse than those who have May/June shipping dates.
> "According to Slice, 547,000 more watches will ship between April 27 and June 11. Of those orders, 33 percent will get delivered in April, 28 percent in May and 1 percent in June. However, 38 percent of the orders, which translates into 647,000 watches, have yet to receive a shipment date, Slice said."
http://www.macworld.com/article/291...bare-wrists-on-launch-weekend.html#tk.rss_all
What you say probably makes sense from Apple's perspective. From the customer perspective though, it's quite a negative experience.
38% without even a shipment date is even worse than those who have May/June shipping dates.
> "According to Slice, 547,000 more watches will ship between April 27 and June 11. Of those orders, 33 percent will get delivered in April, 28 percent in May and 1 percent in June. However, 38 percent of the orders, which translates into 647,000 watches, have yet to receive a shipment date, Slice said."
http://www.macworld.com/article/291...bare-wrists-on-launch-weekend.html#tk.rss_all
Applesanity
I am going to stay away from this forum for awhile. Refreshing my order everyday isnt going to help at all. Im so impatient though, but I ordered the 42mm SG Sport and I seen someone with it at the gym today so that was my last straw LOL. Ill be back when I get an order change.
I am going to stay away from this forum for awhile. Refreshing my order everyday isnt going to help at all. Im so impatient though, but I ordered the 42mm SG Sport and I seen someone with it at the gym today so that was my last straw LOL. Ill be back when I get an order change.
Patience.
Apple Watch Sport 42 SG BSB.
Ordered 4/10 at 12:09a PST.
Delivers: 5/13 - 5/27.
Processing.
No Apple reassurance email.
Card charged $49 for AppleCare+.
Spoke with Apple Rep today, said the payment has cleared (obviously not for Watch) so that's good.
Kicking myself for staying awake until 30 minutes before, but then passing out.
Lol.
Apple Watch Sport 42 SG BSB.
Ordered 4/10 at 12:09a PST.
Delivers: 5/13 - 5/27.
Processing.
No Apple reassurance email.
Card charged $49 for AppleCare+.
Spoke with Apple Rep today, said the payment has cleared (obviously not for Watch) so that's good.
Kicking myself for staying awake until 30 minutes before, but then passing out.
Lol.
No watches are arriving "over a month late"
They are either arriving when Apple said they would when your order was processed, or they are arriving early. Lots are now arriving earlier.
I agree that it makes for a negative customer experience. But not so negative that we don't want the watch anymore. And not so negative that we are giving up on Apple Products...
So, as far as problems go - this is the one Apple would prefer.
While we are waiting in our "Processing Items" limbo (42mm SG+BSB Confirmation xx:08:11am), I was curious:
Has anyone seen an Watch out in the wild yet? (In-store try-ons don't count, obviously.)
The students on my campus are usually quick to adopt new Apple products, but despite scanning the wrists of everyone whose path I've crossed today, I've yet to see one.
It's still very early in the watch rollout, of course, but it's always fun to spot a fellow early-adopter.
Has anyone seen an Watch out in the wild yet? (In-store try-ons don't count, obviously.
)The students on my campus are usually quick to adopt new Apple products, but despite scanning the wrists of everyone whose path I've crossed today, I've yet to see one.
It's still very early in the watch rollout, of course, but it's always fun to spot a fellow early-adopter.
Of course, but that's entirely a technicality. Apple pumped out Apple Watch marketing for months, interviews, keynotes, website, adverts, etc all gearing towards 'pre-order in April, shipping 24th' etc.
So I guess the late part is when you go to order 2 mins past launch and find that it won't ship 24th but will ship late, a month or more.
While we are waiting in our "Processing Items" limbo (42mm SG+BSB Confirmation xx:08:11am), I was curious:
Has anyone seen an Watch out in the wild yet? (In-store try-ons don't count, obviously.
The students on my campus are usually quick to adopt new Apple products, but despite scanning the wrists of everyone whose path I've crossed today, I've yet to see one.
It's still very early in the watch rollout, of course, but it's always fun to spot a fellow early-adopter.
I haven't seen one outside of an Apple Store, but I haven't been looking... and it seems like it would be easy to miss if you weren't looking for it.
For instance, I would have never noticed the ones on the wrists of the celebrities if blogs didn't point them out.
My wife got her 38mm WSB on launch day and has been rubbing it in ever since. Makes it hard to wait when I see it in all its gloriousness every day now...but i guess patience is a virtue, right?
Also, relatively speaking, very few people who ordered one even have one yet. Most early adopters who ordered at the stroke of midnight still don't have theirs yet. I think by the end of next month a lot of them will be out there.
While we are waiting in our "Processing Items" limbo (42mm SG+BSB Confirmation xx:08:11am), I was curious:
Has anyone seen an Watch out in the wild yet? (In-store try-ons don't count, obviously.
The students on my campus are usually quick to adopt new Apple products, but despite scanning the wrists of everyone whose path I've crossed today, I've yet to see one.
It's still very early in the watch rollout, of course, but it's always fun to spot a fellow early-adopter.
Yes. My wife on day 1. I selfishly ordered hers AFTER mine and she still beat me.
Apple rep told me they expect to ship much sooner than the estimates say. Also, I don't buy that demand was higher than expected. This company lists among the highest profit makers in the world. Do you think their analysts would underestimate demand for every single launch? Because this happens with just about every launch.
4-6weeks (Deliever May 13 - May 27th) pre-orders
Same exact scenario here. Maybe that's what we get for ordering ours first.
Same exact scenario here. Maybe that's what we get for ordering ours first.
This was sent to me Friday while my status sits at PROCESSING.
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Just got a "your apple watch sport is expected to ship within the next 2 to 3 weeks" email for the white watch I ordered Friday. I assume this is the email in regards to the shipping date changing from June availability to Delivers May 14 - 20. I dunno what that means, but it is movement in my eyes Again if it delivers before the expected date I will be ecstatic and grateful to
Again if it delivers before the expected date I will be ecstatic and grateful to
About the middle of last week I called Apple to change the card I was using to charge my order. The Apple rep on the phone told me my order was "in a really good time frame" to ship out much earlier than expected.
I'll believe it when I see it. I ordered the 42 mm SG--confirmation at 2:05:24 (I think) and people that have ordered the same model after me are getting shipping notices now. My order hasn't moved.
Not mad, just curious as to how this is all working. Soon, we'll all have our watches and will feel silly for having checked on our orders so much.
How does a watch arrive a month late when they are only four days into their first 14-day delivery window?
Because we live in a world where people want immediate gratification, and man children want a shiny bauble to play with on release day. Some of these children even attach self-value to getting baubles on release day and feel let down by the world's most valuable company when it doesn't deliver (despite making no promises to).
I knew before I even placed the "order" which I haven't paid yet, the delivery time. Everyone did. And now they don't like dealing with the consequences of their decision to accept the delivery window.
I still can't figure it out. I mean, yes, I want my watch very very badly as well. But in the meantime while I wait for it, I already have the brain that makes it work--my iPhone 6! And I have it RIGHT NOW and it does all the same stuff except strap on my wrist for more convenience!
Exactly. I haven't received my watch yet but that doesn't make it late. Do you know when my watch will be late? May 28. That's what I agreed to when I ordered.
Rep told me the same thing re my 2 38mm SGs. Sounds like that might be a script they're told to say.