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The time period that the store is down, preventing one from accessing orders, may mean they are revamping a lot of orders. There is no where on the web of an update to the Apple Store app. Hence, I take it to say something big is happening with the orders. Also, with the number of planes in the recent post, I think this should give everyone here a chance to look forward to an early shipment. at least for now
Unfortunately I would get all too excited about it. It has happened to me at least three or four times and each time it came back there wasn't anything new that happened. If you think about it, yesterday was probably the biggest wave yet where tons of us were changing status, the store however stayed up the whole time. It's probably just some site maintenance.
I thought site maintenance initially, but this is too long for site maintenance without an upgrade
This. It usually happens on a early Sunday morning...system maintenance. I just searched the forum and noticed some of the dates and times this has occurred.
Hey guys all those planes coming are for all orders that where charged yesterday? Or for new orders waiting to get charged?
Don't want to get to excited but I think it's for yesterday's wave, Opinions?
Don't want to get to excited but I think it's for yesterday's wave, Opinions?
I was charged yesterday, but im still at processing. How long before my statut change for prepare to shipping?
I'd be willing to bet that before the shipper (UPS in this case) takes control of the packages, the customers would be billed/authorized.
Then the shipping label is assigned and serial number is logged and tracking numbers are generated. Imagine how impossible it would be to get someone (Potentially thousands) to return a watch because the charge didn't go through.
Louisville is the main Hub for UPS in the country. Unless Apple built a facility there close to the airport to receive thousands of apple watches a day, this would be impossible to issue tracking numbers and log serial numbers at this point. This would have to be a HUGE facility and something like that would have leaked.
These planes coming from Alaska already have tracking numbers assigned and have cleared payment. There's no other way without a company risking hundreds of thousands of dollars. That would be bad business. That's NOT Apple.
Let's face it. UPS delivers packages (Logistics). They're not into billing a third party (You) to see if they can deliver your item (Watch). They're strictly A to B transportation. They don't have the facility to store unpaid watches.
Then the shipping label is assigned and serial number is logged and tracking numbers are generated. Imagine how impossible it would be to get someone (Potentially thousands) to return a watch because the charge didn't go through.
Louisville is the main Hub for UPS in the country. Unless Apple built a facility there close to the airport to receive thousands of apple watches a day, this would be impossible to issue tracking numbers and log serial numbers at this point. This would have to be a HUGE facility and something like that would have leaked.
These planes coming from Alaska already have tracking numbers assigned and have cleared payment. There's no other way without a company risking hundreds of thousands of dollars. That would be bad business. That's NOT Apple.
Let's face it. UPS delivers packages (Logistics). They're not into billing a third party (You) to see if they can deliver your item (Watch). They're strictly A to B transportation. They don't have the facility to store unpaid watches.
People get charged when the planes touch down in Louisville, there was a batch of planes that cane yesterday and those people were charged and there is a batch coming today and those people will be charged, and so on and so forth.
Then it would be a time delay from when it shipped. They're NOT going to ship watches that aren't billed/authorized to be delivered. Period
Hmm 2 different answers but I hope this one could be it. But I don't think it's the case here
By your logic, what then happens to the watches that the payment gets declined? You're not thinking about the whole scenario. UPS doesn't do 3rd party billing. The UPS HUB isn't designed to be a storage facility with warehouse workers that pick the correct watch with the correct serial number to place a shipping label on it.
Economics my friend
They will just keep the as stock for I store or ship to another customer. They might be labeled there but people don't get action till they hit Lousville.
This has been speculation. Check out the post above you for a more realistic explanation. Just because the two events line up doesn't mean that they are related. Planes leave from China not long after planes touch down in Louisville.
Apple will just keep them as stock, there not going to get rid of it. Or they could just send it to the next coustomer.
For all other Apple products that's not how it works. You get charged. It goes to Prep. for Shipping (at the same time). It moves to shipped when its leaving the factory.
Perhaps on the watch they are sending the batches to the US and then shipping from the US as my first entry on shipping was from Harrisburg PA.
However, MacBook and all other stuff has origin on shipment tracking info going back ton Shenzhen, Shanghai etc.
No, it doesn't work that way at all. Zero chance
Whens the last time UPS said they have warehouse facilities to bill your customers when the plane lands..
NOBODY does business that way.. ZERO
Thad why I thought they were just doing it when it hit Louisville cause no one said anything about it origination from Shenzhen or anything like the iPhones and such.
We've had lots of discussion that this is anecdotal evidence at best. Planes also touch down in Louisville around the same time planes are preparing to leave China for Anchorage. I for one believe the shipment is charged and labeled in China.