Ok, lol well no one has proof of how it actually works so all of this is just guesses it doesn't really matter.
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Ok, lol well no one has proof of how it actually works so all of this is just guesses it doesn't really matter.
Some people are reporting that their watch bands tracking are originating in Shenzhen, but not one single person has said their actual watch tracking has started there. Every single person who has reported the originating tracking of their watch the location has been from inside the United States.
Why would they completely disrupt their delivery chain for an item? Isn't profit based off of streamlining? Apple knows how to profit in more ways than any business today and streamlining production through delivery is the MOST important part after the sale.
My blue sport watch originated in canada and shipping to nyc. My other one originated in PA
By the time they hit Louisville Apple has surrendered ownership of the Watch. UPS has no idea if the custome has successfully paid or not.
True, but holding out to bill for the item when its sitting on a tarmac is ludicrous. Those planes do sit long fella, they drop off, switch pilots and get airborne in a couple of hours. It's just completely, 100% impossible. I've been to the hub. I was a Louisville Airport Police Officer. I have a little knowledge of whats on the grounds there.
Secondly, I know business and sending an item out "blind" hoping it gets paid for is the absolute dumbest thing a business can do. You know this, Apple knows this.
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Canada? I highly doubt it!
Ontario, CA (California) perhaps which is the othe UPS main hub in the US.
Fingers crossed
So.....
Being a XX:12:22(ish)'er, for me to get mine by Friday, we need to move forward 38-40 seconds of orders per day (includes those being charged....hopefully...today).
For my sake, I have my fingers crossed. For my excitement, and for everyone else here, I am hoping the waves move forward at about a 60-90 second clip per day!
So.....
Being a XX:12:22(ish)'er, for me to get mine by Friday, we need to move forward 38-40 seconds of orders per day (includes those being charged....hopefully...today).
For my sake, I have my fingers crossed. For my excitement, and for everyone else here, I am hoping the waves move forward at about a 60-90 second clip per day!
lol I didn't even think about that. My wife's watch tracking originated in Ontario, California too. Strange thing is that it was shipped from there to Louisville and then to Chicago to get to her.
I thought it was strange to see someone say their watch was shipped from Canada.
Yes and that is the only info UPS provides. But we all know the Watches are made in China. Labeled for shipping to final destination but bulk-packed for the first leg of the journey. They would travel under a master shipping container shipping label and UPS does not attach that data to individual packages, at least on the Web tracking.
That adds even more into the equation. I'd be willing to bet that they are a closer distributor than LOU. There's not just a plane full of watch boxes, there's cases. Some cases are going to stores, some cases are going to different distribution facilities.
This solidifies what I'm, saying. Before they leave the manufacturer, that watch already knows where its going.
Let me clarify.
My watch was different. Most products get charged move to prep for shipping and then ship all withing 24 hours.
The watch took longer between prep for shipping and shipping. That time difference was most likely the time it took to get from China and staged in the US. So, both groups are correct. YES, you are charged before it leaves Apple but they are holding shipping info until they hit the US.
My watch was different. Most products get charged move to prep for shipping and then ship all withing 24 hours.
The watch took longer between prep for shipping and shipping. That time difference was most likely the time it took to get from China and staged in the US. So, both groups are correct. YES, you are charged before it leaves Apple but they are holding shipping info until they hit the US.
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xx:09:50
San Diego, CA
no charge
Processing
xx:09:50
San Diego, CA
no charge
Processing
UPS has what's called "world ease". Individual shipments are bulked together and get combined (vs. individual) customs clearing at the port of entry. The individual orders/items remain trackable. This shows for bands which are originating in China.
I still firmly believe that Apple ships to the US in bulk. Then the orders are processed at Apple facilities and packaged/labeled for individual orders upon successful CC charges. Watches are already in the U.S. when your status changes to PFS.
How do you know this for a fact?
All people are saying is that it's a very consistent coincidence that people's order status changes are happening after planes land in either Ontario, California or Louisville, KY typically about an hour and a half to two hours after landing. This has been the trend we've seen up till now and I don't see any reason it's going to change.
This is of course speculation but it's kind of hard to argue with the fact that the two events are extremely possibly connected together. Of course I have no definitive proof that my theory is correct, but neither does the other side that are insisting that status changes are happening in China when the packages take off from there.
Would be nice if we had a true insider who definitively knows without a doubt the exact process. But since we don't have one of those then all we can do on both sides is speculate and argue about it.
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order time: xx:10 on april 10th
was charged yesterday night around 10pm ET
order statut : still at processing
If I was charged yesterday, I guest I will see more movement soon?
order time: xx:10 on april 10th
was charged yesterday night around 10pm ET
order statut : still at processing
If I was charged yesterday, I guest I will see more movement soon?
Technically they can hold the authorization on the CC for up to 8 days or so. But yes, some planes just landed this morning, so those probably have your watches on them and will be Prep. for ship soon
I got charged Saturday early a.m. (before I woke up). What are the chances of a Monday delivery?
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