lucky I'm from Boston ma and I'm still waiting hoping soon since I ordered at xx:10
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alright that's understandable
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lucky I'm from Boston ma and I'm still waiting hoping soon since I ordered at xx:10
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alright that's understandable
About midnight Eastern time. Look at the email header or try forwarding it to yourself, you'll see the seconds.
Good luck!
You'll need to contact Apple chat and ask them.
They'll tell you the exact time your order hit their system, including seconds.
They'll probably tell you in PST, so if they say "12:10:38", that means your order time was XX:10:38, or 10 minutes and 38 seconds after preorders opened.
At least our model is shipping, regardless of how slow. The Space Black have not even been seen in the wild.
"Apple Watch shipments remain slow one month after preorders began, bands partially to blame?"
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/yDCGIH35PGs/
"Apple Watch shipments remain slow one month after preorders began, bands partially to blame?"
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/yDCGIH35PGs/
A few unsolicited thoughts...
As my order is preparing for shipment (posted up-thread already...), I have a few thoughts about what has been useful on this thread, and what hasn't been so useful.
Having a thread dedicated to one model/configuration and shipping window, as notified by Apple: useful. It seemed readily evident from other MacRumors threads that production and shipping were differentiated by model, so setting aside one group made things easier to follow.
Having others post their email confirmation time and when their orders started moving toward shipment: useful. The available data presented here quickly supported the hypothesis that, at least within a given country, devices were shipping out in the order they were received. Having folks share that information made it easy to see how things are progressing.
Consulting Apple Chat to find out the precise time they had on record for receiving the order: not useful. First, the Apple service person seemed confused by the request and wasn't even certain he could get that information. Second, the info he provided was a post-time of 20 minutes after I received the confirmation email, which makes no sense from an automated operational standpoint. My email confirmation time is consistent with others who have moved to "preparing for shipment" this morning, and the information received through"Apple Chat" was not.
The whole UPS flight-tracking thing: not useful. Lots of things are manufactured in China and shipped the the US. Some of them are even shipped by air, via UPS. Without access to more specific data, watching planes fly is just watching planes fly. Speculating what might be on them isn't particularly informative.
Corollary 1- The guy who invited people to follow his twitter feed because he lives in Louisville and knows people who work for UPS: not useful. Other than noting occasionally that there are UPS flights incoming (we already knew that), and a couple of pictures of UPS planes at the airport, this guy provides zero useful information. I think he just wanted to increase his number of twitter followers.
Corollary 2- All the arguing about whether "preparing for shipment" notification happens when the watches are loaded on the plane in China, or after they're unloaded in the US: not useful. Because there's no way to actually know if or how many watches are loaded onto UPS planes in China, the rest of what follows from that is nothing more than wild speculation.
The guy who posted "insider information" about a big bump in productions/shipments: not useful. It seems unlikely that anyone working for Apple would leak production/shipping information for posting on a chat board. Unless the information coming from that source is verifiably more correct than what you'd get from a fortune teller predicting things that are bound to happen anyway, the information coming from such a source is just as likely to be fabricated for the amusement of the person posting it.
All the commentary about Apple's big fail, and petulant irritation about not having a watch on "release day": not useful. Whatever the causes of manufacturing bottlenecks, the people in Cupertino are aware of them. Enough said.
All the positive encouragement that we have shared information that shows the delivery list is making progress: useful. I'm as interested as the next person to see maybe when I'm going to get my new toy. That's why I shared my own information earlier today, when things moved to "preparing for shipment." That's useful information.
Yes, I know the whole website has "rumors" in its name, but the whole exercise is still a lesson that simple, verifiable data is almost always more useful than rumors and speculation. Sure, rumors and speculation can bolster people's hopes, but when they prove wrong, they can be even more damaging to the psyche (and sometimes to the real world) than simply waiting on the real information to trickle in.
P.S. The guy who posted about his pending divorce and life spinning apart because of constantly checking back here: useful. That was hilarious.
As my order is preparing for shipment (posted up-thread already...), I have a few thoughts about what has been useful on this thread, and what hasn't been so useful.
Having a thread dedicated to one model/configuration and shipping window, as notified by Apple: useful. It seemed readily evident from other MacRumors threads that production and shipping were differentiated by model, so setting aside one group made things easier to follow.
Having others post their email confirmation time and when their orders started moving toward shipment: useful. The available data presented here quickly supported the hypothesis that, at least within a given country, devices were shipping out in the order they were received. Having folks share that information made it easy to see how things are progressing.
Consulting Apple Chat to find out the precise time they had on record for receiving the order: not useful. First, the Apple service person seemed confused by the request and wasn't even certain he could get that information. Second, the info he provided was a post-time of 20 minutes after I received the confirmation email, which makes no sense from an automated operational standpoint. My email confirmation time is consistent with others who have moved to "preparing for shipment" this morning, and the information received through"Apple Chat" was not.
The whole UPS flight-tracking thing: not useful. Lots of things are manufactured in China and shipped the the US. Some of them are even shipped by air, via UPS. Without access to more specific data, watching planes fly is just watching planes fly. Speculating what might be on them isn't particularly informative.
Corollary 1- The guy who invited people to follow his twitter feed because he lives in Louisville and knows people who work for UPS: not useful. Other than noting occasionally that there are UPS flights incoming (we already knew that), and a couple of pictures of UPS planes at the airport, this guy provides zero useful information. I think he just wanted to increase his number of twitter followers.
Corollary 2- All the arguing about whether "preparing for shipment" notification happens when the watches are loaded on the plane in China, or after they're unloaded in the US: not useful. Because there's no way to actually know if or how many watches are loaded onto UPS planes in China, the rest of what follows from that is nothing more than wild speculation.
The guy who posted "insider information" about a big bump in productions/shipments: not useful. It seems unlikely that anyone working for Apple would leak production/shipping information for posting on a chat board. Unless the information coming from that source is verifiably more correct than what you'd get from a fortune teller predicting things that are bound to happen anyway, the information coming from such a source is just as likely to be fabricated for the amusement of the person posting it.
All the commentary about Apple's big fail, and petulant irritation about not having a watch on "release day": not useful. Whatever the causes of manufacturing bottlenecks, the people in Cupertino are aware of them. Enough said.
All the positive encouragement that we have shared information that shows the delivery list is making progress: useful. I'm as interested as the next person to see maybe when I'm going to get my new toy. That's why I shared my own information earlier today, when things moved to "preparing for shipment." That's useful information.
Yes, I know the whole website has "rumors" in its name, but the whole exercise is still a lesson that simple, verifiable data is almost always more useful than rumors and speculation. Sure, rumors and speculation can bolster people's hopes, but when they prove wrong, they can be even more damaging to the psyche (and sometimes to the real world) than simply waiting on the real information to trickle in.
P.S. The guy who posted about his pending divorce and life spinning apart because of constantly checking back here: useful. That was hilarious.
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I hope you get yours Friday cause that means i get mine Thursday. So I will be praying you to get it Friday or sooner.
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Don't trip homes your next!!!!!!
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I tried the forward email thing it didn't work for me. But calling apple got me the sec.
You just have to view the entire header of the email. Don't bother Apple support with such trivial questions.
From the perspective of someone that used to work in tech/customer support in a call center, we loved people with "trivial" questions like this because it gave us a quick call with a "resolved" status and it helped to boost our call metrics. (The faster we completed a call with a resolved status, the better.) So, I doubt the reps are bothered by this.
From the perspective of a paying customer, the customer support center is a part of what I've purchased when I buy a product...they are there to help me with any questions I may have, yes, even for the time an order went into their systems. For me, it is a good way to actually verify that Apple has my order in their system (and not just on my Order Status page).
And it is not like he is taking up a technical support rep's time...he is reaching out to the front-line people, the ones that check that kind of info for a customer. When I called to buy AppleCare on my wife's watch, I was transferred to a completely different department to do that. So, I mean, that front-line staff are just there to answer these kinds of questions anyway.
I think those planes that landed yesterday was for Saturday's big wave we saw, so if we see planes about to take off then I think we can expect charges right after
This was awesome info. But I'm little confused when i called apple they said 12:15:25 the email says Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:16:06 copy and pasted from email. Not that it really maters(which it does lol) but am I a 15 or 16 this might be the difference between this week and next week. oh and for those like me who use apple mail and could for the life of them figure out how to get the time go to, view, message, all headers.
I was billed on Saturday, my order was an xx:08:02. Shipping notification was received on Sunday (may 10). Tracking number still doesn't work, but the apple email says delivery on 13th (Wednesday).
1. When will tracking number work?
2. Is apples estimate usually accurate?
1. When will tracking number work?
2. Is apples estimate usually accurate?
So far it looks to follow Apple's order time stamp, not the email received. So in this case, you are about 40 seconds better off. Which by many of the days last week......40 seconds can be the difference of 1-2 days in processing.
Since I am a XX:12:22 myself, I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope you get your "preparing for shipment" notification by Friday. That would mean I would already have mine on my wrist!
Good luck!
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My apologies folks... it turns out he ordered the Stainless Steel not the SG.
My apologies folks... it turns out he ordered the Stainless Steel not the SG.
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Is this US? If so, are you sure he's not lying? Nearly 4 hours later than most of us.
He's lying.
We are currently in the XX:10 orders.
Every single person that has posted something in this regard to try to rustle jimmies has failed to provide any proof that this is the case.
If his card was charged, it is simply a preauth, which Apple does every few days to ensure the amount is still available. Nothing new here.
I think your nephew is yanking your chain. If the above are "facts", it would be contrary to the "1st come, 1st served" we have seen so far.
Either that, or he ordered a different size/different watch than the 42mm Space Grey Sport. Those have indeed been processed faster than the SGS 42's.
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Or that^
Agreed. Once I saw folks in this date range were getting their watches early, I had big hopes for the same. I just realized we are now about to enter the actual stated range. A week ago I assumed the 13th was a worst-case-scenario. Now I suspect it is not.
I am at 11 minutes after.
On another note - my wife said she wants one now. I ordered the 38mm SS WSB for her yesterday.