42mm Space Grey May 13 - 27

[16Paws]

42 Sg ordered 2 hours after preorder, 10:04, June date, now changed to shipping with a dispatch date!!

Bull. Troll.

 

[Costino1]

Just got a delivery date.... 5/29 - 6/11

Ordered at 6:00AM CST of the evening of the pre-order

 

[undies1993]

Bull. Troll.

Judging by other posts, not his, it seems like he means that instead of just June he has a date of May 2x - June xx now.

 

[shareef777]

Bull. Troll.

Agreed, I wish MR would put a moratorium on sign ups a couple weeks before and after a new product launch.

 

[undies1993]

Just got a delivery date.... 5/29 - 6/11

Ordered at 6:00AM CST of the evening of the pre-order

Like this

 

[shareef777]

Judging by other posts, not his, it seems like he means that instead of just June he has a date of May 2x - June xx now.

He said it was shipped with a dispatch (ie delivery date, not window).

 

[undies1993]

He said it was shipped with a dispatch (ie delivery date, not window).

So did the other user but it was not until end of May early June.

 

[16Paws]

Judging by other posts, not his, it seems like he means that instead of just June he has a date of May 2x - June xx now.

Fair enough.

 

[Brammy]

Now I'm constantly refreshing UPS to see them actually get the package so I can call and have them hold it at the customer center.

Norman Mclean was haunted by rivers. I'm haunted by a refresh button.

 

[Nicholasredford]

With a plane arriving in Ankorage within the next hour, should we expect some status changes soon after?

I'm expecting changes every time I look at my order status. This has had very little success.

 

[evophoto]

Status non-update

I thought I'd join in to help pass the time...

42mm SG
Order confirmation: XX:06.07
EOD (none)
CC charge : none
Available to ship: May 15-27
Ships to NC USA

I saw another users XX:06 order got charged and I was full of hope! Checked my CC and nothing...

The wait continues...

 

[prosp]

42 mm SG BSB sport
Confirmation: XX:04
New York
No charge
No movement

 

[Nicholasredford]

I can confirm that the Apple watch has a negative effect on my iPhones battery life. Specifically the number of times I open my phone to check my status, check my cc Bill, and check the forum boards has dramatically decreased my iPhones battery life compared to what it was a mere 17 days ago.

 

[16Paws]

I can confirm that the Apple watch has a negative effect on my iPhones battery life. Specifically the number of times I open my phone to check my status, check my cc Bill, and check the forum boards has dramatically decreased my iPhones battery life compared to what it was a mere 17 days ago.

lol

 

[Brammy]

With a plane arriving in Ankorage within the next hour, should we expect some status changes soon after?

I don't think the planes have anything to do with it. If they did, our tracking information would be starting in China.

I think the watches and bands are being shipped from China to a distribution center in the US where the watches are matched with their bands. One that's done, we get billed.

 

[shareef777]

I can confirm that the Apple watch has a negative effect on my iPhones battery life. Specifically the number of times I open my phone to check my status, check my cc Bill, and check the forum boards has dramatically decreased my iPhones battery life compared to what it was a mere 17 days ago.

Confirmed, down to 87% and it's only 830am where I am lol.

 

[Dumbinho]

Bull. Troll.

I think he means that now instead of saying June, he now has a shipping dates window

 

[samcates86]

Being the dork that I am, I went through all of UPS's global logistics sales options.. It appears that Apple is using UPS Worldship - which describes exactly what we are all experiencing.. UPS Worldship encompasses Shipping/Customs/Distribution. The way it works is, that orders are palatized in Asia and shipped as "One Shipment" to USA (or other countries.) Once they clear customs, the pre-labeled packages are then broken up and entered into the UPS network individually. Your cards get charged after the items clear customs. Your shipment notifications happen once the package hits Kentucky. You can track it by reference after you are billed but the delay is UPS system updates... Their system is intergrated in with Apples.

 

[agreco85]

so I decided to order a 42 MM blue sport yesterday based on the wait for the SG and it said Available to Ship in June...now in my orders it says 2-3 weeks 5/14-5/20

gonna see which one ships first

 

[Older bird]

SG BSB
Confirmed XX:05:43
Louisiana
No charge
Still processing

 

[RagingGoat]

You can track it by reference after you are billed but the delay is UPS system updates... Their system is intergrated in with Apples.

What do we use for Shipment Reference when tracking by reference?

 

[samcates86]

Being the dork that I am, I went through all of UPS's global logistics sales options.. It appears that Apple is using UPS Worldship - which describes exactly what we are all experiencing.. UPS Worldship encompasses Shipping/Customs/Distribution. The way it works is, that orders are palatized in Asia and shipped as "One Shipment" to USA (or other countries.) Once they clear customs, the pre-labeled packages are then broken up and entered into the UPS network individually. Your cards get charged after the items clear customs. Your shipment notifications happen once the package hits Kentucky. You can track it by reference after you are billed but the delay is UPS system updates... Their system is intergrated in with Apples.

So this is why you don't get tracking from Asia. They are labeled in Asia, but all of them are bound together under a bulk shipping ID to get through customs faster.. This saves times at that point by customs only processing "bulk" packages instead of each item individually. It makes alot of sense. This also prevents "warehousing" of inventory. Obviously there were some in warehouses at launch (by my estimation about 6, but that's beside the point) however what we have all seen is batches being shipped in real time as they arrive from Asia.

 

[Brammy]

So this is why you don't get tracking from Asia. They are labeled in Asia, but all of them are bound together under a bulk shipping ID to get through customs faster.. This saves times at that point by customs only processing "bulk" packages instead of each item individually. It makes alot of sense. This also prevents "warehousing" of inventory. Obviously there were some in warehouses at launch (by my estimation about 6, but that's beside the point) however what we have all seen is batches being shipped in real time as they arrive from Asia.

For my iPhone 6, my shipping tracked all the way back to Asia.

Yes, they do track by pallet number, but that number updates all packages under it.

 

[samcates86]

For my iPhone 6, my shipping tracked all the way back to Asia.

Yes, they do track by pallet number, but that number updates all packages under it.

Correct, but Apple and UPS aren't giving you that information this time..........

 

[shareef777]

So this is why you don't get tracking from Asia. They are labeled in Asia, but all of them are bound together under a bulk shipping ID to get through customs faster.. This saves times at that point by customs only processing "bulk" packages instead of each item individually. It makes alot of sense. This also prevents "warehousing" of inventory. Obviously there were some in warehouses at launch (by my estimation about 6, but that's beside the point) however what we have all seen is batches being shipped in real time as they arrive from Asia.

That means the shipments to Alaska/Kentucky DO matter as it would mean a few thousand (my best guess at how many they fit on each shipment) of us are that much closer to getting our watches.