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7-10 business days (October 7 - 11 Delivery) group

I received the beige case today which was damaged and I rang to arrange return. The guy I spoke to at Apple said that orders for iPhone 5S 7-10 days will ship earlier than stated, so should look out for earlier despatch than expected. I hope this is true.
 
fotofan said:
I knew that suggesting that Apple might be putting the locked in orders off for a couple of weeks while they push stock out to the brick and mortar to keep them happy would be met with derision and accusations from some of the sheep here.
And if I had time to go iphone hunting at the brick and mortars I would. Wake up. A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush for Apple. Don't expect them any earlier than they estimated.
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It's actually a pretty smart business move.

They've got 9m in first day sales and locked in orders. The wait time on new orders is now essentially a month, which is basically a deterant for any new orders.
If they focused on fulfilling existing orders, sales would be pretty stagnant untill all those orders were filled.
Pumping product into stores daily captures new sales.

I'm a little pissed that I'm sitting here waiting while people who didn't bother to lock in a phone day one can just walk into a store and pick one up.. But looking at it from te other side, I really can't knock the hustle
 
Nice to see a thread was created for this order status. I forgot to wake up at 3am EST to place my order and instead placed it around 6am. Sadly I also got this order status. I was leaving on vacation and just got back. I was hoping I could have my phone waiting for me when I got home but that's obviously not happening.

Just like the rest of you I'm stuck at processing. I've tried a couple UPS Track by Reference scenarios with no luck. Hopefully we'll see a change soon. I'm hoping for tomorrow lol.

Definitely looking forward to the 5S though. I sold my iPhone 5 for a Galaxy S4 and within a couple weeks really regretted it. I'll be happy to once again have a phone that is truly a damn good smartphone.
 
Yeah

sucka free said:
It's actually a pretty smart business move.

They've got 9m in first day sales and locked in orders. The wait time on new orders is now essentially a month, which is basically a deterant for any new orders.
If they focused on fulfilling existing orders, sales would be pretty stagnant untill all those orders were filled.
Pumping product into stores daily captures new sales.

I'm a little pissed that I'm sitting here waiting while people who didn't bother to lock in a phone day one can just walk into a store and pick one up.. But looking at it from te other side, I really can't knock the hustle
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Just said the same thing in another thread. I get it, but I don't have to be happy about getting pushed aside to please the other guy they haven't hooked yet.
 
Im hoping they are shipped early! it would be a shame if they weren't shipped before china public holiday. Im hoping they're shipped tomorrow!
 
Some people say the Chinese people will work through the holiday, I'm a tiny bit skeptical on this but you never know. Hell if I were offerred double time to work during a holiday week I'd take it :p'

Guess we'll see!:apple::D
 
This should bring some joy to most of you: My initial ship estimate for the 32gig Gold 5s was Oct 1 - Oct 30.

Just TODAY I got an email saying that my phone has shipped! It arrives on Monday!
 
Kemonsterr said:
Some people say the Chinese people will work through the holiday, I'm a tiny bit skeptical on this but you never know. Hell if I were offerred double time to work during a holiday week I'd take it :p'

Guess we'll see!:apple::D
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I hope they do!!

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dward85 said:
This should bring some joy to most of you: My initial ship estimate for the 32gig Gold 5s was Oct 1 - Oct 30.

Just TODAY I got an email saying that my phone has shipped! It arrives on Monday!
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Proof?! That seems pretty remarkable
 
dward85 said:
This should bring some joy to most of you: My initial ship estimate for the 32gig Gold 5s was Oct 1 - Oct 30.

Just TODAY I got an email saying that my phone has shipped! It arrives on Monday!
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Details please. Country, carrier, order time etc...
 
dude245 said:
I hope they do!!

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Proof?! That seems pretty remarkable
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I didn't screenshot my Oct 1 - Oct 30 shipping status, but I have the email from AT&T stating that I was in a 7-28 day window....I'll be glad to show you that if you want.

Kemonsterr said:
Did you order from Apple?
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I did not - I woke up at 3am NYC time to order via the AT&T website. Got my confirmation email at about 3:12am.

Subrock said:
Details please. Country, carrier, order time etc...
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USA, AT&T, ordered at 3AM NYC time on 9/20.
 
While that is wonderful for you, I think the majority of us are Apple orderers. Were waiting for the first of our group to get the ordr status changed :(

Good for you though! Which one did you order?!
 
dward85 said:
I did not - I woke up at 3am NYC time to order via the AT&T website. Got my confirmation email at about 3:12am.
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Ah, American carrier :( Thought you might be talking about the Canadian Apple store. Oh well, back to obsessively checking my order status.
 
Kemonsterr said:
While that is wonderful for you, I think the majority of us are Apple orderers. Were waiting for the first of our group to get the ordr status changed :(

Good for you though! Which one did you order?!
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Sorry! I thought maybe my story would raise some spirits here.

I ordered the 32gig Gold model for AT&T.
 
so glad i dropped outta this group this wk when apple had the pick up in store option going on cancelled my at&t 32GB silver and got the same thing reserved for me at the indy apple store the hour and a half drive will be well worth it cause just waiting until Saturday to make the trip is killing me and lucky for me my sister stays down in Indy so win win for me :D
 
scoop2mylue said:
so glad i dropped outta this group this wk when apple had the pick up in store option going on cancelled my at&t 32GB silver and got the same thing reserved for me at the indy apple store the hour and a half drive will be well worth it cause just waiting until Saturday to make the trip is killing me and lucky for me my sister stays down in Indy so win win for me :D
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No offense, but if youre getting yours and not waiting the 7-10 days anymore, get off this thread. Leave it to us people who arent as fortunate to just go get one.
 
scoop2mylue said:
so glad i dropped outta this group this wk when apple had the pick up in store option going on cancelled my at&t 32GB silver and got the same thing reserved for me at the indy apple store the hour and a half drive will be well worth it cause just waiting until Saturday to make the trip is killing me and lucky for me my sister stays down in Indy so win win for me :D
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good 4 u
 
Still processing... Happen to be by apple store Lehigh Valley in PA and guy I talked to HAS NO DAMN CLUE to what's going on. OMG it's a damn shame.
 
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Still processing as well.. No pending charges on my cc, cancel button is still there.
 
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