A tiny question about delivery dates

I don't mean to defend Apple -- I'm a bit annoyed by not having a specific delivery date myself -- but my guess is that they got so many orders at the same time, they don't have a good way of assigning orders to specific delivery dates without assigning orders that have the same order time to different delivery batches. That is, say you and I both placed our orders at 12:02. But your order could arrive on April 24 and mine on May 1. They don't want to pre-advertise this before delivery takes place because that will give people time to compare delivery dates and get mad. Also, not giving people specific delivery dates leaves them leeway to organize batches however they want, like by geographical region, or major urban centers first, or whatever.

This is, of course, just speculation.

 

Because they can do what they want..... it's not like you can go somewhere else and get it, or you're going to cancel your order. Blunt, but true

 

Oh my holy God, will all of you please just stop? The watch isn't even out yet...

 

Maybe it's because it's a tightly-run delivery chain and if one thing happens along the way, it could delay delivery.

 

I think the simplest answer is that Apple doesn't ship the devices, the logistics company they outsource to does, so only that logistics company can give you a firm delivery date. Apple can't make promises for that company. You'll get a firm delivery date once Apple has fed their inventory and buyer data into the shipping company's database and they've printed a shipping label for you.

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In what way do you feel you've been lied to so far?

 

I know right? Thought I'd seen it all til now

 

or maybe point 2 is incorrect....... Apple don't yet know exactly how many units are coming in to stock. If rumoured production issues are true, but are improving, then they probably have a range of potential stock availability, which then impacts the delivery schedules.

 

Time machine: If these are facts we must be in 2007.

 

I agree. People should just chill out regards the delivery dates and be patient When they are ready for delivery and have been shipped we will all be notified.

 

My main guess is that there was a production delay (maybe even software), and thus Apple don't actually know how many units are going to be out of the factory in time for launch day deliveries.