Accuracy of Apple Shipping Estimates?

[UnluckyXIII]

Unfortunatley, since only purchasing my MacBook Pro last week I'm in the 4-5 weeks shipping group. It's the first time I've ordered from Apple as a "pre-order" or for an item that isn't ready to ship. How accurate are the shipping estimates provided by Apple?

XIII

 

[hj576]

I ordered Macbook Pro w/o Touch Bar, base line on 1st november, It showed estimated date 9-11 November. Then the day it was shipped they changed it to 15 November, now that i have a tracking number, UPS says end of the day 14th November
So not much in my case

 

[UnluckyXIII]

I ordered Macbook Pro w/o Touch Bar, base line on 1st november, It showed estimated date 9-11 November. Then the day it was shipped they changed it to 15 November, now that i have a tracking number, UPS says end of the day 14th November
So not much in my case

Haha! Yeah that's what I was afraid of, if the date slips that close to Christmas I could end up having to wait into the New Year. My own fault of course as I didn't pull the trigger on the purchase when I should have, hopefully I get a lucky Christmas surprise!

 

[Aeromech]

If you follow the main shipping thread though, it looks like a lot of orders are getting delivered 2-3 days before Apple's earliest day in the date range. Apple is giving one date and UPS is giving an earlier delivery date.

 

[eldervovichka]

Mine is getting shipped FedEx and it is currently coming the exact first estimated Apple date given. All the UPS orders it looks like are coming early. I hope the FedEx ones end up coming early too!