With aapl's track record, there is no reason to wait. But if you can't afford it now, you really should wait until you have a summer job.
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Apple Begins Issuing Preauthorization Credit Holds for iPad Pre-Orders
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With aapl's track record, there is no reason to wait. But if you can't afford it now, you really should wait until you have a summer job.
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I have pre-ordered mine and cannot wait until next Saturday. I just hope that I get mine on the 3rd. I have an iPhone 3gs and a Macbook Pro and really think this device will bridge the gap. Around the house and for travels this is going to be used a ton. Come on next Saturday.
I have pre-ordered mine and cannot wait until next Saturday. I just hope that I get mine on the 3rd. I have an iPhone 3gs and a Macbook Pro and really think this device will bridge the gap. Around the house and for travels this is going to be used a ton. Come on next Saturday.
For many people it's a $500 device. Not like you're risking a year's salary on it. Unless the rev A melts down or explodes, I'm pretty sure i'll be able to get 6-9 months of great use from the rev. A, then sell it for much of the cost of the Rev B (if the B is a significant improvement).
I too had a fraud warning call from Visa today in regards to this purchase. Seems strange that they would call regarding this purchase, but didn't mention the $2500+ purchase I made on Monday for a new iMac??
It was likely more the time of day and online than the amount.
Nice overly simplistic analysis. Apple is now authorizing purchases they are about to begin shipping. If you don't have the money, you shouldn't have ordered one.
A few mobile me customers (not a single one that I know) were double or triple charged for a year of mobile me because the online payment system had a glitch that allowed stupid people to click "pay" 2 or 3 times and be charged each time.
It was of course, corrected.
I Ordered my Revision A as a business expense and plan to also get Rev B (hopefully with a camera and mutitasking)
My Rev A will be passed down.
Don't all new Apple products and special orders ship early?
I was thinking back about all the new Apple products I have pre-ordered. As I recall every single one shipped early. In fact every purchase I have made from Apple arrived ahead of the quoted delivery date. So my question is, why would they change their operating strategy for the IPad? Shipping all of them out of Singapore on the same day makes no sense to me logistically. In fact, if a few started to arrive a few days early the "buzz" would go even more viral for purchases in the retail stores and at Best Buy. I will put my money on an early shipping date. For me its a three day shipment out of China, if it is just like all my other Apple special orders. So I am guessing these go out Sunday in China and start hitting US homes Wednesday, assuming no major weather issues.
I was thinking back about all the new Apple products I have pre-ordered. As I recall every single one shipped early. In fact every purchase I have made from Apple arrived ahead of the quoted delivery date. So my question is, why would they change their operating strategy for the IPad? Shipping all of them out of Singapore on the same day makes no sense to me logistically. In fact, if a few started to arrive a few days early the "buzz" would go even more viral for purchases in the retail stores and at Best Buy. I will put my money on an early shipping date. For me its a three day shipment out of China, if it is just like all my other Apple special orders. So I am guessing these go out Sunday in China and start hitting US homes Wednesday, assuming no major weather issues.
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I ordered mine (3G) at like 3:00 in the afternoon on launch day and after checking this morning sure enough, the money is gone. It's been fully processed through. EARLY SHIP?!?!?!? Hopes...
I ordered mine (3G) at like 3:00 in the afternoon on launch day and after checking this morning sure enough, the money is gone. It's been fully processed through. EARLY SHIP?!?!?!? Hopes...
Order Status
My order status has not changed not even a bit.
If someone sees a change to their order status please let everyone know.
My order status has not changed not even a bit.
If someone sees a change to their order status please let everyone know.
Just got my call from CitiCard regarding my "fraudulent purchase". I pre-ordered the 64GB WiFi+3G.
Call Apple, If the early charge caused a service fee, have them refund the service fee or call the bank and ask the charge be reveresed. It can be cleared up.
Probably because they noticed some very "suspicious" activity-- a whole lot of charges to this one merchant account all at once!
So they block them all. Just trying to protect you, right?
This is typical of banks these days. Knee-jerk reactions with no intelligence.
Also typical of our society as well. The pretend security theater BS.
Citibank probably figures its good PR because most people, will think "Gee, they are looking out for me!".
Yeah, Apple takes pre-orders on a super hot product. That sure is *suspicious*!
My order is date-stamped 3 minutes after the store came back online.
So my iPad was one of the very first ones ordered.
And yet Apple hasn't done the pre-auth hold or run the charge thru yet.
Curious that they would be doing this for people who ordered much later than me on the day of.... I would expect them to do this in the order recieved.
but it may be that the ones they are charging for now are the 16GB ones. (I ordered 64GB)
So my iPad was one of the very first ones ordered.
And yet Apple hasn't done the pre-auth hold or run the charge thru yet.
Curious that they would be doing this for people who ordered much later than me on the day of.... I would expect them to do this in the order recieved.
but it may be that the ones they are charging for now are the 16GB ones. (I ordered 64GB)
With the iPhone 3GS pre-orders FedEx had specific instructions from Apple not to deliver them until the set delivery date. FedEx holds them.
In the past, they haven't charged or shipped in the order the purchases were made, so I wouldn't worry about it. I ordered a 16GB wifi in the first 2 minutes, and they haven't charged mine either.
Yeah, no. They're going to be held until 4/3. A couple of odd units might slip through early due to neglect or corruption, but on the whole, people will not get an iPad until 4/3. Don't even get your hopes up.
wow
Wow, I got an email saying they weren't able to charge the card. Indeed, my bill was paid yesterday and there would not have been enough credit there for the two ipads I ordered till TOMORROW when the bank processes the online payment made Wednesday. I hope this doesn't put me down in the queue. When do they actually HOLD an order and stop shipment?
Wow, I got an email saying they weren't able to charge the card. Indeed, my bill was paid yesterday and there would not have been enough credit there for the two ipads I ordered till TOMORROW when the bank processes the online payment made Wednesday. I hope this doesn't put me down in the queue. When do they actually HOLD an order and stop shipment?
Apple put another hold on my account yesterday for the $646 or whatever the total comes to. This is the second time they've put a hold on my account. The first was when I pre-ordered it the day the pre-orders went up, it took 4 days to clear my account.
Now they've put another hold on my account, guess they're gearing up to start charging.
Now they've put another hold on my account, guess they're gearing up to start charging.
It didn't cause me any fees thankfully - but that is why i have savings overdraft turned off. Don't want to pay for it - and I do very little activity in this account, so i'm never in jeopardy of needing overdraft either.
But i'm sure i'm one of the lucky ones, it does have the potential of mucking some people up!
Now, I just want a DATE when my 3g will ship/be here. That is all.... just a date!
It almost got me in trouble because, in addition to my rent/utilities which I always pay at the beginning of the month, I sent off my child support. I usually pay that in the middle/late month but paid it early because I was expecting the iPad cost in mid to late April.
Basically, in an attempt to not have to pay my $900 child support & my $742 iPad purchase out of the same check, I ended up doing exactly that anyway due to the early auth.
It's not a major problem, just causes a budget shift in available funds for dining out/misc. However, if I had not seen that it authed now I could have run into an issue as I was going to go out of town this weekend and might have run up a hotel/food/bar bill with a couple of friends.
We're waiting to see if the auth rolls off an potentially rescheduling the trip.
Oh, and give me a FREAKING DELIVERY DATE TOO!!!!!
Basically, in an attempt to not have to pay my $900 child support & my $742 iPad purchase out of the same check, I ended up doing exactly that anyway due to the early auth.
It's not a major problem, just causes a budget shift in available funds for dining out/misc. However, if I had not seen that it authed now I could have run into an issue as I was going to go out of town this weekend and might have run up a hotel/food/bar bill with a couple of friends.
We're waiting to see if the auth rolls off an potentially rescheduling the trip.
Oh, and give me a FREAKING DELIVERY DATE TOO!!!!!
I'm not as privy to the actual quarter-end dates, but basically companies have certain accounting regulations by which they can recognize revenue from a sale. Although you might be correct in that the actual charge may not be processed until after 3/27, accounting may use the preauthorizations/holds to substantiate their sale and recognize revenue. (In our own software company, we recognize revenue when an invoice is sent out, not when the actual payment is received. I'm pretty sure this is Apple's way of doing the same.)
But I guess the real reason that this is a hot topic is that a lot of people are having card authorization-related blips and problems. Although it may seem like Apple is unnecessarily charging people way in advance, this reasoning (for revenue recognition) will hopefully help people to understand why Apple is doing this at this point.
Mine was Just charged for
IPAD WI-FI 32GB-USA
IPAD CASE-ZML
PAD DOCK CONNECTOR TO VGA ADAPTER-ZML
APP FOR IPAD - COL/AE-USA
WOOT
IPAD WI-FI 32GB-USA
IPAD CASE-ZML
PAD DOCK CONNECTOR TO VGA ADAPTER-ZML
APP FOR IPAD - COL/AE-USA
WOOT
Why would you not be happy about it, its the same as writing a check and mailing it to Apple and they cashed it, placed your order on back order with an expected ship date. You did want the iPad and pre authorized your card for the charge thereby placing it on pre-order?
People are so used to card companies holding pre authorization, they forget that you shouldn't place the order if the money isn't there, its like writing a bad check.
On the other hand, if your just upset that they are charging your card now, for an iPad 3G to be shipped later, its the same thing as above, a pre-charge hold for merchandise that is being guaranteed to be shipped directly to you. Otherwise cancel the order or never place it in the first place until after it's readily available in stock for immediate shipping.
I was more than happy to place a pre-authorized charge for an iPad, just so I could be sure to have one on launch day. I was charged today about 5:00PM EST, I know this because I set a filter for my online banking to notify me by e- mail when the charge was placed.
Im glad to finally see the charge go through, it was getting nerve racking wondering when they were finally going to do it. But the money was always going to be in my account ready for it, not like I placed the order without having the funds, thats just stupid.
I agree, get a grip, it's no big deal