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Which Phone will you order?

  • iPhone 8

    Votes: 19 1.2%
  • iPhone 8 plus

    Votes: 60 3.8%
  • iPhone X

    Votes: 1,527 96.6%

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Phone number isn’t working for me for track by reference. I tried the order number also. Went into PFS last night.
 
I had ordered 2 T-Mobile phones for Delivery and had the estimate of Nov 10-17th. They charged my card earlier today, now on apple.com it says Delivery November 3rd and Preparing for shipment! Pretty cool if true.

I also have an in-store pickup Verizon model that is still still not showing any progress.
 
So I initially got in at 2:04a CST and started the order process and received the AT&T couldn’t be verified so I had a phone reserved awaiting verification. Then I continued to order a phone just in case. I got the email confirmations now for two phones. I also verified two credit card charges this morning. So I’m getting two phones? So does the person buying my second phone need to do anything special when activating?
 
I'm in Preparing To Ship on Apple.

I signed up for UPS My Choice, verified my account, checked that my info was entered correctly, but it says that there are no scheduled packages. It also says that no UPS packages have been delivered to my address in 45 days, which is just not true. What do I do?
 
Tracking numbers are starting to be assigned for those who like to watch daily or even hourly. Track by reference number aka your phone number! Happy hunting!

I couldn’t find mine through the UPS site, but used:
https://www.villagedrapes.com/html/tracking.html
YESSSS!!!! ABSOLUTE BEAUTY!!! THIS WORKED USING MY PHONE NUMBER AS THE REFERENCE NUMBER!!!! WAITING TO SIGN ON THAT X!!!!!!!
 

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I work for UPS and for iPhone releases we have security personnel assigned to Apple shipments to ensure they are controlled and not released into system for delivery until I-day. When some slip through, heads roll.
Oh no doubt
 
I used UPS ‘track by reference’ and gave my phone number in the reference field.

I cannot find it on myups website. Do I type the number like (123)- 555- 5555 or 5555555555

I have a delivery date for Nov 3. Preparing for shipment status.
 
I cannot find it on myups website. Do I type the number like (123)- 555- 5555 or 5555555555

I have a delivery date for Nov 3. Preparing for shipment status.

I did mine like 5555555555, but I also checked MyUPS, and it was there as well. So if it's not in MyUPS, I don't think you will find it by reference either.
 
I cannot find it on myups website. Do I type the number like (123)- 555- 5555 or 5555555555

I have a delivery date for Nov 3. Preparing for shipment status.
I typed it like 5555555555 without any hyphens. You can also try using your order number by removing the last two digits from it. I see that's listed as one of my reference numbers.
If you still can't find it, there may not have been a label created yet.
 
Heads up guys, if your phone number isn’t working for UPS tracking, use your order number but subtract the last two numbers/letters. Worked for me and as said before, use the tracking by reference feature.

Thanks...got mine
 

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Did you use just the first 8 digits of the order number?

I think so...I took off the last two...is that correct? I still used the “W” in the front of the tracking number..is that ok?
Also for delivery date range, it won’t let me choose the month November...it auto defaults to 10/28/17, I tried changing to 11/3/17 but no difference...
 
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