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Just got mine too. Everybody should retry it right now if yours wasn't working. Seems like they just updated for a bunch of us.


Yep! UPS trick worked, mine is in China as well, scheduled for a Friday delivery :D
 
Mine still says Preparing for Shipment and the UPS trick isn't working. Still says delivers October 14 though.
 
Still no luck with the UPS trick. Ordered 8 AM EST on the 7th, from SW Ohio. Starting to bug me that I can't track mine yet.
 
preparing for shipment @ apple.com still

ups tracking info now available (used phone#) shows:

Shenzhen, China 10/12/2011 5:21 A.M. Origin Scan
China 10/12/2011 12:35 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS


32GB Black
 
Still no luck with the UPS trick. Ordered 8 AM EST on the 7th, from SW Ohio. Starting to bug me that I can't track mine yet.

when is your suppose to come thru?

i ordered on apple on the 9th, says mine is coming between 24-31.
i think i might just end up waiting in line..
 
I upgraded with my wife's phone number but for me to track it, I had to use my phone number (which is the primary).

Anyway, it's ready for UPS
 
mine is still in preparing for shipment as well. ups trick is a no go for me also. it still says delivering on the 14th, so thats good news i supposed. i would be lying if i said i wasn't getting antsy though. i know its not the end of the world, but I'm excited..

is it a good sign that the funds are still being held in my bank account? they aren't holding the peoples funds for backorders for weeks are they? i would assume they would release the backordered funds until closer to their order being ready..

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when is your suppose to come thru?

i ordered on apple on the 9th, says mine is coming between 24-31.
i think i might just end up waiting in line..

are they holding the funds on your card?
 
mine is still in preparing for shipment as well. ups trick is a no go for me also. it still says delivering on the 14th, so thats good news i supposed. i would be lying if i said i wasn't getting antsy though. i know its not the end of the world, but I'm excited..

is it a good sign that the funds are still being held in my bank account? they aren't holding the peoples funds for backorders for weeks are they? i would assume they would release the backordered funds until closer to their order being ready..

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are they holding the funds on your card?

John. If your Apple order says delivers by Oct. 14th and your funds are still being held you will get your iPhone on the 14th.
 
mine is still in preparing for shipment as well. ups trick is a no go for me also. it still says delivering on the 14th, so thats good news i supposed. i would be lying if i said i wasn't getting antsy though. i know its not the end of the world, but I'm excited..

is it a good sign that the funds are still being held in my bank account? they aren't holding the peoples funds for backorders for weeks are they? i would assume they would release the backordered funds until closer to their order being ready..

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are they holding the funds on your card?

what do you mean by holding the funds, apple alrdy took the money outta my account... LOL

my order is still in "processing item"
 
scratch that last post..

just decided to check UPS one more time before bed and voila.. it finally worked. in china and scheduled for delivery on the 14th. i used my own phone number (the number I'm upgrading) and i am NOT the primary account number. maybe it has to do with the number on the billing address?
 

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I just checked again and my order is coming up on UPS using my phone number now! It was scanned today in China and is scheduled to be delivered on the 14th but he end of the day. :D

I didn't enter any information other than my phone number, try that if you've been selecting delivery country, etc.
 
what do you mean by holding the funds, apple alrdy took the money outta my account... LOL

my order is still in "processing item"

yes, thats what i meant. i didn't know if apple was taking the funds out of everyones account and holding them even if they were backordered. i mean, if i ordered a phone that was backordered for say 3 weeks or whatever, i wouldn't really want them holding that money for 3 weeks. i guess its really no difference when you pay, but was just wondering..
 
I tried using the UPS order trick and it worked...says its in china right now and will be delivered end of the day on the 14th.
 
Well I got the AT&TPremie order Update email today at 4:01pm. It said:

Thank you for your recent purchase from the AT&T Premier Online Store. *We're pleased that you chose AT&T as your service provider.

We wanted to confirm that your order for iPhone 4S 32GB White on 06-OCT-2011 00:00:00 is still scheduled to be delivered as early as October 14, 2011. *

As a reminder, you will receive an email from the AT&T Premier Team confirming shipment along with the carrier information and tracking number to track your shipment on-line.

UPS trick not working, funds are still pending withdrawal in my bank account... Not worried! Can't wait till Friday!
 
Was getting worried since one of the iPhones I ordered is already in Kentucky, but our second iPhone shows up as being in china now and delivered by Oct 14 as well :)
 
Yeah was able to find my two 32GB phones with UPS using reference.

In Shezhen, China as well. Guess they weren't being mailed from within the states!
 
The phone number I used is the one that's used on my debit card and my Apple account.
 
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