I ordered mine at 3:25am EST and now shipping just switched from "Standard Shipping" to "Holiday Shipping". Still delivering on 9/21.
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Apple.com Preorder Status Thread (merged)
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Anyone preordered from the SG online store? For those who did, has your order changed to preparing for shipment? Mine is still in the processing stage.
One more thing, since SG's timezone is almost a day advanced, does this mean that we would be getting our units ahead of the others?
One more thing, since SG's timezone is almost a day advanced, does this mean that we would be getting our units ahead of the others?
I think you meant to say you ordered at 12:15 PDT. Not PST. PST is for the winter months.
EDIT: After looking through this thread, apparently no one knows that we are in daylight time right now!
I wish I knew. I mean this is a holiday to some, that's why I'm curious if anyone else has this shipping type.
Lots of people are seeing holiday shipping right now. So don't worry as far as your delivery date is still Sept 21 you will get it.
I trust apple for that.
I have read others who have posted that "Holiday Shipping" means express delivery and also notifies the facility to hold the shipment until 9/21. I have "Holiday Shipping" on my 16GB Black ATT iPhone 5 and it is still under the "Processing" stage. The charge on my credit card is pending also.
Don't worry. I think that we will be fine.
Maybe, I don't know. It surely means something to FedEx or UPS but in the end it doesn't matter if we get ours via express, standard or holiday shipping as long as we get our hands on it on Sept 21st.
When did you place your 2nd order? Immediately after the 1st or later?
I wish mine would go Preparing for Shipment already so I don't accidentally hit cancel.
Haha I was just thinking that yesterday, that's why I was happy to see it preparing for shipment today so I don't accidentally do anything dumb.
I think apple has a stock of iPhones. There are 3 memory variation and at least 3 vendor models, and two colors, a total of at least 18 model numbers. Supply and demand is not the same for each, so there is some differences in availability and ship dates.
So those phones preparing to ship are probably in country/warehouse and just need to be delivered to the shipper (FEDEX or UPS) in time for their standard shipping guarantee for 21 Sept.
Those that have changed from standard to holiday shipping are phones that are in the build and packing process somewhere, but won't be finished in time to make the standard shipping cutoff for 21 Sept, so they to go "holiday" which may also mean a 7 day a week pickup and express.
Next you may be seeing more ship method changes for phones that will miss the holiday cut off, and finally there may be some 1 day deliveries.
Then there will be a gap of delivery dates as they go back to standard shipping.
So those phones preparing to ship are probably in country/warehouse and just need to be delivered to the shipper (FEDEX or UPS) in time for their standard shipping guarantee for 21 Sept.
Those that have changed from standard to holiday shipping are phones that are in the build and packing process somewhere, but won't be finished in time to make the standard shipping cutoff for 21 Sept, so they to go "holiday" which may also mean a 7 day a week pickup and express.
Next you may be seeing more ship method changes for phones that will miss the holiday cut off, and finally there may be some 1 day deliveries.
Then there will be a gap of delivery dates as they go back to standard shipping.
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I wish mine would go Preparing for Shipment already so I don't accidentally hit cancel.
I did this yesterday to my wife's iPhone 5 order! I can tell you the next screen is a confirmation, so your safe for one more click
I wish mine would go Preparing for Shipment already so I don't accidentally hit cancel.
Both of mine are preparing for shipping and I still have a cancel option.
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I have two orders in place. My AT&T order is stuck in "Premier" customer limbo, but my Apple.com order is preparing for shipment and should be in my hands by Friday when I get home from the office.