Apple.com preorder thread - iPhone 6/6 Plus

[hlfway2anywhere]

Shout out to those still stuck in Anchorage. Mine arrived there 9/29 at 125p local time and still hasn't shipped. Delivery still scheduled for tomorrow 10/2, I'm located in Central California. Well if anything is gonna happen, delay or movement progress, it should happen today. We'll see.

iPhone 6 Plus/16gb/silver ordered Sept 13.

Right there with you, my friend. Except mine has to get all the way to Boston by tomorrow.

 

[kheard73]

Right there with you, my friend. Except mine has to get all the way to Boston by tomorrow.

Same here, I'm down in Texas!!

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Right there with you, my friend. Except mine has to get all the way to Boston by tomorrow.

Shout out to those still stuck in Anchorage. Mine arrived there 9/29 at 125p local time and still hasn't shipped. Delivery still scheduled for tomorrow 10/2, I'm located in Central California. Well if anything is gonna happen, delay or movement progress, it should happen today. We'll see.

iPhone 6 Plus/16gb/silver ordered Sept 13.

Yep, same boat down in Texas 6+/64GB/Silver ordered Sept 19

 

[CUHATIN]

ok so i was able to upgrade on oct 2nd but was in a rush and paid early upgrade fee of 649 for 6 plus 64gb. Question is Can i return my phone and re buy it at 399 since i will be eligible when i receive the phone?any help appreciated as i would get back like 250 thats why I'm asking

still preparing to ship

 

[khhntz]

If there was a "to Korea and back" or a "mystery flight" club I am now an official member.

This morning I thought my 6+ would be out of China at 4:25pm and was glad to see an arrival scan in Incheon, Korea. All good, right? And then boom, a third departure scan at 7:10pm for the third time.

I am never getting the phone, I suppose. Or perhaps I will get it on 10/6 as UPS page currently says.

ZhengZhou, China 10/01/2014 7:10 P.M. Departure Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 10/01/2014 7:37 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 10/01/2014 4:25 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/30/2014 5:15 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2014 11:10 P.M. Location Scan
09/26/2014 5:28 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/26/2014 10:05 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

 

[zea]

Still absolutely no movement from Louisville since Sunday morning. Has anyone else gotten beyond Louisville since the Sunday shipment? I'm starting to get worried.

 

[mioshe323]

Scheduled delivery for today but last update from UPS is the arrival scan in Louisville at 1:07AM.

I'm not expecting delivery today since usually day of delivery, the material should be in my area and out for delivery.

Here's hoping the scans havent been updated but have low expectations at this point.

 

[Plasticstars]

30+ hours of preparing for shipment, I even went to bed early because I thought I would wake up to a shipped status. Then again with all of the funky shipping going on I might just be okay with waiting it out until ups gets their crap together.

 

[DemonMF777]

Here's my latest BS. Two departure scans from ZZ, or should I say ZZZZZZZZZ, with no arrival scans.

Shipment Progress
What's This?
Location Date Local Time Activity
ZhengZhou, China 10/01/2014 4:30 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/30/2014 5:15 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2014 11:31 P.M. Arrival Scan
09/26/2014 10:54 P.M. Location Scan
09/26/2014 4:18 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/26/2014 8:22 P.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

Finally!! guess the third time's the charm. Hopefully yours finally made it out of ZZ as well. My expected arrival date is still 10/6

 

[javaGuru]

Still absolutely no movement from Louisville since Sunday morning. Has anyone else gotten beyond Louisville since the Sunday shipment? I'm starting to get worried.

Mine has been stuck in China for nearly a week now. So, now I guess I can look forward to it being stuck in Louisville for several days...if it ever makes it there.

 

[ChrisGotEm]

For real! I'm just holding on to my 5s before selling it. By the way, we have the same name. Coincidentally LOL

Cool! Whats up Chris! lol we have the same name and same phones in the same city. What a coincidence lol

 

[ArmyOfOne33W]

Its the time difference that makes that look like it returned. There is a one hour time difference between ZZ and Incheon. I saw the same thing on mine this morning.

If there was a "to Korea and back" or a "mystery flight" club I am now an official member.

This morning I thought my 6+ would be out of China at 4:25pm and was glad to see an arrival scan in Incheon, Korea. All good, right? And then boom, a third departure scan at 7:10pm for the third time.

I am never getting the phone, I suppose. Or perhaps I will get it on 10/6 as UPS page currently says.

ZhengZhou, China 10/01/2014 7:10 P.M. Departure Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 10/01/2014 7:37 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 10/01/2014 4:25 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/30/2014 5:15 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2014 11:10 P.M. Location Scan
09/26/2014 5:28 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/26/2014 10:05 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

 

[seth556]

Scheduled delivery for today but last update from UPS is the arrival scan in Louisville at 1:07AM.

I'm not expecting delivery today since usually day of delivery, the material should be in my area and out for delivery.

Here's hoping the scans havent been updated but have low expectations at this point.

Mines still there too, with a delivery date of today... I thought it'd be on one of the many ups flights to my area this morning, oh well

 

[CUHATIN]

30+ hours of preparing for shipment, I even went to bed early because I thought I would wake up to a shipped status. Then again with all of the funky shipping going on I might just be okay with waiting it out until ups gets their crap together.

yeah I'm still preparing also this is crazy i could of had a phone by now if i went into store. pre order is a joke

iphone 7 will get here before my phone

 

[nljackson65]

What the? UPS Email Says One Thing... UPS Site Says Another

So, I got an email this morning from UPS:




The UPS site says another:


Which is it, man??? LOL

😡😕

 

[Stolenfire]

Moved from Louisville

Update: My shipment to Toronto, Canada was updated from Oct 3rd to Oct 2nd and has already reached Canadian soil as of this morning.

Mount Hope, ON, Canada 10/01/2014 4:13 Arrival Scan
Buffalo, NY, United States 10/01/2014 2:20 Departure Scan
10/01/2014 2:02 Arrival Scan
Mansfield, OH, United States 09/30/2014 20:57 Departure Scan
09/30/2014 20:25 Arrival Scan
Louisville, KY, United States 09/30/2014 16:15 Departure Scan
09/30/2014 15:28 Departure Scan
09/30/2014 9:33 Arrival Scan
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/29/2014 23:17 Departure Scan
09/29/2014 12:55 Arrival Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/29/2014 23:20 Departure Scan
09/29/2014 20:30 Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/29/2014 18:00 Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/25/2014 22:00 Arrival Scan
09/25/2014 21:00 Departure Scan
09/25/2014 19:29 Location Scan
09/25/2014 13:38 Origin Scan
China 09/25/2014 16:48 Order Processed: Ready for UPS

 

[CUHATIN]

whats up with the standard shipping i think the 5 came 2 day

 

[heathdj]

U** does not do logistics

So I've come to some conclusions on this whole preorder thing.

1. UPS does not understand what logistics really is.
2. The Main Tracking and My Choice systems must use different tracking systems that don't sync.
3. UPS really needs more flights out of China right now.

My Choice says I'm getting my Phone tomorrow still, but the Main tracking page says the 6th and it's still stuck in ZZ as I've got 2 departure scans and no arrival scans anywhere. My choice has never lied to me before and I get a lot of stuff including international items from Europe and Korea. At worst case things slip a day due to Customs issues. But based on what I'm seeing I'm not sure how often My Choice and the main system sync up but I think it's monthly at this point. Also UPS apparently didn't plan logistically for this, just based on looking at the prior preorders and graphing out the growth rate they should have realized their systems were not capable of meeting this demand. Unfortunately it's not as easy as adding an additional plane or two as you need to buy your arrival and departure slots in bulk usually for at least 6 months of flights at most major airports. And doing so for a Chinese airport is even worse as the military controls the airspace in China and the airports.

All that being said I guess I'll be working and staying at home for the next 4 business days to catch the UPS guy. I really wish I could plan my life better and I expected more from UPS based on my past experiences with them. And I find it ironic that the company that tries to sell it's logistics expertise to other companies now, can't figure out how to bulk ship items into the US with better updates to its end recipients.

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ZhengZhou, China 10/01/2014 4:30 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/30/2014 5:15 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2014 11:10 P.M. Location Scan
09/26/2014 5:34 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/27/2014 10:41 P.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

 

[nohite]

Anchorage, AK, United States 10/01/2014 12:05 A.M. Departure Scan
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/30/2014 9:55 P.M. Arrival Scan
Shanghai, China 10/01/2014 5:46 A.M. Departure Scan
Shanghai, China 09/27/2014 9:25 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/27/2014 8:47 P.M. Location Scan
09/27/2014 2:31 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/27/2014 10:00 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

Scheduled Delivery:
Thursday, 10/02/2014, By End of Day

I doubt I will get it tomorrow.

 

[Plasticstars]

yeah I'm still preparing also this is crazy i could of had a phone by now if i went into store. pre order is a joke

iphone 7 will get here before my phone

We have preordered phones before and it's never been this bad, we also had no trouble ordering when preorders went live in the past.

 

[mjffl]

Anchorage, AK, United States 10/01/2014 12:05 A.M. Departure Scan
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/30/2014 9:55 P.M. Arrival Scan
Shanghai, China 10/01/2014 5:46 A.M. Departure Scan
Shanghai, China 09/27/2014 9:25 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/27/2014 8:47 P.M. Location Scan
09/27/2014 2:31 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/27/2014 10:00 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

Scheduled Delivery:
Thursday, 10/02/2014, By End of Day

I doubt I will get it tomorrow.

I wouldn't be too sure. You're on your way from AK to KY. Some of us (myself included) have been in KY since sunday and are still expecting 10/2 delivery. Its not that their backed up, its that they are holding shipments by request of Apple so as not to exceed the original delivery dates.

 

[jo n oh]

Mine's still showing Louisville, too. I don't have my hopes up for delivery today, but I'm only 3-4 hours out of Louisville anyway, so who knows!?

I'm just glad it's out of Zhenzhung, that was brutal!

 

[listmaomao]

Mine ups trip is also weird from China to USA and then back to China

It is really weird trip:

Location Date Local Time Activity
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong 10/01/2014 7:27 P.M. Departure Scan
10/01/2014 4:08 P.M. Arrival Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 10/01/2014 1:51 P.M. Departure Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/30/2014 8:30 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/30/2014 7:18 P.M. Departure Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/30/2014 7:17 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/30/2014 4:19 P.M. Departure Scan
Louisville, KY, United States 09/28/2014 6:33 A.M. Arrival Scan
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/27/2014 8:25 P.M. Departure Scan
09/27/2014 6:37 P.M. Arrival Scan
Shanghai, China 09/28/2014 2:05 A.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2014 11:21 P.M. Location Scan
09/26/2014 6:29 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/27/2014 7:50 P.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
😡

 

[mlenger]

Currently my phone is in Chek Lap Kok, HK. Haven't heard of that yet. I thought after leaving Incheon (which took forever) it would be on its way to Anchorage? My delivery date has slipped again, 10/1 to 10/6. But it's showing up under My Choice as being delivered on 10/2. Yeah pretty sure that's not accurate. Does anyone else have or know what's going on with the Chek Lap Kok, HK detour?

Same here -

 

[CUHATIN]

I wouldn't be too sure. You're on your way from AK to KY. Some of us (myself included) have been in KY since sunday and are still expecting 10/2 delivery. Its not that their backed up, its that they are holding shipments by request of Apple so as not to exceed the original delivery dates.

thats crazy holding shipments. ups does this with other shipments of mine as well

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Im still preparing to ship so i guess i have no hope of getting phone soon as the shipment seems to be the biggest holdup in this whole mess of a preorder

 

[Wereismiphone6]

Still absolutely no movement from Louisville since Sunday morning. Has anyone else gotten beyond Louisville since the Sunday shipment? I'm starting to get worried.

If you had the 6:33 am arrival scan on Sunday to Louisville then no there has been no movement. I am also stuck there with a EOD delivery for 10/2 I live in Las Vegas so we will see tomorrow. It just makes no since.