I live in the US and ordered a new ipod on the day they were released (monday). they were advertising all over the apple website that if you order on monday you would get the new ipod by friday. they charged me extra for this. anyhow, i tracked the shipment via the apple website and on thursday it still hadnt been shipped. i called apple, they said it would go out federal express priority overnight. i kept watching the website and when it finally shipped (on FRIDAY) i saw that it had actually gone out by UPS. i called UPS to see when i could expect delivery and they told me it had been shipped regular old ground mail and that it would probably arrive on monday or tuesday. then i called apple back to see what was up and they insisted i would get it that day. i said i didnt see how that was possible since it was already friday and it had just been shipped a few hours ago. i asked the woman i was speaking to why it hadnt been shipped overnight delivery and she told me that it was being shipped from a place that was "very close" to where i live so it should arrive same day even without overnight delivery. i live in virginia, it was shipped from pennsylvania. anyhow. i just thought it was all very weird, since NOTHING in the US gets delivered same day. i mean, even if i sent a letter to my neighbor accross the street it wouldnt arrive the same day, because the letter would have to go through all sorts of different centers, etc. so thats my story. i guess its not that big a deal since it did end up arriving on monday, but i thought it was annoying that they a) made such a big deal about it arriving on friday b) charged me extra for shipping and c) used such weird logic in order to determine how long it would take to arrive.
