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Apple Pushing Back Initial iPad Orders in UK as Shipments to US Customers Begin
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From what I have seen on this thread and others there is one thing that links all but two of the people who have received the email:
Location - Scotland.
The other two I have seen are in Cornwall and Northern Ireland.
What that means, we don't know. It could be that other areas will be getting their emails later.
Location - Scotland.
The other two I have seen are in Cornwall and Northern Ireland.
What that means, we don't know. It could be that other areas will be getting their emails later.
Sorry mate but I called them up and they cofirmened. She even apoligised as she said she could see I was up early ordering it! grrr
Well thats one hope gone.
Model? Location? Star sign? Other pointless bit of information that might allow me to temporarily reassure myself that the next buzz of my phone won't be that email.
lol
how many of us were up in the middle of the night on wednesday then, placing our orders? i think i put mine in at 3:30am
grateful that i had that extra glass of water before going to bed, which necessitated the middle-of-the-night bathroom visit, otherwise i'd have placed my order early morning thursday and perhaps be getting a delayed delivery.
top tip there for anyone getting an ipad4 next year - drink lots of water
how many of us were up in the middle of the night on wednesday then, placing our orders? i think i put mine in at 3:30am
grateful that i had that extra glass of water before going to bed, which necessitated the middle-of-the-night bathroom visit, otherwise i'd have placed my order early morning thursday and perhaps be getting a delayed delivery.
top tip there for anyone getting an ipad4 next year - drink lots of water
Nah, I know of people in London that have had the delay email.
Pretty ***** really, considering they were all still showing 16th delivery until after 3pm yesterday!
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how many of us were up in the middle of the night on wednesday then, placing our orders? i think i put mine in at 3:30am
grateful that i had that extra glass of water before going to bed, which necessitated the middle-of-the-night bathroom visit, otherwise i'd have placed my order early morning thursday and perhaps be getting a delayed delivery.
top tip there for anyone getting an ipad4 next year - drink lots of water
It seems to be the people that ordered earliest that are getting delayed.
No Email Yet
I'm wondering if my email won't come until next week due to my location meaning my iPad will ship from a facility in the states that already has the iPads. Or I might get the email later...who knows.....
I'm wondering if my email won't come until next week due to my location meaning my iPad will ship from a facility in the states that already has the iPads. Or I might get the email later...who knows.....
Absolutely disgusting to be honest. Firstly UK fans were treated poorly by the store being completely messed up for over 4 hours longer then what it should have. Finally the store came back on about 11:45pm! People saying 11.30pm are completely wrong..i seriously was by the computer for 4 hours pressing refresh and my order went through at 11.52pm on 7/03/2012.
Makes me laugh that they are obviously just showing more care to their USA customers but it was UK who were the first country to have pretty much every Ipad sell-out first!
I preordered a White Wi-Fi 16gb model..My order status still states 16th March and as of 3.40pm (UK-Time) i havent received a email saying my preorder has been delayed.
Then USA customers get shipping notices just to rub it in our faces! Great way of treating your fans.
Overall? Awful handling of this new product and even though it could potentially be a 2-3 day delay is still very unprofessional.
I wouldnt be suprised if they delay the whole launch in UK 'again!' to make sure USA get all our allocation.
Makes me laugh that they are obviously just showing more care to their USA customers but it was UK who were the first country to have pretty much every Ipad sell-out first!
I preordered a White Wi-Fi 16gb model..My order status still states 16th March and as of 3.40pm (UK-Time) i havent received a email saying my preorder has been delayed.
Then USA customers get shipping notices just to rub it in our faces! Great way of treating your fans.
Overall? Awful handling of this new product and even though it could potentially be a 2-3 day delay is still very unprofessional.
I wouldnt be suprised if they delay the whole launch in UK 'again!' to make sure USA get all our allocation.
I played with one at the launch briefly -- Apple people were kind of holding onto them I was impressed with the screen, of course, and think this device is a big improvement on the two which came before. That's all well and good -- but the real nub of this will be what developers can do with this device, the existing APIs and -- and it's a big and -- what new API's they receive in iOS 6. That's the thing about iPad -- the apps -- they are what means the device can be whatever you want it to be.
With that in mind and given that scarcity is normal at this stage of an Apple roll out -- and I'm anticipating big sales figures when the company discloses them next week (if it does) -- I'm not at all surprised they are selling out. Can you imagine how jealous the competing makers are? They must be fairly vexed, hey?
I was impressed with the screen, of course, and think this device is a big improvement on the two which came before. That's all well and good -- but the real nub of this will be what developers can do with this device, the existing APIs and -- and it's a big and -- what new API's they receive in iOS 6. That's the thing about iPad -- the apps -- they are what means the device can be whatever you want it to be. With that in mind and given that scarcity is normal at this stage of an Apple roll out -- and I'm anticipating big sales figures when the company discloses them next week (if it does) -- I'm not at all surprised they are selling out. Can you imagine how jealous the competing makers are? They must be fairly vexed, hey?
Mines is a 32GB black with only wfi.
Found what I was looking for: possible reason?
http://www.slashgear.com/new-ipad-could-face-retina-display-shortage-09217699/
Found what I was looking for: possible reason?
http://www.slashgear.com/new-ipad-could-face-retina-display-shortage-09217699/
cool chart - would be good if they'd also identified who broke the rumours so could see which sites were just repeating what had already been posted elsewhere.
I reloaded the page for 4 hours, and put my order in as soon as it came back up at 11.45, if I get an email I'm going to be pissed.
I pre-ordered my iPad at about 530 PM EST a few hours after pre-orders started, and the status still says "preparing shipment" I guess I am on of the lucky ones that will get their iPad a couple weeks after March 16th I should have lurked the Apple store website and waited for pre-orders instead of watching the keynote when it was uploaded.. darn..
I should have lurked the Apple store website and waited for pre-orders instead of watching the keynote when it was uploaded.. darn..They aren't reporting it on here yet.
I know statistics can be misleading on a small sample, but just looking at the three threads on here, the locations are:
Kilmarnock, Scotland
Galston, Scotland
Lands End, Cornwall
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ayrshire, Scotland
Belfast, Northern Ireland
EDIT: Plus two people from Scotland on this thread
There were also a couple of people who didn't report their location.
At the moment, this doesn't seem it be affecting all that many people. When you consider the number of people who posted on here from the UK when ordering etc, this is a fairly small number. If I received the email then this would be the first place I would have checked and reported it.
Obviously, that isn't to say that more people won't be reporting getting the emails soon, but given that geographical split, and the fact that nobody seems to have reported getting an email for quite a while, it looks rather odd.
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I ordered mine at 5:30 on the 8th (tried at midnight, but the website kept crashing out at checkout).
No word yet - still says expected on the 16th but the order is still "processing".
It's the white, 64gig, 3G model.
No word yet - still says expected on the 16th but the order is still "processing".
It's the white, 64gig, 3G model.
No email yet
I'm in the UK and I was half way through ordering after the UK site was up at 8pm albeit only for 10 minutes when it bombed out on me on the accessories screen. I then called UK Apple sales and got through to a lovely lady in Texas and was told I was her first pre-order customer. Got email to confirm purchase from her at 8:47pm GMT so hopefully I won't be bumped
I'm in Lancashire and ordered 32GB black WiFi version.
I'm in the UK and I was half way through ordering after the UK site was up at 8pm albeit only for 10 minutes when it bombed out on me on the accessories screen. I then called UK Apple sales and got through to a lovely lady in Texas and was told I was her first pre-order customer. Got email to confirm purchase from her at 8:47pm GMT so hopefully I won't be bumped
I'm in Lancashire and ordered 32GB black WiFi version.
You're right on the time. (In my defence I did say "11:30ish"). Looking back at the UK thread the first "it's up" was at 11:49PM. Assuming that like me (my "I've ordered" post was at 11:51) everyone waited till they got their order in before updating the topic (because we're not willing to waste any time) then 11:45 is certainly the earliest it could be.
I don't think I've spotted any of us pre-midnighters saying they have got one of these emails yet, so I'm hoping we are the lucky few. It is very disappointing that so many from the first few hours are getting them though. Time to start sending Tim emails asking for a reason?
For everyone Complaining About Apple's treatment of UK
Really? Look, I understand where you are coming from, and if they stated they were going to ship on the 16th and now changed it, I would be pretty upset too. But to blame that on Apple favoring the US and treating other countries as second class just seems over the top.
First, Apple IS an American company and the US will have top priority, it's just the way it is. They could have very well released it in the US ONLY on the 16th and made every else wait at least a week or more. Second, a launch of such a popular product is bound to have some problems; its not the first time this has happened. I'm pretty sure Apple doesn't consider other countries to be second class as they WANT to be in every market possible and WANT to please every customer out there. They obviously want the business! Unfortunately you just can't expect perfection. If they are having issues that are their own fault in terms of promising a delivery date, then yes its okay to be upset, but stop this whole Apple favors the US nonsense....
Really? Look, I understand where you are coming from, and if they stated they were going to ship on the 16th and now changed it, I would be pretty upset too. But to blame that on Apple favoring the US and treating other countries as second class just seems over the top.
First, Apple IS an American company and the US will have top priority, it's just the way it is. They could have very well released it in the US ONLY on the 16th and made every else wait at least a week or more. Second, a launch of such a popular product is bound to have some problems; its not the first time this has happened. I'm pretty sure Apple doesn't consider other countries to be second class as they WANT to be in every market possible and WANT to please every customer out there. They obviously want the business! Unfortunately you just can't expect perfection. If they are having issues that are their own fault in terms of promising a delivery date, then yes its okay to be upset, but stop this whole Apple favors the US nonsense....
Well could be a memory problem too! Remember how Sony said there might be shortages of the bigger vita cards? Could be a problem with the higher ipads? Or UK have generally be screwed over.
How small was the allocation for UK then? If people are getting emails who literally preordered the minute it was up on the store..then it must be something stupid?!
I just spoke to live help..(who aren't great..but polite)..apparently if i havent got the mail by now then i should be ok but people are still getting em as of 3.55pm..so...im gearing myself up.
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Dont do a worldwide launch..Simple as. They think they can handle it..they obviously cant. Other countries are going to be obviously treated the same, so i also feel sorry for them. Also you contradicted yourself there..'Apple IS an American company and the US will have top priority, it's just the way it is'...so you agreed..kinda..
Its not a insult at the actual country..it's Apple..so dont take it the wrong way. Mine hasn't been delayed yet..but i can see why people are upset..clearly US would be too if they started doing it to theres.
How small was the allocation for UK then? If people are getting emails who literally preordered the minute it was up on the store..then it must be something stupid?!
I just spoke to live help..(who aren't great..but polite)..apparently if i havent got the mail by now then i should be ok but people are still getting em as of 3.55pm..so...im gearing myself up.
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Dont do a worldwide launch..Simple as. They think they can handle it..they obviously cant. Other countries are going to be obviously treated the same, so i also feel sorry for them. Also you contradicted yourself there..'Apple IS an American company and the US will have top priority, it's just the way it is'...so you agreed..kinda..
Its not a insult at the actual country..it's Apple..so dont take it the wrong way. Mine hasn't been delayed yet..but i can see why people are upset..clearly US would be too if they started doing it to theres.
White, Wifi, 16gb ordered at 0130am. Delivery to Manchester.
No delay email (yet).
I was another refreshing the post-it note for a good 4-hours up until midnight when I decided to sleep. I also set my alarm for 0115 on the 8th to check and it was back on then and had no trouble ordering.
It does appear the earliest orders are being bumped although the sample is too small to be sure. Perhaps as others suggest the store was back on just after midnight but wasn't taking orders correctly. The UK thread had some problematic order reports between 0000 and 0100 from what I saw.
I think most people in that thread also tried the App Store app on iOS (I tried and it just crashed on opening for 4 hours), and the phones. Obviously the phones were overloaded as by 8pm the calls were being rejected and we were told to call back at 8am the next morning (8th) and that was also the time online orders would commence (think that was one telesales rep giving misinformation). Eventually the automated service didn't put any more calls through.
All in all, a bit of a mess but in a month's time when we've all got our iPads it'll be forgotten. And we'll still be feverishly ready to order seconds after the announcements of iPhone 5 and 'new' iPad 2.
No delay email (yet).
I was another refreshing the post-it note for a good 4-hours up until midnight when I decided to sleep. I also set my alarm for 0115 on the 8th to check and it was back on then and had no trouble ordering.
It does appear the earliest orders are being bumped although the sample is too small to be sure. Perhaps as others suggest the store was back on just after midnight but wasn't taking orders correctly. The UK thread had some problematic order reports between 0000 and 0100 from what I saw.
I think most people in that thread also tried the App Store app on iOS (I tried and it just crashed on opening for 4 hours), and the phones. Obviously the phones were overloaded as by 8pm the calls were being rejected and we were told to call back at 8am the next morning (8th) and that was also the time online orders would commence (think that was one telesales rep giving misinformation). Eventually the automated service didn't put any more calls through.
All in all, a bit of a mess but in a month's time when we've all got our iPads it'll be forgotten. And we'll still be feverishly ready to order seconds after the announcements of iPhone 5 and 'new' iPad 2.
Well I was in there right away and have not had that email yet...still showing 16th-19th, If we have to wait we wait...It would be nice for Apple NOT to make overoptimistic delivery and shipping dates though....If they had told me it was going to be the 21st I't wouldn't have prevented me buying. I'd rather they were up front about it.