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Apple Pushing Back Initial iPad Orders in UK as Shipments to US Customers Begin
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Ordered a 64GB Wifi Black at 03:30am & have now been told 21st for shipping. Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Gotta be a regional thing this. Order same model at 3pm yesterday afternoon. Im in the midlands and thus far, delivery still scheduled for 16th
My partner ordered two 16GB iPads, one for both of us, one in white and one in black. The first order didnt go through properly so had to redo the order and was done about 11am yesterday. Was showing as 16th for delivery but, have got an email today saying they'll be dispatched on the 30th! The 30th, two weeks after the launch??? For a April 2nd delivery. Not impressed. £800 and they can't even keep the delivery date it stated. Never owned an iPad before and first time I've pre-ordered something in a while. Never had any problems with pre-orders before. Starting to wish we hadn't bothered now and just waited instead seeing as we're going to have to wait anyway.
Doubly disappointing as we own a few tech sites and was looking forward to the iPads for that. Ie, white and black comparison pics, reviews, unboxings etc etc..
PS, I'm not in the middle of nowhere either, in North East England.
Doubly disappointing as we own a few tech sites and was looking forward to the iPads for that. Ie, white and black comparison pics, reviews, unboxings etc etc.
.PS, I'm not in the middle of nowhere either, in North East England.
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I ordered two white 32gig AT&T 4Gs and two black 16gig wifis.
The two black wifis have shipped. No word on the LTE ones.
I ordered two white 32gig AT&T 4Gs and two black 16gig wifis.
The two black wifis have shipped. No word on the LTE ones.
Thats just a department store in London..not a company which produces technology products. Prejudice!
Oh yeah what am I thinking! How does Macy's do it then?
Just checked UK store and now saying order for delivery after 18th March before you even select which model........
Scrub that, if you go through to select now says 2-3 weeks!
Scrub that, if you go through to select now says 2-3 weeks!
uk getting screwed again. First the store didn't come online until like 3 hrs after the us store had been up. Now we're getting shipping delays whilst us customer are getting shipping notifications!
Awesome...
long live the queen!
Still shows delivery on the 16th, West Coast via UPS.
If the process is anything like the first time around, the current "location" of the order will bounce around like a tennis ball in a hurricane. The item isn't actually going to all of these places, just the paperwork.
The lovely lady from Texas strikes again!
I spoke to her at 9.25pm and reported my experience with said nice lady on another forum, only for another member on the same forum to have had the same one.
This lady needs an instant promotion
My lovely lady was called Christina
ordered 23:50 as soon as store came up... mine still says 16th - location: middle england.
if mine get bumped, i will be very annoyed after 4 hours of F5'ing!
if mine get bumped, i will be very annoyed after 4 hours of F5'ing!
They might not be, in the US there are two 4G models but one one, multi-carrier version in the UK.
It could be a similar situation to the last iPad though, were world-wide the "AT&T" GSM model was the only one available, in which case the internals would be the same.
Possibly, but I think it's more likely that they went to the couriers with the numbers and locations late yesterday/earlier today and were told that they just don't have the additional capacity to ship that many to all the locations, so Apple has had to choose. I guess Tim hates Glasgow and Northern Ireland for some reason.
Hey, I ordered and paid on the 8th.... It gets here when it gets here, who cares I'm sure i'll live
64Gb WiFi 4G Black.
ETD 16th still.
64Gb WiFi 4G Black.
ETD 16th still.
That'll be 2 miles down the road from me then! Here's hoping I don't get bumped, I ordered at 12.15am on the 8th via the App on my iPhone, no emails yet...
Forgot to say, my order status online has also been updated to reflect what I was told in the email, unfortunately .
Sure I will live but, just disappointing after deciding I wanted it and to pre-order it, to make sure I/we got one at launch and then find out, we won't be.
.Sure I will live but, just disappointing after deciding I wanted it and to pre-order it, to make sure I/we got one at launch and then find out, we won't be.
Hey, I ordered and paid on the 8th.... It gets here when it gets here, who cares I'm sure i'll live
64Gb WiFi 4G Black.
ETD 16th still.
Are you for real?
If it is not delivered on time your actual existence will pail into great insignificance which will result in both sleepless nights and a trip to the doctors. This will result in self worthlessness and paranoia which could affect both your home life and your health!!
Get a grip man - its a bloody ipad don't you know!
Forgot to say, my order status online has also been updated to reflect what I was told in the email, unfortunately
Sure I will live but, just disappointing after deciding I wanted it and to pre-order it, to make sure I/we got one at launch and then find out, we won't be.
Odd, mines still says 16th even though I called up and they confirmend it delayed till 21st. Also, just remembered the woman said upto 21st for delivery and that it could be earlier. She might of just made a mistake or that might mean its the delivers problem.
I was a 3am order for a 64gb black wifi model (in the Midlands) and mine's still showing the 16th.
I know it isn't really all that important if it's delayed, but like a lot of people I've sold my iPad 1 (though not yet sent it) and I'm so used to having it around I wouldn't want to be without it for long.
I know it isn't really all that important if it's delayed, but like a lot of people I've sold my iPad 1 (though not yet sent it) and I'm so used to having it around I wouldn't want to be without it for long.
Are you for real?
If it is not delivered on time your actual existence will pail into great insignificance which will result in both sleepless nights and a trip to the doctors. This will result in self worthlessness and paranoia which could affect both your home life and your health!!
Get a grip man - it’s a bloody ipad don't you know!
Bugger! (Runs around screaming, waving arms in the air)
Orders..
I ordered at 7.45pm on the 7th, got email confirmation 8.20pm
not had my delivery bumped yet..
The Apple UK store actually opened soon after the presentation finished, but then crashed at about 8pm. I had to attempt multiple times to buy, and it failed just after I had input my security number, so I didn't know if I had succeeded until my email. The store then closed for 4+ hours..
I ordered at 7.45pm on the 7th, got email confirmation 8.20pm
not had my delivery bumped yet..
The Apple UK store actually opened soon after the presentation finished, but then crashed at about 8pm. I had to attempt multiple times to buy, and it failed just after I had input my security number, so I didn't know if I had succeeded until my email. The store then closed for 4+ hours..
I think people are whining as you say, because they expect higher standards of apple in being able to gauge supply and demand and then alter the date. Fair enough if it was totally beyond its control but a company like apple should be able to give an estimated date within a few days at most not 5 days later. But like you say, its not the end of the world now is it.