there is still a chance. We are living in the past compared to China. If it ships there on Monday it could arrive to your country by Monday morning or afternoon and then fly overnight to your city for delivery. If it’s showing up as a deliver date by ups or fedex for Tuesday then you’ll get it Tuesday unless there is a flight delay.
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there is still a chance. We are living in the past compared to China. If it ships there on Monday it could arrive to your country by Monday morning or afternoon and then fly overnight to your city for delivery. If it’s showing up as a deliver date by ups or fedex for Tuesday then you’ll get it Tuesday unless there is a flight delay.
Sometimes it’s just late being scanned. Happened with multiple Apple products for me over the years (along with other stores). It could already be a lot closer to you than the tracking says it is.
Whelp. That flight to my city landed almost an hour ago and still no update, but curiously fed ex started telling me "we are unable to retrieve your tracking results at this time. Please try again later" as soon as the flight was officially landed so who knows maybe they're updating the status and the scheduled delivery or something. Hope isn't totally dead, but I get the feeling it wasn't on that flight. Too many abnormals. Updates came quick with the other departures and arrivals. I think they're driving it becuase it was scheduled with plenty of time.
Maybe I'll get lucky and it'll arrive soon regardless of how it got here so I don't have to worry. But i have one FedEx shipment from a long time ago on my list that left Nashville at 9am CT (not Memphis like this and every other time) and then popped up in Charlotte the next day at 7PM ET. If there was a repeat of that, my Mac wouldn't be in my city until tomorrow evening.
I'm really hoping for tomorrow, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. As long as I get it Tuesday I'll be really happy. Just kinda got my hopes up for tomorrow. Harumph.
Maybe I'll get lucky and it'll arrive soon regardless of how it got here so I don't have to worry. But i have one FedEx shipment from a long time ago on my list that left Nashville at 9am CT (not Memphis like this and every other time) and then popped up in Charlotte the next day at 7PM ET. If there was a repeat of that, my Mac wouldn't be in my city until tomorrow evening.
I'm really hoping for tomorrow, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. As long as I get it Tuesday I'll be really happy. Just kinda got my hopes up for tomorrow. Harumph.
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I would say that's possible if the "delayed in transit" and the exception weren't still on the tracking. Anyone who doesn't have a delayed/exception status, that might actually be the case, but that delayed... idk, if it were me, I would not be hopeful at all.
We do not trust UPS' tracking system a week ago. We are looking at flights to and from Shanghai.
That 767 from Tokyo is the only one for the week. Unless ours are on that flight and not been scanned, there is no other possibility that ours have left Shanghai.
Yes I've had a lot of trouble as of like an hour ago... was hoping that meant an update but that confirms it. It's being driven here from Memphis (8 hour direct drive) DARN!
Yeah, same here for the last few hours. I guess Sunday night maintenance isn’t too uncommon ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah heard something about apple doing it on Sundays too. Here's to hoping for an update between now and like 4-6am.
I think the worldwide expedited are supposed to be faster when they aren't lost. The express saver seems to be for Europe deliveries which tend to take longer.
My MBP still has a delivery date of 12/2 from FedEx even though it is at the FedEx center about an hour and a half from here. Has been there since 7:00 am Saturday. Hoping FedEx isn't going by strict delivery dates.
I've seen people say that it's said X delivery until it went on the delivery truck early. Hard to say though. Really did not like the update that @gank41 got with "package not due for delivery", however it had only recently gotten there and it was a friday. Monday will be the real tell for them.
Hard to trust the delivery dates, even from the carriers. I had something else that the FedEx site was showing a Monday delivery but also saying that it was loaded on the truck for delivery. I thought they were just prepping it for tomorrow since it is Sunday but it showed up today.
100% speculation but I'd expect it Monday! a) FedEx doesn't want to keep your expensive package longer then it has to and be responsible for it not getting stolen, lost or damaged during that extra time and b) FedEx probably wants to get things out of the warehouses as fast as possible now so they're ready for the Christmas rush that comes later next month.
I had Dec. 9-16 and it’s currently scheduled for delivery for the 4th. It’s also only 10 hours from me at this instant, so there’s a good chance it’s coming like 2 weeks before the lower bound.
If you're shipping to the US...there's still a chance. Mine got to me the date after it left Shanghai (of course...with the time difference between Asia and the US, it was more than 24 actual hours).
I've always had orders arrive right on time or early. They'll tighten your range to a specific date once it's shipped. For launch day orders, I've always had it arrive the exact day quoted. For my MBA, my original delivery dates were 11/24-27. Apple tightened that to 11/23 once it actually shipped. It was delivered 11/17.
This is what I've experienced. I'm reading about others in this thread that have had their quoted dates move back (later) so I guess I've been lucky. Been ordering from Apple for years.
Should start at the beginning of the thread, that's going to be your best idea of what do expect honestly. Or at least halfway through at like page 30-ish.
Just for the sake of adding my info to the thread:
CTO Air, 8/8 core model w/ 16gb RAM and 512ssd.
Ordered November 18th, still in Processing with a delivery window of December 11-18.
CTO Air, 8/8 core model w/ 16gb RAM and 512ssd.
Ordered November 18th, still in Processing with a delivery window of December 11-18.
what is the estimated day that i'll be charged? i ordered on the 21st.
Air, Space Gray, 16RAM and 1TB
Air, Space Gray, 16RAM and 1TB
I have the exact same order date, build, and delivery window as you. Will see if we get similar movements on our orders!
I am typing this post from the MBA I just received from Amazon. Decided to go with the 5% back I get with the Prime Visa.
This is only the second Mac I've purchased brand new. Oh my goodness what a machine. Alien technology compared to my 2011 MBP.
This is only the second Mac I've purchased brand new. Oh my goodness what a machine. Alien technology compared to my 2011 MBP.