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Apple Watch Pre-Orders Now Shipping for April 24 Delivery
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Excellent point! In following people's comments on Twitter, it looked like a lot of us got the message. We started off with several favorites but by the time we ordered we were down to one or two at most. That made the ordering process fairly straight-forward. It was just a matter of completing the steps and paying for the Watch.
You would think Apple had real time aggregated data on each SKU and how many Favorites by country were listed. Even at the outset they should have seen the number of SSs and more importantly SSs with BSBs.
Wow, what a mess! I got my order in 1 minute after pre-orders started, I got the 4/24-5/8 window, and when I go to UPS they say Apple created a shipping label today, but UPS says they don't have the package yet and there is no delivery date available. Amazing that mid May orders get delivery estimates of tomorrow, and I get no delivery estimate at all!
I'm in the same boat. Ordered the 42mm steel model with milanese loop at 12:02am on 4/10. Still don't have a shipping confirmation!
My card was charged on Monday and I still have no idea what's going on. Apple says "preparing to ship." UPS says a shipping label was created today but they haven't received the package yet. No delivery estimate.
My credit card was charged on 4/20 and I STILL don't have a shipping confirmation yet! It had better get here tomorrow...
I am west coast (Phoenix), and it looks like lots of people on the west coast are having similar issues - not getting a tracking number yet.
Mine just moved to "Preparing for Shipment". USA West Coast. Pre-ordered in first two minutes.
You are assuming there is a simple hand-off between Apple to UPS and as soon as that happens it gets a status of "shipped" with a tracking number. That's wrong. It's more complicated than that.
Apple no doubt has been shipping devices from China for at least a week or longer, and they're in some kind of holding area within a UPS facility, and/or UPS is moving large numbers of inventory to different warehouses throughout the country so they can be close to their final location on delivery day.
When your card was charged is when your watch actually left Apple's possession and went somewhere into UPS. THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT WAS OFFICIALLY SHIPPED, because there's a lot more going on in the background to manage inventory and logistics than is obvious to a normal person, not to mention an agreement between Apple and UPS not to deliver them.
I think I've laid out the reasoning pretty clearly in my previous post. All it requires to understand is to forget about the idea that there's some guy at Apple HQ manually shipping each watch by hand to a UPS truck. At these numbers, the scale is much bigger and requires a very different approach.
I FINALLY was charged for my 42mm SS Milanese loop 
Watch! YAY!
So both the watch and apple care has been charged, my order status has changed to preparing for shipment, but according to apple's order page it states that I should receive a shipping email... Haven't gotten that yet. I did however, get the sad death email about them working on the order, I thought it was all over!
I'm curious to see if I receive my watch tomorrow. By the way, I do live in Louisville, Kentucky. 20 minutes away from the UPS HUB!! YAY LOUISVILLE!
Next step, find something to match my Watch for Derby!
Watch! YAY!So both the watch and apple care has been charged, my order status has changed to preparing for shipment, but according to apple's order page it states that I should receive a shipping email... Haven't gotten that yet. I did however, get the sad death email about them working on the order, I thought it was all over!
I'm curious to see if I receive my watch tomorrow. By the way, I do live in Louisville, Kentucky. 20 minutes away from the UPS HUB!! YAY LOUISVILLE!
Next step, find something to match my
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Thats what I said in an earlier post and I also ordered a Sport same band but 38mm and it weighs only 1.4 lbs. I wonder if the packaging is that much nicer for the SS models than the Sport Models?
I FINALLY was charged for my 42mm SS Milanese loop
So both the watch and apple care has been charged, my order status has changed to preparing for shipment, but according to apple's order page it states that I should receive a shipping email... Haven't gotten that yet. I did however, get the sad death email about them working on the order, I thought it was all over!
I'm curious to see if I receive my watch tomorrow. By the way, I do live in Louisville, Kentucky. 20 minutes away from the UPS HUB!! YAY LOUISVILLE!
Next step, find something to match my
What time were you charged if you don't mind?
I'm in the same boat as you. Waited to try on a watch first and ordered mine early afternoon on the 11th. My wife is getting the 38mm SS with white sports band and I'm getting the 42mm SS with black sports band. Hers is scheduled for May 14 - May 28 and mine is scheduled for June. Both are still processing.
I'm fine with waiting since I held off on placing my order. I'm glad I tried it on first, too. We were both going to get Sport watches, but changed our minds to Stainless Steel after trying them on.
Just to lighten things up I had to post this from the Watch forum (from member Switchback666).
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Is that Tim Cook?? I think he is on extacy in this clip. This is funny though.
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LOl. This is great. Keep em coming. Its a celebrratttiioon!
You don't know any more than anyone else so I don't know why you're pretending like you do.
Case in point, you previously said that "preparing for shipment" means it is at UPS. My status has said that since Monday. Here you say "When your card was charged is when your watch actually left Apple's possession and went somewhere into UPS." But guess what? My card STILL has not been charged. Apple got a temporary authorization on my credit card on Monday, at the same time my status changed to "preparing to ship," but they have not yet charged my card.
Bottom line, I will trust UPS's information, which is specific to my tracking number, more than I trust your wild guesses which are based on nothing.
But thanks!
What time were you charged if you don't mind?
I'm not sure of an exact time, but it was between 1:25-2:50 pm EST.
me too, same boat as you. got my order in 2 minutes past midnight but UPS say still waiting for package.
Congrats!!!
SG Sport confirmation at :03 still processing. I've kind of given up on Friday, but hopefully Monday or maybe the weekend?
I find it fascinating that the inventory slipped so fast from Launch Day to 4-6 weeks in less than 6 or 7 minutes.
Apple updated me to "preparing shipment". I'm hopeful but not holding my breath. My husband's watch has not been charged still