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In the immortal words of Yosemite Sam.... "I HATE that rabbit:)apple:)!!!":mad::mad:

No...congratulations......No...I hate you!....No, seriously, congrats....ARGH!!!!

They should have sent them all out with a white sports band and just made us wait on the special bands!!

don't worry about it, you'll get yours soon enough!
 
Just flipped my 42mm sport black Apple watch on ebay for $999.00

Hello steak dinner.

I hope everyone enjoys their watches. If not, there's one heck of a re-seller market on ebay right now.
 
I am disappointed that I ordered at 12:03 PDT on 4/10 and I will not be receiveing my Apple Watch SS 42 BSB today. However, Apple did give a range for a reason and unfortunately, I am not at the beginning of the range.

That being said, I think it is ridiculous that they sent the EOD e-mail out a couple of nights ago and gave the same range when they knew that there was no chance that I would receive it on 4/24. The EOD e-mail should have gave an updated range to reset my expectations.

Congrats to the people that did receive their new toy today! Enjoy! :apple:
 
I am disappointed that I ordered at 12:03 PDT on 4/10 and I will not be receiveing my Apple Watch SS 42 BSB today. However, Apple did give a range for a reason and unfortunately, I am not at the beginning of the range.

That being said, I think it is ridiculous that they sent the EOD e-mail out a couple of nights ago and gave the same range when they knew that there was no chance that I would receive it on 4/24. The EOD e-mail should have gave an updated range to reset my expectations.

Congrats to the people that did receive their new toy today! Enjoy! :apple:

me to same time and watch :(
 
I ordered as soon as the site went live (3:02/3 am EST I believe) from the Apple Store App. When I was ready to check out I still had the launch date delivery window but something stupid happened with Apple Pay. Shipping Address said OH and Billing said Ohio so it wouldn't let me check out. I then decided to do regular payment option (just to get the order through quicker). So after that I was moved to the 4-6 weeks period. My order was done at 3:04/5 am EST with a confirmation email at 3:06 am.
I haven't received any email after that and my order still says "Processing Items".

I'm hoping I'll get some good luck and get it by next week but the annoying thing is others who ordered well after me are getting theirs today smh. I know I have this popular 42mm SG Sport model but it's still a little frustrating.
 
I would call apple and double check. Same thing happened to me but I was still able to get in the 4/24-5/8 range. But because the first attempt failed it screwed up the order in the system and it thought I was placing 2 different oders so apple had to cancel the one that wasn't right and then manually send the confirmation email all over.
 
A bit ticked off!

I must say I'm not crying but certainly a bit ticked off :rolleyes: Like many here I received peanuts today! Woke up a few minutes before midnight on order day to get in front of the line (looks more like I ended up in the back of the line). Both the web site and the store app were down so I kept trying both eventually store app came up and I placed the order. The order email I received came in 7 minutes after midnight although not sure that means much since their systems were overwhelmed and back logged. I'm pretty sure I recall the email being delayed so I actually placed my order much earlier than that but not sure of the exact time. Now what bothers me the most is absolutely no updates from Apple whatsoever, at least send a darn email like some users got, I got nada!

42MM Sports Space Gray Black Band
"Processing" since ordered
Delivers 5/13 - 5/27

No Apple emails
No charges
No changes whatsoever

I placed an order for 42MM SS with Black Band for giggles two days ago that was showing June delivery, I cancelled this order today.

If I didn't want a watch on launch day I would not have woken up at midnight that's really the point here. With some luck it will ship sometime next week but who knows at this point since all we can do is speculate and wonder.

-Mike

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I ordered as soon as the site went live (3:02/3 am EST I believe) from the Apple Store App. When I was ready to check out I still had the launch date delivery window but something stupid happened with Apple Pay. Shipping Address said OH and Billing said Ohio so it wouldn't let me check out. I then decided to do regular payment option (just to get the order through quicker). So after that I was moved to the 4-6 weeks period. My order was done at 3:04/5 am EST with a confirmation email at 3:06 am.
I haven't received any email after that and my order still says "Processing Items".

I'm hoping I'll get some good luck and get it by next week but the annoying thing is others who ordered well after me are getting theirs today smh. I know I have this popular 42mm SG Sport model but it's still a little frustrating.
Same boat here!

-Mike

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Just flipped my 42mm sport black Apple watch on ebay for $999.00

Hello steak dinner.

I hope everyone enjoys their watches. If not, there's one heck of a re-seller market on ebay right now.
Wow, nice! But then again Ebay is good too...Did you buy an extra one to resell or you don't want it after all?

-Mike
 
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I ordered two watches within the first 2 minutes of pre-launch and received shipping dates of 4/24-5/8. The 42mm SS WSB has shipped and will be here today but the 42 mm SS BSB is still in processing status and my card has not been charged. I did receive the EOD the day before yesterday. What's frustrating is that Apple has known for weeks now how many of these items initially sold and I don't see how, if they ran out of the black band, they couldn't have had more ready for the earliest buyers by the launch date? If we ordered within the first two minutes then both watches should've shipped for delivery today. It's not rocket science Apple, a black sports band is obviously going to be a highly popular one as it is the least expensive and can be worn by both men and women! So I will not open mine when it arrives today and wait for my husband's to get here so that we can open them together… We put off our birthdays and our anniversary so that we could buy these for each other. Thank you Apple for prolonging Our celebration ��

Wow, that is pretty cool! People here would literally kill to open your watch box right now ;)

-Mike

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I ordered the 42mm space grey sport watch (I guess I have very mainstream tastes) on opening day, with confirmation email posting at 9 minutes past the witching hour, for delivery in the US. No movement toward shipping yet. Initial shipping window in the email is May 13 - 27. I woke up at an ungodly hour to place the order because I assumed there would be supply issues. When news came out yesterday that some people were seeing orders ship earlier than their initial dates, I found my way to this forum to see what I could see.

Listen, I can be as all about instant gratification as the next person. I remember as a kid sending in cereal box tops for a Star Wars toy and then running down to the mailbox every day for a couple of months waiting for the thing to turn up. That said, I'm kind of amused at the folks who are getting worked up about all this and calling it a 'fail.'

Relax. This new watch is a whole new product category. There was no real way to predict demand, particularly when you consider the number of options available. If Apple made a mistake, it was in not taking Henry Ford's approach to the Model T. "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." While Apple could count on a certain loyal customer base, there was also lots of online chatter about the Apple Watch from people saying they couldn't see the point in having the thing.

So you've ordered a popular product. From Apple's standpoint, it's better to have some antsy customers being impatient than to have exceeded demand in the initial manufacturing run. Can you imagine it? Even if they had five million first day orders (more than all other smart watches sold in a year), if they'd built 7 million, the news would be that sales didn't meet expectations, and their stock would plummet. It's crazy, but true.

So be patient. The new toys will all arrive soon enough.
But then again has Apple made any product in recent years that didn't sell like cheeseburgers at McDonald's?

-Mike

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When I originally ordered mine on April 10th it said my delivery would be in June. It still said that up until yesterday, then it changed to a delivery date of today. Needless to say I was very happy. I have checked the tracking and it is on the UPS truck and should be here in a few hours. I ordered the 42 mm Sport watch with the White Band. My older Brother ordered his at 1 minute after they went on sale and his still says he won't get his until Mid-May. he ordered the 42mm Sport Black with the Black Band. I hope everyone gets theirs soon.
I guess white band was the key here otherwise maybe not so lucky.

-Mike

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i'd say it's quite possible, given we've seen others move from still "processing" yesterday afternoon and then delivering today.

i'm still waiting on any movement at all with a 2:04a confirmation for the 42mm black sport.:rolleyes:
I think the chance is slim. If anything next week. Apple isn't going to pay UPS extra $ for you or me so we can get our delayed watches unfortunately.

-Mike

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So I had an 38mm Sport with White scheduled for delivery for today. UPS just updated it and now it won't arrive until Monday. Looks like moving from FedEx to UPS was a mistake...
I find UPS slow and unreliable at times. Fedex is always better but UPS is cheaper and Apple seems to like cheaper they used UPS for iphone shipment too.

-Mike

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Mine is here! Well, in Fort Myers (where I live) our for delivery. We still havent been charged for my husbands though. He's a tad jealous because he ordered his before mine, but he still has no clue when he will be getting his.

You know what they say, Ladies first :)

-Mike

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I just want an explanation of why orders are not being fulfilled on a first come first served basis. FYI I am a developer too.

Yeah me too, although I haven't developed anything yet besides frustration the last couple days haha.

-Mike
 
Man, this is disappointing. I still haven't been able to get over the sting of not being able to have it today. What makes it worse is looking at pictures of unboxings online. I know the logical way to think would be "Hey, they never promised that it would be delivered on the 24th...hence the 4/24-5/8 delivery range", but still. That doesn't help :(
 
Man, this is disappointing. I still haven't been able to get over the sting of not being able to have it today. What makes it worse is looking at pictures of unboxings online. I know the logical way to think would be "Hey, they never promised that it would be delivered on the 24th...hence the 4/24-5/8 delivery range", but still. That doesn't help :(
Well I didn't even get that delivery date I got 5/13 - 5/27. What did I wake up at midnight for again....

-Mike
 
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42MM Sports Space Gray Black Band. So did everybody else lol!

-Mike

I got the 42mm SS Classic Buckle. Anyone else here order this configuration and get their order delivered today? Or at least prepared for shipment?
 
Same. Ordered at 12:03 PST and it still says Processing. Oh well.
Yeah I think this first come first served business didn't quite work. I realize some models/combinations were more popular than others but still all sorts of people here that ordered later than us that day still got it today. I did contact Apple via the chat and gave them a little lip. They say they are able to submit feedback so it doesn't hurt to bark at them a little so that if they do have a way to report feedback at least it should help somehow down the line as more people express their frustrations.

-Mike
 
Yeah I think this first come first served business didn't quite work. I realize some models/combinations were more popular than others but still all sorts of people here that ordered later than us that day still got it today. I did contact Apple via the chat and gave them a little lip. They say they are able to submit feedback so it doesn't hurt to bark at them a little so that if they do have a way to report feedback at least it should help somehow down the line as more people express their frustrations.

-Mike


Is there a direct link for the chat? I couldn't figure it out without a serial number, which I obviously don't have yet.
 
Is there a direct link for the chat? I couldn't figure it out without a serial number, which I obviously don't have yet.
Just go to the apple web site to check your order status and you will have a chat link right on that page, you don't need to enter any info. At first you get the automated chat so just type something like "human please" then a real person will chat with you.

-Mike
 
Just go to the apple web site to check your order status and you will have a chat link right on that page, you don't need to enter any info. At first you get the automated chat so just type something like "human please" then a real person will chat with you.

-Mike

Thanks. I got a lot of generic responses. She did say I could make a formal complaint to a supervisor, but I just felt ridiculous whining and knowing that apple doesn't really care because they've made their $$$$$$$$$$
 
So what exactly do you guys think happened with our orders? No movement whatsoever seems so strange. This has never happened with any of my previous pre-orders from Apple. Ever.
 
So what exactly do you guys think happened with our orders? No movement whatsoever seems so strange. This has never happened with any of my previous pre-orders from Apple. Ever.

Nothing has "happened" to the orders. They're in the system and will get filled as soon as they can. Most of what people are saying in these forums is pure speculation, and everyone is just going crazy from anticipation. Yeah it sucks, but just chill out. There is no conspiracy.

And Apples does *not* have your money until it ships, so that's just another wild statement.
 
So what exactly do you guys think happened with our orders? No movement whatsoever seems so strange. This has never happened with any of my previous pre-orders from Apple. Ever.

My best guess is that for those like me in the 4/24-5/8 window, we will see some movement mid to late next week. I'm not holding much hope that come Monday I'll se a change cause I figure our watches will be on the next shipment out and I figure apple isn't getting those out until after the weekend. So, well hopefully get notice of preparing to ship come Wednesday and then maybe Friday but I'm guessing early the week after that 5/4.
 
Saturday Delivery anybody?

So just curious anybody getting Saturday delivery of their watch? I have serious doubts this is going to happen for anybody.

-Mike

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My best guess is that for those like me in the 4/24-5/8 window, we will see some movement mid to late next week. I'm not holding much hope that come Monday I'll se a change cause I figure our watches will be on the next shipment out and I figure apple isn't getting those out until after the weekend. So, well hopefully get notice of preparing to ship come Wednesday and then maybe Friday but I'm guessing early the week after that 5/4.
If you go on the Apple web site and select most models they all show June delivery only a few models show 4-6 weeks delivery (this was the case yesterday). So this alone tells me that there is still plenty of backlog and we would hope that for those of us that missed the first wave of shipments that we are next in line. I just don't like the fact that my original date was 5/13 - 5/27 and it's still the same so maybe I won't even be part of the second wave of shipments but instead will be on the third one which tells me it's going to be closer to the end of next month before I get anything. Bummers!

-Mike

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Thanks. I got a lot of generic responses. She did say I could make a formal complaint to a supervisor, but I just felt ridiculous whining and knowing that apple doesn't really care because they've made their $$$$$$$$$$
Yeah I know it's pretty much the equivalent of generic people answering phones. But I'm sure Apple keeps some sort of stats like x people contacted them via chat trying to find out what's going on with their orders. So it can only be beneficial to bark a little. They really should have setup manufacturing in multiple countries it's such a small product it should be doable. Get some manufacturing going in South America and that will make a huge difference specially for products coming to the US/Canada. They have at least one factory in Brazil where they manufacture iPhones. Would be really cool if they did the same in the US, how about using that Saphire factory in Arizona for manufacturing watches. They have so much cash they can make anything happen.

-Mike

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So what exactly do you guys think happened with our orders? No movement whatsoever seems so strange. This has never happened with any of my previous pre-orders from Apple. Ever.
I think the backlog is huge and or the sales have been over the top. The other possibility is some sort of manufacturing delay due to output issues or short supply of certain materials. Right now they probably have one factory and very few suppliers for the materials so it makes everything much more challenging when you put your eggs all in one basket. I think likely next week we are going to start getting some official info from Apple like we sold x watches and x is going on right now.

-Mike
 
I get that they could be backlogged. What I don't get is why some people who ordered the same configuration as me many hours after me and had June delivery dates got their orders bumped up and their Watches delivered yesterday. It doesn't make any sense. It's clearly not first come, first serve. And it's clearly not based on specific configurations being more readily available than others, which is some BS that I've been told multiple times by representatives.
 
I get that they could be backlogged. What I don't get is why some people who ordered the same configuration as me many hours after me and had June delivery dates got their orders bumped up and their Watches delivered yesterday. It doesn't make any sense. It's clearly not first come, first serve. And it's clearly not based on specific configurations being more readily available than others, which is some BS that I've been told multiple times by representatives.
I agree, this is what I been barking about myself. Unless people are providing inaccurate info here or Apple is using some sort of odd variables to process these orders (web site vs iphone store app vs payment method used) it doesn't make much sense. And why I didn't get a delivery date of 4/24 - 5/8 like most other people doesn't make sense to me either. Maybe we should submit a small message via the feedback link on the apple web site and bark a little at them. They did us wrong!

-Mike
 
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