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Apple Watch Pre-Orders Now Shipping for April 24 Delivery
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I have seen numerous posts about people who ordered the 42mm SG Sport who are receiving their watch on Friday. I ordered mine in the first 2 minutes and mine is still stuck on "Processing Items" yet people in the same country as me (Australia) and even the same city as me who ordered 5+ minutes after I did are getting theirs on Friday.
Got shipped confirmation... But for delivery on 04/27.
This is coming to Calgary
That's a bit odd. I'm north of Calgary and mine comes tomorrow.
Got shipped confirmation... But for delivery on 04/27.
This is coming to Calgary
I feel for you but at least your can cheer for the Flames. My cousin lives in Calgary and he is going nuts.
I live near Cleveland and we haven't had a winning anything since 1964. We even lost our hockey team years ago.
Go Flames!
I also ordered a 42mm Sport Space Gray and I'm getting it tomorrow... I ordered at 3:01 AM EST using Apple Pay and had an email confirmation at 12:03 AM.
Well... This sucks. I was going to work from home tomorrow, but if it comes next week I don't know if I'll be able to do so to be here for the delivery.
there is fast and there is 3 min .. ordered mine at 00.03.... this si not solding fast it s not having any product to sale
Ordered within 1 minute of Site going Live
I ordered the 42mm Space Gray Sport the second minute the site went live, and my order is still Processing. I think apple didn't want the Space Grey Sport to be popular. If you look on the site, it was the very last watch you could choose from and for some reason its the most popular watch. It seems that if you ordered that watch, you are still "Processing"? I am going to be bummed when I dont get the watch for another 2 weeks.
I ordered the 42mm Space Gray Sport the second minute the site went live, and my order is still Processing. I think apple didn't want the Space Grey Sport to be popular. If you look on the site, it was the very last watch you could choose from and for some reason its the most popular watch. It seems that if you ordered that watch, you are still "Processing"? I am going to be bummed when I dont get the watch for another 2 weeks.
This is exactly me too - got the black band fully intending to upgrading to a link in future. From what I can see from other comments, they've not got enough black bands to meet demand; my order is still "processing" too.
But I'm OK with it - this is effectively a whole new product, so how is Apple supposed to estimate demand, especially with so many options and colours?
(I know there are already smartwatches out there but I think it's true to say that up to now these have been purely for tech geeks rather than aimed at the general public. So they don't count!)
Of course I'd love to have a shiny new toy to play with this weekend. But at no point has Apple promised, or even hinted, to me that it would arrive at any other time aside from 24 Apr - 8 May. They've managed my expectations so far. I'm grown up enough not to throw my toys out of my pram - although mainly because they're all made from expensive machined aluminium with
logos on them!Doesn't stop me from checking the status of my order every hour though, hoping to see a "out for delivery" message though!!
Can I ask if anyone in the UK has had their Apple Watch 42mm Stainless Steel Case with Black Classic Buckle dispatched yet? Mine is still preparing and I finish my order at 8.02am through the Apple Store app on my iPhone.
If you have, when did you receive your email confirming this?
It will be a shame if I don't get my Watch for tomorrow but Apple have backed themselves up with the 24/4-8/5 date so I wasn't holding my breath.
If you have, when did you receive your email confirming this?
It will be a shame if I don't get my Watch for tomorrow but Apple have backed themselves up with the 24/4-8/5 date so I wasn't holding my breath.
Same boat. It seems like a majority of 42mm SS Milanese got the so-called Email of Death.
While I'm patient, I am a bit disappointed I won't be getting my watch tomorrow. Granted, Apple did indicate a launch window ship date, and logically it makes sense that watches with the cheaper bands were produced in higher quantity then say, the milanese and stainless steel bands.
So, I'll grit my teeth while I sit here "patiently."
Over the past few weeks it's been funny watching people get their knickers in a twist because they can't get their hands on a gadget for a few more weeks - a gadget that they've managed without their entire lives thus far..
Why is that funny? It's a new gadget people want to play with. If you don't care about stuff like this you shouldn't be hanging out under the bridge.
None for me
Even though I ordered my watch minutes after pre-orders launched, mine has not shipped. It hasn't even moved beyond the processing stage. But Apple was nice enough to extract the last bit of hope I had of seeing the watch on April 24 by sending me an email last night:
Subject: Your Apple Watch Order <order number>
Body: We're working on your order. Dear <me>, Your Apple watch will be delivered between April 24th and May 8th. When your order ships, we'll send you an email with a specific delivery date and tracking information. To help you get started and learn about the amazing things you can do with Apple Watch, please see our Guided Tour videos. Apple Watch requires iPhone5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, or iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 8.2 or later. Please take a moment to check that your iPhone is up to date. Thank you for choosing Apple. Sincerely, Apple Store.
Thanks Apple.
Edit: my order has finally moved to "preparing for shipment." I hope all the other late orders are moving as quickly!
Even though I ordered my watch minutes after pre-orders launched, mine has not shipped. It hasn't even moved beyond the processing stage. But Apple was nice enough to extract the last bit of hope I had of seeing the watch on April 24 by sending me an email last night:
Subject: Your Apple Watch Order <order number>
Body: We're working on your order. Dear <me>, Your Apple watch will be delivered between April 24th and May 8th. When your order ships, we'll send you an email with a specific delivery date and tracking information. To help you get started and learn about the amazing things you can do with Apple Watch, please see our Guided Tour videos. Apple Watch requires iPhone5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, or iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 8.2 or later. Please take a moment to check that your iPhone is up to date. Thank you for choosing Apple. Sincerely, Apple Store.
Thanks Apple.
Edit: my order has finally moved to "preparing for shipment." I hope all the other late orders are moving as quickly!
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Im hoping everyone can get theirs before the initial launch period ends...
I havent always been lucky to get a new Apple product in the first wave but this time I am. It feels nice. I do feel for those guys who will get theres even a single day later than me.
I havent always been lucky to get a new Apple product in the first wave but this time I am. It feels nice. I do feel for those guys who will get theres even a single day later than me.
Not that I don't believe you, but where did you hear this? We also ordered a bunch of the 42mm SS with black band.
Check UPS MyChoice!
I haven't received anything from Apple or UPS, but MyChoice shows my 42mm Space Grey being delivered Friday. It hasn't shipped yet, but being that it only has to travel an hour to my house and the UPS hub is in the middle of the two locations, they could literally "ship" it at midnight and it will make it here.
This forum is going to blow up in a few hours, more people are getting watches tomorrow than it seems.
I haven't received anything from Apple or UPS, but MyChoice shows my 42mm Space Grey being delivered Friday. It hasn't shipped yet, but being that it only has to travel an hour to my house and the UPS hub is in the middle of the two locations, they could literally "ship" it at midnight and it will make it here.
This forum is going to blow up in a few hours, more people are getting watches tomorrow than it seems.
Why Complain....
I see all the people on here and other sites complaining, "oh, Apple deceived me", "I ordered early, Apple is horrible, mine isn't coming on the 24th".
One) It was never promised on the 24th... It was April 24th to May 8th depending on supply and demand.
Two) I see a lot of people on here upset over people in the second wave getting their watches first... Well, if you order a Sport Space Gray or a Sport Black watch... You probably picked one the most popular watches, while people ordering a 38mm Lime Green Sport in the second wave order a color and size that less people in the first wave ordered, so theirs is able to come sooner.
Three) Apple isn't "OUT TO GET YOU".
People who jump ship from Apple and cry about it should go cancel their order and go buy a Windows computer and while starring at the famous Windows Blue Screen of Death the first time it locks up (which is usually in the first few months), shut up and be happy, it is what you wanted.
I got online and got kicked off TWICE as I tried to place my order, at 6 minutes after the time the sale started I got my order through, so I ended up in the second wave, still in "PROCESSING", but I am not crying about it. Even though I probably got kicked off because of a bunch of cry baby's pushing through to get their watch that think they are cool because they use Apple Products and think they have used Mac "forever" since they had the their first iPhone.
As to you people that are crying and being total a$$es about it who think you really are Mac People... Picture it, 1984, Christmas... an excited 9 yo boy opens the best present he ever got a Macintosh 128, with a 5 1/4 floppy drive. For most of you bitching who aren't even old enough to know what a 5 1/4 floppy drive was, it was 1984's version of removable memory. From that point on 31 years ago, I was hooked and have never owned anything else. Today, I own my own company, which runs completely off Mac. Heck, my personal email address is a "@mac.com", and for those of you "@me.com" people, mac.com addresses where way before you bought your first iPhone and you had to pay $112 a year for the email. Since 1984 I have owned countless Mac computers, every generation of iPod, 5 iPads (not including the pile of them I bought for my company offices) and every iPhone since the very first one.
So stop crying about delivery... you will get your Apple Watch, it may just not come as soon as the "Give Me Now" generation would like it to come. God, I would have hated to see you all back in the days of the Sears catalog... Where you got a big catalog in the mail, there was no online!!! You picked out what you wanted... You could order over the phone (Which was rotary dial) or go into the store and order it... Then you had to go home and wait... wait for a unknown amount of time, because they didn't even give you an estimated time.. then finally one day you would get a call or a little postcard in the mail... You would then have to go back to the Sears store, head usually downstairs to Catalog Order, stand in line... Give them your card or confirmation number... they would then give you a number and you would sit and wait some more, until finally... you would see your item coming down a conniver belt from behind the counter and they would call your number for you to come back to the counter and pick it up! OMG, half of you people on here would die if you had to order stuff that way! I would love it!
BTW... My Macintosh 128 still works.... any one with a IBM from 1984 that can still say that... and I am talking about all original, no replaced parts.
I see all the people on here and other sites complaining, "oh, Apple deceived me", "I ordered early, Apple is horrible, mine isn't coming on the 24th".
One) It was never promised on the 24th... It was April 24th to May 8th depending on supply and demand.
Two) I see a lot of people on here upset over people in the second wave getting their watches first... Well, if you order a Sport Space Gray or a Sport Black watch... You probably picked one the most popular watches, while people ordering a 38mm Lime Green Sport in the second wave order a color and size that less people in the first wave ordered, so theirs is able to come sooner.
Three) Apple isn't "OUT TO GET YOU".
People who jump ship from Apple and cry about it should go cancel their order and go buy a Windows computer and while starring at the famous Windows Blue Screen of Death the first time it locks up (which is usually in the first few months), shut up and be happy, it is what you wanted.
I got online and got kicked off TWICE as I tried to place my order, at 6 minutes after the time the sale started I got my order through, so I ended up in the second wave, still in "PROCESSING", but I am not crying about it. Even though I probably got kicked off because of a bunch of cry baby's pushing through to get their watch that think they are cool because they use Apple Products and think they have used Mac "forever" since they had the their first iPhone.
As to you people that are crying and being total a$$es about it who think you really are Mac People... Picture it, 1984, Christmas... an excited 9 yo boy opens the best present he ever got a Macintosh 128, with a 5 1/4 floppy drive. For most of you bitching who aren't even old enough to know what a 5 1/4 floppy drive was, it was 1984's version of removable memory. From that point on 31 years ago, I was hooked and have never owned anything else. Today, I own my own company, which runs completely off Mac. Heck, my personal email address is a "@mac.com", and for those of you "@me.com" people, mac.com addresses where way before you bought your first iPhone and you had to pay $112 a year for the email. Since 1984 I have owned countless Mac computers, every generation of iPod, 5 iPads (not including the pile of them I bought for my company offices) and every iPhone since the very first one.
So stop crying about delivery... you will get your Apple Watch, it may just not come as soon as the "Give Me Now" generation would like it to come. God, I would have hated to see you all back in the days of the Sears catalog... Where you got a big catalog in the mail, there was no online!!! You picked out what you wanted... You could order over the phone (Which was rotary dial) or go into the store and order it... Then you had to go home and wait... wait for a unknown amount of time, because they didn't even give you an estimated time.. then finally one day you would get a call or a little postcard in the mail... You would then have to go back to the Sears store, head usually downstairs to Catalog Order, stand in line... Give them your card or confirmation number... they would then give you a number and you would sit and wait some more, until finally... you would see your item coming down a conniver belt from behind the counter and they would call your number for you to come back to the counter and pick it up! OMG, half of you people on here would die if you had to order stuff that way! I would love it!
BTW... My Macintosh 128 still works.... any one with a IBM from 1984 that can still say that... and I am talking about all original, no replaced parts.
Got shipped confirmation... But for delivery on 04/27.
This is coming to Calgary
Me too. But 4/28 delivery. 12:01 order time. Coming to AK.
You cant tell one guy that they cant vent their frustrations when you are venting yours. Its a public forum right? If its bad customer service take your business to where you can get good customer service. Its that simple. Vote with your dollars. Thats what I do.
Every launch someone feels slighted. Sometimes its me. Sometimes it's not. I usually am not arguing for anything other than Apple doing a better job of enforcing TOS. I know you are asking for upgrades to the process as well. In this particular situation where Apple sells 10x what could reasonably be expected, Im not sure what could be done other than lower expectations even more than they already had.
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Scrap my post - My Apple Watch has just been shipped, so if you're in the UK, don't give up hope, it could still be shipped today for tomorrow!
EDIT: Just seen as well, mine is shipped by UPS, not UK Mail. So it could all depend on where you live in the UK too to what courier you have.
EDIT: Just seen as well, mine is shipped by UPS, not UK Mail. So it could all depend on where you live in the UK too to what courier you have.
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