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Apple Watch Series 3 Pre-Order Thread

hungryteresa said:
My credit card was charged yesterday and my status is still In Progress. I believe this will be the status until Friday when I get notified that my Apple Watch is available for in-store pickup.
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I am in the same boat and I agree. They normally open at 10am but are opening at 8am and I assume they will be there way before 8 setting up.
 
fanboi4lyfe said:
Techdude, haven't seen any scans so you are in a better boat than me. Here is screen shot of what I am seeing and I did sign up for MyUPS like you instructed earlier in this thread :) it says delivery 9/22 so I'm not concerned but I placed my order at 12:02 PST. So just frustrating
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Okay yeah, I would just be livid for the fact that it is just sitting there with no scans... I don't blame you there, that's next level hatred and frustration!!!
thehype31 said:
Yeah there's plenty of time before Friday... as long as it leaves Shanghai by Wednesday, you'll have no issues getting it Friday. The key is for it to make it to Louisville by Thursday night/ early Friday morning so it can be distributed to hubs across the country in the wee hours of Friday morning, to be put on a truck for delivery.
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Oh believe me I know :p Hahaha I have been doing this for 7+ years and working with enterprise shipping for more than that. Just frustrating when you are giddy and excited for something, and watching people with later ship dates get updates :p
SamGabbay said:
We are all in the same boat...
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So infuriating! Haha, it's like I can imagine them using our pallet to hold up a piece of equipment or something... or they are making a fort out of it for fun... or it's on a truck headed the wrong way :O jkjk
 
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techdude13 said:
Anyone have similar scans to this? So frustrating to see people's who got shipped later (9/17 or 9/18) with more progress. Yes, I know I am getting it on time and no, I am not nuts. I just hate when systems like this don't work properly, since I love seeing the progress of my package and the planes it is on (AVNerd). View attachment 718806
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Looks just like my status
 
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patrickpiteo said:
Looks just like my status
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Same times and all? Glad to know I am not the only one! I remember in previous launches there were issues where whole manifests weren't getting updated until several scans later. Mainly I think this has to do with the system and how it processes - since World Ease groups together the shipments, I am sure there is some room for updating issues to every tracking number in the bunch.
 
Pre-ordered in Australia the Hermes Fauve Barenia Single Tour within the first 3 mins and still got a delivery date of 9/25 to 9/27.

Anyone in the same boat? Judging by previous launches, how likely will it be pushed to launch day?
 
largefarrva said:
Well my 42mm black SS with black band went to preparing for shipment overnight and has departed Suzhou, China while my wife's 38mm SS with white band has been at preparing for shipment since Saturday morning and hasn't budged...hers is still listed as Ready for UPS. My watch is still listed as preparing for shipment according to Apple though.
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One of the AWs that I ordered is still in Ready for UPS State. I believe it’s my wife’s Alum 38mm with fog sport band.
 
techdude13 said:
Same times and all? Glad to know I am not the only one! I remember in previous launches there were issues where whole manifests weren't getting updated until several scans later. Mainly I think this has to do with the system and how it processes - since World Ease groups together the shipments, I am sure there is some room for updating issues to every tracking number in the bunch.
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Same times and all think we will be just fine Friday
 
Boardiesboi said:
Pre-ordered in Australia the Hermes Fauve Barenia Single Tour within the first 3 mins and still got a delivery date of 9/25 to 9/27.

Anyone in the same boat? Judging by previous launches, how likely will it be pushed to launch day?
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Same here for Stainless Steel Silver it was 3-4 weeks within minutes I reordered for instore pickup for 9/22 at 8:00am at my local apple store. When I was done all Apple stores were sold out within a few hundred miles.
 
What we need is anticipatory shipping... the planned itinerary for our packages, with the option to reroute to a new itinerary to avoid weather delays!
 
As we all worry about our shipping status, I'm going off topic a bit here. Did anyone notice the ringtone when they first showed the watch with the surfer and then she gets a call? Its a different sound then what is currently used on watchOS, is this maybe exclusive to series 3? or to just the cellular model? Either way I think that's a way nicer ringtone than what is used now.

 
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6:08 China probably just missed it’s scan. It has to be in Alaska Now to be here by Friday. We should see a scan tomorrow with a shipment notification from Apple.
 
Enigma01au said:
I ordered the Nike watch last year, and had to wait till after the normal watches delivered. This year I've ordered the normal S3 version, and ordered a Nike band to go with it. I'm wondering if I restore my current watch to the new one whether the Nike stuff will copy across? It doesn't matter to me as I'm not a runner, just interested!
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Not sure? Do you mean just workout stats?
 
thehype31 said:
Yeah there's plenty of time before Friday... as long as it leaves Shanghai by Wednesday, you'll have no issues getting it Friday. The key is for it to make it to Louisville by Thursday night/ early Friday morning so it can be distributed to hubs across the country in the wee hours of Friday morning, to be put on a truck for delivery.
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I would also like to add that it's DEFINITELY plenty of time especially with my experience last year and made me believe UPS makes **** happen.

Last year, when I woke up at 3am and preordered the 7+, a bunch of were on the same pallet from China but then there was a typhoon so they diverted from China to Taiwan and then to Japan and Hong Kong. It was insane following the UPS tracking. I kind of wish I took a screenshot of it. Might be able to find it in my older threads on here. Anyway...our iPhones were basically taking a tour of Asia. It was less than 1 day before launch (I want to say some crazy amount of time like 19 hours or something) and we all kind of lost hope that ours would make it to Alaska and then KY and then to our local distribution centers and into our hands. Not only that, when my iPhone tracking DID show it made it to KY, it said it missed the KY > DC flight and my package would be delayed. I went to bed and woke up & pulled up tracking (hey, gotta have hope) and turns out, UPS commissioned another late flight out and my iPhone was at my distribution center and being held for me to pick up.

EDIT: found the screenshot from last year!

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jchiou said:
I would also like to add that it's DEFINITELY plenty of time especially with my experience last year and made me believe UPS makes **** happen.

Last year, when I woke up at 3am and preordered the 7+, a bunch of were on the same pallet from China but then there was a typhoon so they diverted from China to S.Korea then to Taiwan and then to Japan and Hong Kong. It was insane following the UPS tracking. Our iPhones were basically taking a tour of Asia. It was less than 1 day before launch (I want to say some crazy amount of time like 19 hours or something) and we all kind of lost hope that ours would make it to Alaska and then KY and then to our local distribution centers and into our hands. Not only that, when my iPhone tracking DID show it made it to KY, it said it missed the KY > DC flight and my package would be delayed. I went to bed and woke up & pulled up tracking (hey, gotta have hope) and turns out, UPS commissioned another late flight out and my iPhone was at my distribution center and being held for me to pick up.
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Those brave phones, and pilots!
 
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jchiou said:
I would also like to add that it's DEFINITELY plenty of time especially with my experience last year and made me believe UPS makes **** happen.

Last year, when I woke up at 3am and preordered the 7+, a bunch of were on the same pallet from China but then there was a typhoon so they diverted from China to Taiwan and then to Japan and Hong Kong. It was insane following the UPS tracking. I kind of wish I took a screenshot of it. Might be able to find it in my older threads on here. Anyway...our iPhones were basically taking a tour of Asia. It was less than 1 day before launch (I want to say some crazy amount of time like 19 hours or something) and we all kind of lost hope that ours would make it to Alaska and then KY and then to our local distribution centers and into our hands. Not only that, when my iPhone tracking DID show it made it to KY, it said it missed the KY > DC flight and my package would be delayed. I went to bed and woke up & pulled up tracking (hey, gotta have hope) and turns out, UPS commissioned another late flight out and my iPhone was at my distribution center and being held for me to pick up.

EDIT: found the screenshot from last year!

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I remember that typhoon. Everybody was going insane in the forum thinking we were all going to miss out on launch day arrival. I kept changing my mind last minute about which model I wanted so I wasn't one of the early orders/deliveries affected by the storm, but the mood here was dreary!
 
pcall1128 said:
I remember that typhoon. Everybody was going insane in the forum thinking we were all going to miss out on launch day arrival. I kept changing my mind last minute about which model I wanted so I wasn't one of the early orders/deliveries affected by the storm, but the mood here was dreary!
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It was! My phone just missed it by like 8 hours. I felt so bad
 
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