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Apple Watch Series 6 Shipping/Order Status Thread

Theyayarealivin said:
It’s 12:51AM in Las Vegas. I figured I check the order by reference # via UPS! Guess what, tracking number showed up. WOO HOO!!!

Looks like My AW is coming straight from China 🇨🇳 I cannot wait! Thank god I have tracking number now atleast.

I have no idea where Apple INC C-O Luxshare Itech (zhejia jiashan) is. It’s coming home, straight to Las Vegas!!!

waiting for custom to release it at the moment.. Im so excited.
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Mine came from there also. And, like yours, said my hometown as "delivery too." but this is the actual route it is taking. And, keep in mind, that China is 11-12 hours ahead of us, so this actually started on 10/7 our time, not 10/8.

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Shadowbech said:
Pre-orders are likely will be coming from China but maybe down the road when customers order iPhone, it could ship from one of the apple stores, I think it's more likely for those who don't have an Apple store in their city, and if that's the case and based on their address provided for delivery, they may have the closest apple store ship it out rather then the warehouse in California, or Tennessee or PA.
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Not all orders, mine came from Sydney, very quick service by TNT to Melbourne, heard a lot of people say that their watch was already in the country, instead of coming from china.

Strange how some orders come directly form china and some don't.
 
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LFC2020 said:
Not all orders, mine came from Sydney, very quick service by TNT to Melbourne, heard a lot of people say that their watch was already in the country, instead of coming from china.

Strange how some orders come directly form china and some don't.
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I think it all comes down to the logistic. Wherever the product is available. But you got it from Sydney! That’s so cool and special.
 
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Theyayarealivin said:
I think it all comes down to the logistic. Wherever the product is available. But you got it from Sydney! That’s so cool and special.
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Can't fault apples courier service, so quick, If only their accessories didn't come via the national post. 🥺

My charging brick arrived without my tracking letting me know where it is, 1 week late. 🤦‍♂️😂

Hopefully my charcoal sport loop arrives tomorrow, need a comfy band so I can flex around the house. 😂
 
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LFC2020 said:
Not all orders, mine came from Sydney, very quick service by TNT to Melbourne, heard a lot of people say that their watch was already in the country, instead of coming from china.

Strange how some orders come directly form china and some don't.
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Well it's possible that the warehouse there has been stocking up then. Most, if not but all watches are assembled in China so yours did came from china. Just that China shipped it to Sydney first and unpackaged all of them to be stored in shelf.
 
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Shadowbech said:
Well it's possible that the warehouse there has been stocking up then. Most, if not but all watches are assembled in China so yours did came from china. Just that China shipped it to Sydney first and unpackaged all of them to be stored in shelf.
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True, i'd rather see my tracking start in Sydney instead of china, it's only a 1h30m flight to Melbourne, Instead of checking my tracking every 5 minutes to see what's happening in china, and why it's not moving faster. 😂
 
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mosesa said:
Mine came from there also. And, like yours, said my hometown as "delivery too." but this is the actual route it is taking. And, keep in mind, that China is 11-12 hours ahead of us, so this actually started on 10/7 our time, not 10/8.

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Our watches are apparently on the same plane. Mine is in AK, too. Wonder if it can clear customs there on the weekend or do we have to wait till Monday for them to move again. Apple still says delivery on Thursday (Florida); UPS says "check back."

UPDATE - Got my answer, left AK a couple of hours ago.
 
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I have never purchased an Apple product that has taken this long to ship from China. And I've bought dozens and dozens of new Apple stuff. Right now my order is hung up in South Korea for days on end. Even a simple watch band is on back order from china. It's ridiculous. They need to bring this operation back to USA I think. I canm only imagine the iphone shipping cluster f that's coming.
 
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Volusia said:
Our watches are apparently on the same plane. Mine is in AK, too. Wonder if it can clear customs there on the weekend or do we have to wait till Monday for them to move again. Apple still says delivery on Thursday (Florida); UPS says "check back."

UPDATE - Got my answer, left AK a couple of hours ago.
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I think we will get them Monday.
 
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xgman said:
I have never purchased an Apple product that has taken this long to ship from China. And I've bought dozens and dozens of new Apple stuff. Right now my order is hung up in South Korea for days on end. Even a simple watch band is on back order from china. It's ridiculous. They need to bring this operation back to USA I think. I canm only imagine the iphone shipping cluster f that's coming.
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Believe it or not it will definitely be back ordered till February.
 
Volusia said:
Our watches are apparently on the same plane. Mine is in AK, too. Wonder if it can clear customs there on the weekend or do we have to wait till Monday for them to move again. Apple still says delivery on Thursday (Florida); UPS says "check back."

UPDATE - Got my answer, left AK a couple of hours ago.
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The Import Scan won't happen until it arrives in Louisville, KY. I have a Wednesday delivery for the watch. I just checked my tracking and looks like it already arrived in Louisville KY. I think it's possible for the import scan to come through tomorrow (it's known 2-3 days as well) and on it's way for delivery and a possible chance it will come Monday instead of Wednesday.
 
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mosesa said:
Mine came from there also. And, like yours, said my hometown as "delivery too." but this is the actual route it is taking. And, keep in mind, that China is 11-12 hours ahead of us, so this actually started on 10/7 our time, not 10/8.

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I should see some activity tomorrow. I'm trying to find out in Google Maps where exactly that is lol. Do you have the same description?
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geekiemac said:
As far as Switzerland deliveries go, once it leaves Pudong Int.l Airport it should take around 5 days for it to arrive. I don't have the TNT details any more but it went to NL and from there GVA and then within a day it was delivered.

[EDIT: mine didn't stop in Shanghai but then there was a "problem" on the way and on the next status it was already in the Netherlands.]

Ordered mine a day after yours and received it on 29th September. (bi au i d Schwiiz)
Which model did you pick?
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AW S6 space grey 44mm with charcoal sport loop.
Still no change on shipping days, still in Shanghai since Oct 8th.
 
Seems to me that Apple makes their logistics way more complicated by insisting on bundling watches and bands.

Anyway, I placed two orders on Friday (October 9) and they have very different delivery dates. My wife (her first Apple watch) will be happy, anyway!
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davidholliday said:
Seems to me that Apple makes their logistics way more complicated by insisting on bundling watches and bands.
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It also seems like Apple does not shift allocations of orders from overseas fulfillment to domestic and vice versa once the order has been placed. My order from Sept 17 was allocated to come from China, and they never shifted it to domestic, even though about a week ago all the Apple stores around me had the configuration I ordered in stock. They also had a 2 hour courier delivery option. Both are now gone though as they appear to have sold through that stock.

But I totally get where you're coming from with the bundles. From some unboxings I've seen it appears the watch and band are in different boxes, but wrapped inside an outer box. Why can't they just package them separately? That would simplify logistics a bit since they don't need to wait for them to be bundled together in the outer box. Just grab a watch from shelf 1, a band from shelf 2, put them in the same shipping box, done! Though obviously they would have to ship them together because it would be useless to have a watch arrive before the band if shipped separately.
 
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Germany here. Ordered on 6th October an SE with green braided loop, estimated arrival date: 11 December :eek: I might as well cancel it
 
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