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Are Apple and UPS going to be processing on Sunday?
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All I know is my watch is sitting in my local hub exactly 1 mile from my house on hold for me to pickup tomorrow at 9am, I will be there at 8:50 am.
I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it again. You might be in store for a wait if you hit them when they first open.
When packages get exceptioned out for HLD, they're kicked out of the system to a clerk who's got to get them to the customer counter. Monday's are usually hellish at work. We're not waiting for trucks to come to unload, everything is there waiting so the pace is killer. My guys average 250 packages per hour for loading, and most of them have four trucks as an example.
My point being is that by 9am we're in wrap-up to get trucks finalized and the hell out of there and depending on when you're taken off the unload trucks you might be sitting with a clerk until they CAN get to the customer counter. Don't panic if the clerk says they don't have your package yet. If it says it's being held, it'll be held. It just physically hasn't gotten to the counter yet.
First I would like to thank you for all the help. Second, How are the watch shipments working? Do they send the off china on pallets and then as soon as they arrive to the state on TN and pallets are opened they apple customers see a change on status to prepare for shipments? Meaning the real status of prepare for shipment is done by UPS? At least on the watches.
Or does ups get it send it to apple and then they process and send it back to ups?
Little confusing, so I'll try on this one:
I can't speak to the international piece of it from China to the US; that's beyond my knowledge level and with my job I have nothing to do with that piece of it.
Does Apple have distribution centers so that the package go from China to distribution center, to UPS to you? I have no clue for sure, but I assume they do.
As far as once the planes touch down (we have a number of major hubs in the US. they're unloaded, scanned for destination and sorted to semis for land transport to their distribution centers. I'm assuming those will fulfill the orders and kick them back out for UPS to distribute to local hubs. Once at the local hubs, those trucks are unloaded and packages are scanned for final destination. That dictates what trucks they're put on (the drivers that you see), or kicked out of the system for "hold for pickup".
When you get a package, you'll see a while sticker labeled to the effect of something like "SMIT 2400", as an example. SMIT is the truck name so the loaders know where it goes and the 2400 tells the loader where to put it IN the truck so when the driver comes to your house he knows where to find it in the truck quickly.
That's my best guess. On Apple's piece of the puzzle I'm making assumptions so take that with a grain of salt. As to UPSjob I can speak to that all day. We know this is a product launch and Apple fans are somewhat nuts
We don't want anybody to not get their coveted package because of something we didn't do correctly.
Earlier this morning I noticed a DPD van (UK) stopping by my local post reception. The driver got out with one parcel which was a similar size and shape to Apple Watch box and signed it into the reception. The labelling on the box was very similar to the labelling I received on my iPhone 6 delivery. He then got in his van and left.
I have not received my
Watch yet and so could not confirm that it was definetly the parcel. Just seems strange that only one parcel was delivered on a Sunday.
Is it possible some deliveries are being made on a Sunday exclusively for Apple?
I have not received my
Watch yet and so could not confirm that it was definetly the parcel. Just seems strange that only one parcel was delivered on a Sunday.Is it possible some deliveries are being made on a Sunday exclusively for Apple?
This is right. Unless it's Chinese New Year and then they stop for a few days or so...
First how do you guys even know this? And second, how do you know it would even be
They don't and most likely only one or two actually carry watches. The demand isn't nearly as high as it is for iPhone launches.
I think we will all be mildly surprised by the sales of the Watch. I will get my 38mm Space Grey tomorrow but it looks like the delay was from the straps.
If you look in these forums and other blogs, a lot of people are reporting grease stains on their watch bands which is a defect of the manufacturing process.
Little confusing, so I'll try on this one:
I can't speak to the international piece of it from China to the US; that's beyond my knowledge level and with my job I have nothing to do with that piece of it.
Does Apple have distribution centers so that the package go from China to distribution center, to UPS to you? I have no clue for sure, but I assume they do.
As far as once the planes touch down (we have a number of major hubs in the US. they're unloaded, scanned for destination and sorted to semis for land transport to their distribution centers. I'm assuming those will fulfill the orders and kick them back out for UPS to distribute to local hubs. Once at the local hubs, those trucks are unloaded and packages are scanned for final destination. That dictates what trucks they're put on (the drivers that you see), or kicked out of the system for "hold for pickup".
When you get a package, you'll see a while sticker labeled to the effect of something like "SMIT 2400", as an example. SMIT is the truck name so the loaders know where it goes and the 2400 tells the loader where to put it IN the truck so when the driver comes to your house he knows where to find it in the truck quickly.
That's my best guess. On Apple's piece of the puzzle I'm making assumptions so take that with a grain of salt. As to UPSjob I can speak to that all day. We know this is a product launch and Apple fans are somewhat nuts
Thanks nice to know this. Always a little more info is nice.