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ATT iPhone 5 Pre-order thread
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Well it sounds believable what he is saying. But let me say this. He really isn't saying anything that we don't know. About how many orders they have, how you have to wait and see by Thursday if you get a shipping email etc. This is not something that someone else on here hasn't speculated about at one point or another. If he really wanted to prove that he had inside info, he would give us something more than this.
who is "they" lol and i ordered mine at 4am friday morning pacific time....mine is still supposedly on "back order" tho.
You're the man. My status said processing until I clicked that link. Now it says pending shipment, "in progress"
What do you think the Xmas season is like for them? They aren't some rinky dink operation. They deliver millions of packages everyday. Friday is just another day on the job.
Sure! Cookies for all!
better be overnight shipping via fedex in an airtight container. thanks in advance! PM me my tracking number ok?
Your order for cookies has been received.
Your shipment should arrive as soon as 9/21/2012.
**Starts new Cookie tracking thread
This is not Christmas, when they would be staffed for increased volume. Fedex averages 3.6 million packages a day and there will be at some estimates between 1 and 3 million more on Friday.
Just called them and figured it out...2-3 weeks, delivered to their store
Thanks!
This is not true. Ordering in store doesn't make a difference. I preordered in store and ive been able to check my order status since saturday morning. My order shows ordered on the 14th and is currently pending for shipment.
Confusion
im not out of contract but i want a 5!
we have 2 iphone 4s on a family plan. i want to order the 5 as and added line to get the $199 price, which i can do from Apple or AT&T. t
he SIM change is tossing a loop in my plan. i want my existing 4s # to be transferred to the 5. the new # goes to the 4s which i am giving to our kid. yes, lucky kid.
stopped in an AT&T store where i was told just to swap the SIMs. well, that cant be done since they are different.
i am reading that i just need to NOT activate it when it arrives and visit a store front to explain what i want and they will assist me. do i have my plan straight here?
much thanks. later.
im not out of contract but i want a 5!
we have 2 iphone 4s on a family plan. i want to order the 5 as and added line to get the $199 price, which i can do from Apple or AT&T. t
he SIM change is tossing a loop in my plan. i want my existing 4s # to be transferred to the 5. the new # goes to the 4s which i am giving to our kid. yes, lucky kid.
stopped in an AT&T store where i was told just to swap the SIMs. well, that cant be done since they are different.
i am reading that i just need to NOT activate it when it arrives and visit a store front to explain what i want and they will assist me. do i have my plan straight here?
much thanks. later.
See my fear is that it will get to Thursday and there will be an issue, and when I call they'll try to rectify it, but won't be able to because of stock or they wont be able to get it to me on 9/21, basically be past the time of correction.
So far I've had to follow up every AM on this since 9/14 because what ever the previous CSR has done was not right, or finished correctly to move the order forward. Until I get tracking I'm probably going to keep checking. This is the first time I've had to do this, all my other iPhones went through ok. Well, except the nightmare 3g line at the apple store, but that a camp fire horror story for another time.
So far I've had to follow up every AM on this since 9/14 because what ever the previous CSR has done was not right, or finished correctly to move the order forward. Until I get tracking I'm probably going to keep checking. This is the first time I've had to do this, all my other iPhones went through ok. Well, except the nightmare 3g line at the apple store, but that a camp fire horror story for another time.
Does Fedex and UPS do Saturday deliveries in this case? Anyone with past knowledge know?
They do for more money, but your iPhone will either get there on Friday or not. If it doesn't don't expect anything until Monday, Saturday shipping isn't an option unless you pay alot more money.
Mine actually says order date was on the 16th
I actually ordered mine @ 7:45am on the 14th.
Says "pending shipment / quantity ordered 1 / quantity back ordered 0"
Hope I get it this Friday
I would guess that the shippers were given enough notice to ensure that they were able to increase staffing for Friday. The carriers were given notice about the launch so they could blackout this week for no vacation, so I would guess Apple extended the same courtesy to the shippers.
Last year, I spoke with our UPS guy, and he told me that it just meant a longer day for him because there was more to deliver. He delivered a package to me sometime after 7pm (not an iPhone), which was a few hours after the usual time he comes.
Usually when back ordered turns to 0 it's cause it's almost ready to ship. I always order my iPhone and once my back order goes to 0 the next day I get the tracking number, so it does mean something
Lol this is hilarious, if they have only packaged 1% of the 16GB black ones, what is he doing on macrumors? Shouldnt he be working?
