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BestBuy W Ultra Status
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They did a test payment on my card the day I preordered but I haven’t been charged yet. Still set to deliver by Friday.
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Same exact model as yours. Just got off the phone with their customer service. They said nothing has been changed yet because the order hasn’t been “acknowledged”. They just told me to keep an eye for email, basically have no other info to give.
I’ve checked days after I ordered and tried to test order another one, the new order was still saying delivery by 9/23….
Got a text today my order is ready to be shipped. Orange alpine loop
Green Alpine Loop, no status change, still says “preordered, get it by release date Sept 23”
Glad someone finally started this thread, ordered as soon as pre-order opened. No movement on order yet. Scheduled for 9/23. Hoping I see a shipment soon
This feels on par with other things I’ve preordered from them. At least from my experience buying games from them it usually goes like this. The worst case scenario is it shows up a day late but we should be just fine
This is my first year doing a pre-order with BestBuy for everything. I've been using them for TotalTech (AppleCare) for a lot of purchases and figured I'd give them a shot.
iPhone Order day was a ****-show but finally 4 hours in, I was able to order the 14 Pro Max 1TB and, like they promised, it was ready for pickup Friday at 10AM CheckMark for them
My AirPods Pro 2 and Ultra both say 'release day" still and I hope they all are shipped on time but at the end of the day, I can wait a bit longer if needed.
iPhone Order day was a ****-show but finally 4 hours in, I was able to order the 14 Pro Max 1TB and, like they promised, it was ready for pickup Friday at 10AM CheckMark for them
My AirPods Pro 2 and Ultra both say 'release day" still and I hope they all are shipped on time but at the end of the day, I can wait a bit longer if needed.
Did you have the pickup option when you ordered the phone? I didn't have that option for the watch for me. It still doesn't let me choose or change it.This is my first year doing a pre-order with BestBuy for everything. I've been using them for TotalTech (AppleCare) for a lot of purchases and figured I'd give them a shot.
iPhone Order day was a ****-show but finally 4 hours in, I was able to order the 14 Pro Max 1TB and, like they promised, it was ready for pickup Friday at 10AM CheckMark for them
My AirPods Pro 2 and Ultra both say 'release day" still and I hope they all are shipped on time but at the end of the day, I can wait a bit longer if needed.
I did have a pickup option for the phone since UPS comes at 7PM and FedEx at 2PM so I was there at 10AM to grab it. Only 2 of us were there for iPhone pre-orders. I live in the middle of nowhere.
Watch and AirPods I was only able to have shipped. Now, I can login and change AirPods to store pickup but I can't make any changes to Ultra which gives me hope that they are about to ship. Back to my store being middle of nowhere, they don't carry stainless steel or edition watches so my assumption is that they would not be carrying the Ultra in-store and that's why it was only able to be shipped.
Here's how they look for me:
Until yesterday, I could 'make shipping changes' on the watch but now it's greyed out. My BestBuy card has not been charged yet.
Side-Note, I've had TotalTech for 11 months and I'm absolutely going to be renewing in October:
Ive used their restocking fee waiver a lot and they've replaced my drone for free and installed a dishwasher + haul away for free. Then the $180 is all AppleCare savings.
Nice savings there! My watch has never showed the option for pickup and I live in a bigger city with seven Best Buys that typically stock the SS but not the editions. My card also hasn't been charged. If it's a couple days late I'm not too worried but I'll probably check our Apple Store on Friday anyway.
I originally pre-ordered the Ultra via Apple, but the estimated delivery window was into October. So, I canceled that order and ordered one via Best Buy, which will be available on the 23rd. I didn't get the band I wanted, but I ordered a different one from Apple. I've been refreshing the order status every 5 minutes. I need an intervention. 🤣
Did the exact same thing yesterday. Ordered two bands from Apple (a Nike and a Braided Loop) until the band I want is available.
Did the BB last resort order scenario.
Not the band I wanted, but I don't know band I want, so I'm good.
I've been waffling
Not the band I wanted, but I don't know band I want, so I'm good.
I've been waffling
I'm in the same boat....ordered last Friday. Medium alpine green ultra....My credit card has a "Pending" charge on it from Best Buy...no other updates...still says “preordered, get it by release date Sept 23”.....meanwhile the same one I ordered from Apple has been pushed back to Oct 4-Oct 11....I find it hard to believe that if Apple is pushing back delivery dates, that Best Buy would not be as well....We will all find out soon...
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So not an Ultra, but a iW8C SS graphite - Milanese loop that I don't need - ordered last Saturday. Yesterday, BB email said it is ready to shop. BB app says ship by Tuesday of next week, but UPS app says delivery this Saturday.
Even if delivery is next Tuesday that is still faster than my original Apple custom pre-order with a leather link band. However, now I have to find a way to trade that Milanese loop for leather link.
Edited to note that now even BB is saying delivery on Saturday.
Even if delivery is next Tuesday that is still faster than my original Apple custom pre-order with a leather link band. However, now I have to find a way to trade that Milanese loop for leather link.
Edited to note that now even BB is saying delivery on Saturday.
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Did the same - had an Apple Order with Delivery Sept. 30-Oct. 7th. Checked BB and they had Sep. 23 so ordered from BB and cancelled apple order. Alpine Orange. Few days later they charged me for Applecare but so far No movement and still says “Get by Release Date Sept. 23rd…”.
Will say a few days later checked BB and they had some watches with different dates into October and many band types not even available at all - so gave me some hope they had some plan/visibility into how many they could ship and when.
As long as I get on or before my apple dates will be OK - especially as a number of apple orders seem to be pushed back. The lack of visibility from Best Buy is not good, but from what I can tell normal for them. We will see…
Will say a few days later checked BB and they had some watches with different dates into October and many band types not even available at all - so gave me some hope they had some plan/visibility into how many they could ship and when.
As long as I get on or before my apple dates will be OK - especially as a number of apple orders seem to be pushed back. The lack of visibility from Best Buy is not good, but from what I can tell normal for them. We will see…