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Confused about shipment ...

Hi all,

I am hoping someone can throw some light on this. My order says 'preparing for shipment' and also says 'available to ship: June'. Soooo ... what does this mean? Anyway one else had this? I noticed that there is a charge on my card from Apple as well. Imminent shipping?

Thanks all!
 

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Hi all,

I am hoping someone can throw some light on this. My order says 'preparing for shipment' and also says 'available to ship: June'. Soooo ... what does this mean? Anyway one else had this? I noticed that there is a charge on my card from Apple as well. Imminent shipping?

Thanks all!

It means you'll probably have it fairly shortly...lucky.
 
It means you'll probably have it fairly shortly...lucky.

Are you waiting on one? If so, which one? I noticed that the ship times for blue Blue band sport models have fallen to 2-3 weeks shipping. I almost cancelled the 38mm sport blue last night to get something better in time for Mother's Day but noticed that it was 'preparing to ship'. I have no business buying the SS 38mm anyway (wife will kill me for spending this money ... but hoping that she will be happy with a thoughtfully chosen gift from kid):D
 
Are you waiting on one? If so, which one? I noticed that the ship times for blue Blue band sport models have fallen to 2-3 weeks shipping. I almost cancelled the 38mm sport blue last night to get something better in time for Mother's Day but noticed that it was 'preparing to ship'. I have no business buying the SS 38mm anyway (wife will kill me for spending this money ... but hoping that she will be happy with a thoughtfully chosen gift from kid):D

I have a 42 Sport w/black band that ships in June, and a Sport with green band that delivers 5/15-5/21

I would rather the blue band...hmm to give up green or not...
 
Are you waiting on one? If so, which one? I noticed that the ship times for blue Blue band sport models have fallen to 2-3 weeks shipping. I almost cancelled the 38mm sport blue last night to get something better in time for Mother's Day but noticed that it was 'preparing to ship'. I have no business buying the SS 38mm anyway (wife will kill me for spending this money ... but hoping that she will be happy with a thoughtfully chosen gift from kid):D

I was tempted to cancel and switch to blue (and buy a black sport band), but I saw a space grey sport here at work, and it looks really good. I'm glad I decided to wait.

... but I hate the wait after waking up in the middle of the night to order.
 
I have a 42 Sport w/black band that ships in June, and a Sport with green band that delivers 5/15-5/21

I would rather the blue band...hmm to give up green or not...

Well, if you want the blue, that's an easy choice no?

I was tempted to cancel and switch to blue (and buy a black sport band), but I saw a space grey sport here at work, and it looks really good. I'm glad I decided to wait.

... but I hate the wait after waking up in the middle of the night to order.

I feel for you! I just placed my order on the 28th, so I can't really complain. The SG sport with black seems to be by far the most popular!
 
My card has been charged; no order status change yet though. Apple isn't having these delivered on Saturdays by any chance, are they? Haha. I guess I'll be seeing it on Monday if it ships today.

Edit: now preparing for shipment.
 
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Just had my 42 Milanese prepare for shipping. Ordered at 3:40 EST. Had May 13-26 delivery window
 
I was tempted to cancel and switch to blue (and buy a black sport band), but I saw a space grey sport here at work, and it looks really good. I'm glad I decided to wait.

... but I hate the wait after waking up in the middle of the night to order.

Same here. I've gone to the Apple Store a couple of times and really had a good look at the various options. I really didn't care for the blue, green or pink bands. I know if I ordered them just to get the watch sooner, I'd pretty much never wear them and just end up ordering (and waiting for) a new band.

Plus, I think the Space Grey finish looks better with all of the bands, even the white. If you go to the mix your watch site, I think the space grey looks way better with the white band than the silver that it normally comes with. I ordered a white band for a more casual look; it just says "ships in May".
 
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Just had my 42 Milanese prepare for shipping. Ordered at 3:40 EST. Had May 13-26 delivery window

Still processing for me.

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My card has been charged; no order status change yet though. Apple isn't having these delivered on Saturdays by any chance, are they? Haha. I guess I'll be seeing it on Monday if it ships today.

Edit: now preparing for shipment.

Which watch did you order, and at what time?
 
Over this. UPS suck. My watch shipped 6 days ago and I still don't have it and it looks like I'm going to have to wait till Monday at the earliest.

Pissed.
 
38mm SG Watch now preparing to ship to Quebec City :D Confirmation email at 3:05:29 on 04/10.

EDIT: Status just changed to Shipped!
 
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So mad. UPS missed my Thursday delivery, my Friday and hopefully now it will come on Monday. 100% ringing Apple and UPS tomorrow asking for answers.
 
Jasper, Alberta.

To be fair, I'm in the middle of no where.

Probably at least an extra day.

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I noticed that the only one with a 2-3 week shipping time (maybe faster) was the sport watch with the blue band.

My order moved from 'processing' to 'preparing for shipment' last night. Anyone know what the typical wait times are from here to 'shipped' status?

thanks.

There is no typical. Varies by style.

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That's what I thought. I went to the Apple Store and they don't even have bands in-store.

But I saw a thread stating that you could buy a Sport with pink bands and it'll ship quickly and could go and swap bands at the store, so that's why I asked.

Really? Did not see that. Even my Wife's pink 42 was not delivered until Wed. and she ordered about 6 minutes into the presale.

Blue was very available with next day shipping on the 23rd and 24th. The store showed June but if you ordered it shipped right out. Wearing one now.
 
So mad. UPS missed my Thursday delivery, my Friday and hopefully now it will come on Monday. 100% ringing Apple and UPS tomorrow asking for answers.

UPS missed me on thursday, so i called them within the hour of getting the notice on the door - they said they would try to contact the driver to see if he could attempt a 2nd delivery that same day. A couple hours later UPS called me back and said he'd be able to, so I got my watch around 2pm. Worth a try..!
 
UPS missed me on thursday, so i called them within the hour of getting the notice on the door - they said they would try to contact the driver to see if he could attempt a 2nd delivery that same day. A couple hours later UPS called me back and said he'd be able to, so I got my watch around 2pm. Worth a try..!

Oh they didn't even come for me to miss it. I just wish they'd say when it was coming. I live four hours away from anywhere, so it's going to take longer so tell me it's going to take longer rather than missing me about.
 
Oh they didn't even come for me to miss it. I just wish they'd say when it was coming. I live four hours away from anywhere, so it's going to take longer so tell me it's going to take longer rather than missing me about.

weird that your UPS tracking page doesn't have an estimated delivery date on it. Even Apple sent me an estimated delivery date in the email (it was a day later than it actually arrived).

I guess that's the difference of living in the city versus not.
 
weird that your UPS tracking page doesn't have an estimated delivery date on it. Even Apple sent me an estimated delivery date in the email (it was a day later than it actually arrived).

I guess that's the difference of living in the city versus not.

Apple said the 30th. UPS says information unavailable. I've ordered stuff from Apple many times, and it always gets delayed one day, but nothing like this before.
 
It' on the way!!!

42mm SS BSB
Ordered: Apr 10 @ 1:58am PDT (almost 2 hours after pre orders started)
- no EOD (or any other email other than order confirmation)
Shipping Window: 4-6 weeks (May 20 - June 1)
Charged: May 2 @ 11:20am PDT
Location: Vancouver
Status: Preparing for Shipment

Still waiting for any email to say it's shipped, or tracking info.
 
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