According to my AT&T store and many others in other states, AT&T stores will not be getting new shipments for walk-ins until all DF orders are fulfilled (within 3-4 weeks).
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Did you order to have one shipped @ ATT store?
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According to my AT&T store and many others in other states, AT&T stores will not be getting new shipments for walk-ins until all DF orders are fulfilled (within 3-4 weeks).
I ordered mine on Friday around Noon (Highland Park Area, MN) and my status is still back ordered. I am one of, if not the 1st DF for our AT@T store.
Wish I could walk into an Apple store and get one, but its a dry spell here.
Anybody else on back order from Friday's orders? I am hoping at least mine gets shipped on Tuesday. I have my bodyguard kit and all! 😉
I ordered mine Friday at around 10:00 or earlier at the only ATT store in my area. Still/again listed on backorder. :/
cornopaez
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Mine was ordered around 3.00pm friday, coming today according to the fedex tracking system (overnighter.)
Hooray! 😀
cornopaez
macrumors regular
Screw it, I'm going to the Apple store in the morning and cancelling my DF order. I paid 20 bucks for 3 day shipping and it's indefinitely backordered, after they told me "it's available, it'll ship directly from the factory."
cornopaez
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That really sucks, I had no clue you could actually pay more for faster shipping. I got standard overnight for free... what does it depend on?
Yup. Albuquerque, NM. Ordered about 10am Friday, still listed as backordered.
edit: Just checked online, says my apple store won't have any in stock tomorrow. grrr....
edit: Just checked online, says my apple store won't have any in stock tomorrow. grrr....
not bregging just giving out info. I ordered my white iphone friday at about 2. It shipped at 3pm yesterday. It is in Indianapalis In. right now as of 1:30 am this mourning. It should be here today by 3pm. So. I think anyone who ordered a white iphone on friday should be in the same boat.. i dont know why i would be special.
checked about 20 min ago. mine's still backordered. i ordered through at&t df on friday around noon in ft worth (bryant irvin store).
antzona
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It depends on whether or not the rep helping you chose to click in the box that says "Waive Shipping Fee".
Lies
For those of you who were mislead, as i was, that the Direct Fullfillment orders are filled prior to your average walkin, those were misleading statements from the ATT reps. A close friend of mine works for ATT and she explained to me that, the DF orders come COMPLETELY seperate of any other shipments received for iPhone. Let's say this, you ordered your phone Friday and the store received a shipment on Saturday, you will NOT get first dibbs on those phone. Whatever lucky customers that are in line or walk up get those. And as far as cancelation. You can. Let's say that you walk by an ATT store and you walk in are told they have a phone in stock and it happens to be the one you want and have previously DF ordered. You can purchase that one and you would have to return to the original store and cancel the order once it has been shipped.. Which means that you pay for that phone and the shipped phone, however, the shipped will be refunded once you cancel. So in saying all that. You pay double for the phone and will get refunded the half at some point.
And as far back tracking the order before yours in an effort to see when you'll get your phone. That doesn't seem to be reliable. I'm about the 14th to do the DF at my store, Houston, Tx FM 1960 Rd. And it look appears as though 1 person ahead of me has been shipped their phone and that person wasn't the first, according to the order number sequence.
Who know's when we'll receive the phone. The 5-7 days seems to be standard across the board. I don't for see Apple and/or ATT shipping EVERYONES the same. I've become all but obsessed about this. checking the status every few hours.
For those of you who were mislead, as i was, that the Direct Fullfillment orders are filled prior to your average walkin, those were misleading statements from the ATT reps. A close friend of mine works for ATT and she explained to me that, the DF orders come COMPLETELY seperate of any other shipments received for iPhone. Let's say this, you ordered your phone Friday and the store received a shipment on Saturday, you will NOT get first dibbs on those phone. Whatever lucky customers that are in line or walk up get those. And as far as cancelation. You can. Let's say that you walk by an ATT store and you walk in are told they have a phone in stock and it happens to be the one you want and have previously DF ordered. You can purchase that one and you would have to return to the original store and cancel the order once it has been shipped.. Which means that you pay for that phone and the shipped phone, however, the shipped will be refunded once you cancel. So in saying all that. You pay double for the phone and will get refunded the half at some point.
And as far back tracking the order before yours in an effort to see when you'll get your phone. That doesn't seem to be reliable. I'm about the 14th to do the DF at my store, Houston, Tx FM 1960 Rd. And it look appears as though 1 person ahead of me has been shipped their phone and that person wasn't the first, according to the order number sequence.
Who know's when we'll receive the phone. The 5-7 days seems to be standard across the board. I don't for see Apple and/or ATT shipping EVERYONES the same. I've become all but obsessed about this. checking the status every few hours.
Hope
There's hope for everyone. Apparently the AT&T order status page is updated too often. As of midnight last night my wife's 8gb iPhone was listed backordered, but this morning (2:30am, I was asleep) not only has it shipped but it is scheduled to arrive TODAY. Looking at the tracking information it was actually picked up yesterday at 4:30CDT so it took the site 9 hours to chnage from backordered to shipped after it had left their facility.
That's one down, now I just have to wait for my black 16gb, I'm going to be so jealous when she gets to open hers before me😱
There's hope for everyone. Apparently the AT&T order status page is updated too often. As of midnight last night my wife's 8gb iPhone was listed backordered, but this morning (2:30am, I was asleep) not only has it shipped but it is scheduled to arrive TODAY. Looking at the tracking information it was actually picked up yesterday at 4:30CDT so it took the site 9 hours to chnage from backordered to shipped after it had left their facility.
That's one down, now I just have to wait for my black 16gb, I'm going to be so jealous when she gets to open hers before me😱
?????
I've read many post but I'm still need clarification. Mine as gone from Backordered on phone and freight to only backordered on freight. Any possible meaning?😕
I've read many post but I'm still need clarification. Mine as gone from Backordered on phone and freight to only backordered on freight. Any possible meaning?😕
**** this. I called last night and they still don't have any shipping info for it. Can I cancel on the phone or do I actually have to go to the store? My brother gets home at 1pm. Here's to hoping Apple stores have some in.
Shipped
i checked my status since my last post, about 30 minutes, mine has shipped. I almost felt as if i won the lottery. i won't get excited until I have it in hand. There is hope.
i checked my status since my last post, about 30 minutes, mine has shipped. I almost felt as if i won the lottery. i won't get excited until I have it in hand. There is hope.
i checked my status since my last post, about 30 minutes, mine has shipped. I almost felt as if i won the lottery. i won't get excited until I have it in hand. There is hope.
And what kind of iPhone are you expecting BB2iPhone?
Yeah, it seems like a lot of the white 16gb are shipping, but not a whole lot of the black 16gb.
That's fine - but it doesn't mean that ATT won't fill boxes for DF at the warehouse before sending out boxes for the stores' walk ins.
I also don't expect that everyone who ordered at, say, 11am on Friday, will get their phones at the same time. Depends on your proximity to a shipping center, where Apple is sending the phones, etc.
For example - it took 2 days for my MacBook to get to Cincinnati from Alaska. If I'd been in Alaska, I'd have gotten it at least a day sooner. And, when I order from Banana Republic, I always get my order in 24-48 hours. Why? Because their shipping center is in Columbus.
Logistics are complicated, but bad logistics does not an evil company make. Wal-Mart has fantastic logistics....
I also don't expect that everyone who ordered at, say, 11am on Friday, will get their phones at the same time. Depends on your proximity to a shipping center, where Apple is sending the phones, etc.
For example - it took 2 days for my MacBook to get to Cincinnati from Alaska. If I'd been in Alaska, I'd have gotten it at least a day sooner. And, when I order from Banana Republic, I always get my order in 24-48 hours. Why? Because their shipping center is in Columbus.
Logistics are complicated, but bad logistics does not an evil company make. Wal-Mart has fantastic logistics....
I ordered a White 16GB on Friday 07/11/08 at 10:29:59 AM and I just got the shipping information this morning. It says shipped FedEx today Tuesday July 15th at 6:00 AM from Forth Worth, Texas. It says will be in Coralville, Iowa tomorrow at 3:00 PM. Hope this helps all you!
HDJulie
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I don't think people here are as much concerned with when the phones will get to the store as much as when the order goes to shipped status. We'll bitch about how long shipping takes once we actually get a tracking number 🙂. So where you are should not impact when you ship.
I was referring to the the in store supply, not to how the orders were fille at the warehouse
Sweetbike40
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Mine still shows backordered. I ordered Fri. around 1pm. 8gig
I just would like it before the weekend.
Mine still shows backordered. I ordered Fri. around 1pm. 8gig
I just would like it before the weekend.