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Hello to all -
Glad I found this thread yesterday. Its a damn shame so many of us are in the same boat, but at least Im not alone. Ordered my G5 from the on-line Apple store at 6:59am PDT June 9. The original ship on or before was 7/30 now 8/20. If it slips into September Ill go ballistic. Ive been a Mac user since 1984 (128k) so theres no chance Ill join the Widows brigade. With a little luck maybe some of us will actually see our G5s ship in the next three days.
Hello to all -
Glad I found this thread yesterday. Its a damn shame so many of us are in the same boat, but at least Im not alone. Ordered my G5 from the on-line Apple store at 6:59am PDT June 9. The original ship on or before was 7/30 now 8/20. If it slips into September Ill go ballistic. Ive been a Mac user since 1984 (128k) so theres no chance Ill join the Widows brigade. With a little luck maybe some of us will actually see our G5s ship in the next three days.
Photo Man said:
Thats great, I talked to him yesterday. He was one of the most knowledgeable sales reps i've ever talked to. Too bad that he gave me the same speech.
Studio Dweller said:
I find this hard to believe too. I ordered 12ET on 6/9 and have heard nothing from ClubMac yet (affiliated with MacMall) about shipping/let alone a tracking number. I will try and give them a call as well and see whats up.
JW Pepper said:
I had a pre-authorization on Monday, this would have been my third. I did a custom order with the 6800. My delivery date is Aug. 31 or sooner... I hope I can squeek in on the Aug. 20th date, that would be really awesome then of course I would be waiting on the 30 inch Cinema Display...
Time for a change
Time to bite the bullet.
I've waited so long for my G5 2.5 mac I guess I can wait abit longer. Decided to update order with bluetooth + BT keyboard and mouse (+66GBP), FC express (£200-130 GBP)and 10 mth interest free credit. As I'm putting myself to the back of the Q (from June 11th). I have decided to cancel reseller order and place order through apple store UK, (Sales rep said they'll be filling applestore orders first) Est Build time 6 weeks. (I've heard that before somewhere)
Time to bite the bullet.
I've waited so long for my G5 2.5 mac I guess I can wait abit longer. Decided to update order with bluetooth + BT keyboard and mouse (+66GBP), FC express (£200-130 GBP)and 10 mth interest free credit. As I'm putting myself to the back of the Q (from June 11th). I have decided to cancel reseller order and place order through apple store UK, (Sales rep said they'll be filling applestore orders first) Est Build time 6 weeks. (I've heard that before somewhere)
donaldfleming said:
Wow. Is a bluetooth mouse and keyboard really worth waiting another 6 weeks? I'm sure your reseller will get your mac to you quicker than that.
MacMall Shipping
It is a plug for a sales rep. He has taken very good care of me and the clients that I have sent him. I want to return the favor.
It is also more than a plug. It does not seem to make sense to me to place Apple Store orders now with mid-September ship dates when I suspect that orders for stock machines placed at MacMall now could very well ship in a week or two. By posting this here some people who have not ordered yet might save a lot of time. Others with long waits might be able to place an order at MacMall/PCMall/ClubMac and cut their wait time.
If you are implying that it did not really ship - I will post pix if needed. I was not the only person to ship. I believe that they shipped around 200.
-Roger
Studio Dweller said:
It is a plug for a sales rep. He has taken very good care of me and the clients that I have sent him. I want to return the favor.
It is also more than a plug. It does not seem to make sense to me to place Apple Store orders now with mid-September ship dates when I suspect that orders for stock machines placed at MacMall now could very well ship in a week or two. By posting this here some people who have not ordered yet might save a lot of time. Others with long waits might be able to place an order at MacMall/PCMall/ClubMac and cut their wait time.
If you are implying that it did not really ship - I will post pix if needed. I was not the only person to ship. I believe that they shipped around 200.
-Roger
Hurrah - NOT!
Just called Apple to confirm the information I was given yesterday. My ship date was 16th Aug. That obviously didnt happen. I was then told the 20th but an Apple sales rep. Called again to confirm that, and find out approx what day it would arrive... and guess what....
Apple sales guy #2 tells me that he has no idea where the other guy got the 20th date from, and I should expect it 6th September!!!!??!!?!?!
I am so pissed off right now.
I got rather angry on the phone, and demanded they ship me at least one of the two 23" screens I ordered, so I can hook it up to my PC and get on with some work while I wait for this mystical device to arrive.
I would love to have a one to one with Steve Jobs. Him as Apple CEO, and me as one of his 'switchers'. Grrrrrrrrrr!!
Don't think i'll be adding my name to the shipped or delivered box on my own website for a LONG time...
Just called Apple to confirm the information I was given yesterday. My ship date was 16th Aug. That obviously didnt happen. I was then told the 20th but an Apple sales rep. Called again to confirm that, and find out approx what day it would arrive... and guess what....
Apple sales guy #2 tells me that he has no idea where the other guy got the 20th date from, and I should expect it 6th September!!!!??!!?!?!
I am so pissed off right now.
I got rather angry on the phone, and demanded they ship me at least one of the two 23" screens I ordered, so I can hook it up to my PC and get on with some work while I wait for this mystical device to arrive.
I would love to have a one to one with Steve Jobs. Him as Apple CEO, and me as one of his 'switchers'. Grrrrrrrrrr!!
Don't think i'll be adding my name to the shipped or delivered box on my own website for a LONG time...
DWKlink said:
Uh Oh!
Looks like MacMall has the same problem with their order system as Apple!
donaldfleming said:
Wow! - your either brave and noble, or you just stopped your mac being delivered in the next couple of days for the sake of BT gadgets!?! :/
I have seriously thought about cancelling my reseller order (it's been over 8 weeks afterall), and as far as I know, at least another 6 have already cancelled from the same guy, but on the other hand -I don't want to wait so much longer, and there is a lot of suspician that Apple is trying to close down a lot of these little guys to bolster their own Apple store sales, which apart from being a sh*t thing to do, is like biting the hand that feeds you, since without all these small companies selling Mac kit for the last 10 years, there are a lot of poepl who would have never heard of Apple, let alone become converted! :/
MacMall shipping
I just called and spoke to a product manager at MacMall. He said they have not received or shipped out any large quantity yet and he also added that they do not know how many they will receive in the shipment that is expected to arrive this Friday. He said they have enough on order to satisfy all current backorders, but he does not know how many Apple will actually ship to them. I mentioned your claim about getting a shipping confirmation and that you had ordered on the same day that I did, but he said he would need a name or an order # to confirm that. Feel free to send me a private message if you like.
RogerB said:
I just called and spoke to a product manager at MacMall. He said they have not received or shipped out any large quantity yet and he also added that they do not know how many they will receive in the shipment that is expected to arrive this Friday. He said they have enough on order to satisfy all current backorders, but he does not know how many Apple will actually ship to them. I mentioned your claim about getting a shipping confirmation and that you had ordered on the same day that I did, but he said he would need a name or an order # to confirm that. Feel free to send me a private message if you like.
Anybody else in the UK any wiser as to where their Macs are in the process - whether via resellers or Apple directly??
Studio Dweller said:
I actually just called ClubMac and am waiting for a return phone call from a product manager in the next 2 hours who will be able to give me more informaiton.
I also called Kieth (at MacMall), and he said that there was an initial shipment that came in over this weekend of 200 units. The reason he was able to get that 7/22 order placed so soon was that he had another customer cancel, and he switched the 7/22 order in its place. To me this whole thing sounds rather fishy. How was this guy able to cut in front of me in line? Its nice for him, but not for the hundreds of other people who ordered before him.
Anyway, Kieth said there's a possibility that my unit is having its additional memory installed right now and that it may go out soon. If not, they are expecting another shipment from apple on Friday, but they are unsure of how many will be in it.
This thing is like a soap-opera - chock full of plot twists, suspense and suprises, but unfortunately without the gratuitous softcore love scenes.
Mr MacNabbit said:
As far as I know, Apple has not started the shipping process to any UK Reseller. When this is due to start is anyone's guess. My rep really seems to know nothing and has to keep giving ridiculus estimations based on adding a few weeks to the last deadline and hoping. I'm up to 6th September now.
Reaslistically I think Apple has to start shipping to UK dealers within the next couple of weeks. I would hope to have my Mac by the end of August as I ordered barely an hour after the announcment.
whookam said:
The problem is, what is a couple of weeks? September is only 12 days away (more or less), and then what, still another couple of weeks?
the waiting is becoming more difficult, and to be honest, my work suffers from it, I keep visiting these sites way too often
So the sooner I have him, the sooner my productivity will go up again (won't use the mac for my work)Studio Dweller said:
My bad, Roger is the guy that was posting here. I fixed it.
BTW, how were you able to speak to a product manager at MacMall. I just tried, and the Account Manager said that they do not speak to customers.
DWKlink said:
I called last night and spoke to a sales guy who suggested that I call back this morning and ask to speak to a product manager. I called a little while ago and asked for a product manager and the guy transferred me to someone. I guess there's a chance that he wasn't actually a product manager, but I didn't question him on it.
Anyhow, please keep me posted on any info you manage to dig up and I'll certainly do the same.
klaus said:
Yeah the guy i talked to told me stories of people going out and selling their current machines, expecting their G5's to ship on 7/30.
Poor souls.
Arg
Well my money is bank in my account, meaning I guess what happened monday was yet ANOTHER pre-auth.
I'm having SERIOUS doubts about anything shipping on Friday. I SERIOUSLY think this is going to turn into a September thing.
Well my money is bank in my account, meaning I guess what happened monday was yet ANOTHER pre-auth.
I'm having SERIOUS doubts about anything shipping on Friday. I SERIOUSLY think this is going to turn into a September thing.
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