OK, for those of us on the broken plane, it seems there is SOME movement/change:
21 nov 06 86 14 booking slot obtained Apple Shanghai 22 nov 06
21 nov 06 30 10 departed direct NLAMS07 22 nov 06
21 nov 06 40 69 accept scanned at EDC NLAMS07 22 nov 06
20 nov 06 86 05 on hold; aircraft/truck failure NLAMS07 22 nov 06
It still seems like they are in China, so Apple WAS lying to me when they said it was in the UK. 😡
Just phoned up again today. Some lady called "Agnes" said, and I quote "They run out of parts for that one, I know they have, but I don't know which parts...however, it's been shipped"
Well... take what you want from that.
My "deliver by date" is currently a Sunday (26th) and has been since it got pushed forward, way back when. So I don't know how they are going to deliver on Sunday!
I give up!
So far, all 3 out of 3 apple purchases have had problems.
#1: My 80GB ipod tool a record 23 days to arrive, and when it did, the UPS muddled up the parcels, many phonecalls later, I got it!
#2: The MBP saga continues....
#3: My mum ordered 2 iPOd nano's 2GB 2 days ago. 2 cases and a dock. The ipod's were both engraved, one for my brother, and one for my dad. They arrived today. My bro's is fine, by my dad's has "Elaine Pattern" laser etched on the back. And AFAIK, my dad is not called Elaine Pattern.
well... that's that then!