2021-10-21 Ordered 16"/32/64gb/2TB. estimated delivery 25/11 to 2/12
2021-11-25 Charge appears on credit card
2021-11-26 (Morning) Order status shows "Preparing for Shipment"
2021-11-26 (Noon) Order status changes to "Shipped". Notification says "delivery by 3/12". Order details page in store shows arrival 29/11. (Destination is Hamburg, Germany)
That was last Friday. On Sunday, UPS (and Apple) removed the delivery date and displayed "will arrive soon", and the tracking information from UPS still shows "Auf dem Weg", location Shanghai, with a timestamp of 29.11.2021 22:01.
BUT I just received an email from UPS, saying the laptop will arrive tomorrow, 8:30am - 12:30pm. Whew!