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Fast, Free Shipping = Overnight??
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My first iPad was shipped overnight from China for arrival on launch day. I wouldn't put it past them to ship the online orders from China, but with a 3-5 day transit as opposed to overnight. That must've cost them a bundle!
id say the earliest anyone who orders online will see them is tuesday. Monday if they pay for the most expensive shipping.
Not likely. When this happened with the original iPad it wasn't actually overnight shipping, just Saturday delivery for a Friday release that was actually pre-ordered weeks in advance. So they already had the shipments staged for delivery at centralized locations well before Saturday.
I think Apple has inventories on hold at FedEx warehouses ready for release, same day. Orders start at 1:00a.m. PST, shipments go out same day for those that order quickly enough. Arrival happens on Saturday or Monday depending on each individuals location.
Since BB, Wal-Mart, and others have the iPads, I don't buy the ship from China theory. I expect early orders will ship from the US.
The reason Apple cannot commit to "overnight" shipping is that consumers may not get their devices on time...then they'll complain about Apple. I imagine we will see 2 day shipments standard with inventories pre-positioned for release.
Just my $.02 guess
Since BB, Wal-Mart, and others have the iPads, I don't buy the ship from China theory. I expect early orders will ship from the US.
The reason Apple cannot commit to "overnight" shipping is that consumers may not get their devices on time...then they'll complain about Apple. I imagine we will see 2 day shipments standard with inventories pre-positioned for release.
Just my $.02 guess
From my understanding, any Saturday shipment have to be actually requested by the sender. That doesn't fall under the standard shipping days for a shipment. This is going off memory when I worked for AT&T but I know back then (5yrs or so) we had to actually select a 'Saturday Shipment' box on the slip. I'm pretty sure this is still the case...
