I ordered expedited shipping. Do you think ours are in the air (and unscanned) or still sitting in Shanghai stuck in customs?
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It seems FDX90 actually left Shanghai at 11:01PM local time and is in the air. It wasn't showing as departed earlier due to lack of data from that area. It's possible that tracking info for your packages might update now and show them leaving Shanghai a few hours ago, as FedEx seems to go by the "official" time (that being the wheels-up time which is what FlightAware shows, not when the plane left the gate, which is what UPS seems to go by.)
I would doubt that anything bound for the US is stuck in customs. These are either pre-cleared, or get cleared en-route. If there was a customs problem, it would be unlikely to affect individual orders, unless you ordered a couple dozen machines or something.
I think they're in the air, not sure how we'd have them in hand by Tuesday otherwise. The last status says it "Left FedEx origin facility", which I would take as being loaded on the plane. We'll should know in either 10 hours (if direct to Memphis) or 2 hours (if stopping in Alaska first) -- or maybe an hour longer to allow time to unload the plane and start scanning manifest barcodes.
Cool, that validates my obsessive curiosity!
FDX28 is in the air right now, shown as having departed Shanghai at 8:46PM.
I'm still "Not yet shipped" though.
...and it seems there's actually also a Shanghai-Memphis FedEx flight on weekdays, FDX90. It's possible some laptops bound for the East Coast and/or Europe went that way. Its scheduled departure time is 11:22PM Shanghai time, which is about 2 hours ago...except the flight is shown as not having departed yet, so if your tracking info shows it sitting in Shanghai with no activity since the morning, it's likely that flight is just delayed. Flight stats for stuff outside the US/UK area aren't always up-to-date or accurate, though, although they tend to update and correct once en-route or closer to the US. With a 11PM scheduled arrival in Memphis, it could easily arrive 3+ hours late and still make most of the early AM outbounds, which start going out around from MEM around 2:30AM with the bulk after 3AM... (This is again assuming Apple wants you to have your laptops on Saturday, which it seems they don't! But we won't know until one of the damn things goes out for delivery.)
Really? Are you sure that's the flight my laptop is on? Neat..
I converted the times on my FedEx tracking page to "destination time zone" and this is what it shows:
Apr 15, 2010 11:32 PM - Left FedEx origin facility SHANGHAI CN
Apr 15, 2010 11:03 PM - Picked up SHANGHAI CN
Apr 15, 2010 10:59 PM - Shipment information sent to FedEx
Since the date/time at the "destination" is now April 16, 2010 2:30 PM, it seems my package has been inactive for ~15 hours. Or there's one heck of a traffic jam between the "FedEx origin facility" and the airport!
Interesting, so some stuff is shipping UPS; the only UPS flights out of Shanghai I could find are both to Anchorage: the apparently daily UPS81 which your package is probably on (departed 20 minutes after your listed departure scan and still in the air), and UPS85, which seems to operate on an irregular basis, departing Shanghai around 6AM local time. However, both flight #s have a final destination of Louisville, which explains why the tracking info shows it in en route to Louisville; this doesn't actually mean much, and might not even be the same plane for both legs. (So even if your package is bound for Louisville next, it'd likely still come off the plane in Anchorage for the 3 - 4 hour "stop", or at least get scanned in and out of Anchorage.)
I've found that http://trackthepack.com/ lets you see the same info (at least for UPS, not sure if it shows extra info for FedEx.) I think the reason UPS doesn't show you stuff like "In Transit To" on their own tracking is that it's often incorrect/ambiguous as with my example above, though it is still good to have.
Question: are you in the US, or elsewhere (Europe?) Since European folks have mentioned UPS shipping, that might explain things, although it's an awfully long way around to go from China to Europe via the US... But that's the only UPS route I could find, nothing westbound. It'd be helpful if people note where they are and whether or not they're doing a BTO when posting tracking/shipping info and such.
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currently listed as prepared for shipment.
Question: does apple email you a tracking number upon shipment?
2.66GHz Intel Core i7
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currently listed as prepared for shipment.
Question: does apple email you a tracking number upon shipment?
The airport is the origin facility. Sometimes you'll get an "in transit" at some point while the plane is in the air, but otherwise, no updates until it lands.
MBP 15.4/2.4/CTO Ships: 1 - 3 business days. Ordered on the 14th but hasn't shipped yet. In all fairness, because of the time difference, it was 11PM in China even though it was 9AM local time when I ordered it. They don't start shipping on Saturdays do they?
Ooh i live in glassell park
Ima call now to see if i can get the expedited shipping free
Hey Man,
When was your package shipped to you? When did you get a shipping email and tracking number? Wondering how different our times were.
Ahh, I thought the origin facility was some type of FedEx warehouse facility. Thanks for that piece of info... makes me feel better that our MBPs are inching closer and closer!!
I live North of Dodger stadium. I got the expedited shipping with my 2.4GHz Intel MBP 15"HR Antiglare WS Display. I hope mine ships soon...
From the other tracking data posted, "Left FedEx origin facility" just seems to mean it left the factory and is en-route to the airport. What's your timestamp on that? If it's after around 5PM on Apr 16, then I wouldn't count on it having gone out already. If it was on Apr 15 or much earlier in the day on Apr 16, I'd guess it's in the air... However, it could still go out tomorrow and easily make it to you by Tuesday (or Monday even.) In fact, it could go out on Monday and still make it to you on Tuesday, except that FedEx doesn't seem to operate either flight on Mondays! (This is why I'm baffled at the delivery estimates given, for packages that went out today...)
An "in transit" timestamp would confirm things. However, given that FDX90's data didn't show up until a couple hours after the plane took off, it's possible that those packages are in the air and the scan is just missing from what they show you... (Or it may have updated if it didn't show it earlier, or may update later.)
Your 8:46PM timestamp precisely matches FDX28's departure, so given that and other variables, I'm 90% sure your laptop is on that plane.
Does anyone have an 11:01PM "in transit"-type timestamp? That would confirm things and indicate a Memphis-bound shipment on FDX90.(Yes, I'm really bored right now, and generally quite obsessed with all things air travel-related... And I'm still "Not yet shipped", damnit!)
Just be glad your shipments aren't doing something ash cloud-related like this or this! Guess they thought they might get clearance en-route or at least a diversion to KEF or something, then turned around at the halfway point when they didn't. I'd be pretty annoyed if I was on one of those flights!
Update: My order just entered the "prepared for shipment" stage literally 5 mins ago
. This is great considering that when I called Apple this morning to get my shipping upgraded to expedited (they did it for free by the way!) the woman I spoke to was fairly certain that it would not ship out until Monday.One question I have for those of you who have ordered macs from the online store before: how long does it usually take for the item to "actually" ship after it has entered the "prepared for shipment" stage?
From the other tracking data posted, "Left FedEx origin facility" just seems to mean it left the factory and is en-route to the airport. What's your timestamp on that? If it's after around 5PM on Apr 16, then I wouldn't count on it having gone out already. If it was on Apr 15 or much earlier in the day on Apr 16, I'd guess it's in the air... However, it could still go out tomorrow and easily make it to you by Tuesday (or Monday even.) In fact, it could go out on Monday and still make it to you on Tuesday, except that FedEx doesn't seem to operate either flight on Mondays! (This is why I'm baffled at the delivery estimates given, for packages that went out today...)
An "in transit" timestamp would confirm things. However, given that FDX90's data didn't show up until a couple hours after the plane took off, it's possible that those packages are in the air and the scan is just missing from what they show you... (Or it may have updated if it didn't show it earlier, or may update later.)
Your 8:46PM timestamp precisely matches FDX28's departure, so given that and other variables, I'm 90% sure your laptop is on that plane.
(Yes, I'm really bored right now, and generally quite obsessed with all things air travel-related... And I'm still "Not yet shipped", damnit!)
Just be glad your shipments aren't doing something ash cloud-related like this or this! Guess they thought they might get clearance en-route or at least a diversion to KEF or something, then turned around at the halfway point when they didn't. I'd be pretty annoyed if I was on one of those flights!
Cool thanks for the information. I wonder if mine will catch the flight from Anchorage to Memphis that departs later today. I am shipping to northern PA.
It would be awesome if my package arrived before next Wednesday, but I won't get my hopes up. Usually the estimates are accurate.
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For those of us who went prepared to ship this morning (EST), will the units likely ship around 11PM (EST)/11AM (China) ?
The trend seems to be that people get their tracking numbers for Fed Ex either around 11PM EST or 1AM EST, and for UPS around 9AM EST.
I went prepared to ship this AM and have ordered expedited shipping. Ordered April 13th, 10:40AM PST, and show anticipated delivery dates of Apr. 16-22. I also would love to call Apple to get my expedited shipping refunded, but I'm not sure I have a case or what I would say to them to get the shipping waived. Any suggestions?
For those of us who went prepared to ship this morning (EST), will the units likely ship around 11PM (EST)/11AM (China) ?
The trend seems to be that people get their tracking numbers for Fed Ex either around 11PM EST or 1AM EST, and for UPS around 9AM EST.
I went prepared to ship this AM and have ordered expedited shipping. Ordered April 13th, 10:40AM PST, and show anticipated delivery dates of Apr. 16-22. I also would love to call Apple to get my expedited shipping refunded, but I'm not sure I have a case or what I would say to them to get the shipping waived. Any suggestions?
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shouldnt it be 3 working days? it is now 7
Estimated Shipping: 7 business days
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shouldnt it be 3 working days? it is now 7
When I ordered my ipad I paid for expedited shipping. They refunded the charge automatically on the ipad because of the "guaranteed" delivery. I'd sit tight and see how your delivery goes down.
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