Has your MBP shipped yet?

[orangesauce]

Ordered 7am-ish PDT (california time) and it shipped yesterday 12:53 PM CST. Which for some reason missed the cutoff for the saturday flight, and now I have to wait two more days for the next flight. Lame! It was "prepared for shipment" for most of a day!

I got the 15" HR i7 / 4GB / 256GB SSD. One of the local Apple stores (SoHo in NYC) had a 15" HR i7 with matte screen, so I got to play with it a bit. Really crisp performance. I'm a coder, and the display is the perfect width to work on two side-by-side source files. It's awezome!!!

Definitely going in to work late on Wednesday!!

 

[jorgejg]

Ordered on Apr. 13, 4:07PDT and still in "not yet shipped" mode.

MBP 15.4/2.66/CTO
Z0J6

2.66GHz Intel Core i7
8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRM - 2x4GB
500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200
SuperDrive 8X DL
MBP 15"HR Antiglare WS Display
Mini DisplayPort - DVI Adapter
Keyboard/Users Guide-SPA
Country Kit

Ships: 2 - 4 Business days
Delivers: 19 Apr - 26 Apr

I'm guessing the delay is the i7, since my brother ordered the exact same computer but with a 2.40GHz i5 and it shipped yesterday via UPS from Shanghai. Building a new one from the store, it states 5-7 Business days for shipment.

I live in Mexico, so I'm not expecting any trouble from the volcanic ashes.

 

[zifty]

Well, I just woke up and my package hasn't moved. Last scan is still the same one from 14 hours ago:

Apr 17, 2010 12:57 PM Left FedEx origin facility SHANGHAI CN

No "in transit" scan yet. From other posts, I suspect my package won't go out until Monday or Tuesday. Expected delivery is still Wednesday.

Looks like I was a bit off about flight schedules also. FDX28 to ANC is in the air as expected, but so is FDX48 to MEM. It seems they use the FDX90 flight number for PVG-MEM Mon - Fri, but use the FDX48 flight number (even though it's a different aircraft than the other FDX48 flights which aren't from PVG) for the Saturday PVG-MEM flight.

...but again, FDX48 (777F same as FDX90) has to be flying either severely weight-restricted to make that distance, or is just an empty ferry flight to reposition the aircraft.

Still appears the only flight on Monday is PVG-MEM from historical data, and that PVG-ANC isn't scheduled to run again until Tuesday. But they may adjust the schedule for FDX28, or run that route on Monday under a new flight number that isn't listed, or whatever...

Haven't gone through the few pages of new posts yet; anyone get a "in transit" departure scan matching FDX48? (11:36PM, vs 9:17PM for FDX28.) That'll help us determine if any of these are indeed going on the PVG-MEM flight...

Good morning! And as for "in transit" scans, I haven't seen anything other than a bunch of Apr 17, 2010 5:53 PM In transit Shanghai CN (china time).. That's the last one I have too. I'm assuming it's on FDX28 to ANC right now.. will know in a few hours.

Even though I doubt there's any MBP's on the PVG-MEM flight (none have gone that way so far that we know of), it seems crazy they'd fly it halfway around the globe totally empty. That's a LOT of fuel and manhours for an empty plane. It'd be interesting to know where that plane started out before getting to PVG, but I don't see that on FlightAware.

 

[psychos]

My MBP has made it to Germany despite the volcano cloud!

However, the status now is "exception" which means that an unforeseen event has occurred and delivery date may change.

This doesn't mean that your package is in Germany. It just means that status update (which seems to just be some customs clearance paperwork) was electronically processed in from somewhere in Germany. Your package is almost certainly still in Shanghai, unless you've received another scan since then. You'll probably see a "Departure scan" when it actually leaves Shanghai.

 

[TechAddic]

Date/Time Activity Location

Apr 17, 2010 5:53 PM In transit SHANGHAI CN
Apr 17, 2010 5:23 AM In transit SHANGHAI CN
Apr 16, 2010 11:40 AM Left FedEx origin facility SHANGHAI CN
Apr 16, 2010 11:07 AM Picked up SHANGHAI CN
Apr 15, 2010 9:34 PM Shipment information sent to FedEx

WTF!?! How big is Shanghai? I think FedEx uses horses over there...

 

[jpefjr]

Even though I doubt there's any MBP's on the PVG-MEM flight (none have gone that way so far that we know of), it seems crazy they'd fly it halfway around the globe totally empty. That's a LOT of fuel and manhours for an empty plane. It'd be interesting to know where that plane started out before getting to PVG, but I don't see that on FlightAware.

I agree it seems crazy to fly it totally empty but psychos' logic about fuel and distance seems sound. It could be that FedEx uses that flight for priority (high priced) shipments from Shanghai to the US and so the number of packages (and therefore weight) is indeed severely restricted as well as using the flight to reposition the plane. Kill two birds with one stone.

 

[jsnuff1]

My 15" BTO shipped late last night


Apr 17, 2010 12:57 PM Left FedEx origin facility SHANGHAI CN

Apr 17, 2010 12:45 PM Picked up SHANGHAI CN Package received after FedEx cutoff

Apr 17, 2010 12:45 PM Left FedEx origin facilitySHANGHAI CN

Apr 16, 2010 10:41 PM Shipment information sent to FedEx


I dont like that packaged received after cutoff message. Probably means it will sit in china till monday.

My estimated delivery is the 22nd.

 

[psychos]

Based upon others experience posted in this thread, here's the most likely outcome:

1) Will sit in "Prepared to ship" for up to 24 hours (maybe longer now that's it's the weekend)
2) Eventually you'll get notified that is has shipped, at which point you'll already see some tracking data via FedEx.. Usually you'll see "Shipment information send to FedEx", then "Picked up", and "Left FedEx origin facility".
3) It'll then stay at "Left FedEx origin facility" for up to another 24 hours
4) You'll get 1 to 2 (2 seems to be the current trend) "in transit" scans after over another 24 hour period.
5) After that, you'll get an arrival in Anchorage, then clearing of customs. Usually within 1 to 2 hours of the plane landing in Anchorage.
6) Beyond that point, it depends on where you live.

Quite well summarized; I agree completely with that assessment based on the data so far. Things will likely pick up over the next week or so as they clear out the backlog, and there may be shorter delays during the week since cargo flights don't tend to run the same on weekends.

I am hoping we'll see a Monday PVG-ANC flight, even though I didn't find one in the historical data. And we have yet to see if anything is indeed routed PVG-MEM.

I agree it seems crazy to fly it totally empty but psychos' logic about fuel and distance seems sound. It could be that FedEx uses that flight for priority (high priced) shipments from Shanghai to the US and so the number of packages (and therefore weight) is indeed severely restricted as well as using the flight to reposition the plane. Kill two birds with one stone.

Could be that they use that flight for some overflow if everything doesn't fit onto the PVG-ANC MD-11F. I've never actually tracked cargo flights in detail like this before, but ferry flights to reposition are pretty common for commercial flights; they're not crazy when you need the airplane somewhere else and have no other way to get it there. However, they don't tend to be 13 hour flights, generally far shorter. Commercial carriers tend to use something like a 9xxx or other distinctive flight number to distinguish ferry flights as well, though that certainly doesn't have to apply. I'm going to dig around a bit to hopefully see where that 777F has been going to assuage my own curiosity, since it might help understand why it's flying that ridiculously long leg either empty or with an extremely low load. If they are using it for overflow in some capacity, they could plan for an optional technical stop (refueling) if needed, if they do load it past the point where it could make it to Memphis and/or the headwinds suck...but there are none of those in the past couple months of history.

 

[ChristWolves]

Anyone IN THE UK ordered MBP in the evening of 14th? I can't have the shipping info due the fact that it's a replacement unit.

Thanks.

 

[JDT80]

My 17" CTO just touched down in Anchorage, AK. Delivery window of Apr 16 - 22.

Yay!

 

[BarnabyjcKent]

Anyone IN THE UK ordered MBP in the evening of 14th? I can't have the shipping info due the fact that it's a replacement unit.

Thanks.

Hey man, i'm from the Uk, i ordered on the 13th and mines not been shipped, no info and stuff. I can't even cancel it now. Expected delivery 21st.... Has yours been shipped yet?

 

[mfaye21]

so i ordered the mbp in my sig. Yesterday it went to shipped but it hasnt done much since then. This is my current progress...

Apr 16, 2010 12:24 PMPicked upSHANGHAI CNPackage received after FedEx cutoff
Apr 16, 2010 12:13 PMPicked upSHANGHAI CNPackage received after FedEx cutoff
Apr 16, 2010 12:13 PMLeft FedEx origin facilitySHANGHAI CN
Apr 15, 2010 9:33 PMShipment information sent to FedEx

What is the prosses going to be from here? I have standard shipping and live in south jersey. When do you guys think it will be delivered? The FedEx prediction is next Thursday the 22nd.

Thanks

It is now in Anchorage...what now?

 

[jpefjr]

Could be that they use that flight for some overflow if everything doesn't fit onto the PVG-ANC MD-11F. I've never actually tracked cargo flights in detail like this before, but ferry flights to reposition are pretty common for commercial flights; they're not crazy when you need the airplane somewhere else and have no other way to get it there. However, they don't tend to be 13 hour flights, generally far shorter. Commercial carriers tend to use something like a 9xxx or other distinctive flight number to distinguish ferry flights as well, though that certainly doesn't have to apply. I'm going to dig around a bit to hopefully see where that 777F has been going to assuage my own curiosity, since it might help understand why it's flying that ridiculously long leg either empty or with an extremely low load. If they are using it for overflow in some capacity, they could plan for an optional technical stop (refueling) if needed, if they do load it past the point where it could make it to Memphis and/or the headwinds suck...but there are none of those in the past couple months of history.

Just for fun I went to FedEx's Rates and Transit Times webpage. When I selected a 1 lbs. FedEx Pak shipped from Shanghai on Saturday April 24, 2010 to be delivered to Plano, TX (75025) I ended up with an option for delivery date and time of Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:30 AM. Seems like PVG-MEM could be used for that rather than the Saturday night PVG-ANC and then ANC-MEM-DFW. Of course I'm sure FedEx has enough experience to not have a problem with the tight schedule required for PVG-ANC-MEM-DFW so maybe PVG-MEM really is an empty flight.

 

[saxey]

Seems my package has rested in Kentucky for the day. Anyone with similar tracking? (Im with UPS for a package to Toronto)

LOUISVILLE, KY, US 17/04/2010 1:29 ARRIVAL SCAN
ANCHORAGE, AK, US 16/04/2010 18:20 DEPARTURE SCAN
16/04/2010 13:00 ARRIVAL SCAN
SHANGHAI, CN 16/04/2010 22:18 DEPARTURE SCAN
16/04/2010 21:40 DEPARTURE SCAN
16/04/2010 20:09 EXPORT SCAN
16/04/2010 12:06 ORIGIN SCAN
CN 16/04/2010 3:03 BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

 

[ChristWolves]

Hey man, i'm from the Uk, i ordered on the 13th and mines not been shipped, no info and stuff. I can't even cancel it now. Expected delivery 21st.... Has yours been shipped yet?

I ordered nearly 24h later than you, but I have no idea where is my MBP now as it is a replacement unit, so Apple, as usual does not want to disclose the delivery information. STupid volcano

 

[zifty]

Also in Anchorage! Yay!

 

[psychos]

Just for fun I went to FedEx's Rates and Transit Times webpage. When I selected a 1 lbs. FedEx Pak shipped from Shanghai on Saturday April 24, 2010 to be delivered to Plano, TX (75025) I ended up with an option for delivery date and time of Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:30 AM. Seems like PVG-MEM could be used for that rather than the Saturday night PVG-ANC and then ANC-MEM-DFW. Of course I'm sure FedEx has enough experience to not have a problem with the tight schedule required for PVG-ANC-MEM-DFW so maybe PVG-MEM really is an empty flight.

I was surmising similar to what you were yesterday, and instead quoted out a package departing on Monday, not Saturday. It still had a Tuesday arrival for International Priority. Unless there is indeed a PVG-ANC operating on Monday that we just haven't dug up yet, that would mean it would have to go on the PVG-MEM flight.

PVG-ANC-MEM-DFW really isn't a tight schedule at all for a next day delivery. There's really no upside as far as getting things to places on time by going PVG-MEM instead of PVG-ANC, especially when the flight leaves 2 hours later. There are multiple ANC-MEM flights that get in well before any of the AM bank of outbound flights from MEM (2:30 - 4:30AM generally) depart, even if PVG-ANC is a couple hours late. Same goes for routing through ANC-IND as well.

(Btw, if you're in Plano in 75025, you're in the same zip code as my parents... amusing coincidence. )

 

[zifty]

It is now in Anchorage...what now?

First needs to clear customs (should see that in your tracking activity once it happens, usually within a few hours after it lands, but since it's the weekend it might not be until Sunday or early Monday).. After that, it'll head off to another FedEx hub for a final sort to your local hub and then to your local facility and then to you!

 

[Novaoblivion]

Also in Anchorage! Yay!

Mine too!

 

[jcrMBP]

Tracking Status...

17" CTO ordered as soon as the store came back up Tuesday morning.

All shipment travel activity is displayed in local time for the location
To display the shipment travel activity in local time of the scan, please select "Local Scan Time" time zone option.
Alert: To determine the destination time zone for this shipment please select from the Others list.
Alert: To determine the origin time zone for this shipment please select from the Others list.
No entries found
Date/Time
Activity
Location
Details
Apr 17, 2010 11:13 AM Arrived at FedEx location ANCHORAGE, AK
Apr 17, 2010 4:18 PM In transit SHANGHAI CN
Apr 17, 2010 2:48 PM In transit SHANGHAI CN
Apr 16, 2010 12:24 PM Picked up SHANGHAI CN Package received after FedEx cutoff
Apr 16, 2010 12:05 PM Picked up SHANGHAI CN Package received after FedEx cutoff
Apr 16, 2010 12:05 PM Left FedEx origin facility SHANGHAI CN
Apr 15, 2010 9:59 PM Shipment information sent to FedEx

 

[offdwall]

Order Date: Apr 13, 2010 at 08:44 AM PDT

Not yet shipped

MBP 15.4/2.66/CTO
2.66GHz Intel Core i7
8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRM - 2x4GB
500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200
SuperDrive 8X DL
MBP 15"HR Antiglare WS Display
No iWork preinstalled
No Final Cut Express preinstd
No Aperture Preinstalled
No Logic Express Preinstalled
No FileMaker Preinstalled
No MSO preinstalled
No DVI Adapter
No VGA Adapter
Keyboard/Users Guide
Country Kit
Ships: 1 - 3 business days
Delivers: Apr 19 - Apr 23

Sometime in the last 14 hours it has progressed to :
Order Date: Apr 13, 2010 at 08:44 AM PDT

Prepared for Shipment

MBP 15.4/2.66/CTO
Custom configuration
2.66GHz Intel Core i7
8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRM - 2x4GB
500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200
SuperDrive 8X DL
MBP 15"HR Antiglare WS Display
No iWork preinstalled
No Final Cut Express preinstd
No Aperture Preinstalled
No Logic Express Preinstalled
No FileMaker Preinstalled
No MSO preinstalled
No DVI Adapter
No VGA Adapter
Keyboard/Users Guide
Country Kit
Ships: 1 - 3 business days
Delivers: Apr 19 - Apr 23

 

[psychos]

Also in Anchorage! Yay!

Well, that's interesting, given that FDX28 isn't landing for another hour.

Could be an early arrival "scan" pushed into the system, but it's also quite possible that it's actually FDX80 NRT-ANC which arrived in Anchorage at 11:49AM local time. (That's from Tokyo-Narita.)

I can't find a FedEx flight from PVG to NRT (or SHA-NRT even), but again my experience searching for intra-Europe/Asia/etc stuff is somewhat limited. I did find several other cargo carriers that FedEx might contract out who fly that route, but I'd expect a scan in Tokyo if it did indeed go that way... I'm leaning towards it just being an early scan that was generated for whatever reason.

Edit: ...or FDX84 ICN-ANC, which arrived at 11:08AM, and someone posted an 11:13AM arrival scan. But again, not finding FedEx flights PVG-ICN, though other cargo carriers show up. Since the arrival timestamps are so far off, I further suspect the Anchorage arrival scans to just have been generated early for whatever reason... Perhaps you'll get another scan in ~45+ minutes after PVG-ANC actually arrives?

 

[SoCal70]

Mine just landed in Anchorage as well. I hope it catches a plane to CA today.

 

[levinas]

Quite well summarized; I agree completely with that assessment based on the data so far. Things will likely pick up over the next week or so as they clear out the backlog, and there may be shorter delays during the week since cargo flights don't tend to run the same on weekends.

I am hoping we'll see a Monday PVG-ANC flight, even though I didn't find one in the historical data. And we have yet to see if anything is indeed routed PVG-MEM.



Could be that they use that flight for some overflow if everything doesn't fit onto the PVG-ANC MD-11F. I've never actually tracked cargo flights in detail like this before, but ferry flights to reposition are pretty common for commercial flights; they're not crazy when you need the airplane somewhere else and have no other way to get it there. However, they don't tend to be 13 hour flights, generally far shorter. Commercial carriers tend to use something like a 9xxx or other distinctive flight number to distinguish ferry flights as well, though that certainly doesn't have to apply. I'm going to dig around a bit to hopefully see where that 777F has been going to assuage my own curiosity, since it might help understand why it's flying that ridiculously long leg either empty or with an extremely low load. If they are using it for overflow in some capacity, they could plan for an optional technical stop (refueling) if needed, if they do load it past the point where it could make it to Memphis and/or the headwinds suck...but there are none of those in the past couple months of history.

I doubt that the PVG-MEM flight is empty: http://fedex.com/cn_english/about/local/servicenews/B777_25Jan10.html
http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2010/01/11/daily25.html


It seems that 777F is actually carrying some cargo. The 777F can travel 4,900 nautical miles with a full load of cargo and 10,000+ nautical miles empty [page 3: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/acaps/777rsec3.pdf].

PVG-MEM is 6,724 nautical miles so I'm guessing it's likely ~80% full.

 

[Bucknut]

I ordered mine from my campus tech store, they didnt know when they were getting them in, sigh.