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How did you order your  Watch?

  • App With with favorite saved and Apple Pay

    Votes: 70 25.2%
  • App with Apple Pay

    Votes: 35 12.6%
  • App with favorite saved

    Votes: 97 34.9%
  • App, nothing saved and paid with normal CC

    Votes: 31 11.2%
  • store.Apple.com with Express checkout

    Votes: 6 2.2%
  • store.Apple.com

    Votes: 21 7.6%
  • Wasn’t able to order with a shipping date of April

    Votes: 18 6.5%

  • Total voters
    278
  • Poll closed .

bjdraw

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Jan 24, 2008
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Tampa FL
I feel like I was able to order what I wanted because I took advantage of the Apple Store App's favorite feature and Apple Pay -- easiest $1k I ever spent. Anyone have any luck with the other options?
 
I used the favorite feature in the Apple Store App and it was speedy.
I forgot that I needed to enter the 3-digit security code from my card and had to run get it. That extra minute or so caused my shipping estimate to slip to 4-6 weeks. Still beats waiting until June!
 
Apple Store website on my iMac. The Store app did come up first, but I had a $250 gift card with an Apple Watch name on it, so I was stuck using the store site and not the app. Order went super smooth once the site came up.

42mm SS with black sport band
 
I went straight to my favourites from the apple store on my iPad and checked out. Done at 3:03am EST

Safari on my mac mini still had not even loaded.

My only hesitation was looking for reserve and pick up, lucky for me it did not cost me later shipping times. I got 4/24-5/8 for the 42 SS WB.
 
Clicked the wrong one, I was suppose to click saved to favorite and paid via Apple Store App
 
The app was clearly faster than the website...ordered at 12: 02 - I could watch the delivery times on all watches slip as I refreshed....when website came up at 1206 or so, all the dates had slipped. Thank you app store!

SS sport band - 4/24-5/8
link band 2-4 weeks

and per other launches , the dates are worst case so they look good. I'll make a bet it'll be here 4/24....we'll know as soon as we get a track #
 
The app was up sooner than the website but it wouldn't let me use my gift card. If the option was there, my half asleep brain couldn't see it :/

So I ordered on the website instead.
 
I initially tried the web site on my Mac. As it clearly wasn't coming up I tried the app on my iPad but also wasn't bringing up the store. I immediately tried the app on my iPhone which worked first time. I think overall the app is always quicker and more efficient.
 
I'm glad I favorited the Watch beforehand. Checkout went so fast and smooth I was in shock when my order was done! Now waiting and hoping it arrives on the 24th itself (42mm Milanese Loop SS).
 
Refreshed the app at 3:02 EDT, picked my favorite (42mm Space Grey Sport :apple: Watch), hit order, entered my apple id password, had to enter my CC security code (had my wallet right next to me, grabbed it quickly), got a confirmation for April 24th-May8th, got my order email confirmation notification while still in the app (email time was 3:03 EDT) went back to sleep at 3:05 EDT. Mission accomplished, but groggy today... :confused:
 
I read something a few days ago saying Apple was excited about the pre-sale numbers they were seeing in the Apple Store app favorites section. It appears that they know what you have in your favorites. I know it made it an easy/fast purchase for me. No looking for what I wanted, it was already there waiting for me to process the payment. ApplePay of course, use it everywhere I can.
 
I read something a few days ago saying Apple was excited about the pre-sale numbers they were seeing in the Apple Store app favorites section. It appears that they know what you have in your favorites. I know it made it an easy/fast purchase for me. No looking for what I wanted, it was already there waiting for me to process the payment. ApplePay of course, use it everywhere I can.

Since the app favorites always matched your online website favorites it was clear that Apple could read those from accounts. I am keeping mine set just to see how the dates slip for those late to the party.

HMM. just refreshed mine. all 4 things I had marked refreshed while I was watching from 4-6 weeks to JUNE.
 
A ship date of between April 24th and May 8th includes the date April 24th.
True, but the point is, nobody AFAIK got a April 24 arrival date. We all got ranges and could all be waiting until May 8 for all we know. When I saw the poll, I was curious how anyone got a Apr 24 date as I was on the Apple store app at time 0 and saw only date ranges for all watches. I think the answer is, no one got an Apr 24 arrival date and the poll is not accurate. If someone does indeed have an arrival date of only Apr 24 (hard stop), I'd be interested to hear which watch and how they got it.
 
True, but the point is, nobody AFAIK got a April 24 arrival date. We all got ranges and could all be waiting until May 8 for all we know.

Sorry for the confusion, I was just trying to keep the subject brief. I think you are aright, everyone received a range instead of an exact date.
 
I ordered through the app before the website even was up. I think that is what most people did. They had the app and the website fired up side by side.
 
Went through the Apple Store App on my iPhone before the site's web page even came up.

So, I was online at 3:01 and got a SS with Milanese. Got the 4/24 date range.

A few minutes later I tried to order a black sport strap and that delivery slipped to an extra week later.
 
went through apple.com but got a scare at first since it sent me to the US site, not the Canadian site.

Also, think I selected the wrong option as I had the one I wanted favourited. Still shocked I got apr 24 - early May delivery.
 
Went through the Apple Store App on my iPhone before the site's web page even came up.

So, I was online at 3:01 and got a SS with Milanese. Got the 4/24 date range.

A few minutes later I tried to order a black sport strap and that delivery slipped to an extra week later.
Exact same experience and choices. :) I had entered my password a few minutes earlier so I didn't get the store prompting me for the Apple ID password. (If that's the 8.3 bug, great timing...)
 
Technically, the order status says "Delivers: 4/24-5/8 by Standard Shipping", which includes 4/24 as a possible delivery date.
 
I gave up on the site after 45 painful seconds. Switched to the app. Apple Watch was on home screen, clci > Apple watch > 42mm milanese loop > buy now > credit card > my credit card info was in from express pay being setup.

Took all of 60 seconds once i was in app.
 
I gave up on the site after 45 painful seconds. Switched to the app. Apple Watch was on home screen, clci > Apple watch > 42mm milanese loop > buy now > credit card > my credit card info was in from express pay being setup.

Took all of 60 seconds once i was in app.

for me it was the other way around, the app was pretty slow (on LTE) and the apple store site came up quickly on my iMac. Weird.
 
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