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iPad mini iPad Mini with Cellular Pre-order Thread
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Same, but AT&T version. Spoke to a second CS agent and was told the same thing about it being impossible to expedite shipping. No idea how some people are getting theirs expedited unless the CS agents they're speaking with didn't get the memo or what.
The other thing the agent said that I'm taking with a grain of salt is, "All iPad Minis with cellular are being expedited at this time." She made it sound as if they're all being rushed the same way, and just changing the shipping method wasn't going to affect anything...
The other thing the agent said that I'm taking with a grain of salt is, "All iPad Minis with cellular are being expedited at this time." She made it sound as if they're all being rushed the same way, and just changing the shipping method wasn't going to affect anything...
It wouldn't surprise me if they did expedite them. I'm assuming LTE iPad 4s and iPad Minis are supposed to launch on the same day. And with the 4s already starting to ship, it looks like they're behind on the minis. Maybe they'll expedite them to try and make them ship on time.
I ordered both an LTE Mini & an LTE iPad 4 a few minutes after preorders went live. Last Thursday I called Apple to see if I could get expedited shipping & was "successful" -- both of my orders updated to show delivery by the 16th. Friday, the iPad 4 went into Preparing for Shipment & the date changed to the 21st. It shipped today & the date from FedEx is the 16th. I mention this because I just checked my Mini order & while it is still processing, the date has changed to the 21st.
Wow, this is getting ridiculous. Just checked my date again and it MOVED AGAIN.
Picking up from the "Mid November" thing......
1st - went from Mid-November to 11/21
2nd - I called at got the expedited shipping - said "11/16"
- even had email confirmation from Apple with "expedited shipping" update.
3rd - just checked a few minutes ago and it no longer says "expedited shipping", and the date has moved back to 11/21/12.
W T H!
Picking up from the "Mid November" thing......
1st - went from Mid-November to 11/21
2nd - I called at got the expedited shipping - said "11/16"
- even had email confirmation from Apple with "expedited shipping" update.
3rd - just checked a few minutes ago and it no longer says "expedited shipping", and the date has moved back to 11/21/12.
W T H!
Ugh. Mine moved back as well. I still have expedited shipping but my date slipped from 11/16 to 11/20. I'll feel better about this when I get a shipping confirmation.
WHOA - mine just did the same thing. I talked to a CSR and got "expedited shipping". It USED to read "Delivers 11/16"
but now....
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My LTE mini AT&T 32g ordered within minutes of going live has always shown the 21 but it just posted to my CC.
Just got off the phone with an Apple rep asking why my recently "expedited" order went from 11/16 back to 11/21. Of course, since most of them are clueless.....take it with a grain of salt.....
The guy said that "we weren't supposed to offer expedited shipping, so we they are taking that off the orders that were expedited".
I guess that does explain why the dates are moving back to 11/20-21 now.
The guy said that "we weren't supposed to offer expedited shipping, so we they are taking that off the orders that were expedited".
I guess that does explain why the dates are moving back to 11/20-21 now.
Let this be a lesson to all of you!
How often were we able to speed up the delivery of items that are shipping from China! These devices are crated all together and will not separate till they are stateside. I can't see them looking though and pulling out the one that the owner wants to get early.
How often were we able to speed up the delivery of items that are shipping from China! These devices are crated all together and will not separate till they are stateside. I can't see them looking though and pulling out the one that the owner wants to get early.
Let this be a lesson to all of you!
How often were we able to speed up the delivery of items that are shipping from China! These devices are crated all together and will not separate till they are stateside. I can't see them looking though and pulling out the one that the owner wants to get early.
Exactly they are on a pallet from China to Hong Kong. Hong Kong to Alaska where the go through customs. Alaska to distribution center.
Stop trying to expedite something that can't be expedited. These aren't individual laptops rolling out one at a time ... These all are launching on the same day like other iPad's have. Changing the date on the shipping orders is meaningless. Apple just puts a conservative date on the orders until they are ready to announce a date.
I tend to agree with you. But you'd think Apple, being a technology company, could find systematic way to prevent their reps from even being able to update the China orders with "expedited" status and new dates. All it does is piss people off.
But one thing Next Day Air will get you is on the Fed Ex express truck for am delivery to a biz.Let this be a lesson to all of you!
How often were we able to speed up the delivery of items that are shipping from China! These devices are crated all together and will not separate till they are stateside. I can't see them looking though and pulling out the one that the owner wants to get early.
I'm quite frustrated with this as well, u think they would move heaven and earth to get them out sooner than the day before Thanksgiving...
I think(hope) in the end it will get here the 16th. They should definitely realize this. Also I think all of Apple(cupertino) is off the entire week of Thanksgiving so would be surprising that they are not sensitive to this.
Many of us have been through this too many times to succumb to rumors. Everyone needs to remain calm as you are getting your expectations so high that you have a long way to fall back to reality!
Mine changed to Preparing for Shipment! 64GB AT&T Black Mini w/LTE ordered in first 3 minutes of availability.
