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iPhone 5 Available to ship:2 weeks / Delivers Oct 5
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Not me.
I have called two stores and they are sold out anyway.
So I am screwed either way.
Walked into the AT&T Store at noon and they had plenty
I stopped in the ATT store in Southlake, TX on my way to lunch around noon. They had the doors open and snacks, water, etc. and all of 4 people waiting for phones. I asked the clerk if they had any in stock - "yes, plenty". I was able to cancel one of my pre-orders (my daughters, not mine!) and pick one up there (16GB white).
They were not busy, the total wait was 10 minutes or so and then another 15 to set it up. . .
My other two phones are set to come next week and Oct 5.
I stopped in the ATT store in Southlake, TX on my way to lunch around noon. They had the doors open and snacks, water, etc. and all of 4 people waiting for phones. I asked the clerk if they had any in stock - "yes, plenty". I was able to cancel one of my pre-orders (my daughters, not mine!) and pick one up there (16GB white).
They were not busy, the total wait was 10 minutes or so and then another 15 to set it up. . .
My other two phones are set to come next week and Oct 5.
i was hoping to do that but i checked my order this morning and it's preparring for shipment. oh well, i can wait it out.
I am processing Oct 5 still (ordered 4:30 AM EST) and just got a call from AMEX for fraudulent charge notification, which was the Apple charge. They said they would let charge thru but when I went on Apple Store order status page, it said I had to re-authorize payment, which I did. And now full charge is shown as pending on my credit card.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Hopefully this charge hold did not cycle me to a lower priority with shipment or create any sort of roadblock to me getting this phone in addition to what we are all already facing.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Hopefully this charge hold did not cycle me to a lower priority with shipment or create any sort of roadblock to me getting this phone in addition to what we are all already facing.
Looks like you're screwed like the rest of us who couldn't cancel for whatever reason. Now you gotta wait for the shipment to come. Between this whole pre-order fiasco and removing Google Maps and replacing it with a half baked alpha level software it makes you wonder if as some said, Apple lost its mojo with the death of Steve Jobs.
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just checked my card and it was charged too, but also still processing. keep me updated
Received Oct 5th date for both orders. Black64 phone is preparing for shipment, 32 order still processing. It stinks, but I knew it was delayed when I ordered. Assuming at least the 64 will arrive before Oct 5th,
The part that irks me most is that my att statement cut on the 15th and I was charged for 2 upgrade fees without the phones even being in my hands and activated.
The part that irks me most is that my att statement cut on the 15th and I was charged for 2 upgrade fees without the phones even being in my hands and activated.
I had the 10/5 date and my status changed to Shipped today. New date says 9/27. Black 32gb At&t orderd from Apple.
I feel the same way. If they had such a demand for online "pre-orders" all of the available phones should have gone to them. I pre-ordered so I could get the phone on the release date. I have no desire to wait in a line, and I work for a living and don't want to take vacation time to do so. Yet even if my local store has them in stock, my order went to "preparing for shipment" today and I'm no longer able to cancel the order so going over and getting one is not possible. Just noticed that the charge is on my credit card now too.
Apple has done this many times, and they still screw it up every time.
does this board have a consensus on average time between card charge, awaiting shipment notification, and shipped notification?
I ordered a 32gb Black ATT at 3:21am CST and then a 16gb White ATT for my wife several hours later. Her's went into preparing for shipment last night and was shipped this morning. Mine is still in processing.
They'll be here eventually!
Mine finally went into preparing for shipment a few minutes ago. Hooray!
Yeah. Mine is preparing for shipment now. Guessing I'll see that at some point next week too.
just had my own question answered..my card was charged at 2:01PM EST for full amount and Apple Store Order Status switched from Processing to Preparing for Shipment at 3:42PM. So figure around 2 hrs difference between CC charge and prepare for shipment..
I only received an email about one being shipped, not about when it's status was "prepared for shipment"