I've got my ready for collection email, got notified from the app, but haven't received any texts.
Odd I should be getting texts from Apple. A text I was expecting with my PAC from Vodafone didn't turn up either.
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iPhone 7/7+ - UK Orders & Dispatches Thread
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I've got my ready for collection email, got notified from the app, but haven't received any texts.
Odd I should be getting texts from Apple. A text I was expecting with my PAC from Vodafone didn't turn up either.
Add it to a wish list and then view it in there
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...were you able to buy one? Presume that's a glitch - nothing on sale until 8am?
This isn't going to go down well with all those folks who are waiting from Apple!
How ironic that this is the only plus model they have in stock.
Is it just me that thinks Apple's logistics leave a lot to be desired compared with how slick their products generally are?
I mean, what is all this 'Dispatched 6-8 business days' nonsense?
Apple is a 7 days a week retail operation, their call centres are open weekends, and I highly doubt someone locks up their bonded warehouse in Hinckley at 5pm on a Friday then opens it up again at 9am on Monday.
My case was 'preparing for dispatch' for over two days; how long does it take to stick a label on a jiffy pack, insert the case, then seal it, say 30 seconds?
Then from dispatched, the case took another 3 days to wend it's way through the Royal Mail system.
My point here is that I can order an item via John Lewis up to 7pm in the evening, at pick it up from a local newsagent 19 hours later, yet Apple seems to take an eon to process even the simplest of orders ....
I mean, what is all this 'Dispatched 6-8 business days' nonsense?
Apple is a 7 days a week retail operation, their call centres are open weekends, and I highly doubt someone locks up their bonded warehouse in Hinckley at 5pm on a Friday then opens it up again at 9am on Monday.
My case was 'preparing for dispatch' for over two days; how long does it take to stick a label on a jiffy pack, insert the case, then seal it, say 30 seconds?
Then from dispatched, the case took another 3 days to wend it's way through the Royal Mail system.
My point here is that I can order an item via John Lewis up to 7pm in the evening, at pick it up from a local newsagent 19 hours later, yet Apple seems to take an eon to process even the simplest of orders ....
Is there a separate queue for reservations? My slot is 8.15 at the Trafford Centre and I don't know whether to leave now or hang on.
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My 6+ has a nick by the headphone socket but is otherwise in impeccable condition after two years in apple cases.
They'll split the queue into two at some point (usually about 30 minutes before opening here in Bath). There is unlikely to be any reservation people in it now.
Nope, they're completely unlocked.
Plus they give you a 2 year warranty which is a nice touch.
To collect, they just ask for proof of purchase (the confirmation email) and the card you paid with.
Did anyone with UK Mail get a departure scan from Ryton? Mine still only has the arrival scan from yesterday morning. ☹️️
[doublepost=1474003613][/doublepost]Spookily now mine has just been scanned in at the delivery depot.
[doublepost=1474003613][/doublepost]Spookily now mine has just been scanned in at the delivery depot.
It's a quick link to the phone on the IUP. Then you would pick what store from drop down. I live in London so can get to a fair few different stores.
Wow.
I'd agree that the front end screens could be a little slicker for end users, but you've got a ship date & a delivery date & that's all you need. I'd also say Apple stock price and revenues suggest it's going ok for them in general.
John Lewis perhaps have the easier end of the deal receiving finished iPhones on nice clean pallets for onward shipments to their own stores just in UK.
Making 10 million units hurriedly in secrecy on the other side of the world & getting them out to 28 countries simultaneously might be a bit harder.
I might get up and go then. Supposed to be working from home today so could do with not being there for ages. There's a 24 hour Starbucks opposite the Trafford Centre so will go prepared, and I have my laptop and a mobile broadband unit to work if I need to.
Mine has arrived at my local depot too now. I checked it around 5.30 and it was still showing Ryton.
This link seems to be more up to date
https://www.business-post.com/scripts/wsisa.dll/ws_quickpod.html
If you put in the tracking number from Apple's website.
I checked it at 5.30 am and it showed it as being at my local depot.
