Could it be that the mbp are both in the box and not in the box until the box is opened??
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Just delivered a box to Best Buy interesting
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Could it be that the mbp are both in the box and not in the box until the box is opened??
I hope our universe gets the MacBook pros. Lots of good stuff has been happening in the parallel universes lately.
Got some more shipping info. It weighs 5 lbs or less. There are 120 units of whatever is in the box. And the weight of the units is 412 pounds. The additional weight are the skids and boxes. My dad did ship them again, but he didn't load them so so he didn't get pictures.
Ps. When you ship something via Fedex you have to classify it. Apple was intentionally vague and only described the package as "computer devices or accessories."
Ps. When you ship something via Fedex you have to classify it. Apple was intentionally vague and only described the package as "computer devices or accessories."
with box and packing materials? It sounds exactly like an iPad. One thing they're not though, is macbook pro's, so really not relevant to this forum anymore
with box and packing materials? It sounds exactly like an iPad. One thing they're not though, is macbook pro's, so really not relevant to this forum anymore
I suppose. That would be 2.5 lbs of packing material though. I guess that isn't too far fetched though.
I still don't believe Apple is/has been sending shipments of iPads to Best Buy already.
Maybe they're MacBook Airs? Also (I just figured a lot of information out today
) Apple declared the value deliberately low (>$10 per pound) my dad says this is a common trick of big companies (he says million dollar pharmaceutical packages are often disguised this way to stop theft). But the weight seems as if it might be MacBook Airs.closer to 1.9lbs for the individual box, padding, usb/power cable, instructions....not to mention don't forget the weight of the large box holding the units. I'd say without a doubt that's the correct weight.
Maybe they're MacBook Airs? Also (I just figured a lot of information out today
Macbook Airs currently weigh 3 lbs. That would be 1.2 lbs of packaging I believe (I forget the exact weight you gave).
I think 1.2 is more reasonable than 2.5, but I honestly have never weighed packaging material before....
412/120 = 3.43lbl per unit - the shared weight of the box holding them. So you're probably talking maybe 3lbs per unit, and the iPad is supposed 1.5 alone (which is ALWAYS understated), so you're talking at most 1.5lbs for the box, padding, cables, etc. trust me, if anything, that is too light.
Assuming the number of units is correctly reported on the shipment. Obviously Apple can't easily misrepresent the weight, but if it's common practice to undervalue the contents of high value shipments, what about the number of units, to generate more uncertainty about the contents?
Apple also undervalued the price. I can't think of any Apple product worth <$10 per pound.
Thats how they describe everything. Whether its unreleased product or 8 month old laptops.
Assuming the number of units and weight are on the outer label, that isn't provided by Apple, that would be verified and printed by the shipping provider, since they charge apple based on three things. 1) the size of the shipment. 2) the weight of the shipment 3) the value of the items enclosed (for insurance).
I missed the part about <$10lb. If that's the case, then it's probably just promo material, or possibly accessories for the iPad.
This thread has become downright entertaining. It's the adult equivalent of untaping the christmas presents to get a peek at what's inside at 2AM christmas day.
I can't really verify if this happens a lot, but my dad says that it is fairly common for big companies to undervalue their shipments of trade secrets (not saying that this is definitely in the box). My dad has shipped lots of prescriptions with medicines valued to the consumer at 1,000,000s of dollars (ones where the contents are declared) that are packaged with a declared value of <$10/lb.
that's because the markup on pills is ridiculous, and they probably do cost them less that $10/lb to make. All the value is in the trade marks, not the physical product. Arguably the iPad's at least cost apple $200ish to make....there's no way they're take the risk declaring them for fractions of that.
The large box is not included in the 412lb weight. This is the contents of the package only.
Well heck that changes it quite a lot, now the "items" are too heavy to be MBA's, so there is a really good chance that they are MBP's.