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Just found out via Flight Aware that there was a flight out of Narita that departed at 10:40 for Anchorage.
 
Jul 2, 2012 10:40 PM
In transit
NARITA-SHI JP
Jul 2, 2012 5:21 AM
In transit
SHANGHAI CN
Jul 2, 2012 12:37 AM
In transit
SHANGHAI CN
Jul 2, 2012 12:35 AM
International shipment release - Import
SHANGHAI CN

Huh. Listed as still in transit in Japan. Is this typical for US-shipped Retinas?

Not really, normally it goes from Shanghai to Alaska, though it shouldn't take too long for it to get out of Narita. When I have stuff go through there it doesn't sit long.
 
I seriously wonder how many orders they actually had vs how many units they can output per day. I mean how many orders could there be? Hundreds of thousands? Surely not millions?
 
Any Canadians whos shipment left Memphis yesterday getting no updates? Mine left almost 24 hours ago, no shipping updates. I'm assuming this is related to the long weekend here.
 
I'm in the same boat with all of you 11th of June 2.7/16/768ers ... Still processing. Apple has nothing to say about rumors that people that ordered the same config after that date are getting theirs before us. Unsure how this mess up could have happened. Perhaps they gave us a window for shipping based on initial production estimates, and when things changed later the new orders were put on the new window and we were stuck in the 3-5 week window.
 
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Has anyone else had this problem, mine landed in Anchorage on the 29th supposed to be coming to Fairbanks, AK and it has been in transit ever since :mad:
 
Jul 2, 2012 10:00 PM
At local FedEx facility
SHANGHAI CN

Updated to this earlier. Great. At this point I'm just hoping the delivery estimate of Friday is accurate!
 
Delivered... Now just have to wait to get home to open it.
2.7/16/768
I was shocked how fast it got to me. EST delievery via fedex was 7/6. I got it this morning.
 
Were you in the 3-5 week group? I'm also in Columbus, (2.6/16/768) ordered about 30 minutes before you and I'm still waiting to leave processing.

I am in the 3-5 week group. 2.7/16/768. Processing. I ordered as soon as the online store opened.

i called apple about this and spoke to a very nice manager about it. he's hopefully looking into it and will let me know what he finds. it would probably help if everyone who's affected by this calls in and lets them know. he said i was the only person he'd heard about this from.
 
Over two weeks now and no progress. I think it may have to do with the 2.7ghz processor upgrade. I think there are two configurations that seem to be delaying orders the most - the 2.7ghz processor and the 768gb SSD upgrades.

I did get a free SuperDrive from Apple, but this forum and the number crunchers are making me neurotic - and that's priceless!

Processing
Ordered - 6/15
ETA - 7/13
2.7/16/512
 
Jul 2, 2012 10:00 PM
At local FedEx facility
SHANGHAI CN

Updated to this earlier. Great. At this point I'm just hoping the delivery estimate of Friday is accurate!

Seriously. I was originally hoping for Tuesday delivery but now I'm just hoping I get it this week.
 
Mine shipped (to the UK) on the 30th, but the tracking page has no information whatsoever as of yet, just my order number, what was shipped, and an additional order number.

How are you guys working out what plane your MacBook is on?! Anyway I can find out?
 
Any Canadians whos shipment left Memphis yesterday getting no updates? Mine left almost 24 hours ago, no shipping updates. I'm assuming this is related to the long weekend here.

Yup, stuck on:

Jul 1, 2012 6:53 PM
In transit
MEMPHIS, TN

For at least 14 hours now, either they're driving it for so long or it's because of the long weekend, I sure hope not :(
 
Seriously. I was originally hoping for Tuesday delivery but now I'm just hoping I get it this week.
Yeah, we got screwed with our shipping somehow. I really shouldn't complain too much since my original delivery estimate was the 23rd-27th, but that was from Apple. FedEx has been ridiculously bad with this. They've had it for over 48 hours and it hasn't even left Shanghai!
 
Yup, stuck on:

Jul 1, 2012 6:53 PM
In transit
MEMPHIS, TN

For at least 14 hours now, either they're driving it for so long or it's because of the long weekend, I sure hope not :(

I got the same exact time. We are on the same plane/truck.

Jul 1, 2012 6:53 PM
In transit
Location
MEMPHIS, TN

I'm still confident on getting it tomorrow, or at least I hope so.
 
I got the same exact time. We are on the same plane/truck.

Jul 1, 2012 6:53 PM
In transit
Location
MEMPHIS, TN

I'm still confident on getting it tomorrow, or at least I hope so.

Where are you located? I'm in Ottawa, Ontario, estimated for a Wednesday delivery before 12:00PM, but lots of people are saying that theirs is coming a day early, so fingers crossed!
 
Where are you located? I'm in Ottawa, Ontario, estimated for a Wednesday delivery before 12:00PM, but lots of people are saying that theirs is coming a day early, so fingers crossed!

I'm in Toronto, July 4th estimate as well. Based on my gift card, free superdrive, other peoples experiences and the fact that in was in Memphis yesterday I'm still confident in tomorrow, I don't think I can wait another day.
 
I'm in the same boat with all of you 11th of June 2.7/16/768ers ... Still processing. Apple has nothing to say about rumors that people that ordered the same config after that date are getting theirs before us. Unsure how this mess up could have happened. Perhaps they gave us a window for shipping based on initial production estimates, and when things changed later the new orders were put on the new window and we were stuck in the 3-5 week window.

That is exactly what is happening.

They will work through the orders based on delivery estimate, not precise order chronology.

It is much safer all the way around for them to honor the dates. Believe it or not in some cases they could be in trouble by delivering to a person with a later arrival date before delivering to those with an earlier date, even if the person with an earlier date in fact ordered after the other.

It sucks for those of us who wanted it the worst, and hence ordered the soonest, especially seeing as though we are traditionally big apple spenders. The supply chain management however, for better or worse, doesn't take that into account.

What matters is when Apple promised the products to people, and in this case because of some re-alignment, the later (chronological) orders were actually able to come in earlier (most likely a component or factory came online a week earlier than anticipated, and hence once that time-slot opened they began selling that stock before going back and re-selling the later stock)

Oh well :) Not more than another week or two now!

The real question is if there is any concession apple could make to apologize for it all. It does kind of suck, even if it is (somewhat) logical.

If anyone tries and/or is successful I would love to hear about it.

Karl P
 
for those here last thursday and saw my post about ordering the laptop from apple education institutional PO on 6/25 and having it shipped 6/28, i was wrong when i said it would be delived 6/29. it got stuck in china on friday because of a "late truck".

anywho they attempted saturday delivery and of course the office was closed. they tried again this morning and succeeded. this macbook pro retina 2.6/16/512 is AWESOME.

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I'm in Toronto, July 4th estimate as well. Based on my gift card, free superdrive, other peoples experiences and the fact that in was in Memphis yesterday I'm still confident in tomorrow, I don't think I can wait another day.

You will probably be tomorrow. It arrives in Mississauga probably on a flight around 6:35/7:00am. You will probably have it by the afternoon. If not Wednesday morning for sure.
 
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