My delivery date has said Dec. 16-23 all along without any movement
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I’m in the US and When I had movement for my 26 Oct 16in M1 Max 64Gb order it was within two weeks.
To have the ship date move that quickly definitely implied to me as orders were cancelled (for one reason or another) or that supply increases to some degree that it would see another jump but No such luck at this point.
Hoping for sooner but definitely don’t want it to take longer but it’s not like we have a whole lot of options during a worldwide chip shortage.
Yeah, the rest of it should go quickly. Only choke point left is 12-24 hours for import clearance in Kentucky.
My MacBook finally arrived in LA today! 
No-one had received theirs "right away", especially if you look at the almost 600 pages of this thread. From the time they were able to be ordered, everyone was getting a 6-8 week shipping delay on those Macs. If anything, those who ordered early ended up with a 3 week delay at the earliest, which were those people who reviewed the Macs. But no-one got them "right away".
And as everyone already mentioned about delays in shipping, most of the models ordered were not base models. They were all BTO until Apple was able to get some stock of the more common non-base models out to their warehouses, so all orders had to be shipped from China.
Now, cross that with the fact that with lining up the ships in two separate lines, those lines would still be a good 100 to 150 miles long of ships waiting to dock at the Port of Long Beach (the busiest US shipping port on the west coast), we're stuck with a lot of shipping and logistics constraints. And that isn't just for tech; all durable equipment, appliances, clothing, the entire lot are all stuck with those same constraints.
Because of those constraints, prices have gone UP for a lot of things. A prime example is how much this year's Macs cost compared to 2020 or 2019. Hell, my MBA when I bought it new was $1600; look at the MBA now. The video card I bought for my PC in 2014 has actually gone UP in value; this year's comparable card is already at the $1000 range... I paid $199 for it in 2014.
So yes, supply constraints, COVID, and all Macs basically being BTO are causing the delays, and that has been known ever since the COVID pandemic started.
BL.
Update! It arrived! Yay!!! On the original date it was scheduled. Now to set it up , transfer data, download all my Adobe CC apps etc. etc. Good luck to everyone who is waiting.
My 16" 64GB 2TB M1 Max was ordered 21 Oct eta 11/30-12/8 and then pushed to 12/16-12/23 before shipping on 1 Dec 2021 from China via DHL. So it's pretty random on what is causing the delay. For you it could be the 4TB SSD, who knows.
Mine is arriving a day early, which is totally unexpected. I got a notification this morning at 7am that it was departing Cincinnati. I'm in San Jose so I figured it'd be at least one more day before I'd see it.
I get another notification at 10am saying that it's in San Jose. I'm sure the delivery vehicles have all left for the day. Looking forward to getting it tomorrow.
I'm out running errands and at noon I get another notification saying that my shipment is out with a courier for delivery today so I wrap up what I'm doing and get home.
Wow, that escalated fast! Weeks of nothing and then days of stale shipment messages and suddenly, BAM BAM BAM BAM!
I get another notification at 10am saying that it's in San Jose. I'm sure the delivery vehicles have all left for the day. Looking forward to getting it tomorrow.
I'm out running errands and at noon I get another notification saying that my shipment is out with a courier for delivery today so I wrap up what I'm doing and get home.
Wow, that escalated fast! Weeks of nothing and then days of stale shipment messages and suddenly, BAM BAM BAM BAM!
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Wondering when your MacBook left Memphis. I think to my area there are 20+ flights a day so it could be anytime. Mine went thru International Shipment Release - Import yesterday, and then twice today. At least it's being scanned, if that's what it means. Maybe it'll go out today. I tried calling yesterday and they said I needed to wait 72 hours after original scheduled delivery, so I can call back today and start a trace. Maybe that will help as you suggest.
@nepalisherpa did you order Silver by chance? I ordered the same config but space gray on 11/02 and have had 0 movement. Still order processing.
I actually think if orders from the 21st and 22nd of October with 64GB Memory are shipping this week that most likely means my order from the 26th will ship within the next few days.
So seemingly it’s moving right along. ??
In-store purchase 11/11/21
Card charged 11/26/21
DHL is the carrier
11/26/21 "shipment picked up"
And that's the end.
Chatted with bot at DHL and then a person. DHL human: "many, many,many, many items are sitting in China"
Called Apple. "We'll look into it and it will take us 2-3 business days to do so". Me: We can skip that step because I've already talked with the carrier and the package hasn't left China." Apple employees are very good at staying on script and message. And I'm getting excellent at feeling frustrated. My reality is that my screen failed on my 2019 MBP 13" (Flexgate frustration) and the $650 repair tag helped me to decide to purchase a new MBP at what seems to be a premium price, and I have been without since this all started in October. Thanks for listening. I feel better. LOL
Card charged 11/26/21
DHL is the carrier
11/26/21 "shipment picked up"
And that's the end.
Chatted with bot at DHL and then a person. DHL human: "many, many,many, many items are sitting in China"
Called Apple. "We'll look into it and it will take us 2-3 business days to do so". Me: We can skip that step because I've already talked with the carrier and the package hasn't left China." Apple employees are very good at staying on script and message. And I'm getting excellent at feeling frustrated. My reality is that my screen failed on my 2019 MBP 13" (Flexgate frustration) and the $650 repair tag helped me to decide to purchase a new MBP at what seems to be a premium price, and I have been without since this all started in October. Thanks for listening. I feel better. LOL
Ok my experience now aligns. Four days after initial shipment, shipping status has been updated and the item has been processed in Cincinnati =)
Well, my order from Oct 19th still shows no movement, delivery Jan 5-12 (original Nov 17-25). 64GB Max, 4TB.
I ordered Space Gray too. Looks like we're in the same boat. Pass a paddle, please.
It just arrived a day early!Same order date, but no news yet!
Order has shipped, but it will be a bit late.
Ordered on Oct. 19
Original Expected Nov. 18-26
Delayed to Dec. 22 - 30
Preparing to ship: November 22
Shipped: November 23
ETA: December 3rd.
Better late than never!.
Is it going to the US? At this point if it’s to the US then I’d probably be reaching out to see what’s up when you can see similar orders for the same config placed after you shipping already.
Canada. I already spoke with them, several times, they put it in priority queue weeks ago, little that did! If I don't get it by Christmas, I'll probably just cancel and wait for the next version.
It seems I'm in the stretch run. I am sincerely surprised...when UPS tracking all of a sudden stopped showing a delivery date yesterday, I thought "whelp...guess my MBP will be milling about Shanghai for a while." Tracking still doesn't provide an arrival date; still says "delivery date will be provided as soon as possible."
I'm lucky! Look, tomorrow I will receive it after all!
So I landed in Memphis on a wendesday at like 4am and didn't leave Memphis until the next Tuesday at 3am - but Memphis to my local hub is a one trip thing so I got my MacBook that same Tuesday morning. Thanks for the app!