Most of the Apple products I've ordered online have shipped direct from China. It's always been very fast.
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Most of the Apple products I've ordered online have shipped direct from China. It's always been very fast.
Far from it, equally am not interested in little every aspect of what Apple does or doesn't do. Apple`s management should have ensured adequate stock prior to release. They didn't end of story...
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MacBook Shipped!
Don't forget other countries often use different keyboard layouts on their notebooks, too. Maybe production of those has started after the U.S. layout. That's another point why my shipping to Germany might need 3-4 weeks as well, even though I ordered the minute the Apple Store went live on Friday.
then why do the rest of the world have to wait for 3-4 weeks? if it's just shipping from China?
Don't forget other countries often use different keyboard layouts on their notebooks, too. Maybe production of those has started after the U.S. layout. That's another point why my shipping to Germany might need 3-4 weeks as well, even though I ordered the minute the Apple Store went live on Friday.
Again, they NEVER said it would be available in stores April 10th, they said it SHIPS April 10th. They did have adequate stock available online, plenty of us ordered one and will have them in 3 days
Again, they NEVER said it would be available in stores April 10th, they said it SHIPS April 10th. They did have adequate stock available online, plenty of us ordered one and will have them in 3 days
This is what Apple said. It's not very well worded, but if people understood that it was going to be available on the 10th in retail stores and "select Apple Authorized Resellers," I think that was a reasonable conclusion. Apple doesn't ship through its retail stores or resellers.
Again, they NEVER said it would be available in stores April 10th, they said it SHIPS April 10th. They did have adequate stock available online, plenty of us ordered one and will have them in 3 days
Apple announced a launch across several counties, not a staged launch/shipping, which is exactly what they have done. Some flagship stores done even have display models, and just as well as there is no immediate stock...
If Apple had adequate stock people wouldn't be waiting 4-6 weeks, it`s a Mac with limited appeal to the greater public, not and IOS device...
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There seems to be movement on the FedEx site tracking over in China ... the orders seem to have left the country
They did with the macbook the exact same thing they did with the Watch. But they didn't say it, and the set expectations when they knew exactly that wasn't going to happen the way everybody thought it would.
Nobody had anything bad to say about the way they handled the Watch launch. Nobody would have had anything to say about the MB launch either had they only SAID it.
Why they didn't say "online orders on April 10th with demo in the US stores, availability in store on April xxth and internationally on May xxth" is beyond me.
Yep. FedEx has a flight everyday from Shanghai to TN and are MacBooks are on todays
It is what it is, and anyone with common sense can see it. Even speaking with Apple store staff today they have no clear understanding why Apple has done this, they have just been instructed to push all sales to online...
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You're reading it wrong. It says:
The all-new MacBook will begin shipping Friday, April 10 through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.
Notice the comma? It means it begins shipping through Apple's online store (you order it), their retail stores (Apple employee orders it for you) and Apple authorized resellers (they order it for you). It never once says it will be available in stores on April 10th. People need to learn to read.
Yep. FedEx has a flight everyday from Shanghai to TN and are MacBooks are on todays
Yes! And if I may quote Macho Man Randy Savage on this festive occasion: Oooooh yeeeah!
Yep. FedEx has a flight everyday from Shanghai to TN and are MacBooks are on todays
Are these the expedited orders? Mine shipped late Friday from China but I chose the standard shipping. I don't see any movement outside of Shanghai yet.
Yep. FedEx has a flight everyday from Shanghai to TN and are MacBooks are on todays
Apparently not on Sunday, weird.
Completely agree. Apple set the wrong expectation and hence low stocking levels, and botched launch. As I said Apple could have completely avoided this by advising in store dates by country, equally they didn't.
As other members have said the "Watch" is priority...
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To be fair, this is all brand new to everyone. Apple have never "started shipping" a product without it being available in stores, before now.
exactly. They should have done the same thing as the apple watch. "available for preorder on 4/10/15"
On the dutch site it said that the MacBook would be available instead of begin shipping, but they said it was a mistake of the translator
On the dutch site it said that the MacBook would be available instead of begin shipping, but they said it was a mistake of the translator
stupid Dutch translator's!! ##
Well, the packages are now in Japan for some mysterious
Mine too! Do you think we can get the MacBooks to pickup some sushi for us??