MBP Shipped... from Memphis, TN???

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  1. gonnabuyamac, Feb 18, 2008

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    Ok, last week I put in a CTO for a MBP. It was delayed, but then shipped tonight from Memphis, TN. What's that all about? Every other time I've got a computer from Apple it came from China.

    Is that strange?
     
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  2. squeeks, Feb 18, 2008

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    stock or with options? if it was stock thats not strange at all
     
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  3. gonnabuyamac, Feb 18, 2008

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    It was a custom order... Larger hard drive.
     
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  4. MacDann, Feb 18, 2008

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    Nope. They have a number of places they do this, Sacramento being another location. For example, most of their software is shipped out of a warehouse in PA....

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  5. gonnabuyamac, Feb 18, 2008

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    So I'm guessing that means I won't get a new MBP. :mad:

    i'll find out tomorrow. it's an overnight shipment.
     
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  6. r76h23h78, Feb 18, 2008

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    Fedex has a hub in Memphis, so perhaps it was sent in bulk from overseas, and individually unpacked in Memphis. I've seen this happen before. The first scan Fedex would have for your package would be when it was separated.
     
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  7. andrewdale, Feb 18, 2008

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    Yup. As a resident of Memphis, TN, we've got a MASSIVE amount of FedEx traffic through here. We have FedEx planes landing at the airport every, and I'm not exaggerating, 20 seconds.
     
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  8. goodwilldrums, Feb 18, 2008

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    when i bought my cinema display back in july '07 it came from there


    -jake :apple:
     
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  9. lostfan916, Feb 18, 2008

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    I pass by that warehouse about twice a week... It's one of the highlights of going to my Aunt's house. :rolleyes::D
     
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  10. tremendous, Feb 19, 2008

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    That wasn't what you ordered, so why would you get one?
     
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  11. gonnabuyamac, Feb 19, 2008

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    Yeah... i know. It's a replacement laptop that Apple is shipping me. I was just hoping for a positive experience with Apple... kind of a last ditch effort before switching back to PC's.

    Oh well.
     
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  12. arkitect, Feb 19, 2008

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    So by implication if you get what you asked for that would not be a positive experience?
    It would only be positive if you get something that hasn't even been released yet?
    Hmm. ;)
     
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  13. gonnabuyamac, Feb 19, 2008

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    No, I've just had two MBPs that were the crappiest computers I've ever owned. Each went in for repairs 5 or 6 times. The replacement will be the third. I was hoping for a new MBP to help me actually, possibly want to have a Mac computer. If it's not a new one, I have no desire to keep it and will probably sell it ASAP (won't even open the box) and buy a Dell.
     
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  14. DaveF, Feb 19, 2008

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    It's not just a little hub: FedEx World HQ is in Memphis.
     
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  15. katorga, Feb 19, 2008

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    FedEx

    FedEx offers logistics services and can warehouse product in hub cities for faster shipping. Cisco ships a lot of gear out of Memphis warehouses for the same reason.
     
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  16. andrewdale, Feb 19, 2008

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    Well, actually they moved their World HQ to Collierville, a suburb of Memphis, but the shipping hub is still right in Memphis. It causes me quite a lot of traffic problems!
     
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  17. DaveF, Feb 19, 2008

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    Yes, that's true. I've a relative who works at the Carrier plant in Collierville; he pointed out the FedEx plant there.
     
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