I'm thinking that Apple have a contract with UPS to deliver on Friday not before. UPS knows if they hold them in KY, none will get through by mistake. UPS knows it's capacity, so they know when they have to push them out to the hubs, so they will hold them in KY until all trucks for Thursday are all ready on the road. Then they'll push them out to local hubs with plenty of time to deliver on Friday.
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[Merged] The Official iPhone 3GS "I Have a Tracking Number" Thread!
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I'm thinking that Apple have a contract with UPS to deliver on Friday not before. UPS knows if they hold them in KY, none will get through by mistake. UPS knows it's capacity, so they know when they have to push them out to the hubs, so they will hold them in KY until all trucks for Thursday are all ready on the road. Then they'll push them out to local hubs with plenty of time to deliver on Friday.
Exactly same here...status and credit hold removed from my acct... also in PA. Called Apple on Tuesday a.m. and they told me everything was green for Friday delivery and no movement since and no word from Apple. Argh.
Where do you see the contract extension? Looking at my wireless.att.com account, but don't see any dates.
For others who's tracking info switched to the incorrect state (still correct city name)...
I called UPS this AM because my tracking info switched yesterday from Alexandria, KY (correct) to Alexandria, OH (incorrect). I saw a few others post that they had the same thing happen. The information I received was questionable. She first read off "delivery to Alexandria, OH 41001" and I said that it was the correct zip but that it wasn't OH, but KY. She then reported that it was corrected when it entered the US and would be delivered to KY. I informed her that it was the opposite. It showed KY when it was in CN and HK, but switched to OH when it arrived in Anchorage. She then stated that they would deliver based on zip code. This is what I would have hoped anyway, but the incorrect state listing still had me concerned.
At this point she said something that I really didn't like. She basically said that there wasn't any way for the state to be corrected on the box or to track it down and have someone correct it manually. The process is that it would have to be delivered to the incorrect address and fail before they can make any sort of change. That's brilliant! The customer let's us know it's wrong. We can confirm that it's wrong, but we must fail at least once before we'll do anything about it. Great!
Guess that means if it does go to OH, I'll have to call them Friday afternoon and have it delivered on Monday (unless I go medieval on them and demand a Saturday delivery due to their screw up).
The good news for everyone else with UPS deliveries. From the sounds of it, these are all shipped with "by 10:30am" deliveries. This is good considering our UPS guy usually rolls up about 5:00pm most of the time.
For those who also have this scenario I would be interested in comments if you've also called in. If you haven't but want to, the number for International shipments is: 1-800-782-7892.
I called UPS this AM because my tracking info switched yesterday from Alexandria, KY (correct) to Alexandria, OH (incorrect). I saw a few others post that they had the same thing happen. The information I received was questionable. She first read off "delivery to Alexandria, OH 41001" and I said that it was the correct zip but that it wasn't OH, but KY. She then reported that it was corrected when it entered the US and would be delivered to KY. I informed her that it was the opposite. It showed KY when it was in CN and HK, but switched to OH when it arrived in Anchorage. She then stated that they would deliver based on zip code. This is what I would have hoped anyway, but the incorrect state listing still had me concerned.
At this point she said something that I really didn't like. She basically said that there wasn't any way for the state to be corrected on the box or to track it down and have someone correct it manually. The process is that it would have to be delivered to the incorrect address and fail before they can make any sort of change. That's brilliant! The customer let's us know it's wrong. We can confirm that it's wrong, but we must fail at least once before we'll do anything about it. Great!
Guess that means if it does go to OH, I'll have to call them Friday afternoon and have it delivered on Monday (unless I go medieval on them and demand a Saturday delivery due to their screw up).
The good news for everyone else with UPS deliveries. From the sounds of it, these are all shipped with "by 10:30am" deliveries. This is good considering our UPS guy usually rolls up about 5:00pm most of the time.
For those who also have this scenario I would be interested in comments if you've also called in. If you haven't but want to, the number for International shipments is: 1-800-782-7892.
I ordered mine yesterday, Wednesday June 17, through the Apple store online, and the status says it will ship in 2-4 business days, with delivery between June 20 -26. Interestingly, however, my credit card was charged today for the full amount. Apple's status still says "Not yet shipped." I think its going to change very soon, given that they've already been paid.
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Mine has been "prepared for shipment" for nearly 2 days now and nothing has been charged to my credit card yet. Hopefully soon!
what date does it have for delivery?
+1. UPS knows EXACTLY what's in their possession, where it is, where it's going, how many planes,trucks, people, storage space they have, when it needs to move from point A to point B etc. Let them do what they do. We've known it would be released on Friday the whole time.
The last update on my tracking was yesterday at 1:50pm as the Anchorage arrival scan. As we all know, UPS63 took off and landed in Louisville at 1:53am. Should I be worried that my package might be lost or something??
Who should I call/contact? I'm being shipped worldwide express with ease and no expected delivery date.
Who should I call/contact? I'm being shipped worldwide express with ease and no expected delivery date.
Have you never had overnight shipping before? If you ordered directly from Apple, you'll probably get a tracking number this afternoon and still get it tomorrow.
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Go to the "My Profile" tab, then "User Information". You should see the "Contract Information" underneath "Login information.
Go to the "My Profile" tab, then "User Information". You should see the "Contract Information" underneath "Login information.
Mine is showing this as well.
Although I have no doubt it will be delivered on time tomorrow morning, I'm kind of wishing it would update so I could play the tracking game with everybody else....
Overnight, sure i've had it. But I seriously doubt that Apple would pay that much to have their products delivered. From a business standpoint it doesn't make sense.
Apple is shipping the iPhone 3GS "priority" which is indeed overnight shipping. Login to your account and check. I ordered it standard and then it was automatically change to priority.
No info change as of yet i was hoping to wake up this morning to a shipment notification. LIke everyone else on here my payment to apple has now been returned, i see this in a good and bad way if by tonight i dont see it shipping i'll go down to either a att store one of the 3 best buy stores or the three apple stores around me and i'll just stand in line around 4am maybe 5am and then cancel my order and return the iphone back to apple with a big ass middle finger.... I still want my iphone i'm not sure if over night delivery straight from china is even possible right now
Since it's being shipped with ease, I wonder if some lazy worker in Anchorage decided not to scan a bunch of packages (since ease just requires a few barcodes to be scanned)
Man that sucks my order still says standard shipping... So on yours nothing really has updated but it went from standard to priority? when did you notice the change?
It says priority. So unless its flying directly from China right this instant, it ain't arriving tomorrow. Priority or no priority.
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