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Well I finally got "Out for Delivery", So now I just sit here and wait until I hear that knock on the door lol.

We can track airplanes in the air but not ups delivery trucks :(

So looks like since you got on the earlier flight to Louisville (UPS109) your phone cleared custom overnight. Even though we both had the same flight to Anchorage from Japan, I boarded the later plane and looks like didn't clear customs because I was in the larger batch and it clog down the custom systems :(
 
So China uploads an image of the mass invoice for our phones with a commercial value and description of goods into the computer, but they don't technically clear customs until they physically arrive, and the US Census Bureau examines the uploaded images and approves them. Sorry for the confusion. It looks like millions of phones created a backlog in the government system again like last year, so they'll be clearing in the next several hours one by one. Somebody's phone is clearing right now, but they probably aren't on the forums to post about it. lol Blame the government's legendary inefficiency.

If a phone clears, but no one is on the forum to post, does it really clear? :)
 
Aaaagghh! No fair! No fair! I'm in Atlanta too! (My phone,on the other hand, is sound asleep in Louisville.)

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Edit - just saw the 30338 ZIP for yours. Aaaggghh again, because I'm in the same zip too.

I'm right here with you. I was supposed to have mine yesterday and mine hasn't shown up either. I'm not 30338 but I'm not far from it. Frustrating!!! Why is my phone still in Louisville????
 
Possible. But I wouldn't hold my breath. Every time we thought a package didn't move due to "update slowness", it turns out that the delay was very real.

lol that could be, but last week I received/signed a package from UPS went inside my home and decided to check my other orders UPS tracking numbers, and I noticed that the package that I got in my hands, said it was still in GA, then about 2 min later I refreshed the tracking numbers and saw a long list of scans on that package that I just received, all the scans aparently were on QUEUE and were push once the guy took my signature........ I don't know how their system works, but it has been like this in my area 60% of the time.

usps is very precise and update their website very quickly once it arrives to Orlando, I know once the packages leaves my local post office it will arrive to me in about 40min.
 
Well I finally got "Out for Delivery", So now I just sit here and wait until I hear that knock on the door lol.

We can track airplanes in the air but not ups delivery trucks :(

Apparently in the UK they have an app where you can track a delivery truck! I saw a post on Reddit about it a couple of weeks ago. UPS should do that but they'd probably get a lot more complaint calls as to why the driver is going the route he's going!
 
Big day for #Team520!! There is hopes for delivery tomorrow!

I just got to Incheon a hour and a half ago!

Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/23/2014 8:00 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2014 5:00 P.M. Departure Scan

It looks like we depart on UPS49 to Anchorage, but it is delayed because it is already past departure time in Incheon. Grr.
 
Apparently in the UK they have an app where you can track a delivery truck! I saw a post on Reddit about it a couple of weeks ago. UPS should do that but they'd probably get a lot more complaint calls as to why the driver is going the route he's going!

The supervisors in the office can sit there and watch the trucks on a map in real time, but they don't really share that info for security reasons. Who knows though, in the future they may allow you to watch the truck go in circles all day.
 
The VAST majority of phones will leave Louisville much earlier than that, more like 5 pm tonight.

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lol!

Hey if it comes a day earlier than what UPS has been telling me I'm good with it. It's a Hell of alot better than what Apple EOD was (Oct 1-6) :D
 
Big day for #Team520!! There is hopes for delivery tomorrow!

I just got to Incheon a hour and a half ago!

Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/23/2014 8:00 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2014 5:00 P.M. Departure Scan

It looks like we depart on UPS49 to Anchorage, but it is delayed because it is already past departure time in Incheon. Grr.

Same flight as you!! Another flight buddy :)
 
If you cancelled your will call after the trucks left this morning then it's gonna sit in the center until tomorrow.

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You'll likely have it tomorrow. Watch for it to leave Louisville in 7-8 hours with everybody elses'.


I hope so! :) but I won't be home to get it if it doesn't update early enough for me to tell my boss LOL meh I just won't go into work. iPhone is more important lol ;)
 
On the truck for delivery as of 8:25AM in north MS. I left the pre-signed Apple form on my door in case UPS is earlier than usual today (usually late afternoon), but I hope I'm home for the delivery. If I get a delivery notification while at work, I'm going to be on pins and needles until I get home.
 
I'm going to miss this thread after we get our phones. At some point, the lights will get turned out and the last post will be made.

We should bump it each year, and lay a wreath in memory of the productive hours that were lost keeping us updated on the progress of a half-pound package.
 
lol that could be, but last week I received/signed a package from UPS went inside my home and decided to check my other orders UPS tracking numbers, and I noticed that the package that I got in my hands, said it was still in GA, then about 2 min later I refreshed the tracking numbers and saw a long list of scans on that package that I just received, all the scans aparently were on QUEUE and were push once the guy took my signature........ I don't know how their system works, but it has been like this in my area 60% of the time.

usps is very precise and update their website very quickly once it arrives to Orlando, I know once the packages leaves my local post office it will arrive to me in about 40min.

Honestly dont count on it coming today
 
So looks like since you got on the earlier flight to Louisville (UPS109) your phone cleared custom overnight. Even though we both had the same flight to Anchorage from Japan, I boarded the later plane and looks like didn't clear customs because I was in the larger batch and it clog down the custom systems :(

Damn that sucks, I was worried cause it arrived to my local hub until 7:11 am. I'm glad that it made the delivery truck though.
 
For the last time, if your phone is still in Louisville, it's because it didn't clear customs yet, and can't go until the government approves it through the census bereau website. It will be approved in the next several hours and be on the road to be delivered tomorrow morning.

It sucks, but nothing comes in and goes out before the Feds approve it, no matter how slow they are.

You'll know when it clears because it will say "import scan" on your tracking page. Expect it to be on the road by 6 pm tonight at the latest.

Thank you for this. It really sucks that I won't get it til tomorrow. It seems like some other people that were on the same Osaka flight as me got theirs and are moving along. I was given a Monday 9/22 date originally.
 
By the way, looking at old threads here and the Apple forums from years past, there seems to be a concentrated amount of import scans showing up from 11 am-3pm then the phones leave between 4 pm and 5 pm. Start F5ing now!

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I am going stir crazy and not hopeful for my phone to be here today. It still says its in KY as of 1am. I am in NC. I am hoping the delay in updates is right but losing hope.
 
Next flight from Loiusville to VA (Richmond or Newport News)??? Still "arriving" at Loiusville since 1:34am this morning...
 
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