Oct. 1 to 6 2014 Delivery Date Orders (Update) Delivered earlier!

[Desmondhuz]

There were a batch early this morning that went through fast. The bulk seemed to happen between 10-3pm EST..

I'm still wait from 1:34a tues morning but idk if my 9/25 dev date has anything to do with that....

 

[Brammy]

I'm still wait from 1:34a tues morning but idk if my 9/25 dev date has anything to do with that....

Bingo.

 

[lapril]

Left Big D now, I am pretty sure I will get mine, crossing my fingers now.

What the fawk!
We were shanghaied together and I reached KY before you. I'm also in TX!! Whats your original delivery date?

 

[Thenicknology]

Who's still in Incheon?

Tempted to just go to bed and see what tomorrow morning brings us since I know I won't be getting it tomorrow. Oh well.

#Team520

 

[DanerMax]

Has anyone else noticed that there are no departures currently scheduled to leave louisville between 1:50 and 5:20 am. Odd huh? That's when the anchorage flights were arriving last night

 

[Retrostyle]

Yes - right there with you!

Man!!!! Must be a huge bottleneck!!! At least I don't feel so alone now.......lol

 

[Joshua Moore]

No movement since the last update......anyone else in the same boat? Delivery of 9/25



Louisville, KY, United States09/23/20141:34 A.M.Arrival Scan

Yeah Same boat here

 

[RiverSong]

And I am still with no Import scan and sitting in KY with 1:56am arrival scan! Delivery date 9/25 North Cal.

 

[lapril]

UPS81 is on it's way to Louisville and my phone is on it!!!

Good ole UPS81 was there for me when no one else was. Now you'll join us in the kentucky fried hell hole

 

[KiKiDee]

No movement since the last update......anyone else in the same boat? Delivery of 9/25

Louisville, KY, United States 09/23/2014 1:34 A.M. Arrival Scan

Same here... They really are holding us up for the 9/25 date! I thought I'd get it a day "early" from the 9/25 day. *sigh*

 

[wabadou]

Here this is my UPS tracking right now. Ugh. This is annoying.

It may be be not yet departing with the others that arrived a full day earlier on the 22nd, yours may go tomorrow?

 

[Joshua Moore]

And I am still with no Import scan and sitting in KY with 1:56am arrival scan! Delivery date 9/25 North Cal.

You're not the only one man

 

[lapril]

And I am still with no Import scan and sitting in KY with 1:56am arrival scan! Delivery date 9/25 North Cal.

You and me both brother.

Louisville, KY, United States 09/23/2014 1:56 A.M. Arrival Scan
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/22/2014 3:49 P.M. Departure Scan
09/22/2014 1:52 P.M. Arrival Scan
Shanghai, China 09/22/2014 9:13 P.M. Departure Scan
Shanghai, China 09/21/2014 12:45 A.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/20/2014 1:45 A.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/19/2014 9:47 P.M. Location Scan
09/19/2014 6:06 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/19/2014 8:29 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

 

[thatappleguytoday]

No movement since the last update......anyone else in the same boat? Delivery of 9/25

Louisville, KY, United States 09/23/2014 1:34 A.M. Arrival Scan

I believe all Thurs 9/25 phones will be import scanned tomorrow, move quite fast after that, and out for delivery Thurs morning

I'm in that boat with you and that BETTER be the case

 

[pssmith84]

Good ole UPS81 was there for me when no one else was. Now you'll join us in the kentucky fried hell hole

I'm keeping hope alive that I'll be picking up my phone tomorrow morning like it's been scheduled the entire time.

 

[KBS756]

And I am still with no Import scan and sitting in KY with 1:56am arrival scan! Delivery date 9/25 North Cal.

Same but NJ here ... hate waiting like this ... common UPS ... you handle the holidays how can you take so long with a phone launch ...

 

[romeo.xk]

My phone left AK at 4:07 yesterday, and for some F-ed up reason, it was send to CA even tho it was going to NY and most flights that left at that time were going to KY, it just sat there over night till today when it was sent to KY for import scan, thanks to this, my delivery got pushed back one day, at least it is in NY now, and should be ready to be picked up in the morning, but I will not be able to stop by till 5pm or so, still a lot better than the original estimate of Oct 1-6...

 

[Joshua Moore]

I believe all Thurs 9/25 phones will be import scanned tomorrow, move quite fast after that, and out for delivery Thurs morning



I'm in that boat with you and that BETTER be the case

I'm afraid you're right. Yet there's no reason for them to just sit there till then

 

[Tekzilla]

Trying hard to not get too anxious about this, but 20 hours in Kentucky just seems mind boggling insane.

 

[wtnon6pls]

What the fawk!
We were shanghaied together and I reached KY before you. I'm also in TX!! Whats your original delivery date?

UPS said 9/22 originally but my apple expected date was Delivers Sep 25, 2014 by Standard Shipping. I ordered on 9/12 @ 5:30am CT.

 

[jkel777]

I believe all Thurs 9/25 phones will be import scanned tomorrow, move quite fast after that, and out for delivery Thurs morning



I'm in that boat with you and that BETTER be the case

Agreed. I think us 9/25's have to come to terms with the fact that we won't get an import scan tonight or early in the morning, and that we'll actually get them on Thursday as scheduled.

Last year, I was scheduled for Thursday, but woke up to a notification of early delivery on Wednesday for my 5s.

 

[mdlv]

Here is mine
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/23/2014 8:00 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2014 5:00 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/22/2014 5:20 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/20/2014 7:58 P.M. Arrival Scan
09/20/2014 7:00 P.M. Departure Scan
09/20/2014 6:27 P.M. Location Scan
09/20/2014 3:03 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/20/2014 5:39 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

Same here.

-sigh-

 

[Rafterman]

I can't believe Apple is only producing these phones in ZhengZhou. That's the real issue. That's the bottleneck.

The supply chain is constrained. UPS can only add so many additional flights and airplanes. They don't control take off and landing slots. They can't take over extra space at the airport. It's not feasible to lease extra airplanes for one event per year.

Even if FEDEX, DHL, and UPS were all being used as shipping companies in ZhengZhou, they are squeezing this one city's limits for the supply chain. An American shipping company can only do so much to deal with the extra volume. This is why many US companies build their depots around Memphis and Louisville. These cities and airports have spent decades building to support the constant volume of FEDEX and UPS. This includes the 3rd party inter-model companies that move freight between air, train, and truck.

It's terribly complicated and we're not seeing delays because UPS wants to torture their customers. There is absolutely no upside if this were true. There is a constraint somewhere in UPS's system and it's not easy to grow your operation in one Chinese city for an event that happens once per year.

If Apple produced these phones in 2-3 cities, the burden would be distributed and we would not be here right now.

Shenzen is a second factory.

 

[eliehass]

Is your scheduled delivery date 9/24?

Yes, I'm still scheduled for 9/24. I'm really hoping that doesn't change.

 

[GoBigBlue]

Has anyone else noticed that there are no departures currently scheduled to leave louisville between 1:50 and 5:20 am. Odd huh? That's when the anchorage flights were arriving last night

That's their night sort hours.