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9OOYO said:
It's free but not fast. Ordered at 3:45 am Eastern time.

I'm flying half way across the country next Sunday 3/20. With my iPad showing an estimated delivery of 3/18 - 3/25 I have to say that I am mega sad :( and mega :confused: I typically love Mac products and service but this puts a bad taste in my mouth.


Fast and free means delivery by next Friday for IMO (if not by Thursday). Not a delivery window starting next Friday!

(I honestly thought they would just be padding the dates but now I'm not so sure the more I read. They may actually mean delivery between 18-25).
I guess I should just chill and wait to see if anything changes.
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I'm in the same boat. Leaving the 19th on a trip in the AM, but I still bought one online at 12:57 AM PST. I'm hoping the shipping dates are overestimates, but you never know.

At this point I'll remain optimistic that I receive it by next Friday. If not, I'll have to bribe my neighbor to keep it safe for a week.

Or I could luck my way into pick one up at an Apple store tomorrow morning. (less than 5% chance I'm sure, but worth a shot). And then return, cancel, or sell the Apple.com shipped iPad 2.
 
Deuterium said:
I'm in the same boat. Leaving the 19th on a trip in the AM, but I still bought one online at 12:57 AM PST. I'm hoping the shipping dates are overestimates, but you never know.

At this point I'll remain optimistic that I receive it by next Friday. If not, I'll have to bribe my neighbor to keep it safe for a week.

Or I could luck my way into pick one up at an Apple store tomorrow morning. (less than 5% chance I'm sure, but worth a shot). And then return, cancel, or sell the Apple.com shipped iPad 2.
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I can't believe they would say fast and free and then let them wait until early next week to ship. Disappointment?
 
9OOYO said:
I can't believe they would say fast and free and then let them wait until early next week to ship. Disappointment?
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Sadly I have to admit I am somewhat disappointed. Not sure what the reasoning is behind the 3-5 day shipping time frame and no pre-ordering or in-store reserving. This is a different approach for an Apple release, almost reminiscent of when the original iPhone was released, if I remember correctly.

Guess we'll all play the waiting game for those of us who ordered online. But for those that were able to wait in line, you definitely reap the benefits this go around.
 
I agree. This sucks having to wait another week to keep the iPad2 that I already paid for. Why to let me down Apple.
 
I think it was to ensure product for the multi-country rollout March 25, when I guess, a pretty large % will be online sales.
 
gostan said:
Shipping 3-5 business days!:eek:
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Little ridiculous that they don't ship today, Considering Steve actually used the words "Shipping March 11th". The lack of pre-ordering as well as the delay in shipment makes me think they hit some production snags.
 
A long wait? Meh!

I ordered my iPad a few minutes before 1 a.m., PT, Friday morning. Apple notified me it shipped, I'll have it Tuesday. I could have waiting without pain until the following Tuesday. This is something I want - my life doesn't depend on it. And the longer the wait, the sweeter the unboxing.

Sure, I could have traveled over to one of the three Apple Stores within two miles of my home (here in Los Angeles). I'm glad I didn't.
 
funkyT80 said:
Little ridiculous that they don't ship today, Considering Steve actually used the words "Shipping March 11th". The lack of pre-ordering as well as the delay in shipment makes me think they hit some production snags.
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Um, this IS the 11th and iPads ARE shipping. ;)
 
ifudge said:
I ordered my iPad a few minutes before 1 a.m., PT, Friday morning. Apple notified me it shipped, I'll have it Tuesday. I could have waiting without pain until the following Tuesday. This is something I want - my life doesn't depend on it. And the longer the wait, the sweeter the unboxing.

Sure, I could have traveled over to one of the three Apple Stores within two miles of my home (here in Los Angeles). I'm glad I didn't.
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Please post proof that yours shipped. I do not know of any others including ones ordered well before yours that have shipped. Lots of cases have shipped but no iPads before yours.
 
A few twitter users are claiming that their iPad 2 order has shipped, not the covers, but their iPads. I'm not 100% sure whether to believe it or not as people may be misreading their emails, but there are several claims to the effect.

My cover hasn't even shipped. I wonder if they are shipping the covers in batches by color. I suppose it makes sense from a warehouse logistics point of view. I ordered the orange one. I have yet to hear from anyone who has received a shipping notification for the orange cover.
 
David R said:
A few twitter users are claiming that their iPad 2 order has shipped, not the covers, but their iPads. I'm not 100% sure whether to believe it or not as people may be misreading their emails, but there are several claims to the effect.

My cover hasn't even shipped. I wonder if they are shipping the covers in batches by color. I suppose it makes sense from a warehouse logistics point of view. I ordered the orange one. I have yet to hear from anyone who has received a shipping notification for the orange cover.
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NONE have shipped as of yet; NONE.
 
My order is showing prepared for shipment...so hopefully that means it'll ship soon.

vpqwmr
 
hvlien said:
My order is showing prepared for shipment...so hopefully that means it'll ship soon.

vpqwmr
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I can confirm, just checked and mine is being "prepared for shipment" as well. I ordered mine 12:57 AM PST. Same configuration too, WiFi 64GB Black.

Still says:

Ships: 3 - 5 business days
Delivers: Mar 18 - Mar 25

At least that's progress. :cool:
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8F190 Safari/6533.18.5)

I ordered at 4:08 EST and my 32gb black wifi iPad is prepared for shipment.
 
yay, i found the one i wanted at best buy and promptly canceled my online order. good luck with everyone's orders.


p.s. i'm glad i got to see the smart covers in person. the (product) red cover doesn't look as good in person as it did online (for me anyway); the black didn't even appeal to me so much. i wound up going with the navy leather.
 
Imark58 said:
I'm in the same boat as you. Ordered by 12:44 and I'm still listed as "Not Yet Shipped." Oh and I ordered the 32GB white. Are you on the west coast perhaps?
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i'm in Miami... i suppose that this "delay" is only for the 3G model...
 
Imark58 said:
I'm in the same boat as you. Ordered by 12:44 and I'm still listed as "Not Yet Shipped." Oh and I ordered the 32GB white. Are you on the west coast perhaps?
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I ordered White 32GB at 12:43 and my "shipment is being prepared"...I live in IL. I bet yours will say that very soon.
 
siurpeeman said:
yay, i found the one i wanted at best buy and promptly canceled my online order. good luck with everyone's orders.


p.s. i'm glad i got to see the smart covers in person. the (product) red cover doesn't look as good in person as it did online (for me anyway); the black didn't even appeal to me so much. i wound up going with the navy leather.
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CONGRATS !!! wee bit jealous as I will have to wait another week to get it but
that's the trade-off for ordering it in the comfort of your home I guess. Which model did you get? I just saw that Best Buy lets you check availability of their stock online which is nice...not surprisingly, the White 32GB is "UNAVAILABLE" at all of the stores.
 
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Both of my iPads have shipped. Time to refresh FedEx page every second :D
All iPads are bundled together, then split up after they hit customs, to their destination state.
 
Reyaz said:
Both of my iPads have shipped. Time to refresh FedEx page every second :D
All iPads are bundled together, then split up after they hit customs, to their destination state.
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Ugh, are they shipping from China? I was hoping they'd ship out of the US for faster delivery.

When is it scheduled to arrive?

My orange cover FINALLY switched to "prepared for shipment" late last night but it hasn't shipped yet. My Black 16G AT&T iPad hasn't seen any action yet. Order went through at 12:49 AM PST. They must be preparing them in batches by model.
 
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Yay, everything's prepped here as well, won't have to play with my cover by itself for a few weeks like I was expecting...
 

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