Order Thread for UK (BST)

[Billberryjuice]

Here's what I don't get about Apple, aluminium is a more expensive metal than stainless steel, fact, they use aluminium to make their iPhones iPads etc, what's made out of stainless steel, belts, cutlery etc, so how can they justify charging £200 more for an Apple Watch over a Sport?

I'm far from an expert on materials science, but I know there a huge number of different alloys of stainless, I can't imagine the steel used in the Watch is the same grade as the cheap stuff used in cutlery, what else they put in it or do to it to make it so much more expensive I don't know.

It's more likely that the difference is simply that aluminium is light (making it better suited to a sporty version) and stainless steel is very durable and hard wearing (making it better suited to a more "premium" feeling version) - it could well be that the Watch units are in fact cheaper to produce than the Sports, and Apple is laughing its way to the bank yet again with its incredible markup.

Edit: of course, there will be a cost difference between the sapphire and the Ion-X glass; this might tip the balance in the Sport's favour in terms of cheapness.

 

[wizzywig27]

Does anyone know if stores will have straps for sale tomorrow?

 

[tomhut]

Does anyone know if stores will have straps for sale tomorrow?

They will do. Quantities may be limited though.

 

[BarmyGnome]

Anything interesting happened?

Mine's still processing.

 

[Onimusha370]

anyone else's shipment via UK MAIL still stuck on 'collected'?

 

[DavidWildJnr]

Anything interesting happened?

Mine's still processing.

Nothing with the EOD people that i can tell.

 

[Billberryjuice]

Does anyone know if stores will have straps for sale tomorrow?

Judging by the long wait times for ordering them on the online store, I really doubt it

 

[archstan]

anyone else's shipment via UK MAIL still stuck on 'collected'?

Yes, still collected since 11.30 this morning. I've never had anything shipped by Ukmail before. I'm just assuming they have a crappy tracking system

 

[Steve514]

Curious what time you placed your order ?

8.02 confirm email

 

[Andy in Embsay]

anyone else's shipment via UK MAIL still stuck on 'collected'?

Yep - I'm assuming it'll be transferred from Brum to Leeds overnight then on a van in the morning.

 

[Swiss-G]

Or just give them a call and ask them to hold it for collection tomorrow. A few of us on here have done that.

Although if I'm honest, I fully expect to arrive there tomorrow morning and them having no clue what's happening or the parcel is already out for delivery.

They may leave a card while your on your way to the depot.

 

[adriancmr]

anyone else's shipment via UK MAIL still stuck on 'collected'?

Have a read of this, see the first link. it would suggest that it will move to the next stage during the night

https://www.ukmail.com/information/customer-information

 

[BarmyGnome]

Nothing with the EOD people that i can tell.

That includes me!

I'm past the anger stage and now I'm just accepting it.

 

[Youngy228]

anyone else's shipment via UK MAIL still stuck on 'collected'?

Mine - but I doubt thats a problem

 

[c0valent]

Yes, still collected since 11.30 this morning. I've never had anything shipped by Ukmail before. I'm just assuming they have a crappy tracking system

Collected just after noon. Time now 21:00.
So they took kidnapped my watch on a white truck or something rather then going to a hub or re-distubutaion centre?

Well, est. delivery is 24.4

 

[sbharj]

To all those who have a delivery date from UK Mail for tomorrow - Have any of you actually had the money taken out of your account or is it still a pending transaction?

 

[c0valent]

To all those who have a delivery date from UK Mail for tomorrow - Have any of you actually had the money taken out of your account or is it still a pending transaction?

Pending

 

[TheLastOfConnor]

Yes, still collected since 11.30 this morning. I've never had anything shipped by Ukmail before. I'm just assuming they have a crappy tracking system

It's not a bad tracking system. It's just that they'll wait until they have all the collected parcels and move them overnight to the local depots. The status won't be updated until they have, at the very least, been scanned into the local depot.

 

[shambles247]

Does anyone know if stores will have straps for sale tomorrow?

I called Basingstoke and they said no.

 

[TrueBlou]

Here's what I don't get about Apple, aluminium is a more expensive metal than stainless steel, fact, they use aluminium to make their iPhones iPads etc, what's made out of stainless steel, belts, cutlery etc, so how can they justify charging £200 more for an Apple Watch over a Sport?

Well they are using their own custom alloy, apparently, so that may be more expensive.

The big difference of course is the sapphire versus the ion-x glass, they'll be doing a big markup on that.

And naturally they will be playing to our, ooohhhh, shiny must have it, side

 

[sananda]

To all those who have a delivery date from UK Mail for tomorrow - Have any of you actually had the money taken out of your account or is it still a pending transaction?

Still pending.

 

[nwlondonlad]

Here's what I don't get about Apple, aluminium is a more expensive metal than stainless steel, fact, they use aluminium to make their iPhones iPads etc, what's made out of stainless steel, belts, cutlery etc, so how can they justify charging £200 more for an Apple Watch over a Sport?

The Sapphire screen mate

 

[smr]

Yes, still collected since 11.30 this morning. I've never had anything shipped by Ukmail before. I'm just assuming they have a crappy tracking system

This was an Apple order from earlier this month (delivery to Shrewsbury):

08th April 2015 11:42 Delivered
08th April 2015 06:15 Out For Delivery
07th April 2015 23:15 At Delivery Location
07th April 2015 15:42 Collected
07th April 2015 07:51 Booked/Awaiting Collection

So the next update will be when it is scanned in at your delivery hub.

I phoned UKMail earlier this afternoon and asked if they could hold the package at the delivery hub for me to collect (that way I could pick it up ahead of the other half's Noon deadline for going away for the weekend ) They said it should be OK, but nothing has changed on my status page She said to phone the help line at 7am to check before going to pick it up (from 8am).

If it isn't held and not delivered by Noon then:

 

[BarmyGnome]

The Sapphire screen mate

The Sapphire alone is not equal to the increase in price, it's that plus a little Apple tax.

 

[shambles247]

To all those who have a delivery date from UK Mail for tomorrow - Have any of you actually had the money taken out of your account or is it still a pending transaction?

Pending, but I think it will show in the morning.