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Order Thread for UK (BST)
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Yeah I wonder why it's blue as well. I won't buy another as I'd rather not deprive someone of their's which they'd actually use, but it is interesting.
At least it (hopefully) confirms we'll be getting our watches relatively early on in the 24/4 - 8/5 window.
Just got this
Do I scalp...?
I'm a developer too... Did you get this by email?
Yes, though you still have to enter a lottery to be selected. Not sure if they send the email to everyone, or if that's a lottery too!
I thought no one had yet been charged for the SS with black sport strap?
Edit: just read that you said they've only taken payment for the Sport model. Ignore me!
42mm sport black. Ordered at 8:03
I've had the £1 authorisation taken but not full payment.
Anyone who paid with an apple gift card been charged yet? 42mm SG sport ordered at 8:03 and balance of gift card unchanged!
Same. The other 3 will be with their buyers on Saturday/Monday. S'all good.
Hope everyone else has good luck with their deliveries! can't wait for Friday.
Lol I know. I've definitely dropped a few quid on Apple products over the years like the rest of us. It's an obsession.
Ordered a SS 42mm with white Band through the UK store for delivery to dublin with parcel motel, just checked with Bank Of Ireland, Apple took the payment today
Surprised as I was in the 4-6 weeks delivery group
Really hoping to get it this Friday
Surprised as I was in the 4-6 weeks delivery group
Really hoping to get it this Friday
Just realised, instead of the order phases showing "Preparing for Shipping" and "Shipped", it says "Preparing for Dispatch" and "Dispatched" as we are in the UK. Wonder if this means anything?
This is the one I ordered so maybe they haven't had as much demand for that model, money taken anyhow so fingers crossed for Friday
Ordered iPhones through parcel motel on a Friday launch before and we got them in the parcel motel on Friday night
FEELING HOPEFUL #
Carl Howe on the reality of Apple and the Apple Watch process:
Imagine that someone came to you and asked you to deliver a million Origami (thats the art of Japanese paper folding) lobsters within the next month,
Now lets make this a little more realistic. As it turns out, we really want a million lobsters of two different sizes. Further, ordinary paper tears too easily and is the wrong color for Origami lobsters, so weve decided to make our own paper; that will require its own process. We also need to be able to deliver some of the lobsters with glitter and others with hand-painted decorations; well need to plan to supply and apply those materials too. Oh, and we want to make a few thousand out of two colors of pure gold leaf instead of paper. Youll have to manufacture the paper for that too,
Theres no rush; you can deliver your million lobsters any time during the month, provided that you dont mind people complaining that you are way too slow at getting this done. Oh, and youll be criticized in the international press for every failure to produce perfect lobsters.
And now, imagine this same plan, except with this twist: no one has successfully folded this particular type of Origami lobster before, so you really dont know how its all going to turn out. And your reward if you are successful will not be praise, but demands that you build even more next month,
Imagine that someone came to you and asked you to deliver a million Origami (thats the art of Japanese paper folding) lobsters within the next month,
Now lets make this a little more realistic. As it turns out, we really want a million lobsters of two different sizes. Further, ordinary paper tears too easily and is the wrong color for Origami lobsters, so weve decided to make our own paper; that will require its own process. We also need to be able to deliver some of the lobsters with glitter and others with hand-painted decorations; well need to plan to supply and apply those materials too. Oh, and we want to make a few thousand out of two colors of pure gold leaf instead of paper. Youll have to manufacture the paper for that too,
Theres no rush; you can deliver your million lobsters any time during the month, provided that you dont mind people complaining that you are way too slow at getting this done. Oh, and youll be criticized in the international press for every failure to produce perfect lobsters.
And now, imagine this same plan, except with this twist: no one has successfully folded this particular type of Origami lobster before, so you really dont know how its all going to turn out. And your reward if you are successful will not be praise, but demands that you build even more next month,
They were announced last year so its more than a month they've had to do this. They've had more like 6 months