Overestimating shipping

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@cube wow I didn't even know DPD is owned by the French post. A lot of vaping websites I order from use DPD, and as I mentioned I always got my packages delivered on time without any issues. I have made more orders from Amazon in the past year that I can remember, and I don't think I ever got a late delivery, but I always choose Prime products so that may be why.

Maybe Amazon does not use problem carriers within the UK.

 

[Cavman]

In relation to the "overestimated delivery" concept, but a little off topic, does anybody have some historical anecdotes with regard to the timing of the credit card pending charge hitting your credit card and the actual shipment of a MacBook pro BTO model?

Does the credit card "pending" charge usually coincide with the "order placed", "processing", "preparing to ship" , "shipped", or some other stage of Apple's order status?

As a point of reference, order was placed at 11am CDT on 08/17/18, my card was "charged" (pending?) at 3am CDT on 08/20/18 in two separate transactions (one amount for the computer, and one amount for the AppleCare), but as of 5:30pm CDT on 08/20/18, the order still says "processing". Not sure if that's normal or even if there is a "normal" to the BTO process.

I was under the impression that Apple only charged your card upon actual shipment, but perhaps the "pending" charges are not the final credit card charges?

Not that the computer is late. The delivery estimate when ordered was 8/23/18 - 8/27/18 using "Fastest" shipping (which I did select), just more out of curiosity and trying to see if there is a consistent linkage between credit card charges and order statuses.

Would be interested to hear other customers' experiences / timing. Thanks.

 

[SDColorado]

In relation to the "overestimated delivery" concept, but a little off topic, does anybody have some historical anecdotes with regard to the timing of the credit card pending charge hitting your credit card and the actual shipment of a MacBook pro BTO model?

Does the credit card "pending" charge usually coincide with the "order placed", "processing", "preparing to ship" , "shipped", or some other stage of Apple's order status?

As a point of reference, order was placed at 11am CDT on 08/17/18, my card was "charged" (pending?) at 3am CDT on 08/20/18 in two separate transactions (one amount for the computer, and one amount for the AppleCare), but as of 5:30pm CDT on 08/20/18, the order still says "processing". Not sure if that's normal or even if there is a "normal" to the BTO process.

I was under the impression that Apple only charged your card upon actual shipment, but perhaps the "pending" charges are not the final credit card charges?

Not that the computer is late. The delivery estimate when ordered was 8/23/18 - 8/27/18 using "Fastest" shipping (which I did select), just more out of curiosity and trying to see if there is a consistent linkage between credit card charges and order statuses.

Would be interested to hear other customers' experiences / timing. Thanks.

My experience has been your impression. That the card only processes when shipped. Pending charges don’t necessarily go through.

A believe the “pending” transaction is a pre-authorization. How they effect your available credit may be a fine point though since both the pending charge and final charge may be immediately deducted from your available balance.

 

[NoBoMac]

Apple may not want a new buyer to open it up in late October to find they don't have the current macOS.

That's part of it. But bigger thing is unsold inventory counts against your sales. Sure, one maxed out unit sitting in the back of an Apple store is not going to make a dent in the p&l statement, but see above, where unit might be on the shelf a long time and needs updating. And most likely, Apple has gone over the data and know what configurations are the most popular and how many per week: stock those and ship new ones to the stores every day as inventory gets sold (ie. They are doing BTO for their own stores vs letting units collect dust). Heck, with all the possible combinations of colors, processors, storage, one's "ordinary" config might not be that ordinary and trying to have some less ordinary stock on hand can spiral out of control with all the permutations possible.