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Wow, another significant bump up on delivery. From Oct 12 to Oct 6. Go Baby Go!!
I hope everyone enjoys such good fortune!





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sigh.... I am STILL stuck at Clearance in Progress. No movement or change over 24 hours.

I'm very, very, very tired of seeing "On the Way
Your package is pending release from a non-UPS broker. Contact the non-UPS broker for additional information."

Why does life hate me? 😭
 
sigh.... I am STILL stuck at Clearance in Progress. No movement or change over 24 hours.

I'm very, very, very tired of seeing "On the Way
Your package is pending release from a non-UPS broker. Contact the non-UPS broker for additional information."

Why does life hate me? 😭
FWIW, mine and many others sat in this status for 4 to 5 days before moving. Seems that the phones are being manufactured and moved to a staging area prior to shipping out to Alaska via Korea.
 
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FWIW, mine and many others sat in this status for 4 to 5 days before moving. Seems that the phones are being manufactured and moved to a staging area prior to shipping out to Alaska via Korea.
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4-5 days?! dang it.

Yesterday it was showing today for delivery, then it switched to the 4th, but if it continues to sit there for 4 days there's no way it's going to hit the 4th for delivery.

This was fun for a bit but I hate sitting and seeing things not move from there... I just want my bloody phone! 😭
 
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4-5 days?! dang it.

Yesterday it was showing today for delivery, then it switched to the 4th, but if it continues to sit there for 4 days there's no way it's going to hit the 4th for delivery.

This was fun for a bit but I hate sitting and seeing things not move from there... I just want my bloody phone! 😭
😂 More bad news, my original date Was 10/6-11, moved up to 9/28, then slipped back to 10/1 (apple store app moved from 10/6-11 to 10/1, so I wouled stick to what it says there)
 
sigh.... I am STILL stuck at Clearance in Progress. No movement or change over 24 hours.

I'm very, very, very tired of seeing "On the Way
Your package is pending release from a non-UPS broker. Contact the non-UPS broker for additional information."

Why does life hate me? 😭
Maybe life is teaching you patience, so you can achieve greater things. :cool: Be positive because you're in a much better position than I am, after my order slipped to 10/13 - 10/20. You'll get it soon & you'll be all smiles.
 
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Maybe life is teaching you patience, so you can achieve greater things. :cool: Be positive because you're in a much better position than I am, after my order slipped to 10/13 - 10/20. You'll get it soon & you'll be all smiles.
It is! Luckily my phone is on a truck for delivery this afternoon, with a near miss because of a delayed flight this morning!
 
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For me the UPS date was always more accurate. Only problem was that my phone was sitting on Pallets at airport in China for around 4 days. So the first round of when it was supposed to arrive (Tuesday 28) ended up wrong. It shipped instead on early morning of 29th, arriving in town on early am of 30th. Apple showed original date of 10/6 to 10/11 for some time after preparing to ship and shipped (while stuck at airport) but towards end and when it shipped then they first showed October 1st for awhile but once it got to Louisville then finally matched UPS and delivery today when package arrived in my home town for delivery on 30th.
So far mine is still sitting in China stuck at that Your package has been released... stage for over 24 hours now. I am a bit concerned that those of us with a 10/4 date might be stuck here for a bit. I hope it starts moving sometime today or we run the risk of missing the 10/4 date.
 
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Thanks @rjjacobson, but notice on mine, the times are not in sequence from bottom to top - it's like they start over on the same day???

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No those two are the customs scan first says its waiting being cleared. Second is package has been released by government agency then at 3:30 it goes to the facility where pallets wait. At 4:00 the pallets are at facility in airport. Next two scans at 9:27 and 10:20 and are some kind of final two step scans wit the later now ready for plane. Now you wait for the departed scan and you know you are flying
 
Mine is stuck in clearing, too. A matter of waiting until it does. Back in 2018, the phone took 3 days to clear.
 
Mine is stuck in clearing, too. A matter of waiting until it does. Back in 2018, the phone took 3 days to clear.
This year my experience was the clearing could be fast but final stage at the location of airport pallet storage for plane was taking 4 days. So from things I read getting planes out was a problem in China this year
 
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This year my experience was the clearing could be fast but final stage at the location of airport pallet storage for plane was taking 4 days. So from things I read getting planes out was a problem in China this year
I agree with the delay being getting the planes out of China.

The bottleneck at your stage seems to have caused bottlenecks at earlier steps, as mine took 6 days to clear customs and then left China the same afternoon (9/30).

The whole pipeline clogged up waiting to get from China to Incheon (Korea).
 
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Maybe life is teaching you patience, so you can achieve greater things. :cool: Be positive because you're in a much better position than I am, after my order slipped to 10/13 - 10/20. You'll get it soon & you'll be all smiles.

I WANT NOTHING OF THE SORT! I want no patience, I want my phone. I am an entitled middle age white man who is far closer to veruca salt than he’d like to admit.

to whit….
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Mine is stuck in clearing, too. A matter of waiting until it does. Back in 2018, the phone took 3 days to clear.

Ah, 2018. What a time. Life was simple. we were on top of the word. Sort of.

any way, still Refreshing the dang UPS page multiple times an hour. My bloody battery usage is going to be 80% the UPS my choice app 😑
 
I WANT NOTHING OF THE SORT! I want no patience, I want my phone. I am an entitled middle age white man who is far closer to veruca salt than he’d like to admit.

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Ah, 2018. What a time. Life was simple. we were on top of the word. Sort of.

any way, still Refreshing the dang UPS page multiple times an hour. My bloody battery usage is going to be 80% the UPS my choice app 😑
I am with you! I don't understand how a company that has been here before and has about $200 billion in cash reserves can't have a system to handle capacity the day orders go live or be able to better predict demand.I had my pre order already to go several days before and was in front of my laptop & iPhone before the start time and their system wouldn't let me in for 5 or 10 minutes. As soon as I got in, it already had me in the 10/6-11 bucket. Of course now their system shows me at the very end (11th) of that bucket. I was hoping UPS would be correct with the 4th. Unless it moves between now and early Saturday, I am guess those of us with an estimated delivery of the 4th will be pushed back. Apple has our money and yet we don't have a new phone.
 
I am with you! I don't understand how a company that has been here before and has about $200 billion in cash reserves can't have a system to handle capacity the day orders go live or be able to better predict demand.I had my pre order already to go several days before and was in front of my laptop & iPhone before the start time and their system wouldn't let me in for 5 or 10 minutes. As soon as I got in, it already had me in the 10/6-11 bucket. Of course now their system shows me at the very end (11th) of that bucket. I was hoping UPS would be correct with the 4th. Unless it moves between now and early Saturday, I am guess those of us with an estimated delivery of the 4th will be pushed back. Apple has our money and yet we don't have a new phone.
I agree with your assessment of them not predicting the demand, especially for the Pro & Pro Max.
 
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There is one flight out of ZZ to Anchorage on Cargolux that leaves in 6hrs.

That may be the only direct flight from ZZ to Anchorage this weekend, unless we go the route through Incheon, Korea.

No movement on my scans today yet, but we’ll see in 6 hrs if something changes.

Cargolux CLX9766
 
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