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I hope this is true, but it runs contrary to everything I've been told both from FedEx and every person that has tried and posted here. FedEx tells me everytime I call, that they can't release it to me until one delivery attempt has been made.

It sounds like a bunch of lazy FE employees who don't want to hunt down packages for customers. If the package is in the home facility, you should be able to retrieve it from there during normal business operations. Call another FE agent, listen to their answer, then report back. :)
 
Mar 20, 2011 10:41 PM At local FedEx facility LANTAU ISLAND HK
Mar 19, 2011 11:50 PM At local FedEx facility LANTAU ISLAND HK
Mar 18, 2011 11:50 PM At local FedEx facility LANTAU ISLAND HK
Mar 18, 2011 11:39 AM In transit LANTAU ISLAND HK
Mar 17, 2011 11:20 PMPicked up SHENZHEN CN Package received after FedEx cutoff
Mar 17, 2011 11:13 PM Left FedEx origin facilitySHENZHEN CN
Mar 17, 2011 5:10 AM Shipment information sent to FedEx

Anyone else with a 32GB black 3G ATT been setting on Lantau Island since the 18th? Mine is scheduled for deliver on the 23rd, they are gonna have to hurry to make that date.

Yup. Same model. Stuck in Lantau Prison since the 18th. Same projected delivery date. I don't see them making it.
 
It pays to be nice. We have the same local Fed Ex guy for the last few years. He was straight out over Christmas but doubled back to try to redeliver on 12/23 knowing we were closed on 12/24. I gave him my thanks and a $50 tip for all he had done for this package and throughout the year. Just got a call from him saying he noticed an Apple package came into the facility this morning, not due for delivery until tomorrow, he is getting ready to leave and wanted to know if I was around today. He snagged it and I am getting it today!!!Status just updated, Out for Delivery!!!
 
It's here!!

Been fun talking with you all! Best of luck to everyone who's still awaiting delivery...worth the wait IMO!

2011-03-21 08:45:00 Delivered COLUMBUS, OH
2011-03-21 08:04:00 Held at FedEx location for recipient pickup COLUMBUS, OH
2011-03-21 07:58:00 Package status COLUMBUS, OH
2011-03-21 06:57:00 On FedEx vehicle for delivery COLUMBUS, OH
2011-03-21 06:52:00 Arrived at FedEx Destination Location COLUMBUS, OH
2011-03-21 05:30:00 Left FedEx Ramp COLUMBUS, OH
2011-03-21 02:23:00 Arrived at FedEx Ramp COLUMBUS, OH
2011-03-20 17:05:00 Held at Sort Facility MEMPHIS, TN
2011-03-20 15:00:00 Left FedEx Sort Facility MEMPHIS, TN
2011-03-20 10:52:00 Held at Sort Facility MEMPHIS, TN
2011-03-20 06:28:00 Arrived at Sort Facility MEMPHIS, TN
2011-03-19 21:24:00 Left FedEx Sort Facility ANCHORAGE, AK
2011-03-19 17:06:00 Released for delivery ANCHORAGE, AK
2011-03-19 12:05:00 Arrived at Sort Facility ANCHORAGE, AK
2011-03-19 22:14:00 Left FedEx Ramp SENNAN-SHI,
2011-03-18 20:40:00 Arrived at FedEx Ramp SENNAN-SHI,
2011-03-18 17:40:00 Left FedEx Ramp TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-18 00:53:00 Package status TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-17 23:25:00 Arrived at FedEx Ramp TA YUAN HSIANG,
2011-03-17 22:21:00 Left FedEx Ramp LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-17 22:14:00 Left FedEx Ramp CHEK LAP KOK,
2011-03-16 23:55:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-16 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-16 17:22:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-16 10:34:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-15 23:44:00 Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN,
2011-03-15 23:12:00 Package received after FedEx cutoff time SHENZHEN,
 
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Zihuat said:
Mar 20, 2011 10:41 PM At local FedEx facility LANTAU ISLAND HK
Mar 19, 2011 11:50 PM At local FedEx facility LANTAU ISLAND HK
Mar 18, 2011 11:50 PM At local FedEx facility LANTAU ISLAND HK
Mar 18, 2011 11:39 AM In transit LANTAU ISLAND HK
Mar 17, 2011 11:20 PMPicked up SHENZHEN CN Package received after FedEx cutoff
Mar 17, 2011 11:13 PM Left FedEx origin facilitySHENZHEN CN
Mar 17, 2011 5:10 AM Shipment information sent to FedEx

Anyone else with a 32GB black 3G ATT been setting on Lantau Island since the 18th? Mine is scheduled for deliver on the 23rd, they are gonna have to hurry to make that date.

Yup. Same model. Stuck in Lantau Prison since the 18th. Same projected delivery date. I don't see them making it.

The next fedex update should be that it's in anchorage...if not, you are probably right.
 
It's on the truck for today...

Pleasantly surprised when I saw mine was on the truck for delivery today! A day early... something finally went right! On a Monday no less! :D I'm not counting my chickens yet - but I have all of my bases covered. Someone home to receive delivery and the pre-signed tag on the door just in case they are upstairs when they knock.

Good Luck with all of your deliveries and I hope everyone gets theirs soon! Thanks for the company. It wouldn't have been nearly as fun without you all! ;)
 
My iPad made it to a sort facility near my house so I just called fedex to see if it would go out for delivery today and they said that since it was scheduled for a wed. delivery that they wouldnt get to the cage it's locked in until early wed morning which also ruled out putting it on hold and picking it up from them. sucks since it's so close to my home.

They actually said I wouldn't even be able to put it on hold since the sender requested that they make at least one delivery attempt before they allow it to go on hold. Strange.

Granted my Fed Ex local sort facility is a smaller one, but as I posted, my driver saw the truck from the airport facility come in, was bs'ing with that driver before he left and saw my package in that shipment due for Tuesday delivery. He snagged it and put it on his truck. I would call again and see what happens. If you have a major sort facility you may be stuck but clearly they can and do have the ability to be decent about it.
 
Coming a day early! WOOOOO

2011-03-21 06:52:00 On FedEx vehicle for delivery NEW YORK, NY
2011-03-21 06:49:00 Arrived at FedEx Destination Location NEW YORK, NY
2011-03-19 23:25:00 Left FedEx Sort Facility NEWARK, NJ
2011-03-18 18:15:00 Arrived at Sort Facility NEWARK, NJ
2011-03-18 15:07:00 Left FedEx Sort Facility MEMPHIS, TN
2011-03-18 00:34:00 Arrived at Sort Facility MEMPHIS, TN
2011-03-17 23:33:00 Released for delivery MEMPHIS, TN
2011-03-18 02:30:00 Left FedEx Ramp SENNAN-SHI,
2011-03-17 23:11:00 Arrived at FedEx Ramp SENNAN-SHI,
2011-03-17 20:03:00 Left FedEx Ramp LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-17 18:59:00 Left FedEx Ramp CHEK LAP KOK,
2011-03-17 16:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-17 10:48:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-16 22:58:00 Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN,
2011-03-16 21:48:00 Package received after FedEx cutoff time SHENZHEN,
 
Out of interest did anyone here order 2 ipads at 12 when the site went live?

Does it let you order 2? How slow was the process?
 
I am going to BLOW A GASKET!!!!!!!

Fedex is going to screw me (or should I say Us)

My frigging iPad has been sitting in frigging Japan, frigging STILL and now it looks like it's going to stay another frigging day.

2011-03-20 01:40:00 Package in FedEx location SENNAN-SHI, *
2011-03-20 01:40:00 Package status SENNAN-SHI, *
2011-03-19 20:51:00 Arrived at FedEx Ramp SENNAN-SHI, *
2011-03-19 17:20:00 Left FedEx Ramp LANTAU ISLAND, *
2011-03-19 16:57:00 Left FedEx Ramp CHEK LAP KOK, *
2011-03-19 01:10:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND, *
2011-03-18 16:58:00 Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN, *
2011-03-17 23:24:00 Package received after FedEx cutoff time SHENZHEN, *

I do not think there are any more flights out of Osaka today and now it's 21:30 over there. I called fedex to complain but all I got was earthquake this and tsunami that. Bulls*it, none of that happened anywhere near Osaka.

Now these butt-heads will probably not make the promised 23rd delivery.

My purchase of the original iPad last year was one of my best product experiences. Showed up on time the very first day, and on a saturday to boot. What a difference a year makes... This one is one of my worst product purchases ever.

Only one thing left.... $50 says when the damn thing does get delivered sometime before April 30, it either has light leaks or glue problems.... Wow... Then I can go through the whole shipping clusterf*ck again when they try to replace it. Oh, joy.

Screw you, Apple AND Fedex.
 
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The next fedex update should be that it's in anchorage...if not, you are probably right.

Well, the good thing is that there are four cargo flights leaving from HK today. Two have left, one to Memphis by way of Paris, and another straight to Memphis. My info has not updated to reflect my iPad is on either. There are two left, one departing in 10 minutes or so straight to Memphis and another going to Singapore, Japan and Oakland five minutes after that.

Here's the track of my 64Gb ATT:

History
Date/Time Status Location
2011-03-20 22:41:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-20 22:41:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 20:08:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 20:08:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 20:48:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 20:48:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 16:56:00 Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN,
2011-03-18 01:14:00 Picked up by FedEx SHENZHEN,
 
So next flight from Lantau Island leaves in about 5 minutes. If any of us made it, we should start seeing updates soon. Fingers crossed.
 
So next flight from Lantau Island leaves in about 5 minutes. If any of us made it, we should start seeing updates soon. Fingers crossed.

Mines been on the Lantau since Sat. Hope im not one of the ones whos ipad sits there for 3 days or more. So hopefully it ships this morn.
 
Well, the good thing is that there are four cargo flights leaving from HK today. Two have left, one to Memphis by way of Paris, and another straight to Memphis. My info has not updated to reflect my iPad is on either. There are two left, one departing in 10 minutes or so straight to Memphis and another going to Singapore, Japan and Oakland five minutes after that.

Here's the track of my 64Gb ATT:

History
Date/Time Status Location
2011-03-20 22:41:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-20 22:41:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 20:08:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-19 20:08:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 20:48:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 20:48:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-18 16:56:00 Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN,
2011-03-18 01:14:00 Picked up by FedEx SHENZHEN,

I'm in the same boat...or plane, in this instance. Our tracking sheet is almost identical. Mine's an ATT Black 64, order placed at 2:32 am on the 11th.

I'm in Sacra-ghetto, so I am hoping mine will be on the flight to OAK. Crossing my fingahs!
 
any clue what this "in transit" means, been that way for a while....

Date/Time Location/Activity
Mar 21, 2011 1:13 AM LANTAU ISLAND HK/In transit
Mar 20, 2011 11:05 PM LANTAU ISLAND HK/At local FedEx facility
Mar 20, 2011 12:44 PM SHENZHEN CN/Picked up
Mar 19, 2011 6:20 PM /Shipment information sent to FedEx
 
I'm in the same boat...or plane, in this instance. Our tracking sheet is almost identical. Mine's an ATT Black 64, order placed at 2:32 am on the 11th.

I'm in Sacra-ghetto, so I am hoping mine will be on the flight to OAK. Crossing my fingahs!

Same here let's hope it escapes from Shutter Island today =)
 
Just got tracking update:

2011-03-21 22:19:00 Left FedEx Ramp CHEK LAP KOK,

Looks like I'm moving (at least somewhere). This message often preceded being on flight to Memphis.
 
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White 64GB ATT 3G in hand! I ordered 10 minutes before the site was suppose to go up. Fedex said it was to arrive on the 23rd but I got it today. Apple had said it would arrive on the 22nd. So glad it is here. Hope you guys get yours soon! I live about an hour north of Kansas City, Missouri. So maybe that's why it got here "early". If you can call over a week "early"!
 
Just got tracking update:

2011-03-21 22:19:00 Left FedEx Ramp CHEK LAP KOK,

Looks like I'm moving (at least somewhere). This message often preceded being on flight to Memphis.


By the way, this was on the Yahoo Small Business site and not on the FedEx site. It will be nice to escape Lantau Island after four glorious days.
 
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