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How many days does it take to move from "prepared for shipment" to get the actual shipping tracking number?

I've just begun DAY FOUR of waiting to move forward from PFS.

I've seen some posts that say as quickly as eight hours.

Today also happens to be my one month order anniversary, sigh...
 
Yoohoo....just got a alert from my CC that apple has charged me. Expecting shipping notice soon....

And now prepared for shipment... yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. But the delivery date switched from Apt 26 to Apr 28.

How many days does it take to move from "prepared for shipment" to get the actual shipping tracking number?

I'll let you know...
My roomies was overnight.
His was prepped for shipment then when he checked in the morning it was on the jet !
 
I ordered a 64 Gb WiFi 3G on April 4th. Originally said would ship April 25th.

It shipped the 17th and has gone from China to Alaska and should be delivered Thursday.
 
I've just begun DAY FOUR of waiting to move forward from PFS.

I've seen some posts that say as quickly as eight hours.

Today also happens to be my one month order anniversary, sigh...

You're lucky. They charged me yesterday but still saying not shipped no PFS. Good thing is apple upgraded me to 2 day shipping for free.
 
I ordered a 64 Gb WiFi 3G on April 4th. Originally said would ship April 25th.

It shipped the 17th and has gone from China to Alaska and should be delivered Thursday.
Nice... Is it the Verizon or the AT&T version? I had also ordered the 64 GB AT&T 3G black version on 4th April, but its still showing that its not yet shipped. The estimated shipping date is April 25th.
 
Mar 31, 2011 at 07:38 PM PDT - Order number W221694876
Prepared for Shipment
IPAD WI-FI 64GB BLACK-USA
Ships: Apr 25
Delivers: Apr 28

Lets see if I can get it by Thursday before I leave for Chicago, otherwise ... I guess I get to play with it on Monday!!!
 
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Order date: March 29th

Finally changed to Prepared for Shipment

Product * Qty.
IPAD WI-FI 64GB BLACK-USA
Ships: Apr 25
Delivers: May 4

I have a hard time believing it'll be delivered on May 4th much less be shipped on the 25th.

I should also mentioned that for 3 weeks it sayd it'd ship on Apr 25th and delivered on the 27th, so when it changed to prepared for shipment for some reason it changed to delivery date to May 4th. I called apple support about it and at first, they were confused and didn't believe that happened and then told me, they don't know why it happened - good thing for them not knowing anything cos they ended up giving me 29 dollars goodwill credit :)
 
Prepared for shipment!!!! just got a notification about a hour ago. How long does it take to ship??? Will it take the next flight to Alaska?

BTW ordered 31st. only 19 days ago:) First they said 3-4 weeks.
 
Looks like alot of folks went PFS in the last 24 hours.

I hope they just dont need to make payroll this month LOL.

PFS = Credit Card is charged.

Hope it ships as fast as they banged the CC :)
 
Looks like alot of folks went PFS in the last 24 hours.

I hope they just dont need to make payroll this month LOL.

PFS = Credit Card is charged.

Hope it ships as fast as they banged the CC :)

Well I didn't pay with a CC and mine went to PFS this afternoon..
 
IPAD 2 WHITE 16GB/WIFI

Ordered April 2nd
- Original Ship Date - May 2nd
- Changed Ship Date - April 25th

Just went into Prepared For Shipment - April 19th:apple:
 
march 29 prepared for shipment

Order Date: Mar 29, 2011
IPAD WI-FI 32GB BLACK-USA

prepared for shipment today,
Ships: Apr 25
Delivers: Apr 28
 
Don't remind me.
Calling Apple does nothing.
I get the same canned answer, they ship in order received.

And I'm out for shipment...

Apr 19, 2011 6:51 PM
Shipment information sent to FedEx
Apr 20, 2011 6:12 AMPicked upSHENZHEN CN

No delivery date yet.... I hope Monday...
And my cover is back to Anchorage AGAIN from KY.
 
My order (32Gb AT&T Black) has gone from PFS to Shipped in under eight hours. Ordered March 27th, ship date was always April 25th.
 
My order (32Gb AT&T Black) has gone from PFS to Shipped in under eight hours. Ordered March 27th, ship date was always April 25th.

My 16gb white att must be cursed...ordered March 19, and I've been on PFS for more than there and a half days. Ship date originally 4/25, bumped to 4/21 weeks ago. Phooey.
 
Black 32GB WiFi
Ordered March 22
I don't know why it wasn't statused in Anchorage.

Date/Time Status Location
2011-04-19 13:51:00 Delivered ROCKVILLE, MD
2011-04-19 07:35:00 On FedEx vehicle for delivery ROCKVILLE, MD
2011-04-19 07:29:00 Arrived at FedEx Destination Location ROCKVILLE, MD
2011-04-19 06:10:00 Left FedEx Ramp DULLES, VA
2011-04-19 05:45:00 Arrived at FedEx Ramp DULLES, VA
2011-04-19 03:07:00 Left FedEx Sort Facility MEMPHIS, TN
2011-04-19 00:02:00 Released for delivery MEMPHIS, TN
2011-04-18 22:53:00 Arrived at Sort Facility MEMPHIS, TN
2011-04-18 21:58:00 Left FedEx Ramp LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-04-18 21:46:00 Left FedEx Ramp CHEK LAP KOK,
2011-04-17 22:33:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-04-16 23:50:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-04-16 23:50:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-04-16 22:11:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-04-16 18:42:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-04-16 14:21:00 Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN,
2011-04-16 00:45:00 Picked up by FedEx SHENZHEN
 
And I'm out for shipment...

Apr 19, 2011 6:51 PM
Shipment information sent to FedEx
Apr 20, 2011 6:12 AMPicked upSHENZHEN CN

No delivery date yet.... I hope Monday...
And my cover is back to Anchorage AGAIN from KY.

Mine too.. I guess we will be on the same flight....
 
March 19 order ships via UPS, a whopping one day early

Had been hoping for the whole early, fast shipping of my white 16 AT&T ordered over a month ago with a (revised) April 21 ship date, but no dice. It finally got a UPS tracking number today after being PFS for nearly four days:

Order Date: Mar 19, 2011 at 07:44 AM PDT
Shipped on: Apr 20, 2011 via UPS
Tracking #: 1ZV........(Pre-sign for this shipment)
Product / Part No.
IPAD WI-FI 3G 16GB WHITE-USA MC982LL/A

Scheduled Delivery: Monday, 04/25/2011, by 10:30 A.M.
Last Location: EPZ, China, Wednesday, 04/20/2011
EPZ, China 04/20/2011 11:09 A.M. Origin Scan
China 04/20/2011 5:26 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS


So much for that two-day fedex, this is slated for five days of travel. At least it's on its way! I'll have another weekend of fun with my smart cover in the meantime...
 
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So much for that two-day fedex, this is slated for five days of travel. At least it's on its way! I'll have another weekend of fun with my smart cover in the meantime...




hey dude, i just called apple about the same thing and just kept talking for about 5 minutes with them. I didnt get mad or anything i just told them that it stated i had 2 day shipping or overnight and now its standard shipping. The woman was nice about it and credited 40 dollars to my account to cover the smart cover!
 
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