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To the guy who asked: they charge you once the item prepares for shipment.

And it really sinks in(the charge) once it leaves the warehouse/is handed over to UPS/FeDeX.

Its been shipped away and handed off to fed ex for over a day and still no charge. Maybe ill get lucky :D
 
Received!

My iPad was delivered today :D I'm posting from it right now. Good luck to all those who are still waiting :)
 
Shipped!

64GB Wifi ordered on 4/21 and the status just changed to "Prepared for Shipment"!! :D

Shipping dates still unchanged:

Ships: May 5
Delivers: May 10

Just got the shipping notification email! Woot!

Carrier Name
UPS

Delivers by
May 09, 2011

EPZ, China 05/04/2011 5:23 A.M. Origin Scan
 
Ordered Apr. 19th, but still 'not yet shipped' (which is perfectly possible). I noticed something. I ordered the iPad2 together with the smartcover and a itunes card, and the order status shows a shipping method of 'Merge In Tnst NL Til'.
This means that the order is put together/merged in a depot 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) from my house. Does this mean that the status of the order only becomes 'Prepared for Shipment' when everything has already crossed the ocean?

And thus, when I gets PFS, I actually can go pick it up myself (after a call to Apple) at their depot? Otherwise I'ld have to wait another week for the shipping, as it'ld ship to the main depot of the shipping company (which is 150 kilometers further), and than shipped back to my place.. (what would take 4-5 workdays) ? :)
 
Spoke to UPS this morning. For those expecting their iPad to leave Louisville last night it hasn't cleared customs yet. Looking like atleast another day. Not a fan of UPS.
 
I was less optimistic too, but now UPS is saying it is on its way to Louisville:

May 04, 2011 1:31 AM IN TRANSIT TO LOUISVILLE, KY
May 04, 2011 1:30 AM DEPARTURE SCAN CHENGDU, CN
May 02, 2011 8:51 PM DEPARTURE SCAN EPZ, CN
May 02, 2011 12:46 PM ORIGIN SCAN EPZ, CN
May 02, 2011 9:09 AM BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED CN

Looks like that was a head fake. It just got scanned in Hong Kong:

May 04, 2011 7:40 PM IN TRANSIT TO LOUISVILLE, KY
May 04, 2011 7:39 PM DEPARTURE SCAN CHEK LAP KOK, HK
May 04, 2011 1:30 AM DEPARTURE SCAN CHENGDU, CN
May 02, 2011 8:51 PM DEPARTURE SCAN EPZ, CN
May 02, 2011 12:46 PM ORIGIN SCAN EPZ, CN
May 02, 2011 9:09 AM BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED CN
 
Mine was just delivered a few minutes ago! Not too bad. Ordered April 21, shipped April 30, delivered May 04. I found FedEx tracking to pretty pretty accurate and immediate too.
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8H7 Safari/6533.18.5)

chrisefaw said:
Spoke to UPS this morning. For those expecting their iPad to leave Louisville last night it hasn't cleared customs yet. Looking like atleast another day. Not a fan of UPS.

I'm a little bummed that my order from 4-11 which has hit the US is in limbo. UPS has a "expected delivery date" that has said, the 2nd, the 3rd, and as of right now, the 4th by 10:30 am. It has moved closer since last night as it has moved from Louisville to Ontario, CA. That info is from the Yahoo UPS tracker. I sure hope it comes today by 10:30 so I can go pick it up at my parents house in the morning vs picking it up in the afternoon with traffic.
 
Mine was just delivered a few minutes ago! Not too bad. Ordered April 21, shipped April 30, delivered May 04. I found FedEx tracking to pretty pretty accurate and immediate too.

Ordered mine April 13th, shipped the same date April 30th but mine via UPS. Looks like FedEx was a big difference.
 
Spoke to UPS this morning. For those expecting their iPad to leave Louisville last night it hasn't cleared customs yet. Looking like atleast another day. Not a fan of UPS.

That is unfortunate to hear. I ended up sending an email to Steve Jobs....don't expect it to do much. I don't even know where in the world my iPad is. The UPS website says that it has departed from China, while the small business yahoo site says that it is in transit to Louizville. So I am just going to stop caring. :)
 
Looks like that was a head fake. It just got scanned in Hong Kong:

May 04, 2011 7:40 PM IN TRANSIT TO LOUISVILLE, KY
May 04, 2011 7:39 PM DEPARTURE SCAN CHEK LAP KOK, HK
May 04, 2011 1:30 AM DEPARTURE SCAN CHENGDU, CN
May 02, 2011 8:51 PM DEPARTURE SCAN EPZ, CN
May 02, 2011 12:46 PM ORIGIN SCAN EPZ, CN
May 02, 2011 9:09 AM BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED CN

I have the same info..........sigh..........
 
Woo Hoo. Just got my shipping notice, will be here on the 9th. Only problem is the switcheasy case is still back ordered.
 
Got my shipping notice this morning! Ordered 4/22. Delivery date shows as 5/9 by 10:30am....hope this doesn't get pushed back.

I called Apple to ask for a credit for the $12 expedited shipping I paid and they approved.

Can't wait to get my iPad 2 !!!! :D
 
Ok Fedex redeemed themselves.....although it was in California by mistake yesterday they had it at my door in Ohio at 9:30am this morning. Frustrating experience but worth it now that I have it in hand.
 
Am I stupid or do the fedex scan times make absolutely no sense? I change the scan time to "destination" which for me is north jersey and it says the time is 4:56 pm. Its not even 12:30 pm in new jersey now!
 
I ordered mine on 23 April and found out today that it is 'prepared for shipment'. But who knows how long it will take to actually ship let alone pass customs from China to the US. When I ordered it, it had a ship date of 9 May with 11 May delivery. Perhaps it will go out sooner...?
Regardless, it definitely beats early morning store hunts...
 
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