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Does anyone else think we were a bit misled with the "Fast, Free Shipping"?

The covers qualify as fast....BUT not the iPads. I expected to see the iPads ship just as quickly as the covers did, with arrivals beginning on Monday/Tuesday.

I ordered at 3:46 a.m. EST and my estimated delivery is 18 to 25 March. If it arrives on 25 March...that's 2 weeks after the fact. How is that fast?

When they said fast free shipping they were referring to iPad1. It still says fast free shipping though and there is a huge wait.
 
If you made it in in the first batch of orders, I'd put money on it arriving no later than 3/15.
 
I ordered mine at 2:54 AM (CST).

Still says not yet shipped, but I'm glad to hear 16 GB'ers are rolling out! Maybe 32's are next! :)

Which reminds me, there seems to be a pattern here. So far it looks like only 16 GB WiFi iPads have been prepped.

Surprise us overnight, please, Apple. :p

Definitely. And only black, it seems.

I've got the 32GB white ordered (1:03 PST), hope they move onto the 32's next like you say. I want to wake up tomorrow morning to "prepared for shipment". :D
 
Still nothing yet:

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Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)

expressway said:
Ordered at around 12:45. White 16gb wifi only and a gray cover. No changes yet :(

Same - white 16GB wifi at 12:42. Still "not yet shipped".

16gb white wifi ordered at 12:43 PT still not yet shipped.
 
Definitely. And only black, it seems.

I've got the 32GB white ordered (1:03 PST), hope they move onto the 32's next like you say. I want to wake up tomorrow morning to "prepared for shipment". :D

yea, I picked 32 Gb White At&t and I purchased 13 minutes before the announced time @ 2:47am Chicago time
 
So, I checked my CC account and there is a charge pending from the Apple store. Apple's website says Not Yet Shipped. I have no idea what that means in the scheme of things :confused: ..... so, I am going to take that as my cue to go ahead and transfer funds to pay off the credit card.... I need to stop hitting reload on the Apple order page... :|
 
2 16gb white wifi ordered at 3:43 ET still not yet shipped.

2 Pink Smart Cover Ship. And Will be here on March 15

In Florida
 
Just got a long email basically saying "We have been unable to obtain payment for your order." What pisses me off is I just got this so I can't call anyone and also they charged my card yesterday when I ordered, so why are they trying to charge it again?

It did this to me too, it was a limit on my credit card. Call your bank
 
just got this

Prepared for Shipment
Product / Part No.
Qty 1

IPAD WI-FI 3G 32GB WHITE - VERIZON-USA
MC986LL/A

Ships: 3 - 5 business days
Delivers: Mar 18 - Mar 25
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)

12:43 PT and I still got nothing. They make no sense how they do this.
 
Prepared for Shipment (Ordered 12:57am PST)

Product Qty.
IPAD WI-FI 16GB BLACK-USA
Ships: 3 - 5 business days
Delivers: Mar 18 - Mar 25

IPAD SMART COVER ORANGE-USA
Ships: 1-2 Business days
Delivers: Mar 16 - Mar 21

IPAD CAMERA CONNECTION KIT-ZML
Ships: within 24 hours
Delivers: Mar 15 - Mar 18

Anyone know whether Apple has multiple distribution centers in the US? I live in Orange County, California and hoping that that transit time will be short.
 
Mine has been prepped.

How long from this stage will it be, anyone know ?

I guess we will know pretty soon if there is stock of these in the US. I wouldn't count on it, and i'll bet they are coming from China. At least it looks that way.
 
My 32GB Black Wifi is in "Prepared for shipment".

I have 2 16GB White Wifi are still "Not yet shipped".

I have a pink smart cover that will be delivered tomorrow.
 
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