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Prepared for Shipment

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.

It looks like there's a distribution center in Elk Grove, CA. Check it out on Google:

2911 Laguna Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95758

Don't know what exactly they distribute from there, though...
 
i just looked i was one of the ones who ordered onlined before 4am est it says prepared for shipment woooooo.
 
iPad 32gb black wifi "prepared for shipment".

Ordered at 4:12 EST. Getting shipped to Florida.

Awesome.
 
Told you guys wanting a 3G iPad 2 to order from AT&T...hope some listened. ;)

Free 2nd day air
Free 2gb of data for 1 month
And...most importantly...it ships on launch day. None of this 3-5 day Apple BS.

Got my USPS tracking number from their order status website just now. It should even be here monday. :)
 
Told you guys wanting a 3G iPad 2 to order from AT&T...hope some listened. ;)

Free 2nd day air
Free 2gb of data for 1 month
And...most importantly...it ships on launch day. None of this 3-5 day Apple BS.

Got my USPS tracking number from their order status website just now. It should even be here monday. :)

I'll just use my hotspot for my iPad connection away from a wifi area, though 2 day shipping would have been great.
 
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)

Mine just changed to prepared for shipment. 16gb white wifi shipping to Denver CO ordered at 12:43 PT.
 
Ordered at 2:45am CST on 3/11. Order status as of 12:05 am 3/12:

Prepared for Shipment
Product / Part No.
Qty

IPAD WI-FI 64GB BLACK-USA
MC916LL/A


2

Ships: 3 - 5 business days
Delivers: Mar 18 - Mar 25

IPAD SMART COVER BLACK-USA
MC947LL/A


2

Ships: 1-2 Business days
Delivers: Mar 16 - Mar 21

DIGITAL AV ADAPTER-ZML
MC953ZM/A


2

Ships: 1-2 Business days
Delivers: Mar 16 - Mar 21

IPAD CAMERA CONNECTION KIT-ZML
MC531ZM/A


2

Ships: within 24 hours
Delivers: Mar 15 - Mar 18
 
Ok, I bought the 16gb Black WiFi model around 4:05 am EST and my order is "Preparing for shipment" yayyyyyyy lol. p.s my Grey smart cover shipped out this afternoon and i live in Florida if that helps
 
So it seems they are doing the Verizon iPads first. My AT&T still hasn't changed from "Not Yet Shipped"

No, I am on AT&T, but I actually just ordered a 16gb wi-fi. Mine is not 3g capable, which may be one delay issue.

BUT, it was almost midnight EXACTLY when the status changed to "Prepared.."

I'm in San Antonio, TX. It was 2:55am here yesterday morning when I ordered. I was literally just now on Live Chat with an Apple expert (who was kind of impatient and less enthusiastic than usual) asking about it, and as soon as I finished I checked and it was changed to "Prepared.."
 
Dammit! Fedex bumped back my Smartcase delivery from arriving tomorrow to the 15th... and still no update for my iPad. I was right, though, they are using the Pennsylvania distribution center for the smartcase deliveries here in Maryland and probably Virginia and West Virginia too.
 
White ipad wifi 16gb just changed to prepared for shipment! ordered 3:03 AM central time in chicago
 
Mar 11, 2011 at 12:55 AM PST - Order number W28130****

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



My pink smart cover is supposed to arrive on the 15th. I hope my iPad isn't too far behind.
 
I really expect all those going to "prepared for shipment" to get their iPads no later than Wednesday, and most on Tuesday.
 
Hey guys, did all of you actually reciecve an email after your order was placed too, i never got an email saying my order was even recived but my status at the apple website still says not yet shipped. its just been bugging me that i didnt even get an email about an order being placed.
 
i ordered a 32gb black wifi one at 12:50 pst it still says not yet shipped, my smartcover shipped and should be here Monday. the ipad still says 3 to 5 business days to ship and delivers march 18 - 25
 
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