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Is anyone still stuck in Anchorage? My iPad arrived in Anchorage earlier today along with a bunch of people's iPads, but mine remains under the status "International Shipment Release." In other words, "Congrats, you cleared customs, but your iPad may or may not have departed Anchorage." I can't imagine it isn't on one of the two planes that went to Memphis this afternoon/evening. Maybe it's just a delayed status update? Anyone in the same boat (or plane) as me?

My status is the same
 
I feel awful for the folks who have been in the "prepared to ship" status for longer than two days. I'm at 12+ hours in "prepared to ship" and I'm about to lose my mind. I'm hoping they f*d up the scanning and we'll all be surprised tomorrow. One of my smart covers came today and I ordered it midday Friday (ordered iPad at 1:04am on March 11). This is torture.
 
I ordered 64GB Black wifi only at 1:03 am PST and these must be a unicorn too cause I havent seen or heard of these shipping - mine still says not shipped yet .....Very Frustrating :confused:

Mine was ordered at 12:54 and it has shipped. Black 64g wifi.
 
Order Date: Mar 11, 2011 at 01:03 AM PDT
32GB wifi White
Ships: 3 - 5 business days
Delivers: Mar 18 - Mar 25
not yet shipped.

seems like i was at the front end of the order surge at 1:03am...

weird its taking so long, gotta be something with the whites...

the black 16gb i ordered is already enroute from AK to here.
 
Is anyone still stuck in Anchorage? My iPad arrived in Anchorage earlier today along with a bunch of people's iPads, but mine remains under the status "International Shipment Release." In other words, "Congrats, you cleared customs, but your iPad may or may not have departed Anchorage." I can't imagine it isn't on one of the two planes that went to Memphis this afternoon/evening. Maybe it's just a delayed status update? Anyone in the same boat (or plane) as me?

I'm in the same situation. Hopefully out iPads are on one of the planes headed for memphis.
 
11 minutes left til the next FedEx plane lands in Memphis. I'm hoping for an update! Mine's been in Hong Kong since yesterday.

2011-03-14 23:30:00 Package status LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-14 23:29:00 Package in FedEx location LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-14 19:12:00 In transit LANTAU ISLAND,
2011-03-14 16:14:00 Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN,
2011-03-14 15:22:00 Package received after FedEx cutoff time SHENZHEN,
2011-03-14 10:06:00 Picked up by FedEx SHENZHEN,
 
I'm in the same eager boat as many of you. My iPad is currently enroute from Alaska, presumably to Oakland. Maybe I'll get it Wednesday instead of Thursday as scheduled? That would be awesome!

Mar 14, 2011 6:00 PM
Departed FedEx location
ANCHORAGE, AK

Mar 14, 2011 1:17 PM
Int'l shipment release
ANCHORAGE, AK

Mar 14, 2011 11:33 AM
Arrived at FedEx location
ANCHORAGE, AK

Mar 13, 2011 8:58 AM
At local FedEx facility
LANTAU ISLAND HK

Mar 13, 2011 7:34 AM
In transit
LANTAU ISLAND HK

Mar 12, 2011 8:04 AM
Picked up
SHENZHEN CN

Screw you....you should not be getting an ipad until I get mine
 
Is there anyway to find out whats going on (or complain lol), by contacting apple, that doesn't involve calling? I really hate talking to these people on the phone lol!
 
I feel awful for the folks who have been in the "prepared to ship" status for longer than two days. I'm at 12+ hours in "prepared to ship" and I'm about to lose my mind. I'm hoping they f*d up the scanning and we'll all be surprised tomorrow. One of my smart covers came today and I ordered it midday Friday (ordered iPad at 1:04am on March 11). This is torture.

mines been at "prepared to ship" for about 4 hours and I doubt they messed up the scanning because they charged me only 4 hours ago. I know mines better be on somebody plane in the morning.
 
mines been at "prepared to ship" for about 4 hours and I doubt they messed up the scanning because they charged me only 4 hours ago. I know mines better be on somebody plane in the morning.

Good luck with that! Mine has been Prepared for shipment for 2 days now!
 
mines been at "prepared to ship" for about 4 hours and I doubt they messed up the scanning because they charged me only 4 hours ago. I know mines better be on somebody plane in the morning.

I have been prepared to ship since Saturday....my stupid cover got here on Friday...WTF?
 
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Wanted to send this along to ease everyones minds. This is how far the LANTAU ISLAND HK is from the Hong Kong International Airport..... If it shipped today and you are stuck here (like me) its should be on Flight FDX98 or FDX48
 
ugh.

it hurts...it physically hurts me. (such drama this whole ordeal has been!)
 

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Woohooo!! Arrived in Memphis. Mine's been slow to update and skipped Anchorage, but seems to have landed in Memphis. Fedex, impress me. Deliver this things early.
 

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Barring a miracle it looks like my hope that Apple's shipping/delivery estimates were conservative and I'd get mine earlier are being dashed. I ordered a 16GB black Verizon with engraving at 650 am eastern and still nothing at all. My cover will be here on Thurs, woo hoo :mad:. I am hoping they are just slow to post ready to ship updates but I bet I am just dreaming about that....

Does Apple get any priority once they hit the US or do these just go into the system like any other package? This is the only way I think many of us might have one for this weekend. Anyone know how Apple and Fed Ex work together on large launches like this? Thanks.
 
What was the shipping time quoted on that order? Was that model still in the 3-7 day time frame at that time?

When the order was created on 3/12, 939 pm pdt, the ship and deliver dates are apr 11 ship date, apr 18, delivery date for the white 64GB/at&t 3G model with engraving.

Maybe this is an error? Seems kind of odd to get a, "prepared for shipment," notification about two days after ordering. Many on this forum have ordered much earlier than me and are still waiting for shipment status.
 
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