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Retina MacBook Pro Shipping Estimates Slip to 3-4 Weeks as Initial Shipments Begin

fikonhjul said:
Ordered one MBP Retina a few hours after the keynote. Choosing 768 GB SSD bumped the shipping estimate to 3-5 weeks, and that hasn't changed yet.

But Apple has already drawn the full amount from my credit card. They only do that when they ship, don't they? At least that's my experience. And it's not a "reservation" as merchants sometimes do, it's a proper transfer, my credit card company says.

Can only mean three things: they messed up and billed me too soon, or I'm wrong about their billing procedure, or the thing is actually about to go (but not showing yet when tracking the order).
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Yep - I wasn't billed until this morning, right before I received the Tracking #.

Has anyone seen the FW to TB adapters yet? I really want one for my audio interface.
 
Spoke with my local Apple store (Florida Mall Apple store) and they said they are receiving shipments daily of new macbooks but they aren't told how many of each they are getting. As of today, they've sold out of the retinas.... can't wait to get mine though :D
 
areed said:
I think they did predict well (they've know crazy demand since 2007), and that is emphasized by the fact that the website was snappy even during the mass rush for products.

I think at the demand level for Apple products, you just can't make enough without delaying your launch date for a year (meanwhile not making any money off of orders).
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"I think they did predict well"

No way. Apple dropped the ball with this. Demand might be a little higher than what they predicted, but this kind of stupidity about stretching shipments out like this is just plain bad business.

I was on the fence about getting one. The technology looks fantastic, but the price is ridiculously high compared to the competition. Even so, I might have jumped, but with this delay nonsense, no way now. I just don't like being strung along.
 
lockerc18 said:
"I think they did predict well"

No way. Apple dropped the ball with this. Demand might be a little higher than what they predicted, but this kind of stupidity about stretching shipments out like this is just plain bad business.

I was on the fence about getting one. The technology looks fantastic, but the price is ridiculously high compared to the competition. Even so, I might have jumped, but with this delay nonsense, no way now. I just don't like being strung along.
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lol
 
Ordered mine (2.6Ghz i7-3720, 8Gb RAM, 512Gb SSD) as soon as the Apple Store reopened on Monday, with shipping time of 5-7 days. As of now it is still processing... Hopefully it will ship soon since it seems orders placed after mine are already en route. I paid $15 extra for 2-3 day shipping so once it is dispatched it should get here fairly quick.

Only accessory I ordered was the Magsafe 1>2 adapter, since I have a 27" Apple Cinema Display. It has already shipped and is supposed to arrive tomorrow.

I regret not opting for 16Gb, didn't realize when I ordered that the RAM was soldered to the mainboard :mad:

This is replacing a 3-yr old Dell XPS 1640 with RGD-LED 1080p screen. It has been quite a good machine, but the CPU and GPU are showing their age. I tried an Envy 15 earlier this year but sent it back because of the defective (orange instead of red) IPS screen. Glad I didn't keep it, after seeing the RMBP!
 
zoetmb said:
I really have to wonder whether this drop shipping from China business really makes economic sense for Apple. I bought an Apple Express last year from Apple and I was shocked that it was drop shipped from China. Since they have to be individually packaged, I find it hard to imagine that it wouldn't be more effecient to ship to the U.S. in bulk and then drop ship from here, regardless of whether Apple does it themselves or has FedEx/UPS do it. I wonder how much of the price is shipping cost.

I can understand Apple needing to air freight units to the U.S. at the beginning of a run, when the products are in high demand, but does that make sense when Apple has an ample supply of inventory?
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Chances are Apple is doing "bulk" shipments from China. Just your item is dropped ship along with others.
Dell for example has like 2 cargo jets that just fly 2 and from china with their drop shipments. The jets are always full. I am willing to bet Apple has at least 1 and chances are a few dedicated planes for large shipments to the US which are then broken up into smaller shipments.
 
Not shipped yet.

I ordered a 2.6GHz model with 16GB Ram and a 512GB SSD within an hour of the store opening back up after the WWDC. The laptop is still showing as processing. The MagSafe to MagSafe 2 Converter I ordered at the same time shipped and should be here tomorrow, but somehow apple tacked on an extra $15 for expedited shipping of a $9 magnet. :mad:
 
I learned my lesson about which shipping option to choose...I ordered standard shipping within the very minute the store opened up, and as a result had the laptop picked up only late yesterday, and now have had it sitting at Shanghai Fedex for a day without anything happening. I hate when these companies do this artificial and indirect justifying of the higher shipping costs. If my laptop is there, why not put it on the next plane? I guess I would understand it if the plane is filled to the bring with expedited shipping orders. But not sure that's the reason.
 
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macbook123 said:
I learned my lesson about which shipping option to choose...I ordered standard shipping within the very minute the store opened up, and as a result had the laptop picked up only late yesterday, and now have had it sitting at Shanghai Fedex for a day without anything happening. I hate when these companies do this artificial and indirect justifying of the higher shipping costs. If my laptop is there, why not put it on the next plane? I guess I would understand it if the plane is filled to the bring with expedited shipping orders. But not sure that's the reason.
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First, it could be that Apple or Fed Ex did indeed dedicate just so much space for their shipments at this time. However, I have ordered through FedEx from China before and something appeared to sit in China forever then received multiple updates simultaneously and was out on a truck for delivery. Either way the earliest orders I've heard of had the "shipping in 5-7 days". What is your estimated date of arrival?
 
i ordered a 2.7/512/16 soon after the keynote and had 7-whatever days to ship etc..got email confirmation with delivery set for next thursday got shipment tracking number that same night and tracking shows it making it's way to denver this am and delivery by 10:30a..

pretty stoked :)
 
Anyone in the UK had any luck?

Mine said 'we received your order' for a while with 5-7 days shipping.

Today it's updated to 'Processing Dispatched: 3 - 4 Weeks Delivers 13 Jul, 2012 - 19 Jul, 2012" .. if it delivers at the later time on 19th then this is almost 5 weeks.

..which makes me sick, i want it NAOOOWWWW!!!!!:mad:

I've never ordered anything so soon off the Apple store so i've never had to deal with this, do these times usually hold out or will it drop over time?
 
Mine at one stage today said 13th to 19th Jul, now has gone to 2nd to 6th Jul which it was initially when I first ordered it on the 12/06. :S Could be a generous estimate not sure first time buying anything from apple.

I bought the new smart case for the iPad that orginally said it would be arriving on the 25th of June and has since shipped with an estimate arrival of monday the 18th :)
 
Uplift said:
Anyone in the UK had any luck?

Mine said 'we received your order' for a while with 5-7 days shipping.

Today it's updated to 'Processing Dispatched: 3 - 4 Weeks Delivers 13 Jul, 2012 - 19 Jul, 2012" .. if it delivers at the later time on 19th then this is almost 5 weeks.

..which makes me sick, i want it NAOOOWWWW!!!!!:mad:

I've never ordered anything so soon off the Apple store so i've never had to deal with this, do these times usually hold out or will it drop over time?
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Same here, I ordered a baseline and high end new mbp on Tuesday morning with dispatch date between 2 to 3 weeks. I did not receive the order confirmation emails until yesterday afternoon, and now I'm looking at dispatch date between 3 to 4 weeks. adding 1 week shipping date, I'm looking between 12/7 to 19/7 for those mbp to get to me.

However, all my mac online orders have arrive before the estimate date, so there is hope yet.
 
zoetmb said:
I really have to wonder whether this drop shipping from China business really makes economic sense for Apple. I bought an Apple Express last year from Apple and I was shocked that it was drop shipped from China. Since they have to be individually packaged, I find it hard to imagine that it wouldn't be more effecient to ship to the U.S. in bulk and then drop ship from here, regardless of whether Apple does it themselves or has FedEx/UPS do it. I wonder how much of the price is shipping cost.

I can understand Apple needing to air freight units to the U.S. at the beginning of a run, when the products are in high demand, but does that make sense when Apple has an ample supply of inventory?
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Yes. Companies don't want to hold inventory, they want to be producing and selling in equal proportions. Holding inventory is expensive, logistically challenging, and presents a huge problem if/when for some reason sales fall.

Getting production in line to reduce the amount of inventory Apple holds was one of Cook's major achievements when he joined Apple. The man is an expert at making supply chains run efficiently.
 
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