It's totally bogus. Everyone gets the same shipping. I did not get "expedited shipping", yet I'm getting mine Monday (was in the sept 27-29 bucket). The csr I spoke with said it makes zero difference. And I'm proof of that.
[doublepost=1474061100][/doublepost]In fact the Apple Store app still shows me as sept 26-28 delivery and says "standard shipping". Yet my UPS tracking says express. Shipped today, delivery Monday.
I already posted what happened to me with expedited shipping. It messed me up.
The apple site froze up on me until 3:11 am and then I clicked on the black Verizon 7 Plus, 128gb. It had trouble verifying with Verizon, so I said not to worry and that I had a reservation for Sept 16th.
I didn't believe it so I ordered again and it went to the cart. It had a Sept 16th shipping date still! All of a sudden it changed to Sept 27th I think. I went back to shipping options and it had a $10 Expedited option available. I clicked on it, then it went to Oct 4th to the 10th and that's where it is now.