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Series 4 Pre-order thread
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I awoke to an email that it shipped! Shows delivery of 27-Sept
Picked up my Space Grey 44mm with Loop band yesterday as finally a replacement for a Gen 1 Black SS. I wasn't crazy about the included loop band. I meticulously cleaned the Black SS link band from my first generation and put it on the Series 4 aluminum. (They fit beautifully) I LOVE it! Was able to recycle a $450 band and it looks great! I have no problem with the slightly perceivable transition from matte black to SS.
Just got myself a piece of Apple Watch Hermès! Was going back on forth with it and the gold SS with Milanese Loop but settled on this as it will also go just wonderfully with my SS link bracelet that I got at the release of series 0. To say I’m excited is understating tbh.
My BF’s watch, space black stainless steel 40mm with sport loop had a delivery estimate of Oct. 5-12. Yesterday it went to Preparing to Ship and UPS tracking says it’ll arrive Monday! I ordered his watch at about 12:15a PST. There is hope!
Did you try iStockNow? I’m in DC so within proximity to a number of large Apple stores, but reserved a watch and an iPhone (mine is delayed in transit) for today.
Istocknow is amazing. I used it and scored the 44 mm SSB at the local apple store. Will pick it up in the next hour. I will return the watch that has been shipped to me. As soon as I ordered they were no longer available for pick up, so I got nervous it would not be ready for pickup. But I got the confirmation email. Pretty excited about it.
Apple Watch Series 4 GPS, 44mm Space Gray Aluminum Case with Black Sport Loop
I cancelled my order. Was estimated 12-19 of October. Found 40mm Gold 4, but with a stone sport band instead of Milanese loop in one of my two Apple Stores. Decided I’d rather get it today and wait on the Milanese loop than wait until who knows when. I didn’t order til 8:30pm on the 14th. Mine hadn’t moved from processing yet. I really wish those of you who already had a watch ship would just wait. The guy behind you isn’t getting their’s because they shipped you yours.Anyways I leave for the Apple Store in 10 minutes!! EEK!
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Well.... it’s 7am on sat shippinf said noon today as the new date but shows the package hasn’t left Memphis... so hoping the tracking is behind or it’s not gonna be here till Monday now...
Well UPS pulled it off. Our watches were delivered yesterday. Unfortunatly it was after we left for the weekend but my son was home and signed for them. At least they will be there when we get home Sunday.
I know it is silly, but it is SO annoying that I'm still waiting for my preorder (that I woke up at 3 a.m. for! haha) and my friend who had a much later ship date just ordered one for pick up. Today.
Mine is apparently coming on Tuesday. I"m going to wait so I don't have to make two trips to the store (pick up and then return) just for a few extra days but the whole preorder thing is silly. I would have thought that the fact that dates for shipping on preorders slipped really quickly meant that stock was limited. That I was lucky to have gotten in with a preorder with a September 24-27th date.
Anyway - mini rant over. Next time I'll just wait and pick up in store I guess!
Mine is apparently coming on Tuesday. I"m going to wait so I don't have to make two trips to the store (pick up and then return) just for a few extra days but the whole preorder thing is silly. I would have thought that the fact that dates for shipping on preorders slipped really quickly meant that stock was limited. That I was lucky to have gotten in with a preorder with a September 24-27th date.
Anyway - mini rant over. Next time I'll just wait and pick up in store I guess!
Mine just pushed to 12-19
Hope it'll get earlier than excepted
I was going to order yesterday from Apple but delivery was going to be late October. I had gotten an email from Best Buy about iPhones being available so I went to look. I found that if I ordered before 5pm, I could get Apple Watch Series 4 next day. Imagine that! I ordered gold aluminum 40mm and I expected to get "shipment delayed" notice.
It arrived a half hour ago. Not even 24 hours since ordering. Apple Care+ is already assigned too. So maybe if you check with Best Buy you can get it sooner.
This is my issue I was up at 3am doing preorder. Order still has not moved saying 9/28 10/2. And I see my watch in a few stores. Now they were over 100 miles away so that way to far to driver out. But pisses me off that I had a 310am preorder that’s not fulfilled and they are still sending models for store pickup. Wtf apple
Ordered the 40mm SS with Milanese loop but the estimated shipping date is late October so I checked the Apple Store near me and turned out I like 44mm more and they had it in stock. So yayy, walked out with one
OK, I have my Apple Watch Series 4 SBSS 44 mm now.
No thanks to my order a week ago, which put my delivery out to October 12-19th. I checked the Apple Store app on my iPhone and found the model I wanted was available at one of three Apple Stores in my areas (Orlando).
I tried to call the Apple Store with inventory to make sure I could transfer my order from delivery to pickup. Doesn't seem to be possible. I spent time on the phone that seemed like an eternity before someone actually answered (more like 15 minutes).
Meanwhile, I was already driving there because I live a county north of the store. The person who answered told me I could have to cancel my existing order and then make a new to pick one up in the store.
Then he transferred me to someone at Apple Corporate, who didn't know how many units were in stock at the Apple Store for the unit I wanted.
Both people were exceptionally nice and friendly. In fact, so was every Apple employee I encountered at the Florida Mall location today. One lady one the phone kept calling me by the wrong name, but that's OK. She was super nice.
I finally got to the Apple Store in the mall and there was a queue outside. My guess is that those were for iPhone people, because I just walked up to some employee at the front of the line. She quickly setup an appointment for me and guided me to another queue inside the store, with only a couple in front of me.
Shortly after that, I met a guy at a table, we got my correct model of Apple Watch, and then I rushed home to pick up my wife from work.
There were a few points where the Apple employees were telling me I should cancel my online order, but I wasn't willing to do it until I saw the right box in front of me. That's just because I know you can get screwed if you cancel and the inventory is wrong, someone else buys the last one, etc. Once I saw the box, then I canceled.
So what have I learned from all of this? If nothing else, ordering online a week in advance is a colossal waste of time and mental energy. This entire thread full of people wanting to track every detail of their order, wondering if they're going to get bumped ahead, why they can't get their order when they got up at 3:09 AM EDT, etc - it's a pointless exercise.
Despite having done all of that, all it really took was just paying attention to which store had what I want the day AFTER launch (because they told me it was complete madhouse on Friday) and then standing around for 15 minutes to buy it.
Even better, I saved a few bucks because the Apple Store at Florida Mall is in a county with a lower sales tax than where I live - so yay for me.
Now I just have to figure out how this thing works.
No thanks to my order a week ago, which put my delivery out to October 12-19th. I checked the Apple Store app on my iPhone and found the model I wanted was available at one of three Apple Stores in my areas (Orlando).
I tried to call the Apple Store with inventory to make sure I could transfer my order from delivery to pickup. Doesn't seem to be possible. I spent time on the phone that seemed like an eternity before someone actually answered (more like 15 minutes).
Meanwhile, I was already driving there because I live a county north of the store. The person who answered told me I could have to cancel my existing order and then make a new to pick one up in the store.
Then he transferred me to someone at Apple Corporate, who didn't know how many units were in stock at the Apple Store for the unit I wanted.
Both people were exceptionally nice and friendly. In fact, so was every Apple employee I encountered at the Florida Mall location today. One lady one the phone kept calling me by the wrong name, but that's OK. She was super nice.
I finally got to the Apple Store in the mall and there was a queue outside. My guess is that those were for iPhone people, because I just walked up to some employee at the front of the line. She quickly setup an appointment for me and guided me to another queue inside the store, with only a couple in front of me.
Shortly after that, I met a guy at a table, we got my correct model of Apple Watch, and then I rushed home to pick up my wife from work.
There were a few points where the Apple employees were telling me I should cancel my online order, but I wasn't willing to do it until I saw the right box in front of me. That's just because I know you can get screwed if you cancel and the inventory is wrong, someone else buys the last one, etc. Once I saw the box, then I canceled.
So what have I learned from all of this? If nothing else, ordering online a week in advance is a colossal waste of time and mental energy. This entire thread full of people wanting to track every detail of their order, wondering if they're going to get bumped ahead, why they can't get their order when they got up at 3:09 AM EDT, etc - it's a pointless exercise.
Despite having done all of that, all it really took was just paying attention to which store had what I want the day AFTER launch (because they told me it was complete madhouse on Friday) and then standing around for 15 minutes to buy it.
Even better, I saved a few bucks because the Apple Store at Florida Mall is in a county with a lower sales tax than where I live - so yay for me.
Now I just have to figure out how this thing works.