If mine changes to preparing for shipment overnight, and is shipped tomorrow, will it get here by Tuesday using next day air? I know orders that shipped today will be here Tuesday, but that may because it's a Sunday
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Damn...4-6 week delivery time watches shipping before the 4/24-5/8?
Awesome for you guys...but wtf Apple.
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Really sorry for your delay! Hope yours goes to Preparing for Shipping real soon!
I have a delivery for Monday. 38mm Space Grey from Mt. Juliet. Its being delivered in Florida
When were you charged and do you have any tracking info (locations besides Mt Juliet)?
I'm email conf of xx:05:55, what're the chances I get the watch by next Sunday (5/13 window)? I ask because I'll be flying out to a week long conference that day.
Lots of people saying what Apple should have done, but for all we know, they did some of them - and we wouldn't know.
For example, the idea that they should have expanded their server capability temporarily. Well, maybe they did. Would that really have solved much anyway? They could have doubled it but what would we compare to in order to know? They could have doubled it, but that would only mean that people who got in at the 2 minute mark may have been at the 4 minute mark if it wasn't expanded. The wait would be the same.
Or it might be said that they should have taken orders a month in advance, to better judge the market. But isn't a two week lead time already more than they usually do? Where do you draw the line? I'm pretty sure if they did a month, people would complain that they shouldn't have to wait a month to receive those that were already manufactured and ready in a week!
Did they properly anticipate the demand for the Space Gray 42mm? Since everything pretty much ran out in short order (SG 42mm simply being first, I think), it would seem to be more a matter of generally limited supply. But suppose they had double the supply of it. Those who got them the first day may have been been up to the 6 minute mark - and all those after that would be complaining. They may have made a lot more SG and it still wasn't enough. Considering how many options there were, compared to phones, tablets and computers, it was going to far harder to anticipate anyway. Even if they did, it would still have run out unless they delayed shipping for weeks longer for the start.
My point is, no matter what they did, we would still have the same complaints of a foul-up - just by different people.
To me, that only leaves the question of people thinking they were jumped over - and I think I can understand that, maybe. Depends on some details.
For example, the idea that they should have expanded their server capability temporarily. Well, maybe they did. Would that really have solved much anyway? They could have doubled it but what would we compare to in order to know? They could have doubled it, but that would only mean that people who got in at the 2 minute mark may have been at the 4 minute mark if it wasn't expanded. The wait would be the same.
Or it might be said that they should have taken orders a month in advance, to better judge the market. But isn't a two week lead time already more than they usually do? Where do you draw the line? I'm pretty sure if they did a month, people would complain that they shouldn't have to wait a month to receive those that were already manufactured and ready in a week!
Did they properly anticipate the demand for the Space Gray 42mm? Since everything pretty much ran out in short order (SG 42mm simply being first, I think), it would seem to be more a matter of generally limited supply. But suppose they had double the supply of it. Those who got them the first day may have been been up to the 6 minute mark - and all those after that would be complaining. They may have made a lot more SG and it still wasn't enough. Considering how many options there were, compared to phones, tablets and computers, it was going to far harder to anticipate anyway. Even if they did, it would still have run out unless they delayed shipping for weeks longer for the start.
My point is, no matter what they did, we would still have the same complaints of a foul-up - just by different people.
To me, that only leaves the question of people thinking they were jumped over - and I think I can understand that, maybe. Depends on some details.
Ever heard of "the cloud"? That's exactly how it works on the backend -- you spin up a bunch of virtual servers if your demand goes up, and then get rid of them when it goes down. You only pay for the time they were up. There are more nuances but it's off topic for this thread.
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The problem ultimately is not server capacity, it's factory and shipping capacity.
Exactly ... Didn't everyone say the iPhone X was the worst launch ever? X being the current rev. Can't be that bad if people show up to the next one Lol.
Well said! There's way too much "me" and "mine" and "entitled in the world these days. Kids in Africa are still starving. Innocent people are dying at the hands of ISIS and cry-babys are still moaning because they don't have an
watch yet.Gimme a break!
Well said! There's way too much "me" and "mine" and "entitled in the world these days. Kids in Africa are still starving. Innocent people are dying at the hands of ISIS and cry-babys are still moaning because they don't have an
Gimme a break!
Kids can't eat watches.
My order changed, used to say available to ship in June, but now says 4-6 weeks, and delivers May 29 - June 11, don't know if it's just because it's been 2 weeks since pre order or if the dates are moving up.
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Yes, I'm aware of cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, and vCloudAir. But the levels needed to handle the amount of load on launch day is not a fiscally responsible investment. As you mentioned, it doesn't help to accept a couple million orders instantly, but not be able to produce the necessary inventory to fulfill those orders. So you deal with what resources you have, adding a little extra if necessary, but make people wait to order instead.
xx:04:38 here and not a damn thing changed. i'm in the 4/24-5/8 ship window. no charges, no changes. i'd say slim to none for you by next sunday unless there's a miracle. seriously, apple's supply chain isn't moving as fast as folks purport it is on this forum. it's literally moved through the xx:04:00 to xx:04:30 confirmations window in the last day if that. and i'm starting to suspect the people who are in the mid-May window and say their stuff is shipping are full of ****. not that their **** isn't shipping. more likely they were never in the mid-May window to begin with. They're just wanting to stir the pot now that they have shipping confirmation.
For those that had their shipped today, as your UPS tracking updated... Still hasn't moved. Wonder if it will move overnight?
Not yet. Yeah, I think we're going to wake up to some movement. Holding out for an early Monday delivery?
My shipping information just change from june to may 28th to june 10th, is that normal?
Do you think is going to deliver even earlier?
The think is my aunt is bringing me the Watch to Peru, but she will be travelling to Peru the 29th of May. ¿Do you think the Watch will arrive earlier?
Do you think is going to deliver even earlier?
The think is my aunt is bringing me the Watch to Peru, but she will be travelling to Peru the 29th of May. ¿Do you think the Watch will arrive earlier?
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Yep. If they expanded to handle order attempts twice as fast, we'd be having folks complaining that "they sound out in 1.5 minutes instead of three! So it all comes back to order on hand and what would, if anything, make it better. I don't think there were any good options - at least not based on the info we have.