Mine changed sometime between 11:00 pm PDT and 5:00a.m. The credit card charge came at 1:20 a.m. fraud alert stopped it and it went through at 5:50 am after a phone call.
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Mine changed sometime between 11:00 pm PDT and 5:00a.m. The credit card charge came at 1:20 a.m. fraud alert stopped it and it went through at 5:50 am after a phone call.
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Hope it's not illegal. Just an addition to my shipped order.Cheers!
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So there are 5 planes landing in the next few hours. Any chance those equate to charges for some of us that haven't been charged yet?
Ok, as a warning to everyone. Never, never, ever instruct UPS via their website once it gives you an estimated window of delivery for the Apple Watch, and you realize you will not be home during those hours, to keep the package at the main local distribution center for pick up once it arrives in town. Even though this is where it would usually go the evening after a failed attempt at delivery, Apple - as I now have been made aware - will see this online change as a security issue and will initiate a Return to Sender on the package within an hour without even contacting you or evidently explaining this policy to UPS.
Yes, you probably can guess the first two words that came out of my mouth when I suddenly got a notification tonight from the Deliveries app on the eve of delivery that "as requested by the sender, the package is being returned. Contact the sender for additional information."
Even the people at the Apple call center were perplexed by the request. (One still needs to bring photo ID to pick up a package there - a UPS policy plainly written on the website - so the chance of someone successfully impersonating the receiver is not high.) Now I have to wait till it goes back to the warehouse for them to reship it. The service rep said that to be safe in the future I should clear changes through Apple first.
Live and learn.
Yes, you probably can guess the first two words that came out of my mouth when I suddenly got a notification tonight from the Deliveries app on the eve of delivery that "as requested by the sender, the package is being returned. Contact the sender for additional information."
Even the people at the Apple call center were perplexed by the request. (One still needs to bring photo ID to pick up a package there - a UPS policy plainly written on the website - so the chance of someone successfully impersonating the receiver is not high.) Now I have to wait till it goes back to the warehouse for them to reship it. The service rep said that to be safe in the future I should clear changes through Apple first.
Live and learn.
Wow, that's crazy. Thanks for the heads up. Probably will save quite a few heart aches.
Yikes! I was planning on changing my ship to to the CC center via My Choice (if/when it is ever shipped for me) so I didn't have to wait until 9pm when the guy usually arrives. I guess that may out of the question now. I wonder if this is a standard issue or if you got unlucky somehow.
I did the same thing just tonight. I was a 42 with an order time of 03:05:07est.
I've been back to the store a couple of times and found I like the look of the SS BSB a little better on my wrist. It's a little weightier which I also like.
Another reason I cancelled is because I want them to iron out the minor issues they are having. I'm going to wait a couple of weeks and put the order in for the SS.
Good luck running with the 42 SS.
I changed the first watch without incident to be picked up at local UPS hub. Many others have also done this. I don't know about another address, but no problems holding at the local hub for pick up about 10:00 am.
And I just looked it up (I have a tracking number for its trip back to the factory), the destination is Elk Grove, California and it's not expected there till Monday. The best I can hope to get it again is probably next Wednesday.
I might not be home tomorrow when they arrive. I left a presigned signature on the door. Will they just leave the package there or will they take it back and send it to Apple.
Well, this late into the evening and I haven't seen a single person's status change. Looks like the rest of us 5/13 orders are going to be getting our watches as quoted.
I still believe we will get them early, but the dreams of seeing it this week have all but vanished.
I don't know. I know these forums are a small sample size, but we saw daily updates for charges up until last night. They seemed to have stopped cold. Maybe there's something to that haptic issue news :-?
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Somehow I doubt it... Also keep in mine last night there was no wave but there was one in the early hours of the morning. But as for the Haptic Engine... The reports said they were aware of the issue in Feb. My guess is that a couple things have happened: 1. Production has dropped to a more stable rate (production will increase as it typically does over time) which slowed the charges and subsequent shipments. 2. The interest in the threads have waned after the initial excitement and less folks are revisiting to tell of their shipments.
Just my thoughts obviously, but my hope is that new waves will continue.
Somehow I doubt it... Also keep in mine last night there was no wave but there was one in the early hours of the morning. But as for the Haptic Engine... The reports said they were aware of the issue in Feb. My guess is that a couple things have happened: 1. Production has dropped to a more stable rate (production will increase as it typically does over time) which slowed the charges and subsequent shipments. 2. The interest in the threads have waned after the initial excitement and less folks are revisiting to tell of their shipments.
Just my thoughts obviously, but my hope is that new waves will continue.
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Someone explain this to me:
Apple says deliveries for the same SKU go out in the order they are ordered.
Makes sense.
What doesn't:
I ordered on the 11th and got a revised delivery ETA of 27/05
A colleague of mine I just spoke with ordered same SKU (42 SG BSB) on the 22nd and got an ETA of 25/05
The difference is I am in Sydney and he is in Melbourne.
Unless the geographical delivery address plays a role in this it's not really first come first serve, is it?
Disclaimer: I understand that the delivery ETAs might be fluid but certainly doesn't give the impression of what Apple is trying to convince us.
Apple says deliveries for the same SKU go out in the order they are ordered.
Makes sense.
What doesn't:
I ordered on the 11th and got a revised delivery ETA of 27/05
A colleague of mine I just spoke with ordered same SKU (42 SG BSB) on the 22nd and got an ETA of 25/05
The difference is I am in Sydney and he is in Melbourne.
Unless the geographical delivery address plays a role in this it's not really first come first serve, is it?
Disclaimer: I understand that the delivery ETAs might be fluid but certainly doesn't give the impression of what Apple is trying to convince us.
Don't think this has anything to do with changing to hold for pickup. Many people have done this with no issues what so ever including myself. Here is a thread with other people with the same issue that didn't set to hold for pickup here
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1876165/
Still the waiting seems toooo looong
So I am not feeling optimistic about getting my Space Gray Sport Watch any time soon. Order placed 4/10 @ 11:45 AM EDT. Seeing all the delays with the orders placed just in the first 15-30 Minutes of the pre-orders starting. So it seem to me when they get around to the 9 hour mark on pre-order day its gonna be a while...
So I am not feeling optimistic about getting my Space Gray Sport Watch any time soon. Order placed 4/10 @ 11:45 AM EDT. Seeing all the delays with the orders placed just in the first 15-30 Minutes of the pre-orders starting. So it seem to me when they get around to the 9 hour mark on pre-order day its gonna be a while...
So I am not feeling optimistic about getting my Space Gray Sport Watch any time soon. Order placed 4/10 @ 11:45 AM EDT. Seeing all the delays with the orders placed just in the first 15-30 Minutes of the pre-orders starting. So it seem to me when they get around to the 9 hour mark on pre-order day its gonna be a while...
15 - 30 minutes. Try the first 10 minutes. Still no update on my order that was placed in the first 10 minutes.
FINALLY charged at 3:43am EST
42mm SG
XX:04:45 email conf
Going to Southern NH
42mm SG
XX:04:45 email conf
Going to Southern NH
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