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Yeah I just checked and I received mine at 6am, so here's to hoping..but at the same time I'm pretty sure it was "preparing for shipment" a couple days before that email.
I think it's safe to say at this point that only those with charges on their account will be getting their watches on Friday.
That's what I mean. Those with charges pending will see the shipping notifications tomorrow throughout the day. The rest of us, it's anybody's guess.
I gotta admit, I'm with you on this. The email really sealed the deal IMO. But if we don't get any updates Thursday evening, pretty sure we won't get them Friday.
42MM SG Sport. Confirmation email at: 2:03 CDT, can't find at the second it was sent. Order is still in the "processing item" stage, but have a pending charge for the watch on my account. Anyone else have the pending charge but still in the "processing item" stage?
I'm new here. I'm sure a lot of what I say will get dismissed as "he doesn't know what he's talking about". Here's what I have to say:
The 42MM Space Grey/Black sport and SS are the most popular models. We all know this.
I expect some people to get orders via FedEx, most via UPS. I have spent several years ordering items from Nike, among other athletic vendors.
They release a shoe around Xmas that causes a buzz, the Jordan 11.
Site crashes, order cancellations all happen. Typically 300-600k people get orders through. It is VERY common for people to receive order confirmation emails 12-24 hrs after placing orders. This release happens a few days before Xmas, and 90% of people get their orders by Dec. 24. They stage from Memphis and ship throughout the country in a few days. Production starts about 6 months in advance.
You guys need to realize, these watches are likely built to order. VERY high demand. People are working around the clock, and they have lives too! To track the status of a plane, is quite strange.
Apple gave shipping ranges for a reason, to account for demand and other issues with production and shipping. I've had several situations where I made an order and didn't get a shipped notice from Nike until after I receive the product. Calm down, the watches will come.
You guys are in the .0000001% of Apple users, and many of you will be the only ones you know with these watches for several months. even if you get the watch in June, you will likely be one of a very few in your local area with one, especially if you have a more expensive one ($700-1000).
You guys ever thought they're not focusing on updating statuses, and instead focusing on getting as many orders shipped as possible?
Remember, each day that passes means more watches are getting sent out, and made.
So before you complain remember there's someone in China making a watch now that works 10x as hard as you, making YOUR watch to please YOU.
Besides, the longer you have to wait, the more stable the apps will be.
The 42MM Space Grey/Black sport and SS are the most popular models. We all know this.
I expect some people to get orders via FedEx, most via UPS. I have spent several years ordering items from Nike, among other athletic vendors.
They release a shoe around Xmas that causes a buzz, the Jordan 11.
Site crashes, order cancellations all happen. Typically 300-600k people get orders through. It is VERY common for people to receive order confirmation emails 12-24 hrs after placing orders. This release happens a few days before Xmas, and 90% of people get their orders by Dec. 24. They stage from Memphis and ship throughout the country in a few days. Production starts about 6 months in advance.
You guys need to realize, these watches are likely built to order. VERY high demand. People are working around the clock, and they have lives too! To track the status of a plane, is quite strange.
Apple gave shipping ranges for a reason, to account for demand and other issues with production and shipping. I've had several situations where I made an order and didn't get a shipped notice from Nike until after I receive the product. Calm down, the watches will come.
You guys are in the .0000001% of Apple users, and many of you will be the only ones you know with these watches for several months. even if you get the watch in June, you will likely be one of a very few in your local area with one, especially if you have a more expensive one ($700-1000).
You guys ever thought they're not focusing on updating statuses, and instead focusing on getting as many orders shipped as possible?
Remember, each day that passes means more watches are getting sent out, and made.
So before you complain remember there's someone in China making a watch now that works 10x as hard as you, making YOUR watch to please YOU.
Besides, the longer you have to wait, the more stable the apps will be.
why, every launch, do people come to a forum populated with EARLY ADOPTERS and tell us not to act like early adopters.
it never fails, if a thread gets over 2 pages, we get the "people be happy with what you have, people are starving in china/africa/atlantis/etc, most of you will get it before anyone anyway" messages from posters who come here for reasons i cannot fathom. if they aren't early adopters and aren't excited then why are they here, to troll?
I'm sorry but I'm owning it.
I LIKE GETTING MY STUFF FIRST
I LIKE LORDING IT OVER OTHERS
I LIKE BEING KNOWN AS THE GUY WHO GETS THE NEW TECH FIRST ALWAYS
I'm not embarrassed by it, I'm not ashamed I have the money for it, and I don't play sports - this is my Super Bowl.
So enough.
it never fails, if a thread gets over 2 pages, we get the "people be happy with what you have, people are starving in china/africa/atlantis/etc, most of you will get it before anyone anyway" messages from posters who come here for reasons i cannot fathom. if they aren't early adopters and aren't excited then why are they here, to troll?
I'm sorry but I'm owning it.
I LIKE GETTING MY STUFF FIRST
I LIKE LORDING IT OVER OTHERS
I LIKE BEING KNOWN AS THE GUY WHO GETS THE NEW TECH FIRST ALWAYS
I'm not embarrassed by it, I'm not ashamed I have the money for it, and I don't play sports - this is my Super Bowl.
So enough.
There is a chance that there will be one more way wave tomorrow for Friday delivery. If true it probably won't surpass :04 orders with the way things have been going.
UPS77 is set to land in Ontario, California, in about 5 minutes. Its a MD11, so its a small plane, but can still hold roughly 200,000-300,000 units.
Hopefully a bulk of the west coast orders will be on this plane!
Email of death has not silenced my hope yet!
Hopefully a bulk of the west coast orders will be on this plane!
Email of death has not silenced my hope yet!
I hear you. But I have been reading these forums for a few weeks and I find it amazing some of the crying and complaining that goes on here. Yes, you spent $500-1000. So did I.
Personally, yes I want my watch Friday. But if I don't get it by the end of my shipping window, then I will want answers.
He, I have been tracking that plane. I hope my order is on there, I'm in Ontario.
Obviously I hope I'm wrong on this, but swing how most of the orders switched to Preparing for shipment in the late afternoon/early evening hours (EST) there won't be enough time for new ones added tomorrow to be delivered on Friday.
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I've been reading these forums for a few years now. And yes, sometimes people complain about ridiculous stuff. But every once in a while, Apple gets a little sloppy and gives us reason to complain. I don't think there's anything wrong with discussing our frustrations here.
Are there more important things than the apple watch? HECK YES! Will it be the end of the world if I don't get my watch Friday? HECK NO.
Just landed. I hope I get my tracking number via MyChoice at midnight.
EDIT: There is also another plane but from Hong Kong that is going to Ontario tonight as well. Landing in 30 mins.
Considering its 10PM, I think they will unload the plane and then start scanning in the morning. Which is fine with me because its still plenty of time to be trucked out to my local hub in Newbury Park.
Interesting. I thought they needed to go through Anchorage first.
Edit: Looked at the path. Hong Kong -> Anchorage -> Ontario.
Thats a 744, much larger plane than a MD11. (Upwards of 2 million units could potentially fit on that plane!)