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So, my card was just pre-auth'd for my AppleCare (again). And my order date was 02 May...

Maybe the drop-off is steeper than we've previously imagined? I see others with late-April pre-orders getting charged too. My stated delivery date is still 07 to 14 July, but definitely fingers crossed for earlier delivery. And like some others, my shipping method has now appeared (it wasn't specified before, now it's 2-3 day).
 
funjon said:
So, my card was just pre-auth'd for my AppleCare (again). And my order date was 02 May...

Maybe the drop-off is steeper than we've previously imagined? I see others with late-April pre-orders getting charged too. My stated delivery date is still 07 to 14 July, but definitely fingers crossed for earlier delivery. And like some others, my shipping method has now appeared (it wasn't specified before, now it's 2-3 day).
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I don't know how long you have been following this thread but your information is wrong. We are not out of the first hour, let alone "late April". The latest we've seen is an April 11th from Hong Kong, but the USA is only to xx:52 and other regions are closer to xx:05. Apple Care charges from time to time on everyone and it doesn't mean anything...
 
Just got an update. Preparing for shipment now, and got charged on my account. But the dilivery date still shows June 22-26th not sure why.

Ordered in the U.S. on April 10th @ xx:56:43
 
xVx Wiggie xVx said:
Just got an update. Preparing for shipment now, and got charged on my account. But the dilivery date still shows June 22-26th not sure why.

Ordered in the U.S. on April 10th @ xx:56:43
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When it shows shipped you will get the delivery information.
 
Nothing important but got pre Auth for apple
Care again too and instead of standard
Shipping says 2-3 business days.

April 10th 6:53am boston
 
Got the same update.
Still processing, ships July 7-14th, 2-3 business days, ordered at 7:18AM.

Was way too excited when I say an update, and then so disappointed after it was nothing.
 
funjon said:
So, my card was just pre-auth'd for my AppleCare (again). And my order date was 02 May...

Maybe the drop-off is steeper than we've previously imagined? I see others with late-April pre-orders getting charged too. My stated delivery date is still 07 to 14 July, but definitely fingers crossed for earlier delivery. And like some others, my shipping method has now appeared (it wasn't specified before, now it's 2-3 day).
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Not just drop off, but Apple and their suppliers almost certainly have been able to ramp up their production capabilities, too.
 
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Like others, Standard Shipping replaced by 2-3 Business Days. No change in delivery date of 07 Jul - 14 Jul.

Ordered April 10th @ 6:08 AM EST
 
Louisville, KY arrival! Now what guys? Are our watches going to their respected hubs to be delivered tomorrow in the US?
 
Still seems strange to me that orders done between April 10 and May have the same delivery window (July 7-14). Could they really have sold so few that one batch can cover all orders for between those dates?
 
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Footelong said:
Louisville, KY arrival! Now what guys? Are our watches going to their respected hubs to be delivered tomorrow in the US?
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Can someone explain why they don't just separate the shipment to certain hubs around the US? I live in California, and so now when it could've just flown straight down from Alaska (not literally), it went across the United States, just to go right back across?
 
Logistics + airplanes don't always translate into the shortest distance being the most convenient. Rather, sometimes you have to take 1 step back to take 2 steps forward.
 
chriscam95 said:
Can someone explain why they don't just separate the shipment to certain hubs around the US? I live in California, and so now when it could've just flown straight down from Alaska (not literally), it went across the United States, just to go right back across?
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It is cheaper in the bulk scheme of things to have everything to to one central location and then spread out from there.

If you want to read more, http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-the-hub-and-spoke-model.htm
 
jediobiwan said:
It is cheaper in the bulk scheme of things to have everything to to one central location and then spread out from there.

If you want to read more, http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-the-hub-and-spoke-model.htm
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Thanks for the link, definitely makes sense as a whole; I guess the real question I have is how California, one of the biggest states in the U.S. wouldn't be somewhere Alaska would have a direct flight to, if I lived in nebraska for example, I wouldn't be expecting multi-billion dollar hubs being built around me, but a huge place like California? Definitely interesting to me.
 
Land and rents are cheaper in the center of the US than in the middle. California airspace is busier than Kentucky's, thus facilitating large numbers of late flights into a smaller airport in the dead of night. KY probably offered a pretty substantial tax credit to build a major US shipping hub in their state.
 
chriscam95 said:
Thanks for the link, definitely makes sense as a whole; I guess the real question I have is how California, one of the biggest states in the U.S. wouldn't be somewhere Alaska would have a direct flight to, if I lived in nebraska for example, I wouldn't be expecting multi-billion dollar hubs being built around me, but a huge place like California? Definitely interesting to me.
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But there may not be enough cargo volume from Anchorage at the time to your local hub to justify a full flight. If it all goes to one central hub, more flights are completely full and thus greatly reduced costs. Also, Louisville allows them to aggregate the entire days packages.

Basically it comes down to the fact that the majority of their sorting capability (manpower, machines, equipment, etc) for express packages is in Louisville and not in Anchorage, and LA, and San Fran and....
 
glock23 said:
Land and rents are cheaper in the center of the US than in the middle. California airspace is busier than Kentucky's, thus facilitating large numbers of late flights into a smaller airport in the dead of night. KY probably offered a pretty substantial tax credit to build a major US shipping hub in their state.
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All true, but it's more about geography.
Worldport is "about a two-hour flight from 75 percent of the US population, and a four-hour flight away from 95 percent of other folks in the nation." It also has the advantage of being on the western edge of EST so it gets additional benefits such as having more time to process packages for the west coast.
 
jediobiwan said:
All true, but it's more about geography.
Worldport is "about a two-hour flight from 75 percent of the US population, and a four-hour flight away from 95 percent of other folks in the nation." It also has the advantage of being on the western edge of EST so it gets additional benefits such as having more time to process packages for the west coast.
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Do you know if Kentucky would depart the order overnight? For me its 12am in California, does their facility work during the night? Or is everything left for the morning? Not sure how UPS works, but you're a genius when it comes to it!
 
chriscam95 said:
Do you know if Kentucky would depart the order overnight? For me its 12am in California, does their facility work during the night? Or is everything left for the morning? Not sure how UPS works, but you're a genius when it comes to it!
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Everything at Louisville happens overnight. All flights come in around midnightish EDT and then everything is turned before about 5AM EDT to local air hubs, then trucked to wherever your local delivery truck is loaded for delivery that day.
 
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