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Aaarsinic said:
Do we know what date is the official or guesstimate "We are all caught up with online orders and can now sell them in store" date?
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They started selling in store last week. You expect some big announcement when all of the stores in the world have stock of every model?
 
neobot85 said:
Been lurking on this forum for some time...but thought I'd post an interesting story that happened to me today...

Just some quick background - I'm based in the US (NYC specifically), and placed an order for the SBSS on 6/6.

I've been checking the retail store reservation site daily at 8 AM to see if I could magically get my hands on the watch earlier, and this morning, I actually managed to make a reservation at one of the stores. I did not cancel my online order (yet).

I went to the store, they brought out the actual package, but when the salesperson scanned it, it kept displaying an error. This got escalated to the store manager, and then escalated higher to Apple point-of-sale support. All in all, I waited about an hour and a half before the manager came out and told me that the watch was NOT supposed to be sold in retail stores yet, and she'd be unable to sell it to me. They even asked her to ship the watch back to headquarters.

Disappointing, as I'm sure you can imagine, but it does appear that they've locked down retail sales until they've gotten through the online backlog.

To compensate for my time there, the manager offered to comp me with AppleCare on the watch, so I guess the whole day was not a loss.
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Wow. That's good news for the back orders if they can cut this off. Glad you got something for your time.
 
Sorry they picked you to stop selling them neobot85, but it's good to see they've curtailed the reservations for the 42mm's. Word must have gotten back that it's been noticed publicly and those still waiting weren't impressed.
 
For those of you whose watches shipped mid-week (like on a Wednesday), did you all get quoted Monday delivery from UPS? My watch just landed in Anchorage, and I'd imagine that it will clear customs today, and ship to Ontario CA this evening. Theoretically if they get the lead out, I could see it tomorrow, but it would be more realistically in the bay area for Saturday. Did any of you get quoted a Monday delivery but actually get your watch on Saturday?

I'd love to hold out hope of seeing it before next week, but I'm trying not to get myself disappointed.
 
fischersd said:
They started selling in store last week. You expect some big announcement when all of the stores in the world have stock of every model?
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That was obviously a small trickle of watches that weren't supposed to be sold yet. Apple said that they would fulfill all online orders before selling them in store. So yes I would imagine there would be a date of once people receive their online orders, there will be many magically available in store. I know we are up to mid May in the U.S. online shipments now.
 
funjon said:
For those of you whose watches shipped mid-week (like on a Wednesday), did you all get quoted Monday delivery from UPS? My watch just landed in Anchorage, and I'd imagine that it will clear customs today, and ship to Ontario CA this evening. Theoretically if they get the lead out, I could see it tomorrow, but it would be more realistically in the bay area for Saturday. Did any of you get quoted a Monday delivery but actually get your watch on Saturday?

I'd love to hold out hope of seeing it before next week, but I'm trying not to get myself disappointed.
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Apple typically doesn't pay the extra for Saturday delivery. Most of the services that it uses has "saver" in the name - which means it's ineligible for Saturday delivery.
The exceptions we've seen is when UPS messes up and missed the date that Apple provided, then they make Saturday delivery (provided it's available where you live) available.

@Aarsinic - other than our model, there aren't a lot of other people still waiting. Stock is going to be limited though, as the second wave countries are launching tomorrow....then there will be the rest of the world once that demand is met.
 
Guys! I got my WATCH! It's glorious. So worth the wait.
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fischersd said:
Ack! I just posted the list... 😉

If you're going to get an early delivery out of UPS, they usually give that change pretty quickly. Given how many plane issues they've been having of late, I wouldn't get my hopes up until you see the plane at least get to Louisville. 🙂

A monday delivery actually means that the customs processing is complete on Friday (Canadian customs in Mount Hope doesn't work weekends and we only get UPS flights Tues-Friday).

You should keep an eye on your tracking. Also, if you have UPS MyChoice and know where your UPS hub is (and it's convenient for you to get to), you might be able to make things quicker by having them hold it at the hub and picking it up there - but verify their local hours to make sure.
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It's gonna be getting to Louisville in about 5-6 hours. I have been tracking the shipment quite thoroughly. Any chance I can expect it tomorrow night (Friday )? P.S Whats the route ups takes after leaving Louisville to ship to Ontario Canada ?
 
areeb2930 said:
It's gonna be getting to Louisville in about 5-6 hours. I have been tracking the shipment quite thoroughly. Any chance I can expect it tomorrow night (Friday )? P.S Whats the route ups takes after leaving Louisville to ship to Ontario Canada ?
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Ok, 5-6 hours means it'll still be in time to get the plane to Mount Hope airport (Hamilton). From there it goes to Concord (the main distribution centre for Canada).

You can watch the flight from Louisville to Mount Hope here:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS476/history/20150625/0833Z/KSDF/CYHM

The customs clearance is done at Mount Hope. They only work 8-4, so if you don't get an update that it's in Concord by at least 5pm, you're looking at Monday.

If you're in Toronto, Concord is also the local hub for the GTA - it would get on your delivery truck there. Otherwise, it'll go to a regional hub first.
 
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ryan.adelman said:
OMG This was worth the 75 day wait!
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Ryan, that's exactly how I feel. I am literally in love with this thing. I definitely made the right choice. It looks so freaking good and feels amazing. Now I haven't worn a watch in like 12 years, so the weight is something to get used to, but I really really love it.
 
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Are west-coast customs releases done in Ontario? I could've sworn they would do it in ANC, but I guess not.
 
justsayyesh said:
Ryan, that's exactly how I feel. I am literally in love with this thing. I definitely made the right choice. It looks so freaking good and feels amazing. Now I haven't worn a watch in like 12 years, so the weight is something to get used to, but I really really love it.
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I started wearing a watch (an old one of mine with a link bracelet) just to get used to it, so I wouldn't be banging it on things. Seems to be paying off.
 
D'oh. Looks like my watch didn't come to Ontario, it went on UPS 81 to Louisville. Which diverted :/ Yay weather.

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Mines in Louisville now. No update on delivery date, but I'm guessing it'll be sitting at my local hub over the weekend.
 
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