The Sport watch that I already received did not show up in my support profile at all. I did not purchase AppleCare+ with it though, so not sure if that was a dependancy for the serial to show up in the support profile or not.
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The Sport watch that I already received did not show up in my support profile at all. I did not purchase AppleCare+ with it though, so not sure if that was a dependancy for the serial to show up in the support profile or not.
No need to update it yet, the watch won't be with me until July, and with a bit of luck 8.4 will be out and still jail breakable
Based on others if the 13th is the "in-hand" day then cards will be charged Monday and shipping numbers out by evening for Wednesday deliveries.
Might get yelled at for this, but my spare black leather loop band arrived today and the box it comes in is huge and very nicely presented.
If this is any indication of how well the watch has been thought out we are in good hands.
June can't come fast enough for this Canadian.
If this is any indication of how well the watch has been thought out we are in good hands.
June can't come fast enough for this Canadian.
No need to update it yet, the watch won't be with me until July, and with a bit of luck 8.4 will be out and still jail breakable
I'm interested to see if the watch can be jailbroken
Ive been looking at my watch band staring me in the face all day today since I got it also
whoops wrong thread guys
Ok, anyone that wants to plate their watch - I think you're much safer to get a regular SS model to do it with.
I'm not sure how much people have played around with gold plating over DLC SS, let alone Apple's DLC SS. The results could be highly undesirable (like, carbon marbled all through the gold? As an example.) Hell, maybe it'll all just crack and crumble off the first time you bang it into something.
Maybe it'd be ok. But, given how rare these watches are going to be, I'd sell the SBSS and get a regular SS to plate.
So what? Americans pay premiums for imported products all of the time. A BMW in Germany is much cheaper than a BMW in the US.
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Last year I ordered Parmesan cheese to be shipped from Italy to California. Guess what, it was unfathomably expensive. Why? Because it's an import! Instead, you should be happy that Apple allowed you the same pre-order opportunity as Americans, instead of America first and then opening it up to other countries a week or so later.
Peasant! Ha! I live in the most expensive city in the country with people in income brackets you couldn't even imagine and I see sport bands all over the place. Tim Cook wears a sports band and he has access to more money than almost anyone else in the world. If you want to call out a 'peasant', call out one of these people talking about gold plating their watches. Gold PLATING? Gross.
You're actually the troll.
(caveat: I do not have a sport band. I have a classic buckle and a link bracelet for my SS)
I don't understand what you found strange about my statement. In America imported luxury goods are more expensive than those sold domestically. I would expect that to be the same all over the world.
My feelings on this are similar to those my uncle expressed when watching my 17-year-old cousin pour a foul-looking mix of A1 and ketchup on a $40 steak.
"Oh my God, that poor watch."
No sense in arguing this. If you take the US-CAD high of 1.2835 from a few weeks ago, multiplied by 1.15 (for maximum 15% combined taxes), and then by $1100 (Price of the watch), you wind up with a price of $1623.63 CAD for the watch.
It has nothing to do with imports. Apple came up with price points and it looked like used the highest US value in the last quarter before the announcement of foreign prices to come up with their price points in foreign countries. Remember, the dollar is down around 7% since early March so naturally prices are higher.
Oddly, Apple's price points really aren't as outrageous as people in foreign countries complain. I find it funny that an American (me) knows about their tax systems. If you don't want to pay that much for your electronics, move to an American economic model away from Western Social Democracy. If you like your Western Social Democracy, well, then, enjoy your expensive watch.
For the record, in CAD, I still paid $1535 if you take the time the dollar was strongest. And that's just with my local taxes. Given that the CAD has risen, I paid $1450. Now, if all your financials are written in USD, do you want to price the watch in a currency that floats away from yours, which isn't pegged to the Yuan, or USD?
Nope. See above. Recent price changes might really be due to newfound USD weakness (which is still stronger than last year). AUD is suffering with the price of commodities at the moment.
Yeah, it isn't for that. Back to complaining about the fact MY WATCH IS NEVER COMING. Eh, soon.
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My original comment which you have totally taken out of context was based on the USD + Taxes conversion, I appreciate that you guys in the U.S. have to pay GST on top of the price shown when you make your purchase but that still leaves a pretty big price difference.
It was not about who makes what in which country, and no I don't think" I should be lucky" that I am allowed to pre-order, I love the U.S., I've vacationed there 6 times and will be visiting again later this year, I have been buying APL equipment for years and currently own several thousands $ worth of stuff. I doubt it costs anymore to ship to AU as it does to the U.S. in fact it's probably cheaper since the strap I just received was shipped direct from Hong Kong, I just wished we paid in USD inclusive of applicable Taxes/additional import costs.
Apologies to everyone for mentioning this subject in this thread in the 1st place.
No change in AU on my original date, still just states "June" but will report as soon as I does change!
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No need to update it yet, the watch won't be with me until July, and with a bit of luck 8.4 will be out and still jail breakable
https://mobile.twitter.com/angelXwind/status/595617188725284865
my 38 has a 5/20-5/28 date and im still on 8.1.1
theres somebody working on porting the watch app to 8.1.2/8.1.1 so ill have to wait.
If nobody gets any sort of movement come Monday then I can assume nobody will receive this on day 1 of the window. That would kinda suck since (correct me if I'm wrong) every shipping window has had at least some (not all) watches deliver on day 1 of their window.
It's very simple. He's Paul Allen. We should all worship at the alter of his coolness.
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Oh, and guys, if we want to have a serious conversation about the american economy and what a house of cards it is, we really should move this to another forum. It's REALLY not relevant to the topic of these watches.
I ordered two watches on the 10th. One was the SSSB with a confirmation email at 00:04 and a sports space grey with the email received at 00:08. I just got charged for the sport version. No charges for the SSSB.
I ordered two watches on the 10th. One was the SSSB with a confirmation email at 00:04 and a sports space grey with the email received at 00:08. I just got charged for the sport version. No charges for the SSSB.
But, you're in the May 12/13 delivery window start though, right? In which case, you could be getting your Space Black in a week or two.
Definitely running out of things to say about our order statuses XD
But that we're approaching our first 'charged' posts