hi all,
i was hoping the folks here who have intimate and historical knowledge of apple's shipping times could help me with an order timing issue that i'm dealing with.
i am currently out of the country and will be returning to the US (Los Angeles, CA) on 10/25 for a 2 week stay. my pre-order (blue 15 pm 512) currently has an arrival estimate of 10/17-10/24 which is perfect if accurate. the timing of the shipment is important because it includes a trade-in. according to apple's policy, i have 14 days (after receiving the new phone) to return my trade-in phone in order to receive the credit, and if i fail to send the phone during that 14 day window the trade-in will be voided.
so unlike the majority of the posters here, i desperately DO NOT want my phone to ship out early! if it arrives too early there is a chance that i will not be able to complete the trade-in. if it arrives too late (past november 7th) i will miss out on the phone altogether.
in your opinion, should i stick with my order and trust that the arrival time estimate of 10/17-10/24 will be accurate? or is there a big chance that the order ships early and that it arrives much earlier?
i cancelled and re-ordered once already (yesterday) to get a later shipping estimate close to my arrival date. i could do it again, but i saw that a new order placed today would result in the same arrival estimate. and i could cancel and re-order much later, but risk there being a huge delay on future orders that go past my 2-week US visit.
what do most people say? are the arrival estimates usually spot on, purposefully pessimistic (so the phone arrives earlier) and by how many days, or often too optimistic (phone arrives later) ?
thanks everyone!