Verizon 4S Preorder Status Thread

[cbmBlake]

dont fall for it....

My phone was shipped UPS 2nd Day Air. The largest UPS air hub in the world is about 20 minutes from my house in Louisville. However, my phone originated in Memphis, TN and appears to be on a truck heading for Louisville (it has already passed through Nashville, TN). I guess 2nd Day AIR is just a clever name for "we will send it the cheapest way possible in order to make sure it takes 2 days to deliver."

I'm not mad, just confused as to why that wasn't planned better. If they have a pallet-load of iPhones in Louisville (which they obviously do based on other peoples' tracking updates), they could have shipped mine by UPS Ground and it would have gotten here in 1 business day.

Apple does not want phones arriving early. this is all part of a huge promotional blitz. remember they want to sell phones until the next Iphone comes out. They want launch day to be as big and chaotic as possible. they want lines outside of stores and they certainly want internet buzz. Kind of funny how each year a "reader" of a well known tech publication "luckily" receives an early delivery?

 

[DSM517]

Same here, but mine is going to Connecticut. Does anyone think that these are flying out tonight and we wont see any changes until then? Or are they going to be on a truck? I google mapped Louisville to my location and it told me 14 hours. That makes me think its getting on a plane. Also, "UPS 2nd Day Air" might be a hint..

Usually it leaves Louisville at night to JFK by plane and then trucked to CT. Mine is coming to CT as well.

 

[lightposted]

To everyone who just got an origin scan for their package today, you don't need to worry. As long as the hub it is sending from is in a 1 day service area to the destination, your package will be serviced on time.

 

[Dyspareunia]

Well it is 8:45AM over here on the West Coast and I figured I'd take a look at the status of my FedEx shipment. I figure between today and tomorrow the UPS and FedEx websites are gonna get royally slammed. I remember last year, the UPS website wasn't able to update in real-time and ended up posting all the status updates at the end of the day.

Looks like if my status is accurate and correct, my shipment is on the FedEx truck out for delivery TODAY! Great now I have scramble to get all my stuff done for the day, so I can burn the rest of the afternoon and evening migrating my info to the new phones!

Screenshot:

 

[kiseika]

My phone was shipped UPS 2nd Day Air. The largest UPS air hub in the world is about 20 minutes from my house in Louisville. However, my phone originated in Memphis, TN and appears to be on a truck heading for Louisville (it has already passed through Nashville, TN). I guess 2nd Day AIR is just a clever name for "we will send it the cheapest way possible in order to make sure it takes 2 days to deliver."

I'm not mad, just confused as to why that wasn't planned better. If they have a pallet-load of iPhones in Louisville (which they obviously do based on other peoples' tracking updates), they could have shipped mine by UPS Ground and it would have gotten here in 1 business day.

I know how you feel. I'm in Nashville and it's killing me that UPS has some phones passing me by while my phone's sitting around in Louisville. I also don't understand why any UPS shipments would originate in Memphis unless Fedex just couldn't handle it.

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Apple does not want phones arriving early. this is all part of a huge promotional blitz. remember they want to sell phones until the next Iphone comes out. They want launch day to be as big and chaotic as possible. they want lines outside of stores and they certainly want internet buzz. Kind of funny how each year a "reader" of a well known tech publication "luckily" receives an early delivery?

They want us to believe the kind of people who read tech blogs are also the kind of people who preorder technology.

It's a conspiracy, man!

 

[jettie1767]

Now I have both tracking numbers. Black 32GB going via UPS and no tracking info. White 32GB going via Fedex which just left PA.

 

[wilheldp]

"You get what you pay for". If you were running a shipping company, you would do the same. It is business.

Your phone is probably on a pallet in a truck full of pallets. Each phone on a pallet probably has a different destination. They aren't going to fish through to find individual boxes like you are thinking. When it gets to the proper hub, then they sort.

I know full well how it is done. I used to write the controls for conveyor sorting systems at FedEx and UPS hubs.

It would have been cheaper for UPS to break the pallet at Worldport and put them on local city trucks than it would be to truck them up from Memphis, then do the same. Therefore, "if I were running a shipping company" that's the way I would do it. Even if they didn't do so until today, and delivered tomorrow...it would still be the cheapest method.

 

[nickdelvecchio]

grrrr...mine has has a departure scan from San Diego. Originated in Ontario.

Too bad it didn't make the truck for delivery....

yeah me too.... mines coming to AZ... scheduled by 3PM tomorrow....

 

[simply-is]

mine's at the local facility. i gave fedex a call and they told me i couldn't pick it up because it's "containerized"
this basically means it's bundled up with other packages, so they won't get to the container until tomorrow morning which was the schedule date of delivery.

I feel your pain.

 

[disrunner]

sigh...Mines been at the FedEx location in Newark, NJ since 1am. Not on another truck and just sitting there. Sad part is I drive by FedEx on my way to school in Newark tonight. Torture!

 

[Peteman100]

Well it is 8:45AM over here on the West Coast and I figured I'd take a look at the status of my FedEx shipment. I figure between today and tomorrow the UPS and FedEx websites are gonna get royally slammed. I remember last year, the UPS website wasn't able to update in real-time and ended up posting all the status updates at the end of the day.

Looks like if my status is accurate and correct, my shipment is on the FedEx truck out for delivery TODAY! Great now I have scramble to get all my stuff done for the day, so I can burn the rest of the afternoon and evening migrating my info to the new phones!

Screenshot:

Lucky! Mine shipped out from Southern California last night, and I was hoping it would reach me in Northern California by today. But it still hasn't been scanned in up here yet...

 

[Zepaw]

I joined the free version of "UPS My Choice" and it added an option on the tracking page to waive the signature requirement. Score!

 

[runsliketrees]

sigh...Mines been at the FedEx location in Newark, NJ since 1am. Not on another truck and just sitting there. Sad part is I drive by FedEx on my way to school in Newark tonight. Torture!

dont forget to wave as you go by

 

[lightposted]

it would still be the cheapest method.

Louisville is a large central hub, they probably needed to process the iphones at that hub to the rest of the country to make sure that they made service. Perhaps they had an excess at the memphis hub that they were able to supply to the surrounding area, etc. Good ol' logistics.

 

[sedril]

Mine had it's origin scan early this morning about an hour from my house which is on the west coast in CA... Now it shows it's on it's way to louisville, KY ??

Hopefully that's not correct.... Would hate to miss my shipment due to an error in shipping....

 

[DannyTrose]

From San Diego to Kentucky? I live in LA -_-

 

[lightposted]

Mine had it's origin scan early this morning about an hour from my house which is on the west coast in CA... Now it shows it's on it's way to louisville, KY ??

Hopefully that's not correct.... Would hate to miss my shipment due to an error in shipping....

Estimated delivery still the 14th? You should be fine, Louisville is the main air hub so it could still get there no problem.

 

[Patriot24]

I know full well how it is done. I used to write the controls for conveyor sorting systems at FedEx and UPS hubs.

It would have been cheaper for UPS to break the pallet at Worldport and put them on local city trucks than it would be to truck them up from Memphis, then do the same. Therefore, "if I were running a shipping company" that's the way I would do it. Even if they didn't do so until today, and delivered tomorrow...it would still be the cheapest method.

Well played, Sir. Well played...

I hath been served.

 

[wilheldp]

Louisville is a large central hub, they probably needed to process the iphones at that hub to the rest of the country to make sure that they made service. Perhaps they had an excess at the memphis hub that they were able to supply to the surrounding area, etc. Good ol' logistics.

UPS doesn't have an air hub in Memphis...FedEx does. My guess is that Verizon used both UPS and FedEx to import the phones from China into their air hubs, then they are handling the distribution separately. What I don't understand is why they didn't import the ones that UPS was going to ship into Louisville, and the ones that FedEx was going to ship into Memphis. I bet it's quite the sight to see with a bunch of brown trucks leaving the FedEx hub in Memphis.

 

[NinjaQutie]

well.. I live in Maryland - but northeastern - near northern DE... when I go into the office (normally work from home)... I go into Newark DE...

That is where I live.

 

[rrachll]

E-mailed Verizon twice and called three times in the past couple days. Each time I get a different response. CC not charged, fedex/ups tracking doesn't work, no shipping confirmation e-mail. My status is currently showing:

Ace Order No: 6****
Ace Order Location: D77****
Order Status: We received your order and it is in process.
Expected Ship Date: 10/14/2011
Tracking No:
Courier:


Verizon 10/12 (yesterday):

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for choosing Verizon Wireless, America's most reliable wireless. We do appreciate your business.
At this time your Internet Order Reference Number 9355************ is being processed. We will advise you via email if there is any additional information required to complete your order, otherwise you should receive a separate email order completion notice with the Fed Ex tracking information, once this information is available.
Due to enthusiasm for the iPhone 4S and pre-order volume, the expected delivery date is 10/21. We apologize for any confusion this matter may have caused.

I wrote last night 10/12 in response:

Verizon: Thank you for your prompt response. However, when I check the status I am still showing an order status of 'Processing; Expected ship date 10/14' ... is this an error? Thanks again and I appreciate your time and concern.


This is what I got today 10/13 in an e-mail response:

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for contacting Verizon Wireless. We do apologize for any inconvenience. We have received your Internet Order Reference Number 9355************, your order is in process of being completed. Please be advised your is going through the process successfully, the date you have is correct 10/14/11. Please monitor your e-mail for a status update and tracking information.




WHAT IS GOING ON? Is my phone being SHIPPED 10/14? ahhh

 

[Jody]

Anyone still not have tracking info? My card has been charged and everything... I've just heard nothing from Verizon.

 

[Kendstorm]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_0 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8A293 Safari/6531.22.7)

I have not recieved shipping email from verizon

 

[boleyn]

Got the email today at 7:30 AM, ordered 3:30 AM on Friday.

The email included a working link to FedEx tracking (12 digit number) scheduled for overnight with delivery by 3 PM Friday. Yea!

It's a white 32G, and yes, coming from West Chester, PA. Listed at 1 lb.

The reference number tracking did not work, here is why, the listed ref number is different from the others in that it has 01 at end for 11 digits total. So that would be D77xxxx_000015xxx01 (that's what is listed on the tracking status, I didn't actually try to search on that as I have a direct link).

I'm finally breathing a sigh of relief, my 16 gb white and 32 gb white have finally been placed together on the truck. Mine is in the same truck as it seems and I too had problems with the reference tracking numbers. i had an 01 added to the first phone and an 02 added to the second phone. My times are similar to the above with an hour lag and delivery by 3pm to nyc.

i'm going to be camped out on my stoop with a book to make sure i don't miss my delivery.

 

[abijnk]

From San Diego to Kentucky? I live in LA -_-

LOL, it's been amusing to watch mine, too. It was originally shipped out of Ontario, CA and then went to San Diego, CA. No updates since then, but it's funny since I live right next to LAX. I guess I should have waved as it went by.