I have enjoyed reading through all of this well, a lot of it. I have always been a guy that waits in line to get the new toy, but decided this time to preorder. To tell you the truth, I think this has been more frustrating! I am, though, confident my phone will arrive sometime Friday. My story
I thought it would be easiest to order from the Apple store on my iPad, but since it was down I grabbed my laptop and pulled up the Verizon site. I was logged in and ready to go a few minutes before 3:00 am, and it actually let me start the order process about 2:55. By 3:05 I had my 6+ 64 gb gold phone ordered. I am replacing my iPhone 5. (Must admit I was going to order a silver, but I must have forgotten to change the default, so now I will have what my wife is calling a bling phone. I noticed it right before I hit the last button, and I sure wasnt going to go back and start again. I have a case ordered, so no biggie).
My confirmation email arrived at 4:15 am:
Your Order Confirmation
Hi,
Thank you for your order. It is being processed and you will receive notification once it has shipped.
Please use the Preorder Confirmation number when checking your VerizonWireless.com order status.
Check Your Order Status
Order Summary:
Preorder Confirmation: 954---------
Order Number: 134--------
Order Location: 143-------
Order Date: 09/12/2014
Deliver By: 09/19/2014
When I checked my order status through the link (using the preorder confirmation number), it said my order was processed but shipping information was not available at this time. It stayed that way until Sunday night. When I went on MyVerizon, it said I had no orders. I was a little worried until I found this forum.
Sunday night I checked MyVerizon again and my order showed up but no real details.
Monday morning I checked again and found this:
Order Date:
09/14/2014
Order Number:
954--------------
Billing Account:
Product Name:
4G 4FF PRE-INSTALLED SIM
Tracking number: 1Z-------------
Shipment Courier:
UPS
Shipment Description:
UPS 2ND DAY AIR-4PM
Shipment Date:
09/18/2014
Status:
Your order has been shipped.
Product Name:
Apple® iPhone® 6 Plus 64GB in Gold
Tracking Number: 1Z--------------------
Shipment Courier:
UPS
Shipment Description:
UPS 2ND DAY AIR-4PM
Shipment Date:
09/18/2014
Status:
Your order has been shipped.
________________________________________
If all items are not listed within your order, please click here for complete order details.
A bit screwed up on the dates. When I clicked the link for complete order details it showed my correct order date of 9/12 and the same info above.
I got a shipment notification email Monday at noon:
Your Order Status
Your Verizon Wireless order is being processed. You can track its progress online with the tracking number(s) below.
The expected delivery date for your order is 09/19/2014.
Signature is required upon delivery.
Order Summary:
Order Number:
Order Location:
Shipping Information
Shipping Carrier: UPS
Ship To:
Shipping Items
etc-----
Monday afternoon, on MyVerizon, I clicked complete order details and I saw a different page that showed my tracking number, date shipped as 9/14 and that it was sent via UPS 2nd Day Air EOD. (I assume EOD stands for end of day). I was going to copy/paste it here, but in the time it took to type this it is gone! I signed in to My Verizon again, hit the link, and now it says:
We do not have a record of Order Number 134----. Please try again later.
Are we having fun yet? Oh well, I still believe my bling phone will arrive via UPS on Friday. I personally like Verizon and was with T-Mobile for 8 years before I switched (believe it or not!). But it is plain to see that their systems cannot handle this kind of volume. Its a surprise to me that they can be this screwed up. Good luck everyone!!