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Watch with Stainless Steel Link Bracelet Orders

nanocustoms said:
Im in the same boat. I was going to order the SS WSB + Link Bracelet, but I felt that they would have shipped full link + watch orders first.

I guessed wrong.

My 0.02 is that because of the lead times on the links, Apple probably started production of these watches FIRST. Then, they probably scrapped a TON of them (taptic engine) going into the launch, hence the later window from the get go.

These factors all are beyond a laymen to comprehend, but being from a manufacturing background, I would start on the products that take the longest, first, and then take on the quickest products last.

I know it makes no sense, because the SS bodies are all the same, but remember that they also got flooded with orders across the board.. My bet is that the SS + Links got scrapped en-masse.

TL;DR - They scrapped a bunch of SS Link models and thats why we got a delayed launch date from the get go.
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I guess the opposite from you and it paid off on launch day.

I figured that anything stating 4-6 weeks for delivery would ship slower than anything that stated 2-4 weeks for delivery.

And I figured that a watch that said I could have it 4/24-5/8 would be the fastest shipping watch I could possibly hope for.

Ergo, my husband got a 38mm SS BSB on launch day (and his link band just started preparing for shipment this afternoon) and I wound up with a 38mm SS Milanese loop on launch day (and I'm still waiting to be able to order a Modern Buckle because the 4-6 week wait on launch day was NOT reassuring to me at all).

I'm also waiting for a white sport band. I think they had affixed all those to sport and SS watches prior to launch and I'm just now hearing about people getting the very first WSB orders fulfilled. I ordered my WSB on 4/16 after the 2nd time I tried on Apple Watches (specifically, the rose gold Edition model) and decided I really liked that sport band.

TL;DR When Apple gives out a shipping estimate at launch, believe it.

You'll get your watch very soon. I am confident of this.
 
btw .. whenever it will happen .. "Preparing for Shipment", how many days after this ? do we get it like the next day ? or day after ?
 
RBDan said:
Question on "TONS of 42MM Milanese registered last night around 9:15 PT".

That was Milanese fully loaded with a watch?

Thanks for the info!
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Yes. I was following that thread as it seemed like the last of the 4/24-5/8 shipments hat hadn't gin out yet, and I think all hit last night. Then the first wave of 42mm Milanese with 5/13-27 dates went off earlier today.
 
saksvig said:
btw .. whenever it will happen .. "Preparing for Shipment", how many days after this ? do we get it like the next day ? or day after ?
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My girlfriend's Milanese loop changed to "Preparing for Shipment" on Saturday and arrived today. So 4 days counting the day it changed to "Preparing for Shipment" and the delivery day.
 
urda said:
Agreed, Apple customer service is getting a call from me shortly. This is not acceptable
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Ok, so how do you guys think they're going to build our watches without the bands?

They're a pre-requisite. This means they will be built BEFORE our watches can be assembled.

Stop pestering Apple customer service. Seriously.
 
JakeCarter said:
My girlfriend's Milanese loop changed to "Preparing for Shipment" on Saturday and arrived today. So 4 days counting the day it changed to "Preparing for Shipment" and the delivery day.
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Well I think -1 .. since UPS/Fedex don't deliver Standard Shipments on Sundays ! so I'd take 1-2 days from the time it moves to 'Preparing for Shipment' ! thnx
 
saksvig said:
btw .. whenever it will happen .. "Preparing for Shipment", how many days after this ? do we get it like the next day ? or day after ?
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Lately it's been quick. Some people have seen it change same day, some a day or two later. At the start of the shipments, it was long...and painful...and there was no apparent rhyme or reason as to why.

Shorter answer - it changes when it changes.

If you get it before the date Apple gave you, you're ahead of the game.
 
urda said:
Agreed, Apple customer service is getting a call from me shortly. This is not acceptable
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Did they give you a 2-4 week shipping window at launch or a 4-6 week shipping window?

Because I doubt they're going to have much sympathy for your ire seeing as how you agreed to the shipping window and were fully capable of choosing the shorter window.
 
fischersd said:
Lately it's been quick. Some people have seen it change same day, some a day or two later. At the start of the shipments, it was long...and painful...and there was no apparent rhyme or reason as to why.

Shorter answer - it changes when it changes.

If you get it before the date Apple gave you, you're ahead of the game.
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Don't you feel like we are at the mercy of Apple .. who said Customer is King at Apple !! Lol .. They should have named this as Banana Watch .. people are going Bananas (for the wrong reasons of course) !!
 
saksvig said:
Don't you feel like we are at the mercy of Apple .. who said Customer is King at Apple !! Lol .. They should have named this as Banana Watch .. people are going Bananas (for the wrong reasons of course) !!
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I'm sure there's reasons that the launch has gone the way it has. You (and everyone else) should set your expectations on the date that Apple has provided. They're doing the best they can to get everyone's orders fulfilled.
 
fischersd said:
I'm sure there's reasons that the launch has gone the way it has. You (and everyone else) should set your expectations on the date that Apple has provided. They're doing the best they can to get everyone's orders fulfilled.
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You sound like a religious grandma talking about god and how theres always a reason and purpose to how everything turns out.. LOL
 
iHeading said:
You sound like a religious grandma talking about god and how theres always a reason and purpose to how everything turns out.. LOL
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OR there's a ton of them just around and Apple thought it would be fun just to wait a few weeks to send them out for no reason.
 
iHeading said:
You sound like a religious grandma talking about god and how theres always a reason and purpose to how everything turns out.. LOL
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Heh. Just get my fill of the impatience and whining some days. :)

Don't get me wrong, I want my watch too - but getting anxious about it isn't going to get it in my hands any sooner.
 
Finally Have an apple charge for my SS link 42, almost missed my cc issue but quickly resolved. Looks like charge for Apple care
 
iHeading said:
You sound like a religious grandma talking about god and how theres always a reason and purpose to how everything turns out.. LOL
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He probably sounds like that because, unlike the universe the grandma believes in, there is some "intelligent design" behind the watch and the launch.

Also, inb4 "this rollout wasn't intelligent".
 
My order 42mm SS LB was April 10th at 8:05am Eastern time delivery window 5/13-5/27 really hoping to see movement on this soon my wife's been playing with her 38mm BSB since day one after I set it up for her. Hoping the pink modern buckle becomes available for me to order for her but sucks have to see her use her watch everyday and I'm here just twiddling my thumbs lol kind of sucks bands are going out before watches just hope they have enough bands to make our complete watches and not just send out bands and let us just sit here and wait. To me would make more business sense to make 1k on a watch combo vs $500 on just a band but hopefully they have enough to bands to do both only time will tell

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I can also say that my 38mm Milanese loop and pink sports band for my wife hasn't moved either hopefully that goes though soon so she's gets a nicer band and my 42mm Milanese loop and white sports band hasn't moved as well. This has been a crazy launch of an apple product
 
Lobwedgephil said:
At 10:45? What was your original ship estimate?
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2-4 weeks. Keep in mind it's the band only. I ordered the watch separate with a sport band. I saw someone else on here that ordered at like 5 pm and theirs is preparing too, which makes me think apple sent out a huge inventory of these all in one go.
 
cmlewis95 said:
2-4 weeks. Keep in mind it's the band only. I ordered the watch separate with a sport band. I saw someone else on here that ordered at like 5 pm and theirs is preparing too, which makes me think apple sent out a huge inventory of these all in one go.
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Thanks, I ordered the band only also hours before that, but no movement.
 
RBDan said:
Do the watches sometimes come directly to Ontario instead of going through Louisville?

I'm curious about this flight since I live in San Diego and everything else I get seems to go through Ontario.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS77
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I don't know for sure, but I think YES. Yesterday there were a few (hopeful) posts showing several UPS flights from ANC to Ontario. Maybe yesterday filled with Link bands (only) and AW w/ Milanese that seeme to be delivering today.

I live in Seattle and just want my AW SSL :-(
 
RBDan said:
Do the watches sometimes come directly to Ontario instead of going through Louisville?

I'm curious about this flight since I live in San Diego and everything else I get seems to go through Ontario.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS77
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I can confirm that YES some go directly to Ontario, CA from Anchorage. I live in Seattle. My wife got her 38mm SS w/ ML on launch day. Her UPS origination was Ontario.
 
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