My understanding for pre-orders was that the iPad would be delivered on April 3. I have my shipping confirmation which shows that the device was picked up by FedEx on April 2, is now in Oakland at their facility (Apr. 3 am), and that delivery is April 6. Was anyone else under the impression that the devices were to be delivered on April 3?
My UPS tracking info showed it arriving at the Houston facility final destination scan at 8:45 local time today, and hasn't showed ANY follow up information. BUT, it got delivered at 11:00am!
Reservations were only being taken for this morning and not for any other days. Apple stopped taking reservations a week ago. You can call the Apple store directly and ask if they have any advice for you: (212) 336-1440.
WOW APPLE..... so glad I pre-ordered my Ipad In Feb. When I havent gotten it, and can walk in to the Apple Store and buy one. Unhappy custumer! WHY PRE-ORDER IF SOMEONE CAN WALK IN OFF THE STREET AND BUY ONE! smart move......not really!
I am wondering how bad this problem is. My iPad was scheduled to be delivered today, but when I called UPS to confirm it was in-transit to my house, I was told that my iPad was scheduled for delivery on Monday, April 5.
I called Apple and was re-assured that I my iPad was scheduled for delivery on April 3 and that I should be receiving it today, despite the news from UPS. My area is available for Saturday delivery and if it wasn't, the representative at Apple said I would have received an e-mail informing me of the delivery date change.
This disparity of information between the two companies is concerning and definitely upsetting. Is anyone having this problem in Tucson, AZ or anywhere else? Would love to read about it.
I called UPS and requested to pick up the item as soon as the iPad has reached the UPS facility. We will see if they allow it.
Mine had a big orange Saturday Delivery sticker on it. Got here a little after 10 am.
When I pre-ordered, the site said that Saturday delivery was not available in all areas, and it would be Monday if that were the case, so I was a little worried I might not in a UPS Saturday delivery area. Turns out I am.
Don't give up hope. My UPS tracking info showed my ipad was in Seattle. Mine just showed up at the door 10 minutes ago. I wouldn't trust the UPS tracking today.
I hope you're right. It just seemed very odd for the package to go to San Antonio......Austin isn't that small (16th largest city) and usually packages here have Austin as their final destination on UPS' status page.
hello.. anyone living in the hoboken nj area will get it today.. mine arrived by noon and the ups web site had showed it scanned at a location outside of hoboken nj and then it arrived.
Good luck to all that are still awaiting/waiting. I too was a bit upset when the status was not showing any out for delivery status, on arrival scan this morning. I called both local and international UPS and was told it was showing a delivery for Monday. I called the Apple Store number and was disappointed to find out all the person had was an obviously canned response.
I was slumped on my couch and then there was a knocking on the door. It had arrived. So these special Apple shipments must be completely out of the normal chain/system for at least UPS. Sigh. Happy though.
Hope every one else does get pleasantly surprised, without the intermediate aggravation 😉
I had an interesting conversation awhile back with an Apple VP (after my custom-built Macbook Pro was stolen from the local FedEx facility prior to delivery), who told me that Apple uses various delivery services for different reasons, and the service you'll get depends on how that service performs in your general region of the US. Where I live, UPS is far more reliable than FedEx for weekend deliveries and delivery during bad weather and other crises, but Apple tends to send things out via FedEx. The veep said that in other parts of the country UPS was standard.
I was rather surprised to note that my keyboard dock is coming from UPS. No word yet on which carrier will deliver my 3G iPad... Or when it will be shipping...
Apple did announce that for rural areas or areas that didn't offer Sat delivery...the date would be Monday 4/6... you were instructed to check with the UPS website for individual results...
