delay in shipping Apple Watch 10?

Ordered Sept 9. Has always shown a deliver of Oct 8-15. Has never changed. Still preparing. Seems a delayed date to me

Mine went from preparing to shipped and now delayed all in 1 day. So bummed. It said it would be delivered on 9/20 now it says on 9/21 - 9/24 and if it’s not shipped by 10/4, they will issue a refund. I ordered the 42mm silver with sport band. I don’t want a refund…I want my watch ☹️

My Apple Watch has moved from "Preparing to Ship" to "Shipped". Drilling down, I can see that UPS has the Apple Watch and is moving it from location where Apple gave the package to UPS, and it is now moving to a UPS facility in my area. I assume that will take 7-8 hours of travel times based on the 2 end-points, unless there are intermediate stops along the way. Then it should be put on a UPS delivery truck for dropped off at my home Friday.

The thing that’s crazy is I ordered it the first day you could order. It confirmed my pick up time, the same time I picked up my new phone… that was available fine. But the watch, nobody seemed to know why it was delayed and nobody had the ability to help me understand why.

I also ordered an Apple Watch on Sept 9. Today is September 19 and my Apple Watch order says it will be delivered tomorrow, on September 20, but Apple has yet to charge my account and I've received no shipping update. I doubt it will arrive tomorrow.

My watch says it’s not coming till 14 of October

The new Apple Watches will be available September 20th, and you will not receive your Watch before then. There is no delay in shipping, Apple is just holding the shipment until the release date.

It is possible that means it is currently on a cargo ship until it reaches the port of entry into my country, and then it will be selected, have a shipping label slapped on it, and then change to Shipped.

Apple did say during the keynote that they were going to improve their "Green" energy use by using more bulk cargo shipping, and less air shipping.

I mean, we have no insights on Apple's shipping times, though your product should come when Apple said so, or perhaps even before.

Mine has said Oct. 7-14 Since I ordered it on the first day. No change, no update.

I ordered my watch and it was to be ready this morning for a 9:30-9:45 pick up. I was told it was delayed yesterday. I just left the store after spending two hours there with no new watch. They said to chat with Apple. The chat said it was too busy. Called the helpline, an hour wait. Horrible experience unfortunately.

ColaAppleGuy wrote:

Ordered Sept 9. Has always shown a deliver of Oct 8-15. Has never changed. Still preparing. Seems a delayed date to me

There is a significant backlog of orders for the new Apple products at the moment, so we’ll just have to wait.

I ordered Apple Watch 10 titanium on 21 September and still haven’t received it (a

—as of October 19. I have had the first installment charged to my Apple Card (including watch itself and Apple care).

I’ve also experienced a delay, although I ordered the Apple Watch SE through the Apple store on Amazon. I placed it October 8th and it’s been pushed back twice, now saying it’s expected to arrive November 6th.

Many (most) countries have laws regarding charging for products before they ship. When the product ships, you’ll be charged.