Has anyone that has had their iPad already ship seen it move from Lantau Island, HK? Nothing has changed as far as the ship date or the delivery date, it just has not moved in a day or so.
Oh well.... Mine was ordered March 12 and they say it will be shipped April 11 and delivers April 14. No engraving, 16gigger black. I hope the stores don't get it before I do. I'll feel pretty stupid if that happens. I already feel stupid for waiting on line for 3.5 hours and coming home empty handed. I know we all have to wait but looking at the chain of events has me second guessing. Hope you guys get one quickly.
I guess I didn't word my last post correctly, I am not worried about my shipment getting to me on time, I am confident it will since it is in Alaska. I just meant that it is possible that Fed Ex has been disrupted in general due to the earthquake and it could be effecting them and their shipping timeframes, even though it only mentions service in and out of Japan, know one knows for sure. Geeez, sorry for the assumption :-/
I find it funny that everyones smart cover seems to be coming out of Hong Kong while mine came out from MEMPHIS, TN. My iPad 2 still shows "Prepared for Shipment" and I ordered my on March 11th right around when they become available to order online. Shows its being delivered between March 18th-25th. I can only assume it might be here by the 18th maybe.
My green smart cover arrives tomorrow!! yeah. I ordered 16 g, white, engraved, and green smart cover- 3/11 at 6;15 a.m. cover coming from Tn, to In, to Cincinnati, to northern Ky! now... waiting on that all important email telling me my Ipad2 has been shipped...... my email says delivary expected between March 22-29. waiting, waiting!! going to my local Apple store on Thursday to play:) and to order my new macbook pro! I am so totally going Apple 🙂
One of the two iPad 2s I've ordered has actually shipped, however there clearly does appear to be a backlog at FedEx in Hong Kong on Lantau Island (which is where the HKG airport is located). Typically I should have awakened to see at least one new line scan in the FedEx tracking showing movement, but none at this point according to FedEx. The upshot people is this -- the on-going horrific events in Japan can and will have a broader impact of the movement of goods through the region similar to when weather on one coast of the U.S. impacts the entire country, eventually. Chalk it all up to logistics in this case global logistics. As anxious an I am about to receive my new iPad I'm attempting to step back from this -- eventually FedEx will get the obvious backlog due to both the deeply tragic events in Japan as well as the crushing demand for the device both of which are contributing factors to a slow down in the shipping process.
Nobody saw any of this coming and all of the people involved are doing the best they can -- clearly as the saying goes they are bigger fish to fry right now than having a singular focus on getting hundreds of thousands of the iPad 2 to a whining, anxious American tech. hungry audience.
No joke -- lets all just take a deep breath and perhaps donate some more money to our friends in Japan who need our help, not even slight murmurs of Americans complaining that their disasters, plural are slowing down the iPad 2 making its way to America.
We'll all eventually receive your shiny new iPad 2, engraved or otherwise. FedEx, Apple and anyone else involved are all doing whatever they can and we need to remember that there are, sometimes more important issues to be dealt with than waiting for our latest high tech gadget.
I purchased an AT&T 64gb white ipad on Apple's website at 12:48 a.m. PST on 3/11. I was doing OK about the fact that it STILL hasn't shipped as of this morning until I read that Apple stores are getting more stock today. Hey, Apple ... how about all the customers that you've tossed into a big black shipping hole. If you can restock your stores, you could have filled my order first.
mine has still not shipped! ordered it right when it came availible...apple.com still says that it has 'not yet been shipped'...im worried! it shouldnt take this long! and it was just a regular 64gb black-no engraving!
You're not alone. There are a number of us posting periodically and who ordered with the first half hour of store availability. We're still "not shipping".
Having ordered more than few things from Apple I was prepared to watch my iPad 2 sit in Hong Kong, then Alaska, and then make a leisurely truck trip cross country before reading Cincinnati. Nope. While the estimated arrival date remained March 17 the entire time, the iPad arrived 30 minutes ago two days early.
Meanwhile, the cover which was originally estimated to arrive March 15th didn't even
arrive in Hong Kong until the 15th and now shows an estimated arrival of the 18th.
I just cancelled my order. Ordered it online at 11:00 am EST, and was told the shipping was 3 to 5 business days. When I checked today, they had bumped the ship date to April 1st. I wanted it for a trip this week, so I decided perhaps I don't really need it at this time.
The customer service here left much to be desired.
