MacBook Pro Shipping in Circles Around Globe?

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MacIsMyLife Author

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MacBook Pro Shipping in Circles Around Globe?

Okay, so I'm really getting a good laugh out of this...

Ship date: Feb 2, 2012

Estimated delivery: Feb 8, 2012 by 4:30 PM

I wonder when it will end up in Kansas. 🙂 Should I be concerned or should I just consider it a FedEx fluke.

Feb 6, 2012 7:41 AM

In transit

NARITA-SHI JP

Feb 5, 2012 3:31 PM

In transit

SHANGHAI CN

Feb 5, 2012 10:08 AM

In transit

SHANGHAI CN

Feb 5, 2012 7:59 AM

International shipment release - Import

SHANGHAI CN

Feb 4, 2012 10:51 PM

Clearance delay - Import

ANCHORAGE, AK

Feb 3, 2012 8:00 AM

At local FedEx facility

SHANGHAI CN

Feb 2, 2012 1:13 AM

Shipment information sent to FedEx

Feb 2, 2012 1:05 AM

Left FedEx origin facility

SHANGHAI CN

Feb 2, 2012 1:04 AM

Picked up

SHANGHAI CN

Package received after FedEx cutoff

Posted on Feb 6, 2012 8:37 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 6, 2012 8:41 AM in response to MacIsMyLife

That is some strange tracking by FedEx. Give them a call just to see what they have to say about it.

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eww

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Feb 6, 2012 8:48 AM in response to MacIsMyLife

Every time anyone posts a FedEx tracking log here to ask what it means, it's just plain bizarre. Yours, strange as it is, is more nearly the rule than the exception. The good news is that if you just stop paying any attention to the tracking record and wait patiently for your order to arrive, it almost always does. That's what I recommend doing.

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Answer 3

Feb 6, 2012 8:54 AM in response to MacIsMyLife

Must of been one heck of a blizzard in Anchorage, so they had to fly all the way back to China 😁 Oh well, second times the charm, right?

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MacIsMyLife Author

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Feb 6, 2012 9:39 AM in response to Michael Black

Lady at FedEx said she has been with FedEx for 25 years and said she has learned that the tracking information is rarely ever valid. Although she did say it did seem strange that it went back and is now in japan, but she said still expect delivery on the 8th. She said it might have been in a crate that got left on the plane, but she said she would only be second guessing.

So FedEx has no clue. My guess is in Japan, they have a teleporter they can use to get shipments to USA faster that for some reason, don't make it through Alaska.

Oh well. Kinda funny. I always have bad luck with having things shipped, usually UPS is the one screwing things up, but looks like FedEx needed to take their turn as well. Wed it is, apparently. We shall see.

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etresoft

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Feb 6, 2012 10:07 AM in response to MacIsMyLife

Apple schedules these things as efficiently as possible so that you get your machine as quickly as possible. They do this by doing much of the paperwork electronically. The tracking systems weren't designed for this and it looks like your shipment is going all over the world. It is probably sitting in your local office. Once all of the paperwork clears, they will put it on a truck.

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MacIsMyLife Author

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Feb 6, 2012 10:16 AM in response to etresoft

etresoft wrote:

Apple schedules these things as efficiently as possible so that you get your machine as quickly as possible. They do this by doing much of the paperwork electronically. The tracking systems weren't designed for this and it looks like your shipment is going all over the world. It is probably sitting in your local office. Once all of the paperwork clears, they will put it on a truck.

LOL. That makes no sense what-so-ever. But thanks for adding your input.

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MacIsMyLife Author

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Feb 6, 2012 8:32 PM in response to MacIsMyLife

It's back in Alaska. It might just get here Wed after all. Maybe because it was so ahead of schedule, they didn't want to exceed expectations so they sent it on another around the world flight for good measure.

Feb 6, 2012 3:23 PM

In transit

ANCHORAGE, AK

Feb 6, 2012 12:54 PM

International shipment release - Import

ANCHORAGE, AK

Feb 6, 2012 11:09 AMA

Arrived at FedEx location

ANCHORAGE, AK

Feb 6, 2012 10:41 PM

In transit

NARITA-SHI JP

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b j t

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Feb 6, 2012 8:54 PM in response to Baby-Boomer-USofA

How did you get this ? ( im a sticky beak )

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Answer 9

Feb 7, 2012 8:30 AM in response to b j t

http://www.smileygenerator.us/index.php

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MacIsMyLife Author

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Feb 10, 2012 7:13 AM in response to Baby-Boomer-USofA

BTW - The MacBook Pro showed up on Feb 8th at 12:30pm. Crazy, but all is well.

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eww

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Feb 10, 2012 7:18 AM in response to MacIsMyLife

Let's hope it's permanently cured of its wanderlust. 😉

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Answer 12

Nov 28, 2012 6:30 AM in response to MacIsMyLife

Ok, I know this is old, but as the thread comes up in a Google search for "narita-shi jp fedex", I thought I'd offer a partial explanation...

The problem is FedEx lists all the dates and times as LOCAL dates.

China & Japan are on the other side of the International Date Line from Anchorage, so it is always tomorrow in China/Japan relative to Alaska.

So, Shanghai on 2/3/12 @ 8AM was Anchorage on 2/2/12 @ 3 PM

And...

Shanghai on 2/5/12 @ 7:59 AM was Anchorage on 2/4/12 @ 2:59 PM

Shanghai on 2/5/12 @ 10:08 AM was Anchorage on 2/4/12 @ 5:08 PM

Shanghai on 2/5/12 @ 3:31 PM was Anchorage on 2/4/12 @ 10:31 PM

When the location was Anchorage on 2/4/12 @ 10:51 PM, the time in Shanghai was 3:51 PM on 2/5/12!

No, I don't believe it only took 20 minutes to get there, so there is still something going on.

The only really anomalous location was Narita (Tokyo) on 2/6/12 @ 7:41 AM, which was Shanghai @ 6:41 AM, and Anchorage on 2/5/12 @ 1:41 PM!

The moral to this elongated story is: don't worry too much about the tracking, just relax until the doorbell rings!

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Answer 13

Sep 11, 2015 11:28 AM in response to MacIsMyLife

I realize this was forever ago, but the same thing applies today for anyone looking on Google.

Anytime they mention "clearance," that doesn't mean your package is actually there. In order to leave China, they have to get customs clearance from where it's being exported, which in this case is Anchorage. So just because it said Achorage doesn't mean it was there and went back. It just went from Shanghai to Japan at the time of your post. Pretty simple.

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