New iPad (3rd Generation) Pre-Order info.

Ordered at 5:15PM on March 7. I too have yet to get shipping confirmation. My order acknowledgement states it will be delivered on March 16, but I keep checking and it has not left the "Preparing for Shipment" status 😟. So looks like I'm in the same boat as some of you... just looks like it's not the one I'd like to be in.

I ordered as soon as the Apple store went up on the 7th and have been stuck in "Preparing for Shipment" all weekend! Getting a little antsy, not going to lie...I ordered the black 16gb Verizon 4G.

Still in processing. Real disappointed in Apple at this point. Processing 7 days......... ridiculous. Ordered on the phone through the business group. Last time I do that.

Dave B. wrote:

I also ordered on Mar. 7 but like many others have gotten a shipping confirmation. I checked my support profile https://supportprofile.apple.com and my iPad is already listed as registered to me, with serial number and everything. If yours shows up there, you're probably going to get it soon, but if it isn't there, I'd call them.

Thanks.........mine is registered, also!! 🙂

Called the Apple store, and the woman was very confident that mine would arrive Friday...five minutes later, I have a shipping notification! FINALLY!

Congrats. I just called Apple too, and they told me the exact same thing I am seeing lol. They felt it would get here by Friday because they were not displaying any problems. Dayton, Ohio here. 32G w/ Verizon 4G. Hopefully I get a shipping confirmation soon as well.

I too just spoke with Matthew who promised my new iPad would be here on Friday! Keeping my fingers crossed!

I think which color, size, Wi-F or G made a difference, and how it was ordered and if it was engraved and knowing Apple, a lot of the sorting orders was done by a computer software program. So, now humans are double checking, notices are catching up but we all need to remember that Apple was flooded with orders, far more than expected.

Perhaps they felt more people would wait to upgrade if they already owned an Ipad, perhaps they thought more people would wait until they could check out reviews from real users, see them in stores. No telling, the economy is still soft here in the USA, even the bottom of the line model is over a week's take home pay where I work and I don't think we are poorly paid in our industry.

Mine is engraved and ordered after Midnight central time so that makes it very early on 3/8 or late on 2/7 if it was west coast time in the computer system.

I am betting with invoice of delivery on 3/16 will actually deliver then and as we set them up we will find the websites at Apple very slow, unable to load due to traffic there and people complaining because the world isn't a perfect place. Hey, if we can afford a new Ipad we have a pretty good life if you look around the world and compare your life to some others.

Where in central IL are you?? I'm also central IL... Mattoon/Charleston area.

M8827 wrote:

My new iPad is also registered with serial number. That is good news! :)

What do you mean?

Just got the shipment email. It's on it's way. Those of you stuck in Preparation, as long as it states it will deliver on the 16 should be good to go.

I referenced this in an earlier post https://supportprofile.apple.com

maggimia wrote:

I think which color, size, Wi-F or G made a difference, and how it was ordered and if it was engraved and knowing Apple, a lot of the sorting orders was done by a computer software program. So, now humans are double checking, notices are catching up but we all need to remember that Apple was flooded with orders, far more than expected.

Perhaps they felt more people would wait to upgrade if they already owned an Ipad, perhaps they thought more people would wait until they could check out reviews from real users, see them in stores. No telling, the economy is still soft here in the USA, even the bottom of the line model is over a week's take home pay where I work and I don't think we are poorly paid in our industry.

Mine is engraved and ordered after Midnight central time so that makes it very early on 3/8 or late on 2/7 if it was west coast time in the computer system.

I am betting with invoice of delivery on 3/16 will actually deliver then and as we set them up we will find the websites at Apple very slow, unable to load due to traffic there and people complaining because the world isn't a perfect place. Hey, if we can afford a new Ipad we have a pretty good life if you look around the world and compare your life to some others.

I'm not sure anyone here is complaining, we're all just very excited Apple fanboys/girls.

I ordered on 9th and my confirmation email said I'd get mine on the 19th. My status is still showing as processing, and my delivery date has now changed to the 21st. It's not a big deal as I have iPad 2, but people should be checking the order confirmation link and see if their delivery date has been pushed out, especially those like me who didn't have delivery dates of the 16th to begin with......

You will have it on Friday. Trust the "delivery date" and ignore the rest because there's no consistancy when it comes to what the "status" is and for how long and where your tracking info begins*. That's just how these things play out. If your order was accepted with a 3/16 delivery, then it really REALLY will show up on Friday. 😀

*(China -> Hong Kong -> Anchorage -> Louisville in my case versus POOF into Louisville for someone else)