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expedite shipping worth the money?

I'm considering to change my shipping method to 2nd day or expedite shipping. Is it worth the money? or standard shipping is just as fast?

Also, I ordered on 2/19 with expected shipping on 3/21 and delivery on 28th. What are the chances of them shipping early? or should i still rely on the expected shipping? because I would need a delivery address change IF they only ship out on the expected date.

Thanks

Posted on Mar 6, 2006 7:33 PM

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markm

Level 4

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Posted on Mar 6, 2006 7:36 PM

It is definatley faster. In my experience by at least 3-5 days (could be even more).

The question to you is "Is and extra 3-5 days worth the money?"

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Mar 28, 2006 3:01 PM in response to dliao

It's not worth it in my mind. I got the free shipping and it shipped from China on a Wed (Tuesday US time) and arrived on Friday. That's pretty quick to me.

Mar 28, 2006 6:43 PM in response to dliao

Use the extra money to buy some iTunes.

BuckyBoy

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95 points

Mar 29, 2006 7:40 AM in response to mindcrime

Are the units shipped from China by standard shipping delivered by Fedex's ground service? "Fedex Home" on the van, or something like it. Or, by the regular FedEx van.

I'm not crazy about the ground deliveries. Not very communicative. And, the kid tossed my wife's refurb PowerBook( from California) in front of the garage until he realized it had to be signed for.

Bucky

iMac G4 20-inch flat panel Mac OS X (10.4.5) 15-in PowerBook 1.67 DL SD. Wife's 5G 30GB iPod. My 5G 60GB iPod.

Bob Q.

Level 1

4 points

Mar 29, 2006 7:55 AM in response to Jim Bailey

I can't say that without exception it isn't worth it
but I have two data points. You can compare for
yourself.

Dang, wish I’d had that data before I made the decision to pay extra for expedited shipping. ;-)>

BQ

MacBook Pro 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.5) 2 GB RAM

Mar 29, 2006 8:54 AM in response to dliao

I think free ship is fine. I got mine in 3 days from China to Michigan. You are going to wait like 3 weeks anyhow for a customized MBP, whats an extra 3 days.

-HR

expedite shipping worth the money?