Apple Watch Shipping Notices

Just curious if anyone has received a shipping notice yet for their Apple Watch If they were lucky enough to get an early delivery date (24th). I know if is probably a bit early but worth asking.


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Posted on Apr 16, 2015 5:14 PM

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Apr 29, 2015 10:58 AM in response to JBigglesworth

It's sounding to me at this point that the biggest backlog is on 38mm SG Sport w/ Black Band. I ordered at 12:13am, confirmation at 12:16am on 4/10, and was given a 4-6 week shipping window w/ 5/13-5/27 delivery date. I've seen zero movement on it since, my account hasn't been charged, etc.


I'm inclined to think, overall, that Apple has kinda botched this release, with releasing stock to third-party stores (at least one store per launch country) while the preorders are left waiting for theirs to be shipped.


They might have been able to avoid bad customer sentiment if they hadn't touted the 4/24 "availability' date so much before finally backing off on that once they realized they wouldn't be able to meet it.


I still maintain that there shouldn't be any in-store stock anywhere until all the online preorders have been met, since that was the purchase method Apple told us to use.

Apr 29, 2015 11:09 AM in response to Silentman73

This could have been a Seinfeld episode:


Jerry: I don't understand. Do you have my pre-order?

Apple Rep: We have your pre-order, we just ran out of watches.

Jerry: But the pre-order keeps the watch here. That's why you have the pre-order.

Apple Rep: I know why we have pre-orders.

Jerry: I don't think you do. You see, you know how to *take* the pre-order, you just don't know how to *honor* the pre-order. And that's really the most important part of the pre-order: the honoring. Anybody can just take them.

Apr 29, 2015 11:20 AM in response to fat_tony1973

I ordered my watch on April 10th and received a conformation from Apple at 12:04am and given a delivery date of 4/24 - 5/8. I ordered the Apple Watch 42mm Stainless Steel Case with Black Sport Band. This morning, at 3:16am, my Apple charged my credit card for $692.91. My status has moved to "preparing for shipment," but as of 11:20am, I have no shipping information. It looks as though I just may get it on Friday. Fingers are crossed!

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