Q: Apple Watch Shipping Notices

No reason to cancel, just a lot of us disappointed that we may not be getting ours in the first wave even though we ordered within just a few minutes of them going on sale and others with June ship dates who ordered after are getting theirs. No spite in any of that just wish it were different.

I ordered 38mm sport space grey with black band. Got a 4/24-5/8 ship date. Still processing and hasn't moved. Seems like a lot of the space grey sports are not budging from what I'm reading. Very frustrating. I got the dear john letter yesterday. I'm very bummed I will not get it Friday.  

In same boat. Processing.  No credit card charge.  No Dear John letter.  42mm Sport Space Gray.   If it makes you feel any better, I'm at 12:04am PST.

I started my order at 3:01 am and got the email confirmation that Apple had received the order at 3:08 am, EST.

No changes this morning in the status or credit card balance, so I guess no watch for me on launch day.

42 SS Black Sports Band people...

As many of you did, I got up early to preorder and am stuck in processing. Just chatted to Apple support and got this answer... Thought it may help ease some of your anxiety!

Smoothly?  All I can say is BS.  If what I have been reading is correct, i.e. that Apple filled the orders based on model and band rather than based on when the order was received, then the issue doesn't have a thing with the 42 mm SS with a black band being popular, but rather that they haven't gotten around to handling any orders for that particular watch/band combination.  Perhaps Apple considers this smoothly, but I sure don't.

There is an old saying in my neck of the woods - "Don't pee on me and then try to tell me it's raining".  I get that the front line Apple Support people are suppose to be up beat and put the best spin on something they can, but seriously.

I am in the same boat you are.

Just got woken up at 6:00am by a text from UPS My Choice telling me my order from Apple had shipped and will be delivered by end of day, 4/27. I went from being half awake to fully awake in about two seconds. Turns out it was for the 2m Watch charging cable that I ordered yesterday. You can imagine my disappointment. And here's the kicker: The ship date on the site for the cable and my confirmation email was May 12-18. SERIOUSLY, APPLE?! How in the **** are you going to worry about shipping charging cables early for a product that is in such short supply??? Why is anyone processing orders on Apple Watch accessories instead of all hands on deck on Watch orders??? Someone needs a thump on the head.

I'm so angry at the way Apple handled this.   Complete idiots and I hope this Watch ultimately fails.  I very much feel like canceling my order and getting an Android or Pebble Time which is coming soon.    Way to screw your customers Apple.   Great job.  And, if you live in one of these select areas, you can walk into a store and buy a unit today?!...fair, sure.

I'm peeved by the situation, but I don't plan to cancel my order.  I ordered the Apple Watch to solve several problems and those problems won't just go away because I'm mad at how Apple handled this roll out.  I do think that Apple needs to come clean with what is going on, acknowledge the screw up, do what they can to expedite (totally agree with the previous poster on shipping the extra charging stand when they have a backlog of watches) and basically give us a reasonable idea with where our orders are in the queue and when we should get our order (a little more precision than sometime between now and the death of the universe would be nice).

I Don't want to upset you further, but Apple said that you would get your watch between the 24th and the 8th.  Your expectations only saw the 24th. 

i don't like the delay and can't understand their approach to stocking but they warned you 1 minute after you ordered

So get this... The reps lie and openly admit certain watch band combos were not processed because it would've not permitted them to ship the most watches.   So they have no concern over fairness, first come, first serve, no ethics (Foxconn anyone?).   See below.

The above screenshot was after he denied Apple Watches would be available in any type of stores today for sale.   Completely backtracked. 

That's just lawyer talk.  It's a rational expectation that if you are the first in line for ordering, that you would then be first in line for processing and shipping.  It might explain why they gave such a wide range of dates, but a little more info up front would have solved a lot of problems.  I would have gotten a 42 MM sports with a black band if I had known that I would have gotten that today (Friday), but the 42 MM Apple watch with a black band would be processed at some time in the unknown future.

I Wouldn't be surprised if they have stock in the stores today. I'd check if I were yall

I am 100% positive they have watches in store for cases where watches are defective, damaged, etc.   They won't admit it, but they do.  Same as with phones on launch day.