The Official I pre-ordered my iPad 3 Thread!

[AdmiralAdama]

Apple could learn from "Enterprise" Chief of Engineering, Montgomery Scott. Under promise and over deliver.
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[Gayle]

NBC news tonight reported that Apple would not be able to make their promised 3/16 deliveries on most orders due to heavy demand. The bulk will be rescheduled for Monday, 3/19.

NBC never gets their stories straight--from the LA Times site today:

Apple told USA Today on Sunday that "customer response to the new iPad has been off the charts and the quantity available for pre-order has been purchased."

Read the entire article--we will get our iPads on Friday.

ETA, assuming it was ordered in the small window and you got a delivery confirmation of the 16th.

 

[rebelwithacause]

NBC news tonight reported that Apple would not be able to make their promised 3/16 deliveries on most orders due to heavy demand. The bulk will be rescheduled for Monday, 3/19.

Nah, I don't think that's correct. I think they ran out of the stock slated for March 16 delivery so any orders placed after that slipped to later delivery dates. Oh sure, I have Chrome auto-refresh my order page every 2 minutes but I'm pretty sure that if we ordered on time and our order says delivers on March 16 we'll get them on March 16.

 

[grouchomarx]

NBC news tonight reported that Apple would not be able to make their promised 3/16 deliveries on most orders due to heavy demand. The bulk will be rescheduled for Monday, 3/19.

If your shipment date is based on the Fedex or UPS tracking info, you're golden. If you still cannot see any shipment status, then it could be quite iffy.

 

[HappyPelican]

Just found out my Dad pre-ordered me the 32GB wifi!!! Hot damn I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas. All set for a 3/16 delivery date. I don't know what I did to deserve this but Happy 37th Birthday to me My six year old is excited because he gets my 1st generation!

 

[mlfurgerson]

Mine has been sitting in Kentucky since Sunday afternoon. I want to go for a road trip and pick it up now!

 

[FunkatronJive]

DARN!!! I just got updated on UPS... 9:08pm.. just says a label was created... I have no hope of getting it friday now

 

[celly]

DARN!!! I just got updated on UPS... 9:08pm.. just says a label was created... I have no hope of getting it friday now

Don't be so certain. UPS always has wacky tracking info. I got the same message when I track mine. Seen similar in the past. The tracking info will get updated when they load the plane load of iPads.

 

[Xandor]

Mine just departed China for delivery on 3/16 - and it's engraved:

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[Benii]

Mine has just arrived in Sydney today - delivering via standard shipping. I ordered the moment the store came online after the launch.

What are the odds I may receive it early? 4 days seems a long time to get from the airport to me (I live very close)

Anyone else in Sydney got this (or other) news?

This is my first iPad, purchased by my partner as a gift. So I'm extremely excited!!!

 

[FunkatronJive]

Hey Celly, did you get an email from apple after we noticed the UPS info was updated? I got one confirming my delivery date is the 16th... Canada Post is hit and miss with delivery dates so I hope UPS is better!

 

[celly]

Hey Celly, did you get an email from apple after we noticed the UPS info was updated? I got one confirming my delivery date is the 16th... Canada Post is hit and miss with delivery dates so I hope UPS is better!

My email from Apple earlier today said get mine on the 16th.

UPS sucks. They've screwed me on delivery times so many times in the past. Something tells me they'll be on their best behaviour for this iPad rollout. I much preferred when my orders from Apple.ca were delivered by FEDEX.

 

[FunkatronJive]

I hope so!!!
I got the email this morning saying my item shipped and is set to deliver on Mar 16 and then tonight I got an email confirming it.

 

[jawa6306]

My order has finally been updated to read "preparing for shipment" it still says I'm set to get it the 16th.

 

[Beryl]

Mine has been sitting in Kentucky since Sunday afternoon.

Mine too. Hard to believe these units won't make it to the destinations in the lower 48 states by Friday. They must have them on hold at that location since it would normally arrive Wednesday at the latest.