Official iPhone 5S Orders - Shipped - Delivered Thread:

[CrunchDude]

It's all BS! I ordered in the first TEN minutes and watched my shipment ETA go from 1-3 business days to 7-10 business days DURING my order and in under 10 minutes. That's ridiculous! I received my order confirmation at 12:11am PT/3:11am ET.

And no, it wasn't because so many more people ordered iPhones either! The ridiculously low (and sometimes absent altogether) stock of enough iPhones 5s devices. Not cool on Apple's part for teasing the 20th. It bothered me the minute I found out there were no pre-orders for the 5S, only the 5C. I've pre-ordered the 4S and 5 last year and everything was always perfect. I've been conditioned to expect the best from Apple and this was not one of its glorious moments.

How many of you have received yours? Does Friday, the 20th count as one of the 7-10 business days? lol... IMO, it should, because it was just TEN minutes into the day, so we were on business day #6 on Friday, Sept. 27, right? That means mine should ship tomorrow (the 7th business day, since I lost my 1-3 day ETA to 7-10 DURING my order, so it had to have been one of the earlier "7-10 ETA orders", no? lol

3 days ago, my order switched from "Processing" to "Preparing for shipment". I was also charged on Sept. 30. I called Apple if there was anything they needed from me, but no, "we're shipping them out as soon as we can". And that's true, of course, but having ordered as many products from Apple over the years, I've never seen the status "Preparing for shipment" for more than an hour, and usually, the estimates are always extremely conservative, so WTFF...............ARGHHH!!!

How long from "preparing for shipment" to "Shipped" has it taken for some of you? Help me in my desperation.

 

[dianahk]

My order went through 15 minutes in ordering on the 20th. It moved to preparing for shipment on Monday the 30th. It is still preparing for shipment. This is frustrating. How long does it take to prepare something for shipment? It seems some people have only sat for hours in this stage and others of us are going into 3 days of this stage.

 

[Sekelani Zwambila]

Something very depressing happened to me today. After going to the apple store several times and being told they don't have any gold 5s in stock, i decided to order online. Them this morning I call the apple stock just to see what they got( expecting them to tell me they don't have stock like they have done for the past week) then they tell me they have iPhone 5S gold in stock!!!!!!!!
God am I mad

 

[cjvitek]

Well, I was all excited to report that my status changed today from processing to preparing for shipment...but reading some of these more recent posts, I am not longer as excited.

But at least it is moving!

Chris

 

[Jose Hidaka]

Over 48 hours at preparing for shipment for me now too. I had an opportunity to reserve one for immediate pickup at my local store too but couldn't cancel the one already on order. That's a bit disappointing.

Hmmm get it and sell the shipped one overpriced in eBay

 

[christynx3]

I keep seeing people post about their phone being "preparing for shipment" for 1-2 days now.. I think they have a lot of shipments to prepare so it's like we get you're prepared, we change it, but we still gotta prepare these 1000 other phones before we ship them all, you know?

My order changed to "

 

[christynx3]

I keep seeing people talk about how their phone has been "preparing for shipment" for 1-2 days now, I think they like prepare your phone, change it to being prepared.. then they gotta prepare like 1000 other phones before they send the shipment so..

My order status changed to "preparing for shipment" today, and I bet we're on the same shipment, expecting shipment to happen tomorrow, don't worry everyone

 

[Courtney Ryan1]

Ordered my AT&T Silver 5s February 20th around 3pm. It says 7-10 business days and says it should deliver Oct. 8-11. I don't think it will make this deadline because it still says that it is processing my item. Needless to say I will be very frustrated if it does not arrive by the estimated arrival date.

 

[BillsGirlGina]

After 57 hours of Preparing for shipment My order just shipped! Hopefully this gives others hope!

 

[CrunchDude]

Ahhhh...finally. Status changed to Shipped a few hours ago, but damned, I bet it's too late for what would have to be a Friday delivery to get it before the weekend. That blows! Although there was one time when they overnighted me a MacBook Pro w/ Retina display...all the way from China. It works because China is 15 hours ahead and I'm on the West coast!

The tracking says only one line: "ZhengZhou, China 10/03/2013 11:36 A.M. Origin Scan"

It also says "Shipped by "UPS Saver". From the research I've done, that appears to be the Express 2-3 day shipment type, is that correct? The other shipment method is "World Ease" that I have seen as part of this and other iPhone 5s shipment threads that I've seen.

Man, can you believe this? ONE DAY earlier would have meant Friday. Yes, I know this is a "first-world" problem if I've ever seen one. That notwithstanding, Apple has conditioned me to expect better. Much better.

 

[dianahk]

Finally, I received my shipping notice. My phone is currently sitting in China. It is expected to arrive Tuesday.

 

[Artyom Medvedev]

mine status changed to shipped ar around 2PM at night

 

[moodypickle]

so I'm happy to report I woke up to a shipping email with tracking this morning! finally, after over 3 days of "preparing to ship." oddly though there is no estimated delivery date from apple or on ups yet? my friend's also shipped early this morning and her email from apple had an estimated delivery stated on it. I guess I impatiently wait for an update.

 

[Bryan Bodine]

so I'm happy to report I woke up to a shipping email with tracking this morning! finally, after over 3 days of "preparing to ship." oddly though there is no estimated delivery date from apple or on ups yet? my friend's also shipped early this morning and her email from apple had an estimated delivery stated on it. I guess I impatiently wait for an update.

I got my ship email this morning as well. Also no estimated or scheduled delivery date other than the original Oct. 11th from Apple. I was hoping to have it by the weekend, but I guess it will be Monday now. Better late than never.

 

[moodypickle]

I got my ship email this morning as well. Also no estimated or scheduled delivery date other than the original Oct. 11th from Apple. I was hoping to have it by the weekend, but I guess it will be Monday now. Better late than never.

Apple never even gave me a delivery date. When I track it all it tells me is it was scanned at 1.39 am in China and is shipping via UPS worldwide expedited, but no delivery date. My friend's email was sent to her this morning about 4 hours after mine and right in her email it had a Oct 11th estimated Delivery but her tracking number isn't in the system yet on UPS. It's just a little bizarre.

 

[moodypickle]

FYI, for everyone that was stuck in "preparing to ship" for days like myself... I found out from one of our Chinese suppliers at work this morning, that it is a national holiday there this week. Most businesses were closed or had limited staff monday-wednesday and some were closed all week. So I suppose that explains the slow down a bit.

 

[Sekelani Zwambila]

Finally, I received my shipping notice. My phone is currently sitting in China. It is expected to arrive Tuesday.
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When did you place your order

 

[Sekelani Zwambila]

FYI, for everyone that was stuck in "preparing to ship" for days like myself... I found out from one of our Chinese suppliers at work this morning, that it is a national holiday there this week. Most businesses were closed or had limited staff monday-wednesday and some were closed all week. So I suppose that explains the slow down a bit.

How can they have a holiday for the whole week? That sounds a bit crazy

 

[dianahk]

When did you place your order

I placed my order September 20 at 3:15 am EDT, just 15 minutes after sales opened. It has been sitting at preparing since September 30.

 

[moodypickle]

How can they have a holiday for the whole week? That sounds a bit crazy

A lot of their holidays are more than one day long. It's just part of their culture I suppose. Public holidays in China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia