Hi Rod,
I note the Apple store is currently showing 27² iMac delivery as:
Estimated Ship: 5-7 business days for the 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
standard model, and
Estimated Ship: 7-10 business days for the 2.66GHz Intel Core i5
standard model
For what its worth, I succumbed to the urge when Apple had their recent TGI
Friday annual special. I didn¹t go for a 2TB drive but I did go for the i7
processor (so another build to order). My experience was:
Order placed with Apple online store on 27/11/09 at the time of
finalising the order it was showing:
Ships: 7-10 business days
Delivers: within 2-5 business days (after shipment) by Standard
Shipping
ie they were suggesting a final delivery date of 915 business days after
order
The Apple Store Order Acknowledgment email then advised:
Ships: 11/12/2009
Delivers: 17/12/2009
ie they were predicting shipping at 10 business days and delivery 4
business days after shipping.
The Apple Store Shipment Notification email then advised:
Shipment Date: 01/12/2009
Delivers By: 08/12/2009
Ie actual shipment date (Tuesday) was only 2 business days after order
(Friday) and they were predicting delivery 5 business days after shipping.
The iMac was actually delivered around 9am yesterday morning (Tuesday
08/12/2009) as promised. The TNT tracking suggests that delivery could have
been earlier but there was some delay in Sydney:
08 Dec 2009 10:30:00 Albany Shipment Delivered In Good
Condition.
08 Dec 2009 06:58:30 Perth Out For Delivery.
07 Dec 2009 12:16:34 Perth Onforwarded For Delivery
06 Dec 2009 10:00:11 Sydney Shipment In Transit.
04 Dec 2009 18:00:00 Sydney Delay. Recovery Action Underway
02 Dec 2009 09:15:47 Pudong International Airport Shipment In
Transit.
02 Dec 2009 01:55:36 Pudong International Airport Shipment
Received At Transit Point.
01 Dec 2009 23:02:00 Shanghai Shipment In Transit.
01 Dec 2009 22:39:49 Shanghai Shipment In Transit.
Of course, just because this was my experience doesn¹t guarantee similar for
you but, so far, my experience with Apples delivery has been terrific:
Previous 24² iMac ordered in the 2007 TGI Friday annual special:
Order placed with Apple online store on 29/11/07 (at 11pm Thursday - it
was Friday 30th in Sydney) at the time of finalising the order it was
showing:
Ships By: 29/11/2007 - 30/11/2007
Delivers By: 30/11/2007 - 04/12/2007
Actual Delivery: morning of Tuesday 04/12/2007 2 business days after
ordering!! (Obviously this was in stock in Sydney rather than shipping from
China!)
Other items ordered in this years TGI Friday annual special:
Photoshop elements, Bento, Mobile Me Family Pack all three items
separately shipped but with same delivery/timescale:
Apple Store Order Acknowledgment email advice:
Ordered: 27/11/2009
Ships: within 24 hours
Delivers: 30/11/2009 - 02/12/2009
Actual Delivery:
Shipment Date: 30/11/2009
Delivery Date: 02/12/2009
HP PHOTOSMART B109A
Apple Store Order Acknowledgment email advice:
Ordered: 27/11/2009
Ships: 18/12/2009
Delivers: 22/12/2009
Actual Delivery:
Shipment Date: 04/12/2009
Delivery Date: 08/12/2009
So, for me, Apple have made a habit of under-promising and over-delivering
when it comes to efficient shipping.
Of course, your mileage may vary.
Cheers
Neil
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Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Email: n...@possumology.com
on 9/12/09 8:28 AM, Stuart Evans at stuart.ev...@t4.com.au wrote:
> Hi Rod,
>
> I¹d love to drop down your chimney and help out! However...
>
> We¹ve had 27² iMacs on order for 4 weeks. After our initial orders went out
> the door we haven¹t had any since. I don¹ think anyone has them at the minute.
> Don¹t believe the 3-5 days on the Apple store either. One of my customers
> ordered and then got a message saying the delivery would be delayed.
> Your supplier may well get them at the same time as anyone else. Just ask them
> for updates.
>
> P.S. Don¹t forget to delete your emails in case the kids snoop! ;-)
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Stuart
>
> Stuart Evans
> T4 Technology
>
>
> ALBANY
> Shop 6, 69 Lockyer Avenue, Albany, WA, 6330
> T> 08 9842 9660
> F> 08 9842 9664
> E> stuart.ev...@t4.com.au
>
> BUNBURY
> Unit 2/14 Rose Street, Bunbury, WA, 6230
> T> 08 9721 9660
> F> 08 9842 9664
>
>
>
>
> On 9/12/09 8:00 AM, "rb...@iinet.net.au" <rb...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
>> oops!
>> try 2TB HD
>> :)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed Dec 9 7:47 , Ronda Brown sent:
>>
>>> Hi Blitto,
>>>
>>> You will have trouble finding a new 27" iMac with a 2GB HD?
>>> 27-inch models:
>>> 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
>>> Optional 2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
>>>
>>> Have you tried Daniel Kerr MacWizardry
>>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>>> Email:
>>> Or
>>> MacWorx (Joondalup) 10/7 Delage Street JOONDALUP WA 6027 Ph: 9301 5333 Fax:
>>> 9301 5444
>>> sa...@macworx.com.au
>>> <javascript:top.opencompose('sa...@macworx.com.au','','','')>
>>>
>>> Hope you can get one delivered by Xmas. If you do ... don't forget to give
>>> the Kids a go on it ;-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>>
>>> On 09/12/2009, at 6:51 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi WAMUGers
>>>> Santa is trying to buy a 27 inch iMac (2GB HD) for the Blitvich household,
>>>> to be delivered by xmas.
>>>> My usual supplier is having trouble getting hold of one (despite order
>>>> being placed 10 days ago)
>>>> Does anyone know where I can get one before xmas please?
>>>> ta
>>>> Blitto
>>>>
>>>> ps
>>>> don't tell my kids - it's a secret
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam¹s Dad
>>>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>>>> 0409 681 256
>>>> rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://24/rb...@iinet.net.au>
>>>> http://web.mac.com/blitto
>>>>
>>>> The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck
>>>> is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners
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