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 -- Neil R. Houghton 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 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>