{"id":178,"date":"2015-04-22T21:28:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T01:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rumohr.com\/blog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2015-04-22T22:16:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T02:16:08","slug":"some-apple-watch-pre-orders-shipping-ahead-of-estimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rumohr.com\/blog\/some-apple-watch-pre-orders-shipping-ahead-of-estimate\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Apple Watch pre-orders shipping ahead of estimate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There may be hope for some Apple Watch wannabe early adopters.<\/p>\n<p>Despite getting up at 3am on April 10th to pre-order my Apple Watch, by the time I got my orders placed, delivery times were already out to 4 &#8211; 6 weeks. \u00a0But today, the order status was changed to &#8220;Preparing for Shipment&#8221; and my credit card was charged, meaning it should arrive well ahead of the quoted May 13.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-22_21-23-37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rumohr.com\/blog\/some-apple-watch-pre-orders-shipping-ahead-of-estimate\/2015-04-22_21-23-37\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-22_21-23-37.jpg?fit=653%2C154&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"653,154\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2015-04-22_21-23-37\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-22_21-23-37.jpg?fit=300%2C71&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-22_21-23-37.jpg?fit=653%2C154&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-179 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-22_21-23-37.jpg?resize=653%2C154\" alt=\"2015-04-22_21-23-37\" width=\"653\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-22_21-23-37.jpg?w=653&amp;ssl=1 653w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-22_21-23-37.jpg?resize=300%2C71&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-22_21-23-37.jpg?resize=518%2C122&amp;ssl=1 518w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-22_21-23-37.jpg?resize=82%2C19&amp;ssl=1 82w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-22_21-23-37.jpg?resize=600%2C142&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got no official communication about this, only the notification from Apple Pay that my credit card had been charged.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the order that got accelerated is for my 2nd-choice color. \u00a0That of course is the reason I ordered that configuration in the first place\u2014I had a feeling it would have better availability. \u00a0After seeing it in person, it&#8217;s now a distant 2nd place. \u00a0So do I wait, or take the bird in the hand?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There may be hope for some Apple Watch wannabe early adopters. 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