Seriously. They must hate me. I ordered my G5 (Dual, +Bluetooth, +9800, -Modem) on 7/23/03 via the ADC Store. It was supposed to ship on or before 10/02/03. Well, it's 10/02/03 today and it hasn't shipped.
Other people that have ordered long after me have already received theirs. Check out this thread on the MacNN forums. Some ordered a month after me and received theirs already. When Apple says it's first come, first serve, THEY ARE LYING! I know someone that ordered 2 days before I did and he received his last week.
It's not just the fact I've not gotten mine yet or that people can pick up a dual G5 now at their local Apple Store that bugs me so much. What does bug me is that my account got authorized for the charge 7 times over 5 weeks. Every time the account was authorized I was locked out of it for the day ($3000 daily limit). I eventually got so fed up with it that I just applied for and got an Apple Instant Loan then after a little bit of hassle was able to put the G5 on the loan. For a silly experiment I added a wireless Bluetooth keyboard to the order (this was on the day after they were announced) that wasn't supposed to be available for another 2 weeks. The Keyboard arrived at my door the next Monday. Maybe Apple is shipping out G5s alphabetically by middle name in which case I should get mine before someone named "Zelda" but after "Zachary"
Another thing that proves Apple hates me. I filed a technical support incident on August 22nd. I still have not received a reply from them (yes, I did ask what was going on, with no answer). Apple says there is a three day turnaround for incidents. Well, it has been over 5 weeks.
Update: Everyone else seems to be reporting Apple upgraded their shipping method for free. Mine was originally for standard overnight and it has been downgraded (not by me) to "bestway" which I am told means Ground.
For the person that asked a while ago, Todai is a really good place. All you can eat Japanese food. Fabulous deserts and crepes that are made to order. Yum. Yum.
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Rosyna-
Ahh, just cancel the order and place a new one. You'll get it in 7-10 days. I ordered my last Friday (2x2MHz, 512MB, 160GB, 9800, Bluetooth) and it's scheduled to ship between the 7th and the 10th. Not only that, but on my email invoice from Apple, it says that both Keynote and Final Cut Express will be preinstalled! I'm not holding my breath, but that would be icing on the cake.
Oh yeah, I order a wireless keyboard with that order too. Said it would take 2-3 weeks. Got it he next friggin day (Saturday!), even though I opted for standard ground shipping. Go figure!
-Jamie
Posted by: Jamie on October 3, 2003 2:18 AMTodai here in Los Angeles isn't that great, the one in San Diego is pretty good though. However I recommend this rooftop sushi bar on hollywood/hiland if your in hollywood.
Posted by: Court Kizer on October 3, 2003 11:11 AMTodai SUCKS! the rice and deserts were quite fine, but i couldn't find an actual meal item to please my very sofisticated taste. Maybe raw items just aren't for me, but then again, their cooked items weren't for me either. Then that whole credit card fiasco, I don't need that ever again, though it did boost my ego. Who has a $1000 credit limit and who doesn't? you know who you are.
any laughs? that's all i'm going for, and it really hurts when ya'll just stare.
Actually, one of the big problems screwing up any sort of "first come, First served" promises is that Apple started shipping the dual G5's as "special allocation". What this means in real speak is that dealers with 8 or more preorders got their shipments first, in order of volume. So MegaMacMall with 5,000 backorders gets theirs before Podunk's Mac Shop in suburbia who has 20 orders.... while the pathetic little VAR resellers basically have to wait for the leftovers before they will be able to deliver dual G5s to their customers.
All this notwithstanding that the Apple Store of course gets first dibs on all stock, giving themselves a competitive edge against the retailers and channel resellers that built their business in the first place. When the sad truth of the matter is, the bulk of the few, the proud, the pierced staff at any given Apple store couldn't sell their way out of a wet paper bag compared to any channel reseller; the unfair advantage in inventory is the easiest way for them to push the product out the door.
Posted by: Todd on October 3, 2003 12:36 PM