Google just finalized the payment on my Player which usually means that the shipping label is created. Keep an eye on your bank accounts.
Yep, my order is pending on my amex. I placed it day 1.
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Yep, my order is pending on my amex. I placed it day 1.
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Good to hear I'm not the only one.
Yes, I just got billed on my Visa card. According to PCI standards billing shouldn't occur until shipment occurs. However, if I look at my order it still says shipping 11/21.
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Yes, I just got billed on my Visa card. According to PCI standards billing shouldn't occur until shipment occurs. However, if I look at my order it still says shipping 11/21.
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that date is usually just an estimate, and usually implies on, or sooner than it.
Looking at my account, it looks like something is also happening, but the thing is, the money is just "pending" again, rather than having been charged from my account. So, not sure what that means. I'd have thought it would actually be charged. My order status still says that it'll be leaving the warehouse on the 14th.
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Looking at my account, it looks like something is also happening, but the thing is, the money is just "pending" again, rather than having been charged from my account. So, not sure what that means. I'd have thought it would actually be charged. My order status still says that it'll be leaving the warehouse on the 14th.
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The pending won't go away for a business day or 2. That's normal.
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Looking at my account, it looks like something is also happening, but the thing is, the money is just "pending" again, rather than having been charged from my account. So, not sure what that means. I'd have thought it would actually be charged. My order status still says that it'll be leaving the warehouse on the 14th.
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Charges put in on that day don't just get listed with the rest, they normally have pending status for some time - maybe part of the day, or until the next. Authorizations kinda do the same thing, but go away instead of being charged - until the time to charge comes back, then it goes to pending again, then to charged.
I work for an online retailer and "pending" means one of several things.
1. They've asked the credit card company for authorization to determine if the card is good. This is normally done at order time to validate the card and billing address. It's generally a small amount like a dollar.
2. They're asking for authorization for the full amount to see if the card has available credit to ship. This is done just before shipment to make sure they don't ship something and then can't get the full amount. Doing this, however, starts the clock in two ways. 1) They're tying up the amount on the customer's credit card. How long is up to the bank. Some will hold authorizations for 3 days, some for 21 days. Customers get pretty testy if you lock their credit up for long periods. The only way to remove the authorization is a phone call to the bank (not credit card company) 2) Once they request an authorization it gets stale. After 24 hours the rate the bank charges for the transaction increases. As more time goes by the rate increases even more. They don't like holding onto authorizations as customers complain so they punish the vendor if they take too long.
3. They've shipped and have sent a notice to the credit card company and it will "settle" in tonight's batch run. We'll know tomorrow.
I also see the auth on my account today. Shipping still shows 11/14 but this looks promising!
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I can confirm the same for me. I ordered day 1 as well.
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I just got my shipping confirmation! Arrives today!
No shipping confirmation for me yet
Got my tracking info this morning. Arrival today
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Where did it ship from for you?
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Where did it ship from for you?
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Kentucky as usual
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Oh, they have a warehouse in Kentucky? Hm. Hopefully that means it comes pretty quick, for me, as I live in Ohio (Kentucky is close to Ohio, isn't it? Oy, I haven't looked at a map in ages @[email protected]). I wonder if the Nexus 6 will also ship from that same warehouse...?
Anyway, I still have no actual shipping confirmation or tracking information. The charge is still "pending" on my account. Granted, I did take the 3-5 day shipping, so I guess I can't expect to get it until late next week. Ah well. I just wish my Nexus 6 would come sooner, heh.
Dammit. I hesitated, then missed it. The ordered again when it came back on sale. I expect a later batch.
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Nothing for me yet ordered 2
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Dammit. I hesitated, then missed it. The ordered again when it came back on sale. I expect a later batch.
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Same here. I thought I ordered day one, then looked at my email, then remembered I didn't want one at first since I have 2 ADT-1's.
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I ordered mine early on 11/1 or 11/2. Mine still shows as "being processed." Just wondering if anyone elses is showing this, if they ordered through t-mobile.com (upgrade)??
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Yes, mine has done the same thing. I have contacted customer service several times but they cannot tell me other than it hasn't shipped yet. I wonder if they are having problems with the website updating? I sure hope so. My confirmation email said the estimated delivery was today, and online it says 11/8. If it hasn't shipped yet, I don't see how they will make 11/8 with standard shipping. If you find anything out, let me know!
Did you order with the express shipping? I did so yesterday AM, and it showed processing - waiting on shipment all day. This AM however, it has been shipped and is set for delivery tomorrow.
No, I just did standard shipping. Did T-Mobile show the tracking online or did you get some kind of other notification that it shipped?
I ordered around noon yesterday - express shipping. The UPS tracking number doesn't show an ETA yet, but shows "Ground" shipping. I hear T-Mo does this if UPS can guarantee that the "3-day Express Shipping" will be met. Living in NY has its merits, as Ground can happen in 1 day.
I chose regular shipping on either 11/1 or 11/2 and its "still processing" with eta deliver date for 11/8, but in the email it said deliver date of today...
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I chose regular shipping on either 11/1 or 11/2 and its "still processing" with eta deliver date for 11/8, but in the email it said deliver date of today...
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Have you contacted customer service yet? I am curious if you get the same answer as me. If I don't have a package when I get home from work today, I will be talking to them again.
Haven't called... Stuck at work all day. Hard to make phone calls....
i placed my order about 8 last night and mine is pending shipping. this may be due to the fact that i have express shipping? (offered free through retentions)
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i placed my order about 8 last night and mine is pending shipping. this may be due to the fact that i have express shipping? (offered free through retentions)
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It should be shipped soon with express shipping. I ordered on Wednesday AM and will get it tomorrow.
Mine is "pending shipping" -- I ordered early morning yesterday. It is set to be delivered 11/10 I thought they would ship out the phone the day I ordered, but apparently they take longer to ship out ground shipping orders.
(Ground shipping -- I was told express shipping could not guarantee the phone coming on Friday, but rather guarantee was for Monday.)
I ordered on the phone yesterday. Called 611 today and said order number, as I didn't have one. The recording came back and gave me a tracking #. Scanned this morning by UPS and due here on Monday.
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Haven't called... Stuck at work all day. Hard to make phone calls....
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I am at work also, but I did the live chat a little bit ago. The rep said that she has seen it happen where the online shipping doesn't get updated, and even if it says processing, it could have shipped. I don't know if that is true or not, but I guess we will see. Other than that, I got the canned answer that based on ordering 11/1, I will get it no later than 11/10.
My status is 'complete' according to T-Mo. UPS still shows that only billing info has been received on 11/3 with no date of shipment. I wonder what that means?
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My status is 'complete' according to T-Mo. UPS still shows that only billing info has been received on 11/3 with no date of shipment. I wonder what that means?
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UPS has been notified of the shipment. When they pick it up it the next scan will say origin scan, which should be sometime today.
I ordered mine through customer retention on 11/3 at 6:15am and was told they would ship it out express. I called in to check the status this morning and it is still processing and they now show it GROUND. I complained and they stuck to their plan saying it would be there in 3 business days. I called in again about 3 hours later and was told to check it on line with the order number. I did and it shows a delivery date of 11/10 and it was sent GROUND. First they denied me the red color and now they are playing games with the shipping. I am ready to call corporate. i have been with t mobile over 13 years and this is the third phone in a row shipped to me that went ground after telling me they were shipping express. Either UPS is ripping them off by shipping ground instead of express or T mobile is just cost cutting and wants to make the customer feel like they are being treated royally. This really puts a damper on the excitement of the new phone. When a business starts telling you one thing and doing another then they have lost all care for the customer and their customer relations awards are bogus.
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I ordered mine through customer retention on 11/3 at 6:15am and was told they would ship it out express. I called in to check the status this morning and it is still processing and they now show it GROUND. I complained and they stuck to their plan saying it would be there in 3 business days. I called in again about 3 hours later and was told to check it on line with the order number. I did and it shows a delivery date of 11/10 and it was sent GROUND. First they denied me the red color and now they are playing games with the shipping. I am ready to call corporate. i have been with t mobile over 13 years and this is the third phone in a row shipped to me that went ground after telling me they were shipping express. Either UPS is ripping them off by shipping ground instead of express or T mobile is just cost cutting and wants to make the customer feel like they are being treated royally. This really puts a damper on the excitement of the new phone. When a business starts telling you one thing and doing another then they have lost all care for the customer and their customer relations awards are bogus.
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When you talked to the rep on the phone, when did he mention the phone would be delivered by with express shipping? Mine told me with express he could guarantee the phone would arrive on Monday at the latest and if it didn't arrive on Monday my shipping charge would be refunded. I, of course, denied the express shipping because if I was going to have to wait the weekend I may as wait it out for ground shipping.
Now, it turns out my phone is set to be delivered on Monday with ground, which makes me think express would have delivered by Friday, so I am not a happy camper.
I ordered through retention also yesterday AM. While it was pending all of yesterday on the check order page on their website, it showed expected delivery on 11/10 - must be a default date without regard to actual shipping method.
As soon as I checked first thing this AM, it showed shipped, with next day (Friday) delivery.
tenbeau - have you checked the status online today - hopefully it has been shipped?
Just got a message from t mobile stating the phone has not been shipped yet and is due to arrive on 11/11/10. I was promised express to arrive within 3 days and according to the rep Friday the 5th at the latest. Upon calling in again I was informed that it was never meant to be shipped express but only ground even though all of the past 4 orders were supposedly sent express. Of course UPS shows ground for the last 4 orders. What a cluster f**k. This just sets the tone for the phone, I am ready to call and cancel the phone order and talk to other carriers. What really upsets the applecart is that they denied me the red color when I called in and when I called back they said red was no problem but they could not place the order until the first order was cancelled in their system and that could take up to 48 hours. The retention rep than told me that you will have the phone by Friday maybe even tomorrow so I declined to cancel and place the red order. I decided to just let things be and now the phone is 7 days away and not even the color I prefered. I am reading threads in this forum where locations did not have a selection of colors even the corporate stores. You would think that their new flagship phone would be well stocked with all colors available and everything ready to go on launch but NOT T Mobile.
Edit Just got online with T Mobile and sure enough still showing processing and delivery date of 11/11/10. I should have kept the G2 would have avoided all the hassle even though the G2 had issues. Does anyone know of the corporate phone number for T Mobile-Just spoke with Customer retention and was informed that it was processed ground even though it was ordered express. Now showing a delivery date of 11/12 and they cannot tell me why it has not been shipped. The rep offered to take $50 off of my bill. She than said T mobile paid for the shipping and I said I would have been happy to pay for the shipping to avoid all of this hassle. What mess!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone else experiencing this type of clown act.
I finally called Customer Loyalty and the rep said that they just switched warehouses and that many orders have been getting lost. He said that my order was lost and would never ship. He was not able to cancel the order but was able to put a note in my account to allow me to upgrade "again" at a T-Mobile store. I suggest anyone who has been stuck in a "being processed" call Customer Loyalty and get it resolved...
Hope this helps.
Office Depot shows TF700 in stock and ready to ship!!
You can use below coupon codes to add on free items at check out, not sure if you can use multiple item tho.
336010166 - Large Beach Tote Bag or Burt's Bees Head/Toe Kit
823541225 - Dane Butter Cookies
156437297 - Free Mystery Gift
595897257 - $15 Gas card
In addition, if you can use bigcrumbs.com to get up to up to 4.2% cash back for buying from Office Depot.
For those who doesn't know about it, it's like Fatwallet that offers cash back for many online vendors.
Why would you tell everyone? Now they'll all know!
Not sure if I should jump on this or not...I'd like to just walk into a store and pick one up personally. Much easier than waiting for shipping, especially since I'm not at home right now
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Not sure if I should jump on this or not...I'd like to just walk into a store and pick one up personally. Much easier than waiting for shipping, especially since I'm not at home right now
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That's what I"m doing, although mainly since I want to see a display model before I buy. I need to see the colors in person before I could decide, and while I'm at it I want to see if the IO performance makes web browsing as poor as some say it does.
Nevermind guys, the tax is at $40, total ripoff.
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Not sure if I should jump on this or not...I'd like to just walk into a store and pick one up personally. Much easier than waiting for shipping, especially since I'm not at home right now
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The couple issue with Office Depot (at least for me)
1. Tax - Amazon has no tax unless you live in Washington State, so that's almost $30-40 discount depending on which state you live in.
2. Return Policy - Though I definitely intend to keep this great tablet once I get one, the IO issue more of ANR issue can turn me a way. Office Depot's return policy is once you open item you can only exchange for the same item. Whereas, Best Buy I believe has no ask 30 days return policy, and never tried but amazon I heard has the same even item is opened.
I am not saying the office depot is bad. If one is for 100% keep the item, and get as earliest, not a bad idea.
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The couple issue with Office Depot (at least for me)
1. Tax - Amazon has no tax unless you live in Washington State, so that's almost $30-40 discount depending on which state you live in.
2. Return Policy - Though I definitely intend to keep this great tablet once I get one, the IO issue more of ANR issue can turn me a way. Office Depot's return policy is once you open item you can only exchange for the same item. Whereas, Best Buy I believe has no ask 30 days return policy, and never tried but amazon I heard has the same even item is opened.
I am not saying the office depot is bad. If one is for 100% keep the item, and get as earliest, not a bad idea.
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I can wait...I have a phone that was half-baked from the beginning already. I'm stuck with it. I love it, but I really would've enjoyed having a Nexus instead (Motorola's software updates are awful. Then again, what non-nexus phone has good updates?). With this tablet...I would rather pick it up in store because I can return it in store without shipping it back. I don't plan on returning it, but I don't want to buy it and end up not being able to fix the issues. And I'm going to be moving around a lot until September...I'm trying to fit in a lot of stuff in my last few weeks of vacation before heading off to school (which is what I'm buying this tablet for anyways...)
On that note though...I went to Best Buy today to grab a cooling pad for my laptop (which, btw is helping a lot, keeps my computer a nice 5-10 degrees cooler. And my vacation so far is pretty boring, so I need plenty of games to keep me entertained ). While I was there though...I took another look at the Prime. I didn't notice any of the picky crap that everyone was freaking out about (this is the same thing I found when buying my phone, the problems everyone were having didn't affect me, and still don't). The Prime isn't a perfect example of how the Infinity is going to be, but it's similar. The screen is awesome (which means the Infinity will be even more awesome). I started downloading a big file via wifi onto it and continues browsing and it worked fine (well, past the fact that Best Buy's wifi was slow as hell). I just couldn't make the thing stutter. I have no idea what you guys are doing...but I couldn't make it hiccup at all. I need more time with one to do it, but I just can't find anything wrong with it. So at this point...I think the Infinity will be a great device if it's anything like the Prime.
Was about to pounce on this! The free gas card code works (Thank you!), so that erased half of the $30 taxes (6% in FL) it was going to charge. Includes free shipping, so why did I not order it online with a Wednesday delivery?
Office Depot return policy! See below : (and this is with a receipt)
>>Technology and consumer electronic products may only be exchanged or returned with their Original Receipt and in their original, unopened packaging with UPC code within 14 days of purchase. If box is opened, only an exchange will be offered. A 15% Restocking Fee will be applied if any components are missing. Opened software may be exchanged for the same item only. Please remember to remove all personal data from exchanged/returned products. Office Depot is not responsible for any personal data left in or on an exchanged/returned product.
Furniture, may only be exchanged or returned with Original Receipt and in new condition, unassembled, in original packaging with UPC code within 14 days of purchase.<<
Unopened??? 14 days??? So, you can buy it, display the unopened box on a counter or shelf for 13 days, and then return it for a refund. Thanks Office Depot!!
When I see the return policies you guys have in the us I really appreciate living in Norway. By law we have three years warranties for defects, and 2 weeks open buy for anything you order online.
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When I see the return policies you guys have in the us I really appreciate living in Norway. By law we have three years warranties for defects, and 2 weeks open buy for anything you order online.
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Not entirely correct. Warranty is up to each manufacturer but we do have 2 or 5 year "sales claim", depending on the expected lifetime of the item. Most electronic devices get 5 years. But yeah, we're well covered as a consumer in Norway. Which is also reflected in the prices
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Adorama hit me with a $40 tax that wasnt on the online checkout form. I saw it when they sent me a receipt. Free 2 day shipping which is alright. Atleast I have one on order
Broke down and order one from Office Depot. Suppose to arrive on Wednesday. I swore I would never buy another Asus product after all the problems that I had with this. That said, I'm so attached to the stinking dock that I am willing to give them one more shot. Here's hoping!
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Not entirely correct. Warranty is up to each manufacturer but we do have 2 or 5 year "sales claim", depending on the expected lifetime of the item. Most electronic devices get 5 years. But yeah, we're well covered as a consumer in Norway. Which is also reflected in the prices
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I stand corrected. ;-)
I just placed my order for my TF700T from the big OD, with a delivery date of Wed, July 18th, and it came with free next business day delivery (we're in their delivery area), so I might even see it Monday or Tuesday. I did have to pay tax, but the free shipping offset that.
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I just placed my order for my TF700T from the big OD, with a delivery date of Wed, July 18th, and it came with free next business day delivery (we're in their delivery area), so I might even see it Monday or Tuesday. I did have to pay tax, but the free shipping offset that.
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In case you forgot to use the $15 gas card coupon I posted you can try call the rep and have it added to your order before it's shipped. Some nice rep will honor it and do you the favor. Mine did.
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In case you forgot to use the $15 gas card coupon I posted you can try call the rep and have it added to your order before it's shipped. Some nice rep will honor it and do you the favor. Mine did.
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Thanks, no worries though I used it when I ordered. Thanks for posting that coupon, free gas is always a very good tbing! :-D
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I will be going to Hawaii on Monday and leaving to go home to Australia on Thursday. Any chance the office depot in Honolulu will have stock of any or what is the fastest delivery method so I can get it by Wednesday? Was hoping i would get one before leaving
I place my order yesterday (Saturday) around 3pm and the status is still "processing". I'm curious if anybody else who ordered yesterday is showing a different status? Thanks.
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Got this email reply today when I asked about in store supply for san Francisco and Hawaii, but it sounds like general stock level reply.
"The given item #803662 can be purchased through online only and it can not be available on the stores. However, this item is temporarily out of stock from our product line. I apologize, I am unable to provide the exact information on the availability of this item. Please contact us after 7-14 business days to check the availability."
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I place my order yesterday (Saturday) around 3pm and the status is still "processing". I'm curious if anybody else who ordered yesterday is showing a different status? Thanks.
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I did, and mine shows shipment pending, with a delivery date of 7/18.
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http://m.aliexpress.com/item/204379...-D850-AT&tracelog=wwwdetail2mobilesitedetail
Skip the middle man. Here is where the chips are coming from. Order as many as you like. Enjoy guys.
Edit- Price has jumped and doubled for these chips. Congrats on anyone who was able to grab them @ 10 a piece.
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http://m.aliexpress.com/item/204379...-D850-AT&tracelog=wwwdetail2mobilesitedetail
Skip the middle man. Here is where the chips are coming from. Order as many as you like. Enjoy guys.
You may have to try the link several times. Sometimes it gives a server error from tapatalk. But it works.
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FYI, Aliexpress/manufacturer doesn't ship to all states and from what I've experienced, it requires a strict credit card check (majority of the time it goes through). I've had payments denied and needed to submit my billing and credit card information in order to be approved and before I can place orders (even this was a process to get it approved). Processing takes 5 days (as of now, its 10+ days until they have stock) and shipping takes approximately 2 weeks.
Mine went through without a hitch. Got my confirmation and order is processed. So what if it takes two weeks from over seas. I've ordered from them on multiple occasions with no problems. I just ordered two chips for 20 bucks flat. Can't beat that.
I ordered yesterday and received an email today saying it was shipped. Will update with how long shipping takes. It says 5-15 days estimated delivery time.
Great to hear man. Got my confirmation email the next day as well. Will update on mine as well.
Is it $10/piece or $20, shows the price initially as 10 but becomes 20 in the cart?
This is the link I'm trying to buy from.
I was just about to get one and then they bumped the price to $20 a piece :/
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I was just about to get one and then they bumped the price to $20 a piece :/
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Yeah, just doubled!!
Per manufacturer
"As G3 PMA chip developing cost is much higher than qi standard chip,and the core material
which guarantee steady performance almost 3 times of qi standard chip after final check so we have to adjust the price"
well I was interested, but then the price doubled... and it's Ali, which means they won't ship to me... so I'm double F'd, oh well
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well I was interested, but then the price doubled... and it's Ali, which means they won't ship to me... so I'm double F'd, oh well
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See my signature. Preorders will reopen next week.
I ordered one. I'll let you guys know how things turn out.
Sweet. Mines in route now. Should get them this weekend or early next week. I ordered a few.
I asked manufacturer about orders from their Aliexpress being shipped since it seems they are still in production with these chips.
"Hi Friend,
Trust us,no goods delivery yet. Trust us.
We will delivery your goods first as we promised."
The emails you got about shipping may be generic email? Does it have tracking number?
Yes it has tracking number. It must be generic email when they ship in stock products. I will have to recheck and confirm dates.
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Yes it has tracking number. It must be generic email when they ship in stock products. I will have to recheck and confirm dates.
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Any updates to that tracking number or no information?
No updates
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Any updates to that tracking number or no information?
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I ordered from them and it shipped out of SHENZHEN.
Mine did too, shipping shows acceptance per the USPS website. They shipped USPS e-packet and usually arrive pretty quickly nowadays.
I picked up a few extra's if anyone's interested be the same price 20 shipped with paypal or google wallet.
I can provide my ebay id if your wary and just have a few extras to offer, figured be better to order extras seeing how we all have been waiting so long already....
Got it yet?
Hi all
Anyone pre-ordered from CW yet?
what did you get and when do you think it will be shipped
Cannot remember if last year they were OK or not at shipping them ahead of others
Also are there some freebies with these orders?
I tried to pre-order....THREE times. First time, 2 hours later got an email back saying they could not proceed and had cancelled the order (no epxlanation). Second time got an email back an hour later saying they had cancelled it again, due to an "information mismatch". Rang them up to find out what the hell they were playing at, got through to sales who couldnt tell me why they had cancelled it so they passed me on to the "web team", who couldnt tell me anything at all, and passed me on to customer services.....who cut me off. I tried one final time to order it, this time got a reply an hour later again saying that it had been cancelled again, due to me failing a credit check, and telling me to check with the network I had selected......I had not selected any network since I was buying the handset only, there was no requirement for any kind of credit check, and if they HAD done a credit check then it would have come back as perfect. At this point I went to John Lewis website instead and ordered it fine first time. I will lose the crappy £99 speaker that was gonna go straight on ebay anyway, but it'll be worth it not to have to deal with the CPW muppets ever again.
I wasn't sure who to go with as I wanted to make sure delivery was on 20th since I will be at home that day and I figured CPW would have the most stock plus the free speaker. But then they will probably also have the most orders. John Lewis isn't a place people would normally think of buying a mobile from (I was surprised to even see it listed!) so I'm hoping they have enough stock and reliable enough delivery to get it to me on time. My order confirmation shows the delivery date, the CPW confirmation only said "current" delivery date which didn't sound very definite to me!
Ordered instore at CPW inside Curry's Bolton today. Black S8 (SimFree). Took 10 mins, collect from store on the 20th & get a free Samsung speaker
Same. Ordered instore in Market Harborough CPW for delivery to store on 20th. The free Samsung speaker looks rather nice and is waterproof to match the phone. I'll be using that in my bathroom. They had both S8 models to play with - full working units, not dummies. Very nice indeed! Went for the S8 - it's plenty big enough!
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Same. Ordered instore in Market Harborough CPW for delivery to store on 20th. The free Samsung speaker looks rather nice and is waterproof to match the phone. I'll be using that in my bathroom. They had both S8 models to play with - full working units, not dummies. Very nice indeed! Went for the S8 - it's plenty big enough!
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Scary how much smaller it is than my 6P and how little bezel there is! Still almost went for the plus tho...
Ordered mine on Launch 10 mins after the Live Announcement ended from CPW in Currys in York. Got a Black S8 + Free Wireless Speaker and a free £50 Currys/PCWorld Gift Card to use within 6 months. Delivery to store on 20th April.
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Scary how much smaller it is than my 6P and how little bezel there is! Still almost went for the plus tho...
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Indeed. I was amazed at how the plus just doesn't look huge as I imagined it would. I wasn't actually intending to order - I bought a Google Pixel a week ago but was very disappointed as the lens flare I got in several photos over the weekend. CPW accepted the return and I paid the extra for the S8. Now having to use my old Nexus 5 for a couple of weeks.
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Indeed. I was amazed at how the plus just doesn't look huge as I imagined it would. I wasn't actually intending to order - I bought a Google Pixel a week ago but was very disappointed as the lens flare I got in several photos over the weekend. CPW accepted the return and I paid the extra for the S8. Now having to use my old Nexus 5 for a couple of weeks.
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Good to know the returns policy works. Just hope rooting is possible and the custom rom scene is good enough on the S8. (had Nexus devices since the GNex & really going to miss crack flashing).....
I had a Galaxy S7 before the Pixel. I didn't do any custom roms or anything, but did flash firmware on a couple of occasions. TouchWiz (or whatever they call it now) is not an issue any more - I put Nova Launcher on it and to me it looks just like stock Android. The photos I took on the S7 pleased me more than those I took on the Pixel, so I have high hopes for the tweaked camera algorithms on the S8.
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I had a Galaxy S7 before the Pixel. I didn't do any custom roms or anything, but did flash firmware on a couple of occasions. TouchWiz (or whatever they call it now) is not an issue any more - I put Nova Launcher on it and to me it looks just like stock Android. The photos I took on the S7 pleased me more than those I took on the Pixel, so I have high hopes for the tweaked camera algorithms on the S8.
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It's actually not the same sensor either ,it's the same specs but a new one that no other phone uses. I'm sure it will be better in many scenarios with the improved processing and new features and will probably knock the Pixel from 1st place on dxomark. I can't wait to do some testing once I get it.
I can't wait for the 20th and my new phone! I pre-ordered it from CPW on Saturday.
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I tried to pre-order....THREE times. First time, 2 hours later got an email back saying they could not proceed and had cancelled the order (no epxlanation). Second time got an email back an hour later saying they had cancelled it again, due to an "information mismatch". Rang them up to find out what the hell they were playing at, got through to sales who couldnt tell me why they had cancelled it so they passed me on to the "web team", who couldnt tell me anything at all, and passed me on to customer services.....who cut me off. I tried one final time to order it, this time got a reply an hour later again saying that it had been cancelled again, due to me failing a credit check, and telling me to check with the network I had selected......I had not selected any network since I was buying the handset only, there was no requirement for any kind of credit check, and if they HAD done a credit check then it would have come back as perfect. At this point I went to John Lewis website instead and ordered it fine first time. I will lose the crappy £99 speaker that was gonna go straight on ebay anyway, but it'll be worth it not to have to deal with the CPW muppets ever again.
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I've had this from Carphone Warehouse several times in the past. I can almost guarantee that if I order anything online from them the payment will be rejected and I will have to contact them, then my bank to get it sorted. I don't know what they do, but I never have issues like this with any other company. When I check my credit reference no search is visible from them and, as you say, there is no reason to refer to a credit reference to buy a phone SIM free!
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I tried to pre-order....THREE times. First time, 2 hours later got an email back saying they could not proceed and had cancelled the order (no epxlanation). Second time got an email back an hour later saying they had cancelled it again, due to an "information mismatch". Rang them up to find out what the hell they were playing at, got through to sales who couldnt tell me why they had cancelled it so they passed me on to the "web team", who couldnt tell me anything at all, and passed me on to customer services.....who cut me off. I tried one final time to order it, this time got a reply an hour later again saying that it had been cancelled again, due to me failing a credit check, and telling me to check with the network I had selected......I had not selected any network since I was buying the handset only, there was no requirement for any kind of credit check, and if they HAD done a credit check then it would have come back as perfect. At this point I went to John Lewis website instead and ordered it fine first time. I will lose the crappy £99 speaker that was gonna go straight on ebay anyway, but it'll be worth it not to have to deal with the CPW muppets ever again.
I wasn't sure who to go with as I wanted to make sure delivery was on 20th since I will be at home that day and I figured CPW would have the most stock plus the free speaker. But then they will probably also have the most orders. John Lewis isn't a place people would normally think of buying a mobile from (I was surprised to even see it listed!) so I'm hoping they have enough stock and reliable enough delivery to get it to me on time. My order confirmation shows the delivery date, the CPW confirmation only said "current" delivery date which didn't sound very definite to me!
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On the Samsung website (btw - how come you didnt ordered it form there?) when i placed my initial order (which was cancelled by some idiot CS guy) it was saying deliver from 19th - but when i tried to order again yesterday - it was saying deliver by 28th April !?>! - in the end their stupid webpage didnt work so i gave up and gone with CW who say delivered by 21st ....i went for collect in store since i am never in one place to wait for the courier
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I've had this from Carphone Warehouse several times in the past. I can almost guarantee that if I order anything online from them the payment will be rejected and I will have to contact them, then my bank to get it sorted. I don't know what they do, but I never have issues like this with any other company. When I check my credit reference no search is visible from them and, as you say, there is no reason to refer to a credit reference to buy a phone SIM free!
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I had the same issue - got an email later saying card didnt go thru - had to call bank and them to sort it out - annoying - but still better than the crap samsung website service
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On the Samsung website (btw - how come you didnt ordered it form there?) when i placed my initial order (which was cancelled by some idiot CS guy) it was saying deliver from 19th - but when i tried to order again yesterday - it was saying deliver by 28th April !?>! - in the end their stupid webpage didnt work so i gave up and gone with CW who say delivered by 21st ....i went for collect in store since i am never in one place to wait for the courier
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I didnt order from Samsung because when I went there to check on Sat, it was saying deliver by 28th and didn't even mention getting it earlier via pre-order so I assume they had already sold out of the pre-order ones. I think years ago when I was going to pre-order something from Samsung it turned out that they didn't have enough stock to fill it, and other places like CPW did, so I ended up having to cancel it and get it elsewhere to avoid delays. You would think Samsung themselves would have the most stock but that wasn't the case back then so i haven't ordered direct from them since.
CPW are clearly too incompetent to get their own website to work properly, and too incompetent to be able to deal with it when it doesn't work, so hopefully John Lewis can deliver instead.
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I didnt order from Samsung because when I went there to check on Sat, it was saying deliver by 28th and didn't even mention getting it earlier via pre-order so I assume they had already sold out of the pre-order ones. I think years ago when I was going to pre-order something from Samsung it turned out that they didn't have enough stock to fill it, and other places like CPW did, so I ended up having to cancel it and get it elsewhere to avoid delays. You would think Samsung themselves would have the most stock but that wasn't the case back then so i haven't ordered direct from them since.
CPW are clearly too incompetent to get their own website to work properly, and too incompetent to be able to deal with it when it doesn't work, so hopefully John Lewis can deliver instead.
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On JL website - they only have S8+?
I like you guys LOVE the phone and want to upgrade. 2 things have stopped me, 1 = is what the battery life is going to be like, 2 = and most importantly is because UK is getting screwed again with crap deals, US are getting memory or VR etc and silver colors etc, UK are not getting anything other then maybe insurance or £50 speaker which not all of us want.
Slowly tempted to wait for better deals but look forward to your reviews, Enjoy your new slick phones!!
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I like you guys LOVE the phone and want to upgrade. 2 things have stopped me, 1 = is what the battery life is going to be like, 2 = and most importantly is because UK is getting screwed again with crap deals, US are getting memory or VR etc and silver colors etc, UK are not getting anything other then maybe insurance or £50 speaker which not all of us want.
Slowly tempted to wait for better deals but look forward to your reviews, Enjoy your new slick phones!!
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Depends what you want. I'd much rather have the speaker than a VR headset or a memory card!
I'm not sure the UK is getting screwed - the S8 launches here at the same time as the States. There are many countries that don't see phone releases until much later after launch. We generally get them pretty quickly.
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On JL website - they only have S8+?
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I thought they had both but I have ordered the + anyway.
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I like you guys LOVE the phone and want to upgrade. 2 things have stopped me, 1 = is what the battery life is going to be like, 2 = and most importantly is because UK is getting screwed again with crap deals, US are getting memory or VR etc and silver colors etc, UK are not getting anything other then maybe insurance or £50 speaker which not all of us want.
Slowly tempted to wait for better deals but look forward to your reviews, Enjoy your new slick phones!!
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Yup battery life worries me too but I have not found another device that I would be willing to go for and my S5 is getting on a bit so I need to upgrade.
UK being screwed is nothing new. We get screwed on price and screwed on deals for just about everything. Now they are using brexit as an excuse to stick the prices up on everything when we were already paying far more than the exchange rate says we should have been paying in the first place! They have all just spotted an opportunity to increase their profits by a big chunk and hide it as being brexit. And Samsung themselves can keep whacking up prices all over the world because they dont really have any serious competition at the top end, otherwise they wouldn't be able to.
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Ordered mine on Launch 10 mins after the Live Announcement ended from CPW in Currys in York. Got a Black S8 + Free Wireless Speaker and a free £50 Currys/PCWorld Gift Card to use within 6 months. Delivery to store on 20th April.
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arrgh how did u managed to get extra 50 quid on top xd i just preordered s8 plus and free speaker... for delivery on the 20th
Email came in a little bit ago.
Use paypal, fraud prevention denied my original Visa payment.
I just got my order email just now 11/14/17 9:30pm CST and I just ordered 2 Razer Phones!!
FYI - I had an issue getting the order to go through using a credit card direct on the site ... got an unsuccessful payment email 2 times using 2 different cards ... so then I used PayPal and then the order went through and shows processing now.
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I just got my order email just now 11/14/17 9:30pm CST and I just ordered 2 Razer Phones!!
FYI - I had an issue getting the order to go through using a credit card direct on the site ... got an unsuccessful payment email 2 times using 2 different cards ... so then I used PayPal and then the order went through and shows processing now.
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Same here,I just tried again after reading your post & it went through this time,using PayPal just as you did.
I hesitated @ 1st,thinking I waited too long & supply was depleted,but,I just got the confirmation moments ago.
Bought mine too, I'll return if I can't root
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Bought mine too, I'll return if I can't root
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I'm betting it might take time but most likely I'm sure it'll get figured out.
I get the feeling Razer is mostly concentrating on the hardware, letting Google handle their own OS.
Fyi, talked to customer service to be sure my order went through.
While having them on the line I verified we'll need to be present to sign for the delivery, and it's also shipping from Hong Kong to the US. :/
Not sure if this means customs or not or it's now going to be weeks.
So if ya have a microsoft store nearby you might just go there. Closest to me is 3 hours away, thinking I should have waited til Friday and then called the MS store..
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Fyi, talked to customer service to be sure my order went through.
While having them on the line I verified we'll need to be present to sign for the delivery, and it's also shipping from Hong Kong to the US. :/
Not sure if this means customs or not or it's now going to be weeks.
So if ya have a microsoft store nearby you might just go there. Closest to me is 3 hours away, thinking I should have waited til Friday and then called the MS store..
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Wait what!? They are shipping from Hong Kong to the US? That sucks smh. Not only will it take alot longer for us to receive it but if we decide to return it sending it back is going to be a huge pain :crying:
Xshooter726 said:
Wait what!? They are shipping from Hong Kong to the US? That sucks smh. Not only will it take alot longer for us to receive it but if we decide to return it sending it back is going to be a huge pain :crying:
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Don't be discouraged:
I ordered a $10 necklace from Razer recently,it shipped free expedited FedEx from Hong Kong (Free expedited shipping from Hong Kong to the US for a $10 order,is that insane or what?!)
Ordered: 11/04/17
Shipped: 11/06/17
Delivered: 11/09/17
Soooo,I wouldn't worry too much until the actual tracking number arrives,see what speed of shipping they use.
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Don't be discouraged:
I ordered a $10 necklace from Razer recently,it shipped free expedited FedEx from Hong Kong (Free expedited shipping from Hong Kong to the US for a $10 order,is that insane or what?!)
Ordered: 11/04/17
Shipped: 11/06/17
Delivered: 11/09/17
Soooo,I wouldn't worry too much until the actual tracking number arrives,see what speed of shipping they use.
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Got tracking.
Sorry for double post wouldn't let me add it to original post
I'm glad that some of you were able to place your order. I was not so lucky. As soon as I received the email announcing that ordering was open (about 48 hours ago), I placed an order using Amex. The order was immediately cancelled for no obvious reason, but my Amex account was charged anyway.
I inquired as to the problem via email and it took a full day to get a reply. Razer asked for copies of a bill and my driver's license, which I immediately supplied. I received an acknowledgement that the documents were received and that they would be examined by the "finance team". I am still waiting...
I have never had such an experience before. Amex is quite good at fraud protection, but I guess they are not good enough for Razer. I will give them another day, before I dispute the charge with Amex. This is not a good way to instill customer confidence and loyalty.
KOLIOSIS said:
Don't be discouraged:
I ordered a $10 necklace from Razer recently,it shipped free expedited FedEx from Hong Kong (Free expedited shipping from Hong Kong to the US for a $10 order,is that insane or what?!)
Ordered: 11/04/17
Shipped: 11/06/17
Delivered: 11/09/17
Soooo,I wouldn't worry too much until the actual tracking number arrives,see what speed of shipping they use.
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Well this makes me feel better. All the stuff I get off ebay though seems to take 2-3 weeks whenever it's from hong kong or china..
I'm trying to bury my excitement deep down so I can sleep.
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I'm glad that some of you were able to place your order. I was not so lucky. As soon as I received the email announcing that ordering was open (about 48 hours ago), I placed an order using Amex. The order was immediately cancelled for no obvious reason, but my Amex account was charged anyway.
I inquired as to the problem via email and it took a full day to get a reply. Razer asked for copies of a bill and my driver's license, which I immediately supplied. I received an acknowledgement that the documents were received and that they would be examined by the "finance team". I am still waiting...
I have never had such an experience before. Amex is quite good at fraud protection, but I guess they are not good enough for Razer. I will give them another day, before I dispute the charge with Amex. This is not a good way to instill customer confidence and loyalty.
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Bogus!
Though I think anymore, there's probably a black-list and then geographical hits. Meaning I'm sure the card companies keep lists of known fraudsters by website or company name, but I'm sure geographical denials are the norm. If someone lives in USA and never has had any purchases in China, and then all of a sudden their card is charged for 1500$ in China, better to deny first and ask questions later. This is how paypal works because it's not geographically dependent and probably marked as "safe" by 80% of the population who uses the internet.. :/
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Bogus!
Though I think anymore, there's probably a black-list and then geographical hits. Meaning I'm sure the card companies keep lists of known fraudsters by website or company name, but I'm sure geographical denials are the norm. If someone lives in USA and never has had any purchases in China, and then all of a sudden their card is charged for 1500$ in China, better to deny first and ask questions later. This is how paypal works because it's not geographically dependent and probably marked as "safe" by 80% of the population who uses the internet.. :/
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I'm not sure what you are saying, The transaction was approved by Amex. If they let the charge through, why should Razer cancel the order while leaving the charge transaction active? I never did business with Razer before, so I am certainly not blacklisted with them.
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I'm not sure what you are saying, The transaction was approved by Amex. If they let the charge through, why should Razer cancel the order while leaving the charge transaction active? I never did business with Razer before, so I am certainly not blacklisted with them.
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Ahhh, I glazed over the amex approved it part.. That's weird then if Razer is cancelling purchases?
You should goto razerzone.com the community insider section. Poke around there and you'll find a CSR that is reaching out to individuals about stuff like this to get their orders in, I assume, in front of the line.
I see mine shipped yesterday or such (hong kong time) but it is in pending. Being shipped FedEx International Priority DirectDistribution.
Delivery bulk shipments from one origin location to multiple addresses in the U.S. and select countries. Shipment clears customs as a single unit and then individual pieces are delivered to multiple addresses, bypassing warehouses and middlemen.
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Door-to-door within 2 to 4 business days*
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Monday to Friday.
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Throughout the U.S. and select countries (see list of countries)
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Ship any package up to 68 kg. (150lbs.) If your package is heavier than 68 kg. (150 lbs), FedEx offers services for packages of more than 68 kgs.
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Mine is showing delivery for Tuesday. Was hoping to have it before the weekend but I'll take it.
Xshooter726 said:
Mine is showing delivery for Tuesday. Was hoping to have it before the weekend but I'll take it.
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Same here!!
Xshooter726 said:
Mine is showing delivery for Tuesday. Was hoping to have it before the weekend but I'll take it.
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are you in the US or UK?
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are you in the US or UK?
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In the US.
Houston,Texas to be exact.