Why March 1st? Why the delay on Amazon? AFAIK it's available now @ apple.com and in stores?
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The units are selling fast. My local Apple store was completely sold out when I went to get one. They said they received a dozen or so in and were all sold in a day or two. They told me to check back soon as they receive new shipments daily. I went back a few days latter and they had dozens of them on the shelf.
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Availability may be limited. I went to three out of the four Apple stores in the area yesterday looking for one. The third one had a couple on the shelf. They had been out of stock a day or two before that.
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Reading the Apple Support forums, people are getting the black MacBooks now from Amazon even when they are quoted a July shipping date. Also, in the MB 1.83 Ghz Amazon forum, someone mentioned that he got his shipped and delivered earlier this month even when quoted a late shipping date.So I think that Amazon is just being conservative as Apple is notorious for not having enough supply for their products. I think Amazon is just trying to cover their butts in case Apple can't meet demand and doesn't allocate enough shipments to Amazon.
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Nice. I have been waiting to see if I can get it before I go on my trip, and just emailed amazon today. They told me they had no idea when it would be "released" through them. Sounds like you got lucky, I should have just pre-ordered then too...
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I gave up on Amazon. Canceled my order (Preordered Feb 17th). I stopped by the local Apple store and picked one up that they had in stock. It sucks that i had to pay tax, but at least now i have it. I'm guessing Apple is to blame on this mess. It's seems that they're only selling them directly, and denying them to other stores like Amazon. :-/
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i ordered it on the 7th 1 day shipping. It initially said it is shipping out on 8th and should be delivered on 9th. But on 9th morning they said it will ship in a week. I cancelled and ran to my local apple store. Fortunately they had it in stock, so was able to pick it up. Its awesome. Hopefully, you got yours by now..
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I bought it early in November for $1,012. I had been watching the price for a month and it suddenly dropped. Plus, no sales tax and free two day delivery (with the Prime membership). I saved about $300 instead of buying it at the local Apple Store.
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WOW i just noticed that, its the only reason I didn't go ahead and place my order, can anyone confirm this? i get free shipping here and no tax, but apple wants to charge me tax, so i came to amazon, but i don't want to wait a month.
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I would think that the next iMac shipment from Apple to all of it's re-sellers would include Leopard installed since they are available that way now at the Apple Store (and have been so awhile I believe). I've got a 24 incher on order too and am more concerned about that $100 rebate from Amazon which apparently expires next Monday 12/3. Amazon says it may be 3-5 weeks until this this model ships. I'm hoping they will show up a little early...like this week, before this rebate expires. Otherwise I may cancel and wait until after the first of the year to re-order.
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My hope is that Amazon is being cautious and giving themselves a buffer now. So that when you possibly get it on the 7th you'll be pleasantly surprised. That being said it sounds like Amazon got their shipments in late so that instead of having them day(s) before release so you get it on release day...now they are all after the date. That's what is sounded like when I talked to customer service. Very apologetic but not much they can do. I have 1 day shipping and it's the 8th for me too. I also confirmed that they did NOT oversell the preorders. That was my fear.
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Ordered mine on May 23rd, I have a shipping date of July 21st. Oy vey. I am tempted to cancel the order altogether, forget about the rebate and suck up the sales tax at the Apple Store...Please anyone who receives theirs, please post here so we have a little more visibility on our orders (as opposed to: "will ship some time in the next two months"!)
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Well, today is Nov 4, and still Amazon is out of stock of this merchandise. they will ship bet 2 to 5 weeks... Not days but weeks! darn!! I guess i will walk into the Apple store.
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I got mine on Black Friday. I saw the price and my eyes almost popped out of my head. I couldn't order it fast enough! Keep an eye out, you never know when the price might drop again. Even at this price it's still cheaper than any other reseller I've seen or even the Apple Store is. I live in Texas and I have no sales tax when purchasing from Amazon which is a added plus!
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The Apple Store has been selling this unit for a couple of months, and it has been available (possibly exclusively) at Best Buy for several weeks. From what I have seen, all other retailers would not receive it until the 2nd or 3rd week of August.
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It seems like Amazon received a small initial shipment and those who got in early had theirs shipped. Based on the availability from the Apple online store, it might be a month or more before Amazon may get another shipment of MBPsI checked JR.com and they have them in stock. YMMV thoughhttp://www.jr.com/apple/pe/APP_MC975LL_SL_A/
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N. Bird, you are correct, according to an Apple rep who I spoke with on 12/2 after posting my reply to the original post. The other thing is, my customer sales person from Apple was able to offer me a 6% discount on the spot when I told them of the $50 differential between Amazon's price and theirs. I know!! Her response: "Yeah, not enough people ask for a discount when they call, but they should!" All told, with tax (from both the Apple store AND Amazon), I'd have saved $2 by buying from Amazon... Not worth it! I'm buying my iMac direct from Apple for peace of mind.
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Amazon always gives a generous blanket date on pre-released products. In my experience, they always ship within a week of Apple.
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I would guess it would be similar to pre-ordering dvds, books, etc. In my experience, they tend to ship out the same day of the official release... so when you get it would depend on how you had it shipped (a day or so after). If you must have it immediately... pick up a copy at an apple store the morning of the 26th.