Tidbit of shipping info on shuffles..
CollidgeGraduit
03-03-2005 07:04:48
I spoke with my contact at Gratis this morning. The shuffles will indeed be shipping from eFulfillment, in Grawn, MI. Looks like my theory was right ;) They've just been waiting for Apple to ship them their gigantic order.
You can check DHL's website to see if you've shipped.
http//track.dhl-usa.com/TrackByRef.asp
Reference # your ipod shuffle order #
US Origin Zip 49637
US Destination Zip Your zip code
They should be going out today or tomorrow! I'll be finding out soon if the Minimacs are shipping from the same place.
Stroid
03-03-2005 07:06:47
Thanks CG eventhough i havent finished shuffle D
Phbs83
03-03-2005 07:09:04
Thanks again CG)
Nothing yet, but I'll keep checking later today or tomorrow;)
josiah296
03-03-2005 07:16:57
CG you're a beautiful human being.
CollidgeGraduit
03-03-2005 07:17:55
The orders are with eFulfillment at least, so I'd expect them to ship in the next couple of days. If I remember correctly from my PhotoiPods experience, I got it within a week of being STV.
Stroid
03-03-2005 07:19:48
Yeah thats about right CG i got my photo within a week 1/2
CollidgeGraduit
03-03-2005 07:21:44
The next 2 weeks are gonna be nice at my house.. Getting my Dell, MiniMac (assuming they ship this week), and the iPod Shuffle. The shuffle's going to my wife, the Dell is mine, and the Mac is gonna be mostly hers.. but I'll play with it too I'm sure D
josiah296
03-03-2005 07:24:33
AH, I just got off the phone with efulfillment, and according to the woman I talked they DO have iPod Shuffles arriving and are current shipping them. There was a shortage issue, but they're starting to move them.
SO, depending on where Gratis is in their foodchain, we'll hopefully be seeing ours shipped soon.
Actually, its pretty cool how they do things. I'm guess is that Gratis probably just does a basic CDF or spreadsheet dump of their "'processing" orders and then sends that file over to efulfillment, which, according to the lady they upload into their system (my guess they've got a quick and dirty perl import script, hell, my company uses those all the time).
Once its in efulfillments system, they start cranking out the orders. I have a feeling we'll start seeing "shipped" very shortly, even today, depending on how efulfillment lets Gratis know when they've shipped.
It'd terrify me to think that Gratis would mark certain orders "shipped" manually. That just wouldn't make sense.
Phbs83
03-03-2005 07:25:27
Same here;) Possibly with the addition of the Gift Certificate and the Photo iPod) Too bad I missed Gratis' "ex-skeptics" promotion lol)
+Karma to CG - I can't believe the person who brings us so much useful info has only 3)
Stroid
03-03-2005 07:25:48
they definitly do it in bulk cause everyone posts the same day saying that they shipped
josiah296
03-03-2005 07:29:57
ah good to know. The lady said they HAD started shipping out large orders of Shuffles, but she of course wouldn't tell me for WHO. Hopefully it'll be in the next few days then.
CollidgeGraduit
03-03-2005 07:35:27
I wouldn't be surprised if we see something in DHL's system tonight, and then a tracking # in our Gratis orders tomorrow. If they work anything like UPS, eFulfillment will print out labels during the day, but they'll get scanned in the late afternoon when DHL picks up.
Stroid
03-03-2005 07:36:59
[quotee7469c17f5="Phbs83"]Same here;) Possibly with the addition of the Gift Certificate and the Photo iPod) Too bad I missed Gratis' "ex-skeptics" promotion lol)
+Karma to CG - I can't believe the person who brings us so much useful info has only 3)[/quotee7469c17f5]
I fixed that D
YES this is making my day!, I've been STV on the Xbox for weeks and loosing faith in gratis but this will bump it back up, especially since i finished shuffles only 2 weeks ago!
justinfreestuff
03-03-2005 08:29:36
good news, thanks
been waiting since 1/21 )
as soon as i see the tracking info, my shuffle goes up on eBay!
GuyHersh
03-03-2005 08:32:54
lol 215yellows at notebooks4free...
Now i see why it says "i am an ungrateful fuck"
[Edit] In the time it took me to post this, you got 224 yellows..
ENGRDawg
03-03-2005 08:44:23
thanks for helping us out, CG.
Godrockdj
03-03-2005 09:37:16
Yeah thanks man!
undertheradar
03-03-2005 09:44:35
Sounds cool to me.
techdude05
03-03-2005 13:33:00
very cool, nothing in DHL as of yet...
i just want to get my hands on a mac mini and my shuffle so badly -D...
liliswitcherlili
cgtennis10
03-03-2005 14:52:31
IM GETTING MY SHUFFLE!!! THANKS CG!
Fugger
03-03-2005 14:53:26
See, you found it! D Contratz on the shuffle.
cgtennis10
03-03-2005 15:07:10
lol thanks.... i live in indiana so i will be getting mine verry soon!
CoMpFrEaK
03-03-2005 15:17:51
nothing yet but im hopeful!
snowboarderchck5
03-03-2005 15:43:29
same... ++ karma cg!!
cgtennis10
03-03-2005 18:33:58
anyone on DHL yet?
techdude05
03-03-2005 18:49:58
nope.
ougijoe
03-03-2005 18:53:36
not yet
cgtennis10
03-03-2005 18:57:31
are they overnighted?
ougijoe
03-03-2005 19:04:39
no
CoMpFrEaK
03-03-2005 19:51:39
[quotefac9814a4a="cgtennis10"]are they overnighted?[/quotefac9814a4a]
dont expect it when its free wink
techdude05
03-03-2005 19:56:25
i guess they ship tomorrow then...
CoMpFrEaK
03-03-2005 20:02:24
[quotee582096b65="techdude05"]i guess they ship tomorrow then...[/quotee582096b65]
according to CG yes, but CG is typically right just cause he has insider info
Fugger
03-03-2005 20:11:03
[quote73d5ee3b54="cgtennis10"]are they overnighted?[/quote73d5ee3b54]
Patience young padawan. All of this does not get your ipod faster, the time for relaxing is now.
Dais781
03-03-2005 23:04:07
do they via air or ground...i'm gonna assume ground but wish for air P
bayvet
03-03-2005 23:10:31
STV<><><>
So will I have it tomorrow morning? Will they air drop it onto my doorstep???
wow some of you guys are really impatient...no one seems to understand there is probably over a few thousand to send out and everyone thinks they should just overnight it. They are free! give them a few days to send them out and they will send them the cheapest way they can, they don't need to spend even more money just so you can get it faster. JUST BE PATIENT.
bayvet
04-03-2005 05:46:09
Someone needs to get their sarcast-o-meter fixed. wink
[quote153db275be="bayvet"]Someone needs to get their sarcast-o-meter fixed. wink[/quote153db275be]
it wasn't directed at you it was directed at CGTennis, just read his posts.
ashnazg
04-03-2005 09:11:16
gratis should give u the option of getting a "shipping referral" so like if you get an extra referral they'll do it 2nd day air or something wink
Phbs83
04-03-2005 10:32:56
What's the difference? You will need one more referral for getting it 1 or 2 days earlier? Getting referrals sometimes is hard, and if you have to do more...Come on, get back to earth, it's still free!)
techdude05
04-03-2005 11:05:40
anybody get any tracking info on DHL yet? i still have nothing.
Rebeljt
04-03-2005 11:07:42
[quote40fa516aa8="techdude05"]anybody get any tracking info on DHL yet? i still have nothing.[/quote40fa516aa8]
Nothing yet here either...
JT
shifuimam
04-03-2005 11:24:40
[quotee17795cd7c="cgtennis10"]lol thanks.... i live in indiana so i will be getting mine verry soon![/quotee17795cd7c]
Me too!! I'm more excited about exchanging it for a mini as soon as I get it. )
AequitasBG
04-03-2005 12:09:39
[quotea404be733b="shifuimam"][quotea404be733b="cgtennis10"]lol thanks.... i live in indiana so i will be getting mine verry soon![/quotea404be733b]
Me too!! I'm more excited about exchanging it for a mini as soon as I get it. )[/quotea404be733b]
Thats exactly what I'm doing! Now to just figure out what color....blue or green?
Rebeljt
04-03-2005 12:27:30
[quotee4f35f90b2="shifuimam"][quotee4f35f90b2="cgtennis10"]lol thanks.... i live in indiana so i will be getting mine verry soon![/quotee4f35f90b2]
Me too!! I'm more excited about exchanging it for a mini as soon as I get it. )[/quotee4f35f90b2]
How do you exchange it? I am curious? I mean you can't just take it to walmart or something can you?... So how do you guys work that out? Inquiring minds want to know.
JT
PodTopia
04-03-2005 12:47:45
You GO to the Apple Store, then you give it to the salesperson. Then you ask to exchange it for an Apple iPod mini 4GB and pay the difference ($30 for an older model, $50 for a new one). That's all!
Rebeljt
04-03-2005 13:08:22
[quote94a420ced1="PodTopia"]You GO to the Apple Store, then you give it to the salesperson. Then you ask to exchange it for an Apple iPod mini 4GB and pay the difference ($30 for an older model, $50 for a new one). That's all![/quote94a420ced1]
An apple certified store? Or is there such thing as an Apple Store? I don't know that they have one where I live...
JT
PodTopia
04-03-2005 13:12:14
There is ian Apple store, yes. I'm pretty sure Apple certified stores would take it back as well.
Rebeljt
04-03-2005 13:16:49
[quotee48b293a82="PodTopia"]There is ian Apple store, yes. I'm pretty sure Apple certified stores would take it back as well.[/quotee48b293a82]
Cool that's an Idea I never though about. I think I may try the same. Thanks for the tip.
JT
shifuimam
04-03-2005 13:39:37
[quote9c1635974c="PodTopia"]You GO to the Apple Store, then you give it to the salesperson. Then you ask to exchange it for an Apple iPod mini 4GB and pay the difference ($30 for an older model, $50 for a new one). That's all![/quote9c1635974c]
So the apple stores are still selling the old 4G minis? This I did not know...is there anything about it on the apple site I could see?
Dais781
04-03-2005 14:02:19
Wow that is a hot idea...I'm probably gonna do that too...lol.
PodTopia
04-03-2005 14:03:05
Get a store credit, then go here, it's Apple's "SAVE" section
http//store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70403/wo/2T5JqHe6UuSQ2JpEGMQ12tIMhiP/0.0.11.1.0.6.61.0.0.0.0.0.0.3.1.1.0?79,78
Dais781
04-03-2005 14:11:14
ooooh thats even better...have u done it yet Pod?
PodTopia
04-03-2005 14:18:43
Have I done what? I was thinking or purchasing a Powerbook from them a while back and left it in my cart (they have all my info). An Apple guy called to tell me they were reserving one for me until I pulled it out of my cart. Very nice! Still haven't bought anything from online, but I may buy a 40GB iPod photo soon.
shifuimam
04-03-2005 15:47:28
@Dais - you shouldn't have any problem returning the shuffle to the Apple store. Just tell them that you got it as a gift and would like store credit to purchase an older mini through Apple's discount store.
You might want to consider the new mini with the educational discount - with the discount applied to the shuffle's price and the mini's price, it's a $40 difference.
You have options. )
PodTopia
04-03-2005 16:04:31
The only difference between old and new is $20, 6 hour battery life more (which is a big difference to SOME, but not ALL people out there), and a more vibrant body.
techdude05
04-03-2005 18:04:34
hm...nothing on dhl's tracker as of yet. anybody else?
i dont care about when it arrives, i just want to see an estimated delivery date so that i can plan accordingly.
Dais781
04-03-2005 19:10:39
[quote746a4a9d7a="shifuimam"]@Dais - you shouldn't have any problem returning the shuffle to the Apple store. Just tell them that you got it as a gift and would like store credit to purchase an older mini through Apple's discount store.
You might want to consider the new mini with the educational discount - with the discount applied to the shuffle's price and the mini's price, it's a $40 difference.
You have options. )[/quote746a4a9d7a]
Yeah that's what i was planning to do. P
How does one get this educational discount?
penguin
04-03-2005 19:27:48
has anyone had any success exchanging ipods/shuffles/etc at actual apple stores? or stores like best buy, circuit city, etc?
w/ the educational discount the new mini should cost $80 out of pocket.
elektrobank
04-03-2005 19:43:35
What do you need for the student discount? I have my college ID but I'm not in college anymore, can I still manage to get it or do they check somehow?
PodTopia
04-03-2005 19:53:44
Younger than college = must do online. College or grad school = can present student ID in store.
Dais781
04-03-2005 21:11:06
[quote7341cfa076="penguin"]has anyone had any success exchanging ipods/shuffles/etc at actual apple stores? or stores like best buy, circuit city, etc?
w/ the educational discount the new mini should cost $80 out of pocket.[/quote7341cfa076]
whoa wait a sec, how much of a discount do they give u?!
PodTopia
04-03-2005 21:17:09
a nice one ).
Dais781
04-03-2005 21:20:35
So let me get this straight. If I were to walk down to a Apple Store and get the Ed discount it would just cost me around 80 bucks...that doesn't sound right at all. Or wait is this with the trade in of the shuffle?
PodTopia
04-03-2005 21:21:45
It's with the shuffle trade in.
penguin
04-03-2005 21:21:48
sorry i didn't make it clearer. $80 w/ the exchange and educational discount.
Dais781
04-03-2005 22:50:33
I think i'm gonna stick with the shuffle. I like the smaller size and that i can use it as a thumb drive.
cgtennis10
05-03-2005 00:29:00
nothing on dhl
shifuimam
05-03-2005 11:09:11
[quoteef0e518ae9="penguin"]sorry i didn't make it clearer. $80 w/ the exchange and educational discount.[/quoteef0e518ae9]
That's for the 6GB, FYI. It's a $40 discount if you exchange for the 4GB.
Dais781
05-03-2005 14:04:35
I think i read somewhere that if it doesnt show on dhl then that means they shipped it ups
[quote5f28377d5a="Dais781"]I think i read somewhere that if it doesnt show on dhl then that means they shipped it ups[/quote5f28377d5a]
i think CollidgeGraduit spoke directly to them about shipping via DHL.
josiah296
06-03-2005 13:31:09
My plan is to hit the apple store in atlanta and trade in the shuffle and snag a new mini instead.
CoMpFrEaK
06-03-2005 22:59:10
[quote66ccc85fac="josiah296"]My plan is to hit the apple store in atlanta and trade in the shuffle and snag a new mini instead.[/quote66ccc85fac]
haha we think the same way wink lihigh five!li
bayvet
06-03-2005 23:13:18
I leave on the 13 to page in the State Capital. Any chance I could have it by then? )
thomas moore
06-03-2005 23:14:13
i think im going to do the same thing, but they took the gold version out ...ahh that tacky gold was pimptacious wink
Godrockdj
07-03-2005 10:51:45
Still nothing on DHL as of 2pm EST Monday.
undertheradar
07-03-2005 11:05:53
yep...this sucks. (
ashnazg
07-03-2005 13:10:57
nothing here 115 PST... i bet the SVT was just to shut us up lol wink
TonyGarcia
07-03-2005 13:20:26
yeah.. i think it's gonna be awhile... (
undertheradar
07-03-2005 13:23:13
I just called an hour ago and left a message with efulfillment to see what the deal is. They are supposed to call me back. roll
cgtennis10
07-03-2005 15:36:22
still nothing on dhl as of march 6 640pm.......
cgtennis10
07-03-2005 15:42:01
i saw a DHL truck coming out of my neighborhood and i thought my shuffle was at my house....but it wasnt...
ashnazg
07-03-2005 16:16:17
haha that happened to me awhile back while waiting for a differen't shipment.. i hate that lol
cgtennis10
07-03-2005 17:30:31
have you heard anything from gratis CG?
CollidgeGraduit
07-03-2005 17:45:46
As I said before, I'd post things as I heard them..
So i just checked i'm not showing up yet...is anyone showing up?
willietanner
08-03-2005 14:28:34
have you ever observed this board before? as soon as someone has a status update, within seconds, they will post that information, everyone else will check theirs, and there will be a flood of postings, all saying that some update has happened.
you know what doesn't help anybody? people who just post saying that nothing has happened. this benefits NOBODY.
Retro
08-03-2005 14:37:37
lol, I don't even check the site I just keep checking this thread to see if anyone's tracking is showing up
neomoon
09-03-2005 05:42:37
[quote7ed4182e9f="Retro"]lol, I don't even check the site I just keep checking this thread to see if anyone's tracking is showing up[/quote7ed4182e9f]
touche'
[quote3ddaf053d7="willietanner"]have you ever observed this board before? as soon as someone has a status update, within seconds, they will post that information, everyone else will check theirs, and there will be a flood of postings, all saying that some update has happened.
you know what doesn't help anybody? people who just post saying that nothing has happened. this benefits NOBODY.[/quote3ddaf053d7]
I don't know who has been peeing in your wheaties lately but you seriously need to chill and understand that it could be a 2-3 day process of shipping them out. So someone's might ship out early Today and mine since my last name starts with a letter from the end of the alphabet might not get shipped until the following today, so there shouldn't be a problem if i'd like to know if anyone is showing up.
[quote92a9aca530="Tib"]there shouldn't be a problem if i'd like to know if anyone is showing up.[/quote92a9aca530]
Yes tib, there should.
I've read some of your other posts. All complete trash.
Stop wasting all our time. What don't you understand - someone will post their updated status withing seconds of it happening.
shock ? evil lol
ashnazg
09-03-2005 11:46:54
you have a point, man... as soon as anyone sees "shipped" in their status they'll be all over these boards... they won't be sitting around waiting for someone to ask if they've shipped yet....