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[Nexus 7 General] Tiredad:
A really great article on the Nexus 7 written by a true Apple devotee: http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/15/omg-he-likes-it-he-really-likes-it
[Nexus 7 General] jimczyz:
I remember a thread like this, not quite as large though, when everyone was waiting for G1 pre orders.
[Nexus 7 General] adiliyo:
He just might be ;)
[Nexus 7 General] bosewicht:
I was thinking the same thing the other day but also all the original nexus complaints from people. There was no number to call so you just ordered and waited
[Nexus 7 General] glowworm62:
When will my preorder ship?

We're now shipping Nexus 7 preorders. The first wave of orders are going out today and all preorders are scheduled to ship within the next 3 business days.

support google com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2667319
[Nexus 7 General] dgattenb:
Ask the great google in the sky for mine on June 30th ... I have asked them twice now, and had no response. For my sins , I also have a Xperia S , sim free ( UK ) , so have been waiting for ICS !! However sony do respond, not much help but at least they help ...

Google it seams are not as responsive. :(
[Nexus 7 General] Mist17:
i want that background where did you find it
[Nexus 7 General] jmbillings:
Gone 9am here in blighty, and still no charge to my card... <insert glum face>

Oh well, it'll come when it comes...
[Nexus 7 General] adiliyo:
Let me know if that link works http://db.tt/c6NSapmT
[Nexus 7 General] jtc42:
Same here. Has anyone from the UK heard anything yet?
[Nexus 7 General] joeb88:
i live in the UK - heard nothing yet

ordered on the 3rd July - 16gb model on play store

its still saying ships in 1 - 2 weeks so we should hear something this week

going to orlando on 1st august and i want it before then :silly:
[Nexus 7 General] jabsys:
I see there's no sign of anything happening in the UK yet, Currys say they're expected today so hopefully something will happen, back to eagerly watch gmail for a delivery notrice.
[Nexus 7 General] gavinfabl:
Nothing. UK seems very quiet.
[Nexus 7 General] zeppler:
Ordered Nexus 7 - 16GB on july 3rd. Order receipt received, there was a hold on my card for weeks. A week ago, that hold was gone, no money charged. Still have not gotten a confirmation email for shipping/charge.

Ordered Galaxy Nexus - july 12th - order confirmation on the 13th - charged and shipped. Looks like I'll be getting my nexus phone sooner before I even get my tablet charged.

not the best planning and preparations on google's end.
[Nexus 7 General] TheDude1966:
Funny enough that Pcworld moved availability date to the 16th and HMV back to the 19th (was 16th). Tomorrow in London so I'll be looking around for some!
[Nexus 7 General] jtc42:
I had exactly the same thing with funds being held and then released. Very weird. Ordered mine on the 28th so would HOPE to have them shipped today but I'll just hold tight and see :)
[Nexus 7 General] njackson-uk:
Ordered it on June 28th. Nothing yet. Should have ordered it off ebuyer. Off on Holiday tomorrow too, so really annoyed that I trusted Google to release a device at the same time as everyone else :/

No card charges, so no idea when it will arrive.
[Nexus 7 General] ajg74:
I think us UK'ers should hang tight, I doubt we are going to start seeing things go thru for a few more hours yet, prob not till after lunch, so I'm banning any hysterics from anyone in the UK on here until AFTER 1pm, after then and all hell can break out on here if you like!!! :p
[Nexus 7 General] pillowtablet:
UK here. Pre-ordered on the 5th. No shipping confirmation, but it doesn't trouble me because the product page did say ships in 2 - 3 weeks.
[Nexus 7 General] jtc42:
Agreeing!

But when you ordered nobody had a release date set before the 17th, so presumably you didn't know there was even a chance of getting it before you went on holiday? I dont see how you can be annoyed about that when nobody ever gave any indication they'd ship before tomorrow when you go away.
[Nexus 7 General] iamgeef:
Australia - Still no charge nor change in Google Wallet or Play store orders - 16gb.

Tomorrow's the last day to make it within the 2-3 weeks shipping that was mentioned (I ordered on the 28th).

Anyone else in Australia get a notification?
[Nexus 7 General] AndroidAlistair:
I pre-ordered my tablet from the play store on 13th July. I know a lot of people have ordered before me but if I do not get my tablet by Tue/Wed. I will go mad because I payed £10 for 2 day shipping!
[Nexus 7 General] micks_address:
hmv dublin are saying the 19th now... hopefully have it by the weekend or early next week...
[Nexus 7 General] CloudDog23:
And by going mad you hope to achieve what exactly?
[Nexus 7 General] nigelw:
Ordered mine on the 28th, apart from the initial payment check, no further action on my CC. Spoke to Google on Saturday morning, they said my order will ship soon but they could not cancel it. Suggested I refuse delivery, but no idea if that means I incur the delivery charge.... which sort of defeats the object.
[Nexus 7 General] TaintedByte:
How is tomorrow the last day? They said it SHIPS in 2-3 weeks. 3 Weeks being the longest...

Orange = Week 1

Blue = Week 2

Purple = Week 3

That's just when it ships, you have to take into account that (most) shipping companies do not operate on weekends. Although that wasn't specifically pointed out by Google, so we won't take it into account this time.

If it's the 18th and someone pre-ordered while the I/O event was going on, then yes you can technically claim Google "lied"...
[Nexus 7 General] vossitch:
Anyone else notice the N7 is listed as 'Buy Now' instead of 'Pre-Order Now' on the play store? (UK)
[Nexus 7 General] mirror image:
I have no activity here in the UK either.

I asked this a few days ago but I don't think anybody responded, but if the funds are still on hold from your account and the item ships whilst they're on hold, will the amount just stay out of your account rather than go back in and be charged again? I ordered mine last Thursday and the full amount was taken right there and then and has remained that way ever since.
[Nexus 7 General] AndroidAlistair:
Asking for a shipping refund. :D
[Nexus 7 General] DagsJT:
So did HMV open and start selling N7's today?
[Nexus 7 General] mikereidis:
I can't find that URL. Anyone have a working link ?

I'm not sure it applies outside of the US. There was at least one Australian report that 2 day shipping doesn't apply there, despite it being on the receipt etc.

Basically, I'm not convinced Google properly "massages" it's messages for outside of the US.

"next 3 business days" indicates the end of the 2-3 week estimate.

But just because they say "...all preorders are scheduled to ship within the next 3 business days." I'm not convinced that means they WILL ship. If they meant WILL ship they should say that, not SCHEDULED to ship.

Overall I've come to doubt the "veracity" or perhaps even the "truthiness" of what Google posts about all this. I don't like weasel words.

AFAIK, "2-3 weeks" means "business weeks", which are more like a month, LOL.
[Nexus 7 General] glowworm62:
There were at least 4 people today posting their details (that I saw) but all seemed to be the 8GB model. Next batch might ship tomorrow at noon Sydney time, very unlikely that there will be any more tonight.

---------- Post added at 06:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:39 PM ----------

Add dots.

As we are being charged GST you can safely say that Google in Sydney is arranging our sales even if Google in Singapore is shipping them. As such it would be against the consumer laws to state otherwise.

Shipment is around the middle of this month and 1-3 weeks from order. Once shipped it will be by 2 day FedEx.
[Nexus 7 General] TaintedByte:
Here is that link, link-ified. :p

EDIT: I just actually read that for the first time and it looks like they threw it together as a "here's an official answer" sort of thing :P they said "they'll ship today" with no post date on the answer.
[Nexus 7 General] nusairh:
Weird Thing on Google Play

I got the mail with tracking # on friday. ordered 8G on 7/7.

bank is not charged (there was a pre-auth. which fell off 4-5 days afterwards) as of yet.

tracking no. is not working till now.

Weird thing is - PS orders page is showing 3 additional orders of three ebooks (all of them are free) dated 7/16.

Alice in Woderland, Three Muskateers and Treasure Island. Funny, 'coz I did'nt add them to my order and the page wasn't showing them till last night.
[Nexus 7 General] Krakkenbus:
I dont think so, I ordered on the 1st, no money was taken from my account but it was placed on hold. This stopped after about a week and the holding funds were released. No idea with what's happening in the UK, hopefully I'll be charged and shipped today.

Spoke to a chap from PC world who said the item was released today or will be later today. You cant pickup in store though, only from online.
[Nexus 7 General] TheDude1966:
They changed their availability date back the 19th again.
[Nexus 7 General] CMUK:
Currys UK Preorders

Just phoned up Currys UK and they said there getting stock in on thursday and a tracking number will be emailed then and the nexus 7 should be delivered on Friday :good:
[Nexus 7 General] morell2:
good new!;)
[Nexus 7 General] jabsys:
I hope they've got that wrong, since their website says 16th.
[Nexus 7 General] CMUK:
Didn't ask about that but he knew about the tracking technical fault, also another person phoned up and got the same response that it would be delivered Friday
[Nexus 7 General] tommillski:
Also had nothing yet in the UK. Disappointed as its the first piece of tech I've ever pre-ordered.

Feeling fairly optimistic about at least having a charge by the end of the day though
[Nexus 7 General] ktz84:
Yeah but when you click on the Buy Now the next screen says Ships soon, 1-2 weeks so nothing has changed there.
[Nexus 7 General] bisto321:
Think us UK peeps will see them tomorrow at the earliest. I am sure we would have heard from any early UK TNT deliveries by now.

Still not sure if I am going to accept the play store unit, no benefit over other retailers - costs more and have to pay for delivery.

Anyone know if they will refund postage if I refuse? Might give them a call.

Still excited about getting mine, but the lack of comms and the delivery charge (that I assumed meant that we would be the first to get it in the UK) has tainted it slightly.

Just a simple broadcast mail or localised website update (not hidden in shipping info!) would have sufficed.
[Nexus 7 General] adiliyo:
Google lied when they told me I couldn't cancel over a week ago because my tablet was in the process of shipping
[Nexus 7 General] Jonnyn93:
Actually buying from the play store has a few benefits, firstly they offer the best warranty, they will replace it immediately if your unit is faulty, broken. Also I was told by a rep there may be something extra for those people who feel like they have been cheated a bit( that's everyone who pre ordered)
[Nexus 7 General] bisto321:
I think they will be the same as HMV and have to revert to the 19th? Possibly a Google instruction.

I notice that ebuyer's date has now slipped to the 3rd of August, did they sell the batch of 500 expected on the 19th or have they been put to the back of the queue for being naughty? :)
[Nexus 7 General] TaintedByte:
Yeah that's not something I'm very happy about either (and the fact that they had no communication). I was addressing the specific claim that they are "late" on shipping.
[Nexus 7 General] dijonemon:
UK: Ordered 3rd July, no communication from Google, no charge on card, no estimated delivery date / shipping confirmation yet.

Kind of disappointed that actually I'd have been better off ordering it from a retailer than Google themselves as I chose Google Play over eBuyer because I expected delivery on the day it was made available to the resellers.

Having said that I'll cope with not having it for a few more days - here's hoping the Nexus experience is good enough that I won't care about the delay once it has arrived.
[Nexus 7 General] glowworm62:
One can hope that places like eBuyer and Sam's Club are now chastised by Google. The angst in this thread is mainly due to these people selling before they were allowed to.

This is the thing, these places have jumped the gun and broken the embargo.
[Nexus 7 General] Jonnyn93:
Hey guys/girls, hope fully tomorrow will be the day we get some sort of info. After speaking with a rep who I beleive to be honest, ( I've spoken to a lot of them) he told me a few things that have settled my mind. Because I was promised info by email yesterday, I said 'i understand you have gotten a lot of crap off people complaining and stuff probably shouting down the phone' he said yes we're all very stressed because in honesty it has nothing to do with us, we're just the messenger, 'so don't shoot us' he told me that multiple meetings are being held each day for a while now and that today the topic of the TNT delivery for the UK, and that all of our tablets are sitting in a warehouse down in London or where ever, after they got off the plane on Friday. You will get info in the next 2 days and he said 'I myself have spoken to a higher rep who passed messages on to the big guys who have taken into consideration what's going on and we do apologise, and that I'm sure you will be compensated for you're he inconvenience in some way.

If he was telling the truth, he seemed like a good guy though. We could even have them tomorrow, he said that the tracking numbers won't get sent to us till the device is actually on the truck, hence why we haven't heard anything yet. But let's hope for the best we might see some results tomorrow.

I know how eager everyone is at this point and also were dissappointed. But hopefully we won't be held up much longer.

Also in the UK 2 day shipping is more like 1 day shipping.
[Nexus 7 General] adiliyo:
I agree they aren't late, I feel they could have avoided a lot of this flack if they were a little more transparent with their customers, hopefully they address this next week or at least get their **** in order before their next product launch
[Nexus 7 General] jabsys:
But they put a £200 hold on your card, assuming you've got a spare £200 on it.

Seems odd to change the from 19th to the 16th, then change back to the 19th, this wouldn't be so bad if they made an offical statement about what was happening.

Also, how long does it take to fix their website, it's been broken for a week now.
[Nexus 7 General] antikryst:
for US orders... what time should we expect any update on the UPS tracking info. it should show something by monday. but what time can we expect it?

9am EST?
[Nexus 7 General] Flying180:
The problem is that there's been NO communication from Google. No "person" manages their twitter accounts, or e-mail accounts. Some reps have been helpful, but seriously it shouldn't have come to a multitude of phone calls to reps just to get SOME answers.

Fair enough that they are still within their "2-3 week timeline", but not being able to inform buyers of at least a better estimate is disgraceful. On their website for the last FIVE DAYS they've had "Ships Soon, 1-2 weeks" and "Shipping within 3-5 business days". How can we trust either of those conflicting statements??

Releasing an official statement like "All orders will be shipped between the 16th and 18th of July" is acceptable and good communication.

This is where they failed. I don't think it makes a difference if 1 or 2 outlets released the N7 first. Good on the people that were able to take advantage of that!

How hard is it for a Senior Manager within Google to release a one paragraph statement??
[Nexus 7 General] glowworm62:
It might not be until Wednesday when the delivery guy is knocking at your door. It actually comes down to the first time UPS run a barcode scanner over the item.

---------- Post added at 07:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:19 PM ----------

You mean like this one from Friday night?

When will my preorder ship?

We're now shipping Nexus 7 preorders. The first wave of orders are going out today and all preorders are scheduled to ship within the next 3 business days.

goo.gl/FA65j
[Nexus 7 General] bisto321:
Yes, I have heard both of those things.

The Google docs do show that the device is manufactured and under warranty with ASUS - I am sure PC world, HMV or any other reputable outlet will swap out devices - I have done this with a tablet at PC world before.

Anything past the first few months will probably get sent to ASUS for repair I would think? Hope I don't have to test anyone on this :)

Not sure what they will give us for "free" - it would need to be valued at £20+ to bring a purchase from play in line with other high street retailers.

Hope they do, but as others have stated, they have not done anything they said they wouldn't do - shipping mid July.

I think our perception was that an early purchase from play would bring preferential treatment, obviously not the case.
[Nexus 7 General] zetsurin:
Holding Funds

Have many people had this happen? When I placed my order, I could see at my bank that I had $319 "pledge funds" which seems to imply that the price of the 16GB + shipping (to Australia) was held funds. However, for the last few days I see no such money held from my account. Weird.
[Nexus 7 General] glowworm62:
This is normal for credit card authorisations.

When your number is entered in the seller has the choice of asking for a hold or a sale. If it's a sale then the money is moved out of your account and into theirs right away.

Google though only do an authorisation, a hold, when you place the order to verify your card. After 5 days the Aussie bank will lapse that and the funds will free up.

Google stated they will only really charge after the device ships. So once you have the shipping number from FedEx the bank will be hit again.

If you don't have the money anymore you will be charged a fee by your bank, so make sure you retain those free funds.
[Nexus 7 General] Flying180:
That's exactly it.

My point is, it came too late and wasn't released as a statement. It was just changed for all countries even though there are different time zones, different freight companies and different origin points. Apart from people within this thread, who is going to constantly refresh the support pages?
[Nexus 7 General] bisto321:
It is a long thread, but this has been discussed many times. You will get fully charged on or just after dispatch.

I think about 20% of this thread is about pre charge, 79% whining and speculation (me included) and 1% facts and actual news.

It is fu**ing funny though.
[Nexus 7 General] Dirtbound:
Didn't mean to have a critical tone... It's Coordinated Universal Time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time
[Nexus 7 General] wasscomedy:
Hahahaha!... That's me after going Ziplining... At the moment, I didn't think it was gonna come out as"happy"as it did... I wouldn't let my girlfriend post it on facebook but I still have it... Lol
[Nexus 7 General] zagazeta:
I'm so happy i ordered on the 27th :cyclops:

First waavee :highfive:
[Nexus 7 General] stunndd:
That is very strange. I "tried" to do the EXACT same thing. However they didn't cancel my first order placed on the 27th and I reordered on the 3rd. I'm moving out on the 19th that is why I tried to cancel. Turns out their mess up was a HUGE benefit to me. So now they are canceling my second order. YAY
[Nexus 7 General] Kitten Mittens:
Same here since I ordered on the 2nd. I'm hoping what they mean is that they are processing orders in waves and orders placed by the 1st have already been processed, but all pre-orders will arrive at the same time.
[Nexus 7 General] Gibsonflyingv:
ITS SHIPPINNNNGGGGGG
[Nexus 7 General] raycpe:
I called google this morning and was told all pre-orders from the play store are shipping together.
[Nexus 7 General] armyboy11b:
They going in waves
[Nexus 7 General] Landara:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28437717#post28437717
[Nexus 7 General] Beta Max:
please oh please

I hope delivery is based somewhat on location because we have huge cargo planes flying from mainland/bay area everyday. Anxiously awaiting in Honolulu.
[Nexus 7 General] mewantnexus7:
Here's a pic of me opening my nexus 7:
[Nexus 7 General] stunndd:
As long as they all ship and are delivered by the 19th. :D
[Nexus 7 General] rmm200:
Here again, depending on what rumor you believe:

First wave is currently sitting in distribution centers close to the buyer.

They are only waiting for the signal - from Australia for some reason...

When they Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war, you should have your tablet in two days.
[Nexus 7 General] armyboy11b:
+1 lol
[Nexus 7 General] ACCUSED24:
I believe that will be all of us
[Nexus 7 General] wasscomedy:
Woh....
[Nexus 7 General] P1 Wookie:
I just thought of something...if I receive my Galaxy Nexus and my Nexus 7 in the same day...WHAT DO I DO?!
[Nexus 7 General] armyboy11b:
I be live in the wave thing...its kinda obvious really..from the 27th - 1st u can't change or cancel ****..and after those dates your still able to..

So that's why I think their going in waves :)
[Nexus 7 General] demandarin:
use message/txt alert from your bank for google amount for nexus

I'm betting on this also. plus already posts of Google CS saying they all shipped at same time if preordered before release date.

I just got off the phone with my bank. I was trying to see if Google had any payments scheduled to hit my account again. since first pending charge disappeared. I ordered on the 1st. actually. plus my bank said they gave google authorization on the 1st. since it was a Sunday, all weekend orders are processed Monday night. which is why my Google reciept shows June 2nd. anyways, don't forget wed. was July the 4th. so everyone lost 1 day of processing. she said it could hit my account again after tonight or definitely by Friday. but moral of all this is that she said I can just set up an email/txt alert for my account for a certain amount of money. once that amount shows up on my account again, I will get a txt and/or email letting me know a transaction for that amount was made. whether pending or the actual charge. so that's what I just finished doing. so i will get immediately alerted on my phone once the Google charge amount for the nexus 7 comes through again.
[Nexus 7 General] ACCUSED24:
Throw money at Google
[Nexus 7 General] glowworm62:
It came the day they started shipping. In the middle of July just as they promised.

By Wednesday everyone who preordered will have received an email with their shipping details and by Friday it will be in everyone's hands.

On Friday the embargo is also lifted for the retail stores and they are allowed to

officially

sell the thing to people who walk into their stores.

What more do you want? Seriously?
[Nexus 7 General] bisto321:
My delivery charge refunded.

Oh, and a nice new nexus case made from unicorn skin, in a box woven from silk moth larvae on a bed of pig feathers.

But seriously, refund the delivery Google.

And the case please :)
[Nexus 7 General] librab103:
It depends on what is going on! If UPS actually has the boxes then in the next hour or so you would see them on trucks for delivery or in transit! If Google still has them in a warehouse then I wouldn't expect anything to change until afternoon evening PST
[Nexus 7 General] njackson-uk:
@jtc42 What annoyed me is that Ebuyer's had it first, I have no problem about it arriving whilst I'm on Holiday (as other people in the house to pick up), but the fact that Ebuyers got it super early is what is annoying.
[Nexus 7 General] ajg74:
I know I said ealier that I didn't want any hysterics from UK users until after 1pm but I am just curious to know how long after Google's HO opened on Friday did our Amercian cousins start seeing charges on their cards??