No expedited shipping for Europeans

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Having the delay on Macs is one thing since there's the option of getting it in a store.

Having no option for fast shipping on iPhoto book/card/calendar orders is a pain. You have to usually allow 3-5 days for printing and the same again for shipping. Makes that 'thoughtful' remembrance of a recent event just a little less timely.

I'm in the UK. Last year I ordered PowerMac G5 & it took 2 days. A couple of weeks ago I ordered a MacBook Pro & it arrived the next day! :D

The last 2 Macs I've bought I've rung up & ordered them over the phone rather than ordering them online. Both times when ordering I asked how long they would take to arrive & both times the Apple sales person said the'yd put them on priority order for me & also 'see what they could do on the price'. They knocked off £54 off the PowerMac & £60 off the MacBook Pro's recommended prices.

I'd definately recommend ordering over the phone! :D

What's confusing me is that Apple's US store is shipping to the UK at all? I thought that Apple wouldn't ship outside the 50 United States (except US forces/territories). It'd be great if they did, because $1189 (the UK price for a Macbook before tax) is a bit steep compared with the $1099 payed by a US resident (again, before tax)...

I just moved from Europe to the US, we do have other shipping options in the EU. Don't confuse the UK with the EU mainland.

The UK has it own shipping and currency.

The EU shipping headquarters are located in Ireland and use of course Euros compared to the UK which still uses it's British Pounds.

People from EU mainland ordering have mostly overnight to 2-3 days shipping

I ordered my MacBook some days ago, and the Apple Store website tells me, that they'll use "Fast Ship (EMEA)" as shipping method and pretends that it will be delivered one day after they ship it. (I live in Germany.)
See http://hd.zakx.de/shipping.png.

Just to add to my point (and the debate) shipping anything in the UK usually sucks badly, it's not unique to Apple.

Shipping from the (online) Apple store has forced me to never use them again*. Tardy, hard to track, and goods get sent between depots and go missing most of the time IME.

Europe waited for iTMS, and it's waiting for recycling/refunded old Apple equipment. It trails behind for quite a bit one way or another...

*I would use the APple Store Regent Street if needed, but tend to use resellers.

Generally whenever I have ordered from Apple they have used TNT for their carrier in the UK.

If I need stuff quickly (and it is in stock) I use another supplier and get it next day before 10am.

I only usually order from Apple if a) it is new in which case there is usually a delay anyhow or b) a CTO

I ordered my Macbook the day it was released and it arrived exactly 1 week later. They did estimate that it would arrive by June 3rd though which I was annoyed with when I first ordered it!