iPhone orders at online Apple Store see 2-4 week delays

My phone which was slated to ship by the 13th now says "prepared to ship". Anyone know how long it will be "prepared to ship"?

Anyways, looks like it might actually be shipped before the 13th, or at least my fingers are crossed!

I ordered mine 36 minutes after the Apple website came back up. My phone isn't going to ship until July 13. I ordered a case for it 2 hours later and it has already shipped. I guess I can carry my empty case around until my Iphone comes in a week later :(

Got this frmo the Apple team today, about my order that was placed on July 3rd:
To Our Valued Apple Customer:


Good news! We're happy to let you know your iPhone will ship by July 20th,
2007. Visit Order Status for the most
current information on your order. iPhone orders will ship in the order they
were placed. We're working hard to ship your iPhone as soon as possible. Thank
you again for shopping on the online Apple Store.

Sincerely,
The Apple Store Team

Thanks Scott. Good to know. I wonder how many iPhones were ordered between 6:10 and 8:45 because obviously that's what's going to determine how long it takes for mine to get here.

I ordered mine 8:10 Central time... So the online store had been back up for about 10 minutes...

scott, when did you order your iphone?

Now my device is listed as "prepared to ship" It has been my experience that when apple says prepare to ship, its on its way out the door.

So they are three days ahead of the Ship by July 6th...

Maybe you don't have that long to wait...

Scott

Lucky!

I got my updated information and said this:

Ship by: July 13th
Delivered by: July 17th

Darn! I guess I'll be waiting a little longer. Serves me right for waiting until 8:45 Friday night to order mine. Oh well...

HEy!! My shipping date just got updated...

Ship July 6th...
Delivered July 10-12

I had heard these dates would be updated on the 4th of July, but mine already has...

Can't wait...

fyi everyone . . . i just wanted to let you know that you can order up to 4 online . . . i think apple is using ip tracking to limit the orders . . . i ordered 2 from my office and thought i made a mistake so i ordered another 2 from home . . . got my confirmations a couple of hours later for both orders . . just wrote about my experience if want to check it out . . . mrgarylee dot com . . .