apple charged my bank account today for my 64gb ipad.

I guess we will have them next weekend

Still nothing yet for me...but i waited a couple days to order.

Checked my account, I've been charged for my iPad 16gb.

Lucky! I got the 16GB+3G...it's going to be a while until my account gets charged.

checked mine - nothing yet

Mine just went thru! Yay!

Just checked, I have not been charged yet. Did everyone who has been charged order on day 1?

I am driving my wife nutz!

I am talking about getting my IPAD all the time and my wife is just sort of eh...

The problem is she is the brains of the outfit, so after I show her how to get it up and running the first time, I will most likely fall behind her in understanding all the cool settings and options.

I will check tonight if it is charged, but I ordered 2 64G wi-fi at 5:36 on the first pre-order day so I am pretty confident that it will be charged.

charge went thru today too! ordered day 1! bring it on

I ordered mine March 14th

Hey...my account just got charged and I ordered the 16GB+3G! Whats up with that?

A bunch of other people are reporting their accounts are being charged, including 3G orders...and some called Apple and the automated system is telling them that their order is being prepared for shipment.

iPad shipments getting started. Apple charging credit cards. 3G too! | 9 to 5 Mac

I was notified today by e-mail and logged into my bank account to see that it was around 5PM EST. I was e-mailed only after setting a notification filter for the charge on my account, that way I knew the minute it was ready to go.

You can also check your online order status at any time by going to Apple web site go to the "Store" menu bar icon, then clicking account and then go under "Order Status" and after logging in you will be shown your order and status.

Mine says not yet shipped, no email from my Apple account, but yet my bank certainly knows and now I know too.

Opps Edit; I forgot to say Yes, I ordered mine day one and its listed in the Official Pre Order List thread on this forum.

Same Here

Hey I just checked again and it was Charged!!!!

Are they charging your card or are they just pre-authorizing? I checked my credit card (Chase if that matters) and I have a pending charge that must be the iPad but my current balance does not reflect the iPad purchase. My available balance has gone down, but as far as I can tell the card hasn't been charged yet.

More info.

My account was pre-authorized as well. I called the automated system and was told my items were being prepared for shipment.

I remember pre-ordering one of the first gen Macbook Pros a few years back, I can tell you that when the "Cancel items" is grayed-out on your Apple Order Status page, its basically on its way.

Even though my account has been pre-authorized, the "Cancel items" link is still available... when it gets grayed-out, its time to get really excited!