Someone please place an order and let us know what the date you get when you order now is -- I want to order but I am going to be away for 5 days and fear it would come then ....

Any iPad ordered today will ship by May 7th, and I think it is safe to say, it would not ship much sooner. If they ship it and the person is not there to sign for it, they will leave a notice to call the local shipper and arrange pickup or deleivery.

The issue I see, is that they only promise to ship in April. If so, then a May 1 delivery is very possible until we get concrete info.

I got the "late April" E-mail too - ordered on 3/12. Given that the 23rd is "Earth Day", and I wouldn't count the iPad as "green", I'm betting on shipments starting on the 27th, to arrive by the 30th - ie: late April. Also note that my CC has not been hit for the iPad - all of the accessories, yes, but not the iPad.

Originally Posted by Seadog

Any iPad ordered today will ship by May 7th, and I think it is safe to say, it would not ship much sooner. If they ship it and the person is not there to sign for it, they will leave a notice to call the local shipper and arrange pickup or delivery.

The issue I see, is that they only promise to ship in April. If so, then a May 1 delivery is very possible until we get concrete info.

anyone know how long the shippers hold things?

Just checked my credit card online tonight and I've got a pending charge for the 3g ipad and the shipping charges... looks promising!