Waiting for my MacBook Pro

I ordered a 17" MBP on March 10th.
It is still in transit. Started out in China,
but now I checked FedEx website. It says,
"Shipment Exception ...NARITA-SHI JP Delay beyond our control"
Anyone know what this means?
It's supposed to arrive March 25, but I don't know anymore.
I paid for two day shipping.
And another thing: why in the world are Macs built in China?
I thought they came from Cupertino,CA.

So a plane crashing, catching on fire, people dying is called "Delay beyond our control" ?????
Well, on the subject - I originally ordered a stock 17" on march 5th. I woke up on March 10th and decided I wanted the Ant-Glare screen, a 2.93ghz processor upgrade, and the 7200rpm drive - so I canceled my order and re-placed the order March 10th at 5am. It arrived yesterday. ( interesting that we have the same order date ). Wonder how many hundreds of laptops are "delayed beyond control" - I would imagine they ship them by the pallet load.
teresita wrote:
I ordered a 17" MBP on March 10th.
It is still in transit. Started out in China,
but now I checked FedEx website. It says,
"Shipment Exception ...NARITA-SHI JP Delay beyond our control"
Anyone know what this means?
It's supposed to arrive March 25, but I don't know anymore.
I paid for two day shipping.
And another thing: why in the world are Macs built in China?
I thought they came from Cupertino,CA.

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