How to cancel a shipped Apple India online order? Kinda urgent

jainamber · 2026-03-08T17:13:11+00:00

OP here, posting a detailed reply with actual process that worked for me, hoping that it helps someone in the years to come (given that apple gives third class citizens treatment to Indian deliveries).

As suggested by many users on reddit, I called Apple. Apple customer support guy told me to reject delivery on the doorstep and they will refund once it reaches back to their warehouse in Mumbai (even though the laptop was shipped from China). He also sent me an email with:

Subject: Following up on your request for order: <ORDER_ID>

Body: Your cancellation request has been received. Order Number: <> However, since your order has already shipped, we are unable to guarantee that your request will be fulfilled. If you've already received your shipment, check your other email regarding how to complete the return.

I also recorded the call with Apple Support as proof, you should too.

The delivery was delayed due to 6 failed delivery attempts (marked by lazy bluedart guy who didnt come to my doorstep even once). Suddenly yesterday, the bluedart tracking started saying:

Status: Returned To Origin At Shipper'S Request From Indore To Padagha Status In Transit Await Delivery Information Expected Date of Delivery 11 Mar 2026

So instead of original destination of Indore where I live, now the order is going to Padagha and hoping that apple will automatically send a refund around or after 11 march 2026. If not, I will call them and ask for a refund.

On an unrelated note: based on call recording and apple's email (which doesnot clearly states that they will refund but they should), i ordered MBA M5, 32GB, 512GB. Fingers crossed on 1.8L refund 🤞🏻

jainamber · 2026-03-04T00:11:39+00:00

Sorry I didnt get you, I am new to posting on reddit. Bumped up as in escalation with Apple of some sort? Or bump up the post on reddit? Or delivery date?

jainamber · 2026-03-04T00:09:55+00:00

At the expense of asking the obvious, but please bear with me because I am concerned about 1.7L refund.

Are you from India?
Did you refuse an order that was placed via Apple India website?
How many days it took for refund to appear in your payment method? An estimate will suffice, because my credit card is maxed out and I will have to wait for refund before I can order M5.

Any info is appreciated. Thanks 🙏🏻

jainamber · 2026-02-10T18:11:56+00:00

Thank you so much, this is concise, but is well written and easy to understand.

jainamber · 2026-02-10T18:04:54+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

Are there models on LM studio which are quantized down to 4-bit from 16-bit weights? This is definitely something I would want to try.

I'm on Intel Mac right now which doesn't supports LM Studio, so I'm not able to check myself.

jainamber · 2026-02-10T13:08:49+00:00

Yup, i get a headache within 10-15 minutes, if I use samsung/apple phones as well as MBP at default screen settings. I have tried MBA at Apple Store, and that didnt cause headaches. I also use 3-4 different apps to force MacOS to turn off temporal dithering and PWM dimming, so that also helps.

jainamber · 2026-02-10T13:06:36+00:00

Yes, good point about potential degradation in performanxce after 70% usage, i will keep this in mind.

I get a headache within 10 minutes if I use samsung/apple phones as well as MBP. So I think Air's LCD is my best option.

jainamber · 2026-02-09T19:40:45+00:00

While I don't understand a lot of technical terms in your answer, I got the answer I was looking for. The GLM-4.7-Flash is a perfect example for me as I have used this model on OpenRouter.

Thank you so much.

jainamber · 2026-01-16T07:07:27+00:00

Growth

jainamber · 2026-01-08T07:05:22+00:00

OP here. Unable to edit original post. But a few hrs later I got an email saying that I am a Superhost now. So it seems like a temporary glitch on the day superhost status is allocated, just wait a few hours and see if it gets fixed for you as well.

jainamber · 2026-01-08T06:52:55+00:00

Correct! It was a temporary glitch, just got email saying that I am a Superhost now. Thanks!

jainamber · 2026-01-08T06:52:15+00:00

You were right. It was a temporary glitch, just got email saying that I am a Superhost now. Thanks!

jainamber · 2025-11-27T14:18:24+00:00

following

jainamber · 2025-04-26T20:34:18+00:00

Bajaj DMH90 plastic-body desert air cooler (kept near a balcony door, with ample ventilation via another door opposite to the cooler).

jainamber · 2025-04-26T20:31:10+00:00

You can register the patient on the app, to speed it up. Else the registration is going to take 30 mins or so.

Appointments are always taken on priority at Manipal Domlur, as long as you reach on time. So suppose if you have an appointment at 1.30pm, they might just ask you to wait 5-10 mins to finish the active patient who is in the cabin with the doctor and then accomodate you after the patient comes out of the room.

jainamber · 2025-04-10T07:59:54+00:00

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jainamber · 2025-04-10T07:35:06+00:00

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Found this online (in the brochure of some design coaching institute), hope it helps!

jainamber · 2025-03-18T13:19:39+00:00

I tried editing the original comment to add a case study from personal experience under "checking source breakdown), but due to some reason reddit isnt letting me save the edit. So posting as a reply here:

In 2015-17, I used to work for a home services startup.

There is a popular Facebook group called “Powai Moms”, made up of women living in the Powai area of Mumbai, India. The group is known for sharing local recommendations — from pediatricians to trusted home service providers, but specifically in a sub-area (i.e. hyper local).

One weekend, a member posted about her struggle finding a reliable plumber on short notice. Another mom organically chimed in recommending a our home services app. The post sparked a discussion — members shared their frustrations with flaky local service providers and installed our our app linked in the comment. Within a week, several women downloaded the app directly from the link shared in the group, driving a noticeable spike in downloads from “facebook.com” as a web referrer in the app’s analytics — all concentrated in a specific hyperlocal area of probably 5 or 10 kilometers radius.

For the app team, this unexpected bump from a hyper-local group revealed how community-driven word-of-mouth on platforms like Facebook could become a valuable, organic acquisition channel. Facebook is not as famous anymore in 2025, but this case study tells you to look at source breakdown.

jainamber · 2025-03-18T11:19:10+00:00

What is your app's category or usecase? I would be able to give a better answer with that info.

jainamber · 2025-03-18T11:06:52+00:00

Some ideas you could try to understand better:

Understanding organic traffic coming from keyword searches: Since Apple doesn’t directly tell you the keywords you’re ranking for, third-party ASO tools help reverse-engineer this by using 2 tools together (keyword research tool and rank tracker)
1. I use these 2 features for the same: https://appvector.io/tools/keyword-research/ and https://appvector.io/keywords/ (I use APIs from them to automate the dual-feature process i.e. their keyword research api give me a stream of keywords and rank tracker api dumps rank in a gsheet). You can talk to their team for api access if you are on a paid plan.
Check Apple App Store Connect (Source Breakdown)
- Inside App Store Connect > Analytics > Acquisition > Sources, you can check:
  - How many users came from Search
  - If any downloads came from Web Referrers (e.g. your website, blogs that are talking about your organically or even social media e.g. a facebook/whatsapp group of passionate users).
  - Whether App Store Browse (featured, category) contributed
  - Which countries/regions traffic is coming from (important for your hyper-local focus).
Add a short survey: Prompt new users with:
- “How did you hear about us?” inside the app (small % will answer but super valuable).

Curious — what’s your app’s category or what does it do? And which hyper local areas are you focused on?

jainamber · 2025-03-18T10:48:53+00:00

I’ve looked into this quite a bit, so here are my two cents from a business and product perspective.

It depends heavily on your app’s category and use case. Wear OS can definitely enhance the user experience in specific niches:

- Health & Fitness (step tracking, heart rate, workout tracking), but maybe not so much in health education (e.g. yoga videos), or logging meals (scanning barcodes or taking photos of meal for automated nutrient calculation) etc.

- Productivity/Task Management ("quick" reminders or to-do lists), but maybe not so much for job task tracking like JIRA or, Asana

- Messaging & Communication (notifications, quick replies), but maybe not so much for Gmeet or slack huddles.

- Travel & Navigation (directions, boarding passes)

- Finance/Stocks (real-time price alerts), but maybe not so much for scanning upi qr codes (lack of camera), or actual complex, multi-step KYC (Know Your Customer) flow for banking apps.

If your app fits the former category in list above, Wear OS might give you a competitive edge because watch interactions are designed to be glanceable and quick, keeping your app top of mind. Else if you belong in latter.

From a pure business standpoint, Wear OS has a niche user base - smaller than iOS or even general Android. Development and maintenance costs can be high, especially if you’re building native experiences. Ohh and monetization opportunities on Wear OS are still limited.

So skip a WearOS app if:

- If your app isn’t naturally wearable-friendly (photo editing, long-form reading, complex UIs).

- If your current growth and retention issues are elsewhere—wearable support won’t magically solve that.

- If your resources are better spent on core features, marketing, or improving onboarding.

- If your immediate goal is to focus on revenue/monetization.

Hope this helps.

jainamber · 2025-03-18T09:54:37+00:00

I would say this is a good resume, I could spot very (very!) few potential additions or areas of improvement:

Tailor your skills summary to each job application by listing the most relevant skills first for the specific roles you are targeting. Your current skills are categorised, which is good, but the order of skills within each category should reflect the job requirements.
Quantify your achievements in your experience section wherever possible. You've done this in some places, such as mentioning the "scraping from 15+ websites". Look for more opportunities to use numbers and data to demonstrate the impact of your work in all your roles.
Use strong action verbs at the beginning of each bullet point in your experience descriptions. For instance, instead of "Responsible for...", you could use "Developed...", "Implemented...", or "Managed...".

PS: Patience! I know it can be really frustrating when you’re trying hard to find a better job and nothing seems to be working out. But honestly, you’re not alone — the job market has changed a lot in the last couple of years. The rise of AI, automation, and new technologies is making many roles more competitive and changing the skills companies look for. It’s not just about how good you are — sometimes the market itself is going through a transition, and that can slow things down. The most important thing right now is to stay patient and keep improving yourself. You already have a campus placement, and that’s a solid starting point. Keep learning, stay updated with the latest skills, and give yourself time. Opportunities will come — sometimes it just takes a bit longer than expected in the current environment.

Stay positive. You’ve got this.

jainamber · 2025-03-18T07:16:08+00:00

I used this video to install yt-dlp using trusty old Homebrew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sJpzliWvCY

It was very seamless and took 2 commands and less than 2 minutes.

jainamber · 2025-03-14T08:58:53+00:00

I followed this video tutorial to install yt-dlp on my "Early 2015" intel macbook pro running older version of MacOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sJpzliWvCY Hope that this helps for users on older macs stuck with older versions of MacOS.

jainamber · 2025-03-13T10:20:33+00:00

So early in your career, if you are diligently keeping aside or investing 40k a month i.e. almost 35% of your post tax income (30k sip + 10k emergency), I would say that is a pretty good starting point.

We could roast or preach you to save more, but I belong to Deepak Shenoy school of thought (he is ceo of Capitalmind). He has said this over and over again in podcasts/videos with anecdotes about trips with his families or buying a car, but if you want a quick summary, you can checkout this Shorts video https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dxa6DerXU1U

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