Shouldn't Apple be shipping their Apple TVs in bulk into a warehouse somewhere in the US first?
Normally, "smart tech companies" wouldn't ship one unit via Fedex everytime someone goes down to Apple.com and buy a unit...
Apple should have a warehouse somewhere, probably the West Coast of the States, where all the freight shipments should land to.
From there, the Logistics people should sort the units out and bring it to the various places. From the Retail outlets to the online purchase-makers. Of course, these will come in the form of many trucks and vans, not just one for all...
So, the "one day" could just be from [insert name of state here] to your doorstep, assuming you're from the US.
I could be wrong, but that's what I assume most companies would do to be logistically efficient.
-Ronald from Singapore
I ordered a Apple TV 160GB unit on Apple.ca on June 4th, 2007 and promptly received an email indicating the unit was picked up by Fedex in SHENZHEN,CN. I knew Apple was shipping cutting edge technology. But WOW!! Apple just sharpened the thin side of the blade by shipping the latest greatest technology direct from China to your door air overnight. Cutting the factory to customer time down 1 day!! Good on you Apple!!

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