Why does apple products take so long to ship?

My friend order the new iphone 5 yesterday and it said 3-4 weeks and when I order the new ipod touch today it said it should come in by Nov 26-28. I mean is this true if it is then it takes way to long to get the apple products. We live in Atlanta

They are on backorder, they likely will only take about a week to ship from their china manufacturing company, but since there's so much demand, there are a heck of a lot of people ahead of you that have also ordered them.

Because of the bad economy (sarcasm) and no one having a job, they are sold out and all on back order now.

I just wanted to make a political statement, but the part about them being sold out and on back order is correct.

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