Non US iPad 2 Owners

I say this only half-joking: Wait your darn turn!

People throughout the US that want them can't get their hands on them due to all the shady exporters with no jobs getting in line first and buying all the AT&T 3G models to send overseas...

I expect to hear soon the international launch gets pushed back due to "unexpected, incredible demand" in the US. That means you're not only making it harder for the people here who want to buy these models, but making it so people in your own country will have to wait even longer before the official roll out

The New England region is way too large and tech-savvy to have gotten such a small allocation of iPads! I've scoured nearly a dozen Apple stores, and every Walmart, Target, and Best Buy in a 100+ mile radius. Nothing. Not even a crappy 16GB white iPad with Verizon service. But then you read about these redneck towns in the south with dozens sitting idle on the shelves because nobody knows what the heck they are...

Probably didn't help that PAX East started in Boston on 3/11, so 70,000 extra people (ALL gaming and tech geeks) were in the area, and I know many of them waited in line and bought iPads that would've went to the locals otherwise.

Yeah I'm bitter... My iPad will likely arrive close to May at this rate. I'll go back under my rock now

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I bought a 16gb wifi because I didn't want to wait for the Canadian release

People throughout the US that want them can't get their hands on them due to all the shady exporters with no jobs getting in line first and buying all the AT&T 3G models to send overseas...

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That is exactly the boat I am in. Not a SINGLE store in the DC area has any in stock. Ordering online is hopeless at this point with 4-5 week wait times.

Canadian here, ordered a 32GB White WiFi at 4:03 AM last Friday - arriving in New Jersey today, where a friend will ship it back to me and hopefully I'll have it by Friday.

I crossed over from Canada on Monday to try picking one up, but I had no luck. I'm going to try again tomorrow, but that'll be my last time. If I don't get one then I'll be waiting for the Canadian release.

At first I feared that the international releases might be delayed, as someone else had commented, but I don't think this will be the case. From what I've read over the past few days, Apple stores seem to be receiving mostly Verizon stock, with little-to-no AT&T. To me, this suggests that Apple is diverting stock of the GSM models so that they can sell them for the international releases.

With the low stock and high demand evidenced this week, I think it's possible that Apple will cut the number of countries the iPad is launching in next week, but I expect that at least some of them will still have a launch on the 25th.

I'm out in Asia, the land of the gray market. I've already seen plenty priced at 2x retail value. Some irrational urge to buy it anyway. Turns out though that a friend of mine in the US managed to snag two today. Hopefully mine will come in the mail sometime next week.