Why does everyone keep saying can't blame them, it's Apple's fault for not telling 3rd party accessory makers their plans for their device? All these companies are making money making accessories and should be testing these things before shipping out. It was their choice to start manufacturing them without having an actual device to test it on - to be first to market. But as soon as the iPad was available, they should have tested it right away. It's a 2 second test to see if the thing even works as advertised. What's even more shocking is there isn't even a magnet to be had on these things. So, they didn't even put magnets in there in the first place! So, my gut is telling me they knew full well that that feature would not work. But still advertised it.
Anyway, sorry for the rant. I have a defective one on the way and a replacement should be following shortly thereafter. I'm going to give the case a try still, but you people who keep saying "who cares if the magnets work or not", these people (including myself) bought it under the assumption that it would!