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Walmart to Offer New iPad Beginning at 12:01 AM Local Time
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Kudos to Walmart for releasing the products exactly on March 16th! Meanwhile, the people who pre-ordered have to sit back and wait for Mr. or Mrs. Brown or the Funky Chickens from FedEx. I am not a huge advocate of Walmart, but they will get this product into the hands of customers before anybody else! Furthermore, the Apple experience at a 24 Hour Wal-Mart would be classic! You know you want too!
People who buy their iPads from Walmart, please post pix so the rest of us can drool all over our keyboards etc!
People who buy their iPads from Walmart, please post pix so the rest of us can drool all over our keyboards etc!
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It is so much fun to ask them questions like, "Is the Continum Transfunctioner on that Blu-ray player integrated or not?"
They usually look at me like I am stupid and tell me, they are only working at Walmart to help pay for their PhD in Computer Science. Then, they give me a lecture on why it makes no difference as to why the DAC is not on the same chip as the DSP.
They close down for six hours to wax the floor and have their patented Walmart Employee Strip Parties.
I don't see how everyone knows what their store will have. I just stopped by mine in person and they told me they won't have any way of knowing what models they will have until later tonight. I am not sure whether to bother coming out here at midnight or go to the Verizon store one town over at 7:00. I have a hard time believing my little town Walmart will have a 64gb Verizon model but the guy said they get all the different models. Ugh. Last time I procrastinate like this.
I think a case is four six packs. That would be 24. That is how it works for beer. I see no reason why there would be any difference between beer and iPads. (There may be a slight price differential.)
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Must suck to work in electronics right now at Walmart. They are prob getting the same calls over and over...
Must suck to work in electronics right now at Walmart. They are prob getting the same calls over and over...
More like they didn't pay for tv ads etc to avoid crazy crowds. Those that really really want to get one will either be regular shoppers that saw signs up when they went to ask or called in to find out. Since the stores are open anyway it's not going to really cost Walmart anymore to start sales then.
As for Apple. If the rules are you don't start until they do then that is the rule. Break it and the 5 each you got for launch is all you will get. All any store will get. Apple is real funny like that
That would be exactly why they wouldn't be broadcasting like crazy that they have them or when they are going to start sales.
Was that a joke? If not, wow! If yes, I did not think others had my strange sense of humor. Are we related?
Was at my super center just now. They have no idea what kind or how many they will have.
There wasn't anything close to a line forming so I'll call there around 9 and see what the story is. I want a 64 gig of any flavor.
There wasn't anything close to a line forming so I'll call there around 9 and see what the story is. I want a 64 gig of any flavor.
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Just called my 2 local Walmarts, neither will have them out for midnight.
Just called my 2 local Walmarts, neither will have them out for midnight.
Looks like the guy who "originally" posted this thread was right. Not to mention all the people that said no way, never, are wrong congrats to the Real OP Jacoblee.
I'm okay with FedEx. At Midnight I'll be asleep so I can get up for work in the morning. I'll go to work, come home, see the FedEx package waiting for me and see it then. But kudos to Walmart for their strategy to snag a few sales.
I'm still on the fence about heading to walmart tonight. Both the walmarts in my town will be selling them at 12:01, BUT....I dont know...it seems like a bad idea.
I spoke to the store manager, who was nice enough to open their ipad shipment and let me know the quantity and models they have. I was so excited, I didnt think of asking about security or anything like that.
I spoke to the store manager, who was nice enough to open their ipad shipment and let me know the quantity and models they have. I was so excited, I didnt think of asking about security or anything like that.
