I can't say that I'm not bitter after standing in line for nearly 3 hours and then being turn away. That being said, it was my choice to go to that store on this opening day for a product that is by no means a necessity for me.
Still, I wish the store manager was more organized and had vouchers ready at 3:30 PM when the line was already past 150 people long.
The other issue that stings is that through the window I saw MANY people being 2 or 3 ipads. They should have limited it to one per customer. Oh well, hopefully in month I can pick one up.
After seeing lines at the Apple store a hundred deep at 10:00AM, I tried Best Buy. The Best Buy I went to was incredibly organized. And for multiple unit buyers, they made sure everyone got one first, then allowed extras to be bought. I picked an out of the way store (Hamburg New York near Buffalo), got there at 4:00 and was 7th in line. I was out by 5:05PM and, as I said, they were completely organized and processed people quickly. I got an AT&T 64GB black and everyone seemed to get what they were looking for.
Of course, for you being from NYC, there probably is no such thing as an "out of the way" anything.