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Apple Store: "We will also be opening early tomorrow (3/16) morning"

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nickpro

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Jun 11, 2007
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So I showed up at around 7:00 AM at my local Apple Store this morning and got in line behind about 20 people. About 5 minutes later an Apple employee came out and announced that there would be no iPads today. The only reason I showed up was because another employee from the same store told me that they would be opening early (to presumably sell iPads, though he didn't explicitly say that).

A bit ago I decided to call the same store again and see what their response to this would be and to my surprise was told to "check back tomorrow and we will also be opening early like today".

Obviously she didn't confirm that they would have them in tomorrow, but I am interpreting this to mean that they screwed up today and would definitely have them in tomorrow. I really can't see them opening early on a second day in a row and not having them. Thoughts?
 
nickpro said:
So I showed up at around 7:00 AM at my local Apple Store this morning and got in line behind about 20 people. About 5 minutes later an Apple employee came out and announced that there would be no iPads today. The only reason I showed up was because another employee from the same store told me that they would be opening early (to presumably sell iPads, though he didn't explicitly say that).

A bit ago I decided to call the same store again and see what their response to this would be and to my surprise was told to "check back tomorrow and we will also be opening early like today".

Obviously she didn't confirm that they would have them in tomorrow, but I am interpreting this to mean that they screwed up today and would definitely have them in tomorrow. I really can't see them opening early on a second day in a row and not having them. Thoughts?
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Same thing happened to me this morning, the worker came out an told us that they were supposed to get it Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, so to come back tomorrow.

I'd like to hope that I can get my iPad and put this all the rest, but I have a sinking feeling that the 9AM is a general opening for the whole iPad roll out, and not specifically to allow new shipments to be sold to people on a line.
 
I think many of these employees who are telling people to come back early are in anticipation of receiving stock. When they don't receive stock, they are stuck, so I see this trend of "check back tomorrow" reoccurring over the next few weeks.
 
The Westfarms store said they were opening early for the rest of the week. I wasn't lined up there this morning, but someone else posted from there that they had zero iPads this morning.
 
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They pulled the same stunt at the mall I went to...

Showed up at 8:00 am and was one of the first in line and told everybody to line up with no guarantee at all of any iPads in-stock.

They said the daily shipment should come by noon but the iPad 2 may not even be in the shipment.

So happy I decided to wait the couple of hours because around 11:30 they came out and announced there were very few limited iPads to sell.

Picked up a white Verizon 32GB and went home a happy person.
 
No. I'm not waiting around every morning if they may or may not have them. It's silly they're opening early for a product they don't have. Good luck to everyone who does wait.
 
Middiebear said:
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They pulled the same stunt at the mall I went to...

Showed up at 8:00 am and was one of the first in line and told everybody to line up with no guarantee at all of any iPads in-stock.

They said the daily shipment should come by noon but the iPad 2 may not even be in the shipment.

So happy I decided to wait the couple of hours because around 11:30 they came out and announced there were very few limited iPads to sell.

Picked up a white Verizon 32GB and went home a happy person.
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I wonder if that means that they did indeed get iPads today but just later, and just a few.

Now I'm wondering if the Apple worker that turned me away at 8 AM was not being entirely honest about getting iPads in.
 
I predict they will say "check back tomorrow" from now on until demand comes down.
People have lives to live so just order online and just wait.
 
Same here, was 1st in line waited 5 hrs only to be told no ipads available today, come back tomorrow....what a way to run a business. Totally pissed! They should have handled this like the iphones, reserve and pick up.
 
I think there was just a mix up somehwere in all this. Its definitely not good business (eventhough Apple could probably afford it) to lead people on. if they are leading people on, thats just a shame.
 
clemsonfan said:
Man, that's salt in an open wound, I'm at work and that Target is 2 minutes from my house...Highly doubt they'll be there when I get off work
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Well good luck, I called and they told me they didn't have any but it didn't even sound like they checked. Thats why I edited my post.
 
After reading the frustrations of (most) everyone on the board, and deciding I wasn't going to join in, I just put in my order for a 32gb Black Wifi from apple.com. 4-5 weeks, whatever. I can go back to not reading about line reports and store inventories!
 
Justinm59 said:
Well good luck, I called and they told me they didn't have any but it didn't even sound like they checked. Thats why I edited my post.
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They show stock that's not on the floor yet if memory serves me correctly. Here's to hoping I can convince someone to scavenge through their stock room this evening.
 
clemsonfan said:
They show stock that's not on the floor yet if memory serves me correctly. Here's to hoping I can convince someone to scavenge through their stock room this evening.
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I rechecked there website it switched back to out of stock...
 
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NoShoreGuy said:
Same here, was 1st in line waited 5 hrs only to be told no ipads available today, come back tomorrow....what a way to run a business. Totally pissed! They should have handled this like the iphones, reserve and pick up.
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Ditto same thing here in Pasadena CA. So pissed. At least some location managers had the decent courtesy to say there were no iPads at 7am. Here, we waited till 8:45 obey to be told there's one only. While the rest of us (75+) went home empty handed
 
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Ditto same thing here in Pasadena CA. So pissed. At least some location managers had the decent courtesy to say there were no iPads at 7am. Here, we waited till 8:45 obey to be told there's one only. While the rest of us (75+) went home empty handed
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I went to the Apple Store in Thousand Oaks, CA around 8 AM. Was probably 15th in line. They came out a little after 10 AM to tell us no iPads today. Pissed. I'm hoping for tomorrow, though.
 
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