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No restock at Crocker Park

Went to the store at Crocker Park in Westlake, OH. Got there early and a few people were hanging out starting at 9:00AM. The employees let us come inside, but told us that "Corporate" had called and they were not to allow a line anywhere.

They also told us that they were expecting more stock but weren't sure, and they didn't know when the truck would come.

The truck came at 10:00AM and there were no iPads on it. Everyone left. However, while my kids were playing with the iMac, I saw someone come in and heard him say that he was returning a "Verizon iPad". It was unopened, so they sold it to me (quietly, they were nervous about starting a stampede).

It turned out to be a 16GB Black with Verizon 3G. I bought it for my wife, though i didn't want the 3G.
 
Chicago Muchigan Ave & Lincoln Park stores are sold out. Rep in phone @ LP store said they have 60 people waiting outside right now for today's FedEx shipment. She said she had no idea of how many or what models were coming. I missed out yesterday and think I'll wait until ltr this week to go.
 
this is going to be like the iPad 1. No apple store will have stock of iPad 2 for probably the next 2 months. Any shipments they do get in will quickly be sold to 1) whoever is waiting in line outside the store 2) whoever is in the store. You wont be able to just randomly show up when you want and buy one.


I remember being in an Apple store in July 2010 and the store just got iPad shipments (10 of them) and they were all gone within 5 minutes. (this is 3 months after iPad was first sold).


Good luck to all.

Online wait is now a month.
 
Yeah just called them, Lancaster say they have no iPad 2 stock at all..

Lol... I actually called right before I went there and was told this as well, but wanted to go to at least play with the new iPad... I asked the 'blue-shirt' at the front of the store and she told me that they did have some 16 Gig wifi only and 32 Gig Verizon models left... she asked if I wanted my name on the list, although she can't guarantee they'll still be available by the time I get assistance, so I figured... eff it... worth a shot.
 
this is going to be like the iPad 1. No apple store will have stock of iPad 2 for probably the next 2 months. Any shipments they do get in will quickly be sold to 1) whoever is waiting in line outside the store 2) whoever is in the store. You wont be able to just randomly show up when you want and buy one.


I remember being in an Apple store in July 2010 and the store just got iPad shipments (10 of them) and they were all gone within 5 minutes. (this is 3 months after iPad was first sold).


Good luck to all.

Online wait is now a month.

I don't remember it like that at all. I was away for the iPad saturday launch last year but returned the monday after. I walked into an Apple store and had my pick of all models.
 
I don't remember it like that at all. I was away for the iPad saturday launch last year but returned the monday after. I walked into an Apple store and had my pick of all models.

Same here, I was out of the country. Came back Monday and went during lunch and walked out in a few minutes. I may have just been lucky though.
 
I don't remember it like that at all. I was away for the iPad saturday launch last year but returned the monday after. I walked into an Apple store and had my pick of all models.

Same here, I was out of the country. Came back Monday and went during lunch and walked out in a few minutes. I may have just been lucky though.

were they rural stores? The store i was referring to was very high-traffic and touristy.
 
check stock online?

I recall that for one of the launches, either the iPhone or the iPad, Apple put up a site where you could check individual store stock online. It would update every night, so you could see where to go for the item you wanted. That link appears to be long gone, anyone heard of an similar link for ipad2?
 
My experience with this morning's Saturday launch was a big fat fail. I was in line at 8:30am, and was the 6th person in line at the Scottsdale Quarter store here in Scottsdale, AZ. Their shipment came in at 9:40am, and by then the line had grown to about 100. They received in about 150 iPad 2's based on the number of boxes we watched them load in.

About 10:05, they had Apple rep's up at the front of the line, and they would ask you what you wanted, they would confirm they had it in the new shipment, and then introduce you to your Apple rep and you would go in.

Being 6th in line, I wasn't too worried they would have what I wanted. I told the Apple guy I wanted a 32gb black wifi only. He checked and said they had it.

We go in, he logs into the pc, we grab a couple accessories, and then he gets a call from in back..

No 32gb black wifi only ones.

CRAP! But tha's okay, I'll upgrade and take a 64gb black wifi only.

He checks. Nope, none of those either. UGH. This is starting to put a downer on a good day.

He asks if I'd be open to a 3G? I sure sure, whatever, I'll take it. Then he finds out, NO 3g's either, in 32gb OR 64gb!

WTF! He finds out the the ONLY black ipad 2's they got in, in a shipment of 150, are the 16gb black ones. Unfortunately, I need more space than that right now, not even thinking of all the new, larger apps that will come out to take advantage of the iPad 2's new processing power.

So, it was either get a white iPad 2 (ugh, no way. There's a reason why they don't make tv's with white bezels... no offense to those that prefer that though, but its just not for me and colors pop better with a black bezel), or else get the 16gb one.

I had to just walk. He said they don't do vouchers or anything else even though you waited a couple hours. I don't mind the waiting, but I really question what they were thinking shipping an order of 150 iPad 2s' that were almost all White, and no black 32's wifi nor 3G, and no black 64's wif nor 3G. Unless you wanted a 16gb iPad 2, you were getting a white one. Nice dumb shipment.

I'm getting really disappointed in Apple's poor launches (from a customer perspective). Limiting supply to create marketing sensationalism like long lines is really crappy customer service for someone who wants to buy their product. It's things like this that make me want to not buy their products. They've done a ton of launches and market analysis, and know how many they can sell and how many they should ship. They do this just to create long lines to make demand appear greater and makes for a good news story. It sucks being told they have the iPad you want too at the front door, and when you go in, oops no, even though you're 6th in line, all we have is a bunch of white ipads even though we said we had the black one you wanted. Turns out they didn't have ANY black ones unless you got a 16gb one.

Anyway, sucks that they can take someone who is excited about their product, and 2 hours later after waiting in line, they turn it into a poor experience. You really shouldn't tell someone at the door that you have their product, and then they lead you in right then to go get it, and then they say they don't have it even though they just confirmed they did 2 minutes earlier, and then they try to sell you something else (a white one). I know it's not intentional really, but that's still bait and switch.

Pretty poor experience at the Scottsdale Quarters Apple store.
 
I recall that for one of the launches, either the iPhone or the iPad, Apple put up a site where you could check individual store stock online. It would update every night, so you could see where to go for the item you wanted. That link appears to be long gone, anyone heard of an similar link for ipad2?

i remember that site for iPhone 3GS. a whole lot or red dots for the first week haha. and it was very inaccurate since any new shipments would get sold out instantly.

I dont remember the site for iPad 1, largely because few apple stores were able to hold on to their ipad stock.
 
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**Update**

Just walked out of the Lancaster Apple Store with a 32 GB white Verizon model... Only had to wait like 38 minutes.... Sweet
 
the best buy and 5th ave store i been to only had 16/32 verizon ones left. i can pick one up for someone if theyre really interested.
 
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All stores in Phoenix, AZ are answering the phone with "we have no iPads and don't know when we will, how may I help you?"

Ugh... Apple really didn't handle this launch well.
 
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All stores in Phoenix, AZ are answering the phone with "we have no iPads and don't know when we will, how may I help you?"

Ugh... Apple really didn't handle this launch well.

No they didn't. They have grown pretty arrogant.
 
What Apple should do is not make a launch until they have enough iPads to be able to tell their own retail stores when they will send them more. I think it's a little ridiculous that their stores dont know when they are getting more...:rolleyes:
 
wow..so while some stores around the country are getting shipments in this morning, 5th ave didn't get any? some said 14th and UWS got shipments also.
 
Anyone buy an iPad at AT&T? The BB is sold out, and I just read the Apple Store here in Charleston won't get any till Tuesday, but maybe AT&T has them? Or do they only do online ordering?
 
None at the Walnut Creek CA store either ... roughly 150+ people in line when the store opened ... manager came out about 10:30 and said they didn't get any in today's shipment. Went on to say, all Bay Area stores are out right now ... next shipment on Tuesday. Missed out last night by about 30 minutes ... the quest continues.
 
Amazing with all the complaining about at&t and the begging for Apple to bring products to VZW over the last year or two, the at&t units are the hard to get item and many stores have VZW iPads available.

I ended up with a VZW iPad as at&t wasn't available. I'm trying trade for at&t but no such luck. I'll most likely end up returning it and sticking with the original iPad. Too much bother!
 
Amazing with all the complaining about at&t and the begging for Apple to bring products to VZW over the last year or two, the at&t units are the hard to get item and many stores have VZW iPads available.

I ended up with a VZW iPad as at&t wasn't available. I'm trying trade for at&t but no such luck. I'll most likely end up returning it and sticking with the original iPad. Too much bother!

Part of the issue may be that the AT&T model is unlocked and can be sold overseas whereas the Verizon model is locked to Verizon.
 
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Valley Fair San Jose:
UPS guy just claimed his cart was filled with "new model iPad 2", Went to go get more.
"5 per box: 17 boxes".

Hope you're already in line.
 
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