not sure how that's a botch, but alright lol. cancel your order and pick it up in store. you should be excited that you can now get it sooner....no?
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Apple Stores and Best Buy Begin In-Store Sales of New Apple TV
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Target’s going to sell it too. 5% off here I come.
http://www.target.com/p/apple-apple-tv-32gb-black-mgy52ll-a/-/A-50195797
http://www.target.com/p/apple-apple-tv-32gb-black-mgy52ll-a/-/A-50195797
I love you! You're right!!! Looks like I'm walking in there tomorrow after work!
. I think this is the first time I'm happy that I didn't get my item from the Apple Store. Lol 
Well. Seems like crap I ordered at 8:30 AM CT time on Monday. Ordered 2 Apple Tv's and payed for next day on both. Still preparing for shipping. And then there are people that didn't even pay extra for shipping that are getting there deliveries tomorrow. The orders showed up on Fed Ex website, when I traced the shipment with my phone number. But both orders were cancelled by vendor for some reason. Feel a bit cheated paying for that extra shipping. Especially when I could of just walked in to a Best Buy and purchased them in the morning tomorrow! Sorry had to vent there 
yeah lately i've had better luck from best buy than apple directly lol. when the new macbook came out, apple didn't have it for quite awhile...best buy had it immediately. got it overnight and had it immediately. was pretty much sold out everywhere including apple for about a month or so it seemed.I love you! You're right!!! Looks like I'm walking in there tomorrow after work!. I think this is the first time I'm happy that I didn't get my item from the Apple Store. Lol
on a side note.....quit paying for m-cell and start using the free AT&T wifi calling haha
Best Buy has always been good to me
I spend so much money there a year,that their rewards program helps out a lot!
I got the microcell a few years back for free from AT&T. It's just a device that sits in my kitchen. No extra payments are needed.
Good eye though...lol
yeah i hear a lot of people complain and want best buy to close etc. but i just use store pick up on 95% of everything i buy from them so no issues with them ever. they are more reliable with apple products it seems than apple which is funny.Best Buy has always been good to me
I spend so much money there a year,that their rewards program helps out a lot!
I got the microcell a few years back for free from AT&T. It's just a device that sits in my kitchen. No extra payments are needed.
Good eye though...lol
just lookin out bro!
"Assumed"
That is your first mistake. Preorders are only to guarantee you will get what you want, not WHEN you want it.
Which Apple Store? Two in my area had the MacBook on day 1, but limited quantities. Apparently my Best Buys didn't have them for a month.
I checked my order status it said ready for pick up so I called my local Best Buy to double check and they said yes we have it for you. So I drive down to Best Buy for them to tell me that they don't have it and won't be in till probably Saturday. Thanks Best Buy.
I love you! You're right!!! Looks like I'm walking in there tomorrow after work!
well going in person in standing in line etc. i'm not including that. but ordering online for in store pick up or having it readily available is what i mean. These things would fetching a lot of money on eBay etc bc they weren't readily available at all. At the time, no in store pick up at apple stores and like 1-2 months out on shipping. Yet, best buy had all in stock and were shipping out that same day of release. Lots of people were complaining about how can best buy get stock before apple does. which i agree, it's strange....
i'm assuming they processed them a bit early which is why no notification emails went out and it will be ready for pick up tomorrow. I'm thinking i will probably get an email in the morning telling me it's ready to pick up.
I would also bet that they probably didn't mean for people to see that it's ready for pickup yet...
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Cool beta product that has the same content as the current Apple TV. Meh.
The next version will be cheaper and maybe actually have some value add.
Many preorders promise to deliver at a certain date.
I think people are upset because they feel preordering gives them an advantage over people going to the store.
The average person had no clue they were going on preorder Monday whereas the Apple enthusiasts follow the news and know that Tim Cook said so in an interview. They stay up to midnight and bit frustrated not able to order. Then go to sleep and wake up early - can order after 6am! They feel happy and excited.
Days later they discover that they will be available in store to anyone on Friday before their expected delivery date. This is sorta insulting to them.
It was not known one could purchase an Apple TV in store on Friday back on Monday, but with other product launches it was made very clear prior to preordering when could get in store - iPhone could as always, and Apple Watch it was not. Therefore it was very easy to presume that those with preorders would get theirs before the stores in the case of Apple TV.
It doesn't bother me because I'm 500 miles from nearest Apple Store and only way to get early for me is preorder. I can see how it bothers others though. But I know for a fact that in a week nobody's going to care anymore. (Not nearly as intense as the Apple Watch preorder everyone waiting for 42mm SS black sports band tracking FedEx airplanes etc.)!
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Everyone upset that stores will have them in stock before your pre-order ships, check your order status. I wasn't supposed to get mine originally until Tuesday, but the tracking says it will be delivered tomorrow instead. Apple is usually conservative with their shipping estimates.
Mine still shows PFS. I ordered mine Monday morning. I hope to get it Saturday as Friday doesn't look possible right now. It will be hard for me not to just walk into a Best Buy tomorrow and buy one. I don't want have to deal with returning my AppleTV back to Apple.
Same story for me. I went to the Apple Store and saw the rMB demo units and asked if any were available. The employee awkwardly said "yeah, you can just go online and order them". AFAIK, they weren't sold out at the Apple Store at launch. They just weren't stocking them at launch and for awhile after. I went to BB and picked one up the same day. The Apple Store releases have been weird to me lately.
Question: Do we know that this means you can just walk in tomorrow at opening and pick one up without a preorder? Are all Best Buy stores selling them off the shelves?
Now this is nice but strange: I ordered my ATV and got free shipping with the delivery of 11/2 to 11/4. But tonight I got a message that it was arriving on 10/30 (thank you APPLE!). What's strange is that some people paid extra for expedited shipping that Apple was offering. I hope apple refunds them their money.
I wound up ordering using my Amex points via Best Buy. Today it let me order even though it was listed as coming soon on the Amex site. Hopefully it won’t be delayed too much (vs in store pickup.)
I've been to four Best Buys this month in my area and they all accept it. Even if the NFC sensor is on the opposite side of the PIN pad and there's no icon or sticker to indicate as such.