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Best Buy Handing Out iPad 2 'Tickets' at 4:30 PM Tomorrow + Reserve for March 12th

Pipper99 said:
Why, at 50, do I feel like a kid the night before Christmas wondering if Santa is going to leave me a present? :D

I just remembered that there is an AT&T store about a mile from my office on the way to Best Buy. Best Buy will be my second stop if no luck at AT&T. The Best Buy that I plan on visiting is the least busy of their stores that I've seen. Hopefully, that will be the case tomorrow if AT&T doesn't have what I want.
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I have a bad feeling I will be impulsive if they are out of the 32gb ones and I end up walking out with a 64gb one. Oh well.

I did that with the 32gb white iPhone 3gs because they were out of the 16 GB ones.
 
I was wondering about the ticket system too since its only 30 min early. I think its so that once you know you're getting an iPad people will walk around the store and buy accessories for said iPad instead of having to wait in line another 30 minutes.
 
tekchic said:
Oh I just meant the city -- saw the 101 and went, hey that's my side of town! Still debating on the BB @ Arrowhead vs Happy Valley.
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I called all three Best Buys in this area...

The Lake Pleasant store said they will only be getting the black versions in and that there is a limit of 1 per person.

The Happy Valley store said they have not received their shipment yet so they did not know what color/sizes they are getting.

The Arrowhead store...isn't picking up their phone. :confused:
 
HXGuy said:
Damn people where do you live?! This is my Best Buy location situation...

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3 Best Buys within 7 miles or less. There is also an Apple Store near the "A" Best Buy on the map.
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MacMedia should have them as well.

**Full disclosure ,I am a MacMedia employee***
 
Good to hear. I haven't called my BB store in the North Atlanta area yet but plan on getting there around 2:30-3pm to make sure I get a 64GB WiFi one as I don't have an iPad yet. I have $130 in reward zone gift certificates so I am excited to use them on my new purchase.

Anyone talk to any BB's in that Atlanta area as of yet?
 
ILikeTurtles said:
Ok - call me stupid - what's the point of tickets?
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I agree, what's the point of the reservation tickets if they're not going to hand them out like maybe today or early tomorrow? So now I gotta get in line just for the tickets and then half hour later they start selling the iPad 2? :rolleyes: I was hoping I can reserve early so that I don't have to get in line! :confused: So let's say you get in there early to get in line to get tickets but then 4:30 pm comes they tell you, they don't have enough tickets, so now you have half hour to find alternate locations to get your iPad 2 and they're all going to have long lines by then. What a waste! :(
 
Are we to assume ATT or VZ stores will only be carrying 3G models and no wifi only?

May have to get my 3g model there and the wife's wifi only at BB since they are saying only 1 per customer.
 
edtorious said:
I agree, what's the point of the reservation tickets if they're not going to hand them out like maybe today or early tomorrow? So now I gotta get in line just for the tickets and then half hour later they start selling the iPad 2? :rolleyes: I was hoping I can reserve early so that I don't have to get in line! :confused: So let's say you get in there early to get in line to get tickets but then 4:30 pm comes they tell you, they don't have enough tickets, so now you have half hour to find alternate locations to get your iPad 2 and they're all going to have long lines by then. What a waste! :(
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What's the alternative? Not giving out tickets, and then you could stand in line until 5pm and find out that they sell out before you get your chance. At least this way you'll have some sort of idea of whats going on and if needed, have some time to go elsewhere.
 
Anyone know how I can use Paypal to pay for mine to pick up that day in a store?

I forgot to transfer my money ealier this week :/

HEEELP! :)
 
iLikeToDrum said:
Anyone know how I can use Paypal to pay for mine to pick up that day in a store?

I forgot to transfer my money ealier this week :/

HEEELP! :)
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Paypal debit card....

Both the best buys I called said first come first serve... Boca Raton and Boyton beach
 
Unless you have a Paypal debit card, you're out of luck. Use money out of your regular account and transfer the Paypal money in.

If you don't have the $500 to cover the iPad for a few days until the money transfers, you probably shouldn't be buying one. :)
 
My Best Buy didn't mention tickets, they just said that they would start selling at 5pm. They also said 1 iPad per customer. I don't have plans for more than that so I'm good.
 
HXGuy said:
Unless you have a Paypal debit card, you're out of luck. Use money out of your regular account and transfer the Paypal money in.

If you don't have the $500 to cover the iPad for a few days until the money transfers, you probably shouldn't be buying one. :)
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I have 1200 in Paypal. I just went full retard and forgot to transfer 650 for my 32g white :(
 
Just a heads up, Best Buy has always had significantly lower stock for Apple releases than the Apple Store. With the Verizon iPhone they told me they had less than 10 of each and when I got my iPad last year I was 5th in line and they had less than 15 of each. But I passed by Apple and they had hundreds. So Apple is still the best chance at inventory.
 
urkel said:
Just a heads up, Best Buy has always had significantly lower stock for Apple releases than the Apple Store. With the Verizon iPhone they told me they had less than 10 of each and when I got my iPad last year I was 5th in line and they had less than 15 of each. But I passed by Apple and they had hundreds. So Apple is still the best chance at inventory.
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I have $150+ in reward zone certificates so I am kind of stuck at best buy :D... Not really that big of a deal to me though. I hate going to the Apple store on launch day. For the iPhone for I waited 10+ hours to get a phone..(I was 120th in line)
 
urkel said:
Just a heads up, Best Buy has always had significantly lower stock for Apple releases than the Apple Store. With the Verizon iPhone they told me they had less than 10 of each and when I got my iPad last year I was 5th in line and they had less than 15 of each. But I passed by Apple and they had hundreds. So Apple is still the best chance at inventory.
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It's always the best chance on launch days but the lines are so chaotic.
 
My brother's paying for two iPads for my wife and I as wedding gifts. I was hoping to be able to order online for instore pickup, but it seems I'll be ordering at Apple instead. Bummer.
 
what do you guys think. if i get to best buy at 3:30 (earliest i can get there) do you think i will get a 64gb wifi?
 
urkel said:
Just a heads up, Best Buy has always had significantly lower stock for Apple releases than the Apple Store. With the Verizon iPhone they told me they had less than 10 of each and when I got my iPad last year I was 5th in line and they had less than 15 of each. But I passed by Apple and they had hundreds. So Apple is still the best chance at inventory.
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I'd love to go to an Apple store, but we have 1 in the state of Iowa :( So, most of us have to buy at BestBuy, Targets and Walmarts etc.
 
todd03blown said:
Good to hear. I haven't called my BB store in the North Atlanta area yet but plan on getting there around 2:30-3pm to make sure I get a 64GB WiFi one as I don't have an iPad yet. I have $130 in reward zone gift certificates so I am excited to use them on my new purchase.

Anyone talk to any BB's in that Atlanta area as of yet?
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where are you in atl? I just called the kennesaw store and they are doing the ticket system, it's limited 1 per, and they claim they don't know how many of each they'll have until the morning. figures cause i need three x.x guess ill be dividing and conquering lol
 
My local BB said they are also doing the ticketing system. The customer service girl said 3:30 would be a good time to get there. I want to be extra careful so I will actually be at the mall in the morning buying a few things at walmart, going to the bookstore and around noon will check regularly to see if lines are forming.

I'm not taking any chances especially if someone hands out tickets earlier than 4:30.
 
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