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Fort Worth Apple Store - holy sh$&@!!

WardC

WardC

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Oct 17, 2007
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Fort Worth, TX
I just got here at 3:30am...the pre reserves are all lined up at the front. I am a walk-in and the walk-in line goes all the way around the building to the backside where it curves into a back alleyway.

There must be over 200 people here already!!!

I sure hope I get an iPhone..

This is craziness!!!!
 
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Make sure you open it up. Make a call while your left hand is covering the bottom left corner of the phone with out dropping a call.

Enjoy your night!
 
An Apple employee just came around the line handing out water...get this: he said they had 1300 phones for the pre-reserves and just the same number (1300 phones) for walk-ins!!!!! There is hope afterall!!!! if you haven't made it here yet there is still a chance you'll get a phone afterall....come on down to the store!!
 
moka said:
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Make sure you open it up. Make a call while your left hand is covering the bottom left corner of the phone with out dropping a call.

Enjoy your night!
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What a nice person you must be.:mad: Do you have friends?:confused:
 
That's cool. Hopefully a lot of you can get one. I just got back from the gym and passed my local Apple store. Line was pretty long. Glad I was able to get mine delivered yesterday.
 
WardC said:
An Apple employee just came around the line handing out water...get this: he said they had 1300 phones for the pre-reserves and just the same number (1300 phones) for walk-ins!!!!! There is hope afterall!!!! if you haven't made it here yet there is still a chance you'll get a phone afterall....come on down to the store!!
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That is amazing news! How big is the FW apple store? Chances are, the Knox one might have the same amount!:D:D
 
WardC said:
An Apple employee just came around the line handing out water...get this: he said they had 1300 phones for the pre-reserves and just the same number (1300 phones) for walk-ins!!!!! There is hope afterall!!!! if you haven't made it here yet there is still a chance you'll get a phone afterall....come on down to the store!!
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How about an update?
:)
 
I can update - I was standing next to wardc as he posted this thread.

For some unknown reason, wardc decided to bail at about 9am, never saw him again.

At one point the store was letting people in 50:1, reserves to walk-ins. Was painfully slow. A lot of people started complaining how it was generally unfair, and the Apple team realized we also, are paying customers. It was then evened out to 5:5, and things began to move pretty quick. I walked out, as a walk-in, with a 16gb at 1:20pm -- I had arrived at 3:20am.

Not bad, tbh, considering there were probably well over 500 people there.
 
-aggie- said:
You haven’t even mentioned the heat. It must have been brutal unless you were inside a mall.
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Oh, yeah. It was 79 at about 6:30am. Up to 88 when I checked at 9am. Pretty humid also, was exceptionally brutal. Just sitting in my chair I was sweating like crazy.

But they did give us free umbrellas, which me and a couple others dubbed iBrellas. Imo it was worth the wait!
 
KonigTX said:
I can update - I was standing next to wardc as he posted this thread.

For some unknown reason, wardc decided to bail at about 9am, never saw him again.

At one point the store was letting people in 50:1, reserves to walk-ins. Was painfully slow. A lot of people started complaining how it was generally unfair, and the Apple team realized we also, are paying customers. It was then evened out to 5:5, and things began to move pretty quick. I walked out, as a walk-in, with a 16gb at 1:20pm -- I had arrived at 3:20am.

Not bad, tbh, considering there were probably well over 500 people there.
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Glad you got a phone. Your tenacity paid off.

Too bad that wardC gave up...so close yet so far. It seems to me that, after waiting 5:30 hours, he'd want to at least stick it out a few more.

Hope you guys brought folding chairs. :) Edited...JUST read your post..Good for you on good planning. Too bad the DFW weather can be so brutal. I lived there for two years, and one summer, it did not go below 100 for 30 days straight, even at night.

I'm a little confused, though, why people would argue that it was unfair to take pre-orders and reservations in first. If you called and made a reservation at a restaurant for a table for 7:00 PM, shouldn't you get some priority over me, who decides to walk in at 6:30 PM, without a reservation.

Then again, if the new ratio of pre-orders/reserves vs walk-ins got the line moving quicker, I guess it's OK.

Enjoy your i4. :)
 
moka said:
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Make sure you open it up. Make a call while your left hand is covering the bottom left corner of the phone with out dropping a call.

Enjoy your night!
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Right hand covers the left side, silly. ;)
 
KonigTX said:
I can update - I was standing next to wardc as he posted this thread.

For some unknown reason, wardc decided to bail at about 9am, never saw him again.

At one point the store was letting people in 50:1, reserves to walk-ins. Was painfully slow. A lot of people started complaining how it was generally unfair, and the Apple team realized we also, are paying customers. It was then evened out to 5:5, and things began to move pretty quick. I walked out, as a walk-in, with a 16gb at 1:20pm -- I had arrived at 3:20am.

Not bad, tbh, considering there were probably well over 500 people there.
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maybe he got a stomachache and couldn't stand it anymore...:p
 
I showed up around 10:45 AM with a phone reserved. Shortly after I arrived, an Apple employee walked by and someone asked what the approximate wait was from where we were standing. He said ~2 hours. When it was all said and done, it was more like 5.5 hours and yeah, it was hot.
 
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