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iPad 2: Chicagoland Apple Store Availability Updates?

joliet il

hey i have a reservation for a white 16gb wifi ipad 2. i dont need it anymore i got mine at a apple store over the weekend.

if anyone interested in that model and are around the joliet area i will give you my ipad reservation for free!!!! 🙂 🙂 email me at eder6301@gmail.com
 
This is not an apple store update, but best buy and target in the lincoln park area:

best buy on clark street said they have white 32GB wifi + 3G in stock
Target on Elston had 64GB wifi + 3G in stock

Unfortunately, I'm just looking for a base model black, so next time 🙄
 
Hey guys just wanted to let you know that I preordered a black 16gb wifi from ABT in glenview on Sunday. They told me it would be 3-4 weeks until they get it in and would call me as soon as they get them. Today I got a call a from them that they had my order in the store and I picked it up. So if anyone wants to try that option too and check it out. Maybe I just got lucky but who knows.
 
phatjoe said:
This is not an apple store update, but best buy and target in the lincoln park area:

best buy on clark street said they have white 32GB wifi + 3G in stock
Target on Elston had 64GB wifi + 3G in stock

Unfortunately, I'm just looking for a base model black, so next time 🙄
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Just called clark BB, said they are out.
 
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veelo2 said:
kokesh said:
as of 10:00 AM there are at least white 16/32 gb available at Target South Loop.. probably at least 2 units of each . Not sure about black or 3g, etc
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I snagged the white 32GB at Target South Loop 😀 (I love that I work so close by.) Some woman came in right after I did to grab the 16GB, so I doubt there are any left.
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Haha cool, congrats. I wasn't anywhere near that store so I thought I would post it here and maybe one of you guys would see it and get lucky
 
Target Tracker Works

Target Tracker had availablity at St Charles store yesterday. Saw it around 2:00. Could not get there unti about 5:00. Guy in front of me was buying the model I wanted 16g black wifi thought I was out of luck. But there had one more so I lucked out and got the one I wanted! They also had 1. 64g wifi in the display cabinet.

So keep looking at the inventory tracker .. It works.. And no waiting in lines.
 
apple store

michigan had big shipment **** morning (updates from twitter):

learnfitness: Finally right place right time I landed a iPad 2 just now at the Apple Store Michigan avenue. They got a huge shipment it seems. WOOT!!!
Downers Grove, Illinois
about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone · Reply · View Tweet

dkarjadi: My wife just called me, she's in apple store, finally got our iPad 2!!! YEAH!!!! 🙂))
iPhone: 42.080254,-87.935211
about 1 hour ago via web · Reply · View Tweet

HostileKid141: Got my iPad 2 today from my apple store!!! Got the model I wanted to! Great day
Chicago
about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone · Reply · View Tweet

BigJohnTrainor: I never thought I would but I'm actually standing in line outside the apple store to buy an iPad 2.
Chicago
about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone · Reply · View Tweet
 
Apple Stores

Went to LP Apple store this morning -- only 16 G models available, though it seemed like they had quite a few (and quite a few people were lined up with vouchers to buy them!). Called Michigan Ave a few minutes ago and they are sold out. Tomorrow!
 
iPad 2 16 GB wifi black at Best Buy

I was at Best Buy on Cicero and they have an iPad 2 16 GB wifi black in stock. You can purchase over the phone and pick it up.
 
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Apple store woodfield mall Schaumburg has att ipad 2. Black only, all memory configs. For now. Go go go
 
Anyone of my Chicagoans that didn't luck out and wants a 32gb NIB black iPad 2 wifi, send me a pm.

Edit: Gone sorry for the slow update.
 
Apple store

LP had some this morning. I went over at 8:45 and the store was open and all vouchers had been distributed already. They probably only had 30 or so (if that many). 🙁
 
Finally...an ipad2 in hand 🙂

FINALLY, AN IPAD2 IN MY HANDS!! 🙂


I went to the Woodfield Mall this morning around 8:45am. I would estimate about 10-15 people ahead of me in line. The apple employee walked over asked what I was looking, and then gave me a ticket for a 16GB Black Wifi Ipad2!

By the time I left, there were a lot less folks in line. The employee handing out tickets seemed to have quite a few in hand. So if you're interested, it's worth calling them or heading on over....good luck!
 
Frustrated

I'm getting really frustrated with this whole situation. The people who are standing in line at 5 or 6 am are resellers making a profit on these things, which means that the rest of us who are looking to buy just one for personal use are screwed. Apple messed up on this one. They should have taken pre-orders online to give us all a chance. They could have controlled the resale situation better too, since buyers would have truly been limited to only two since they'd have had to use credit cards.

I'm looking for a 64G black wifi only model and though I've ordered one online, I'd like to get it before my vacation next week. The ipad 2 has been out two weeks. I live a couple of blocks away from the LP store and yet still I don't have one. I've been an Apple customer for 20 years and I appreciate how successful they've been (I've been an investor that long too!), but seriously. This is pretty ridiculous. They've created a lucrative black market and screwed their regular customers. Sad.
 
use this to check target and bestbuy, it is easier to get one from them than from apple store.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1118982/

It seems that the target store at south loop now has a wifi 64g but white.




chikai said:
I'm getting really frustrated with this whole situation. The people who are standing in line at 5 or 6 am are resellers making a profit on these things, which means that the rest of us who are looking to buy just one for personal use are screwed. Apple messed up on this one. They should have taken pre-orders online to give us all a chance. They could have controlled the resale situation better too, since buyers would have truly been limited to only two since they'd have had to use credit cards.

I'm looking for a 64G black wifi only model and though I've ordered one online, I'd like to get it before my vacation next week. The ipad 2 has been out two weeks. I live a couple of blocks away from the LP store and yet still I don't have one. I've been an Apple customer for 20 years and I appreciate how successful they've been (I've been an investor that long too!), but seriously. This is pretty ridiculous. They've created a lucrative black market and screwed their regular customers. Sad.
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Thanks for the link, comaths

I'd been checking stock through another link for the past week or so with no luck. One showed up at a BB on Kimball, but when I called, they told me they were actually sold out. Oh well! I'll use the link you've provided to check again later. I should just get over even wanting one.
 
I don't know if any MacRumors folks in the Chicago area are still looking for an iPad but here's what I was told at the Michigan Ave genius bar today:

Michigan Ave store is in the top 5 receivers of iPads in the US and they have only been receiving about 100 units on any day.

Chicago suburban Apple Stores have only been receiving 25-50 at a time.

Other Midwest Apple Stores, ie: West Des Moines, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, etc have been receiving 5-10 units a day.
 
You are welcome

It seems that the BB store at SCHAUMBURG has one 64g wifi black in store, you can call them to make sure, if they do have, you can ask them to hold it for you for an hour, this is what I did on Monday to get my ipad.

Schaumburg IL (Store 305)
900 E Golf Rd
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Phone: 847-843-3515


chikai said:
I'd been checking stock through another link for the past week or so with no luck. One showed up at a BB on Kimball, but when I called, they told me they were actually sold out. Oh well! I'll use the link you've provided to check again later. I should just get over even wanting one.
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Thanks, @comaths

I'm going to call and see if I can make it out there tonight. I wish it were closer, though!

Have a great evening!


Join Date: Mar 2011

You are welcome
It seems that the BB store at SCHAUMBURG has one 64g wifi black in store, you can call them to make sure, if they do have, you can ask them to hold it for you for an hour, this is what I did on Monday to get my ipad.

Schaumburg IL (Store 305)
900 E Golf Rd
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Phone: 847-843-3515
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I reserved 2 ipad2 ATT 3G Black one at the HIP and the other one at Belmont & Kimballon 3/15.
Got a call from the HIP today at 2 got out of work at 4:30 and was there at 5.😀
 
I went to my neighborhood Best Buy on Clark St, and was told they only had 16gb WiFi-3G AT&T's left. I went to the service desk, and the guy in front of me had purchased their last 32gb iPad 2, wifi-only in white.

I then purchased the last of the 16gb AT&T's. I intend to put it on eBay, with the hopes that the extra amount that is made from it will pay off the $130 extra I paid to get the 32gb wifi black ipad 2 from a seller in Arizona. So in a sense, the sale of this other iPad 2 will (hopefully) cancel out the guilt of paying extra for one of these things.

Of course, I still have my reservation for a 32wifi black at Best Buy- maybe that one will help pay for the Navy Blue Smart Cover. 😀
 
What to do?

I found the iPad2 I was looking for (64gb Black Wi-fi only) at a local Target thanks to the inventory checker. I am still #1 on the list for this model at my local Best Buy.

I'd like to give my reservation to someone on these forums that wants that same model, since the forums helped me find mine.

Can I transfer my reservation? I have to get the $100 gift card refunded, so I don't know what the best way to do this is?

If anyone is interested in this reservation (SW Burbs) and has an idea on how to do this, email me at dengar@me.com

If I don't hear anything soon, I may just have to cancel it.
 
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