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iPad 2 - Orange County, CA
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So I finally got my iPad 2 today, but it took flying to Washington State to do it. I had the Apple store near my hotel, so I got up at 5:30 and was at the mall by 6:00am. Much to my surprise, there were already 27 people waiting when I got there. Anyway, the store I went to got a shipment of about 70+ iPads. They had all variety of Verizon in white, plus white and black 16GB wifi models. In front of me were a group of 5 Japanese that bought 10 iPads for resale, argh. I knew I was hosed. When I finally got to the front of the line, they had one black 16 wifi left and I went to take it, but was informed that someone in line ahead of me changed their mind and got the last one. Damn. Anyway, after three hours, I wasn't walking away empty handed again and I picked up a white 32 Verizon model. I really wanted black and AT&T or wifi, but after playing with it all day, the white one seems totally fine. Still not sure I am sold on Verizon (but if I keep it, between my pad and phone, I should have data anywhere), but we'll see how it is over the next two weeks. At least I won't see you guys tomorrow morning. 
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I arrived at Fashion Island today at 4:15am. Found around 20 chairs in front of the Apple Store but there was no one there, so I thought people were cheating by saving the spot and going back home. Then the security guard came and told us no loitering in the mall, and to come back to the line at 6:00am. So I left a bag and some clothes to save the spot just as the others did. Fortunately, Starbucks was open already and we didn't have to wait outside in the cold for too long.
Came back to the line at 5:45am to find out that my bag was 22nd in the line. Apple guys started giving tickets around 8am and I was the first in line not getting one
As always, no way to know if the are gonna receive anything, they get blank shipments and all that story from the Apple employees. In short: experience not worth repeating.
As someone wrote above, best thing you can do is just order online and be patient
Was there anyone behind your bag indicating people actually respected items that were left as placeholders?
It was safe because the security guard was going there every 5 minutes to prevent people from standing in line. However, both the Security Manager and the Apple staff told us to not even try to get close to the store before 6am or leave anything there because the mall director gave specific instructions to not allow this.
If you are gonna try tomorrow morning, your best bet right now is the Irvine Spectrum, as both South Coast Plaza and Fashion Island have some serious problems with the security staff not allowing people to stand in line.
So I finally got my iPad 2 today, but it took flying to Washington State to do it. I had the Apple store near my hotel, so I got up at 5:30 and was at the mall by 6:00am. Much to my surprise, there were already 27 people waiting when I got there. Anyway, the store I went to got a shipment of about 70+ iPads. They had all variety of Verizon in white, plus white and black 16GB wifi models. In front of me were a group of 5 Japanese that bought 10 iPads for resale, argh. I knew I was hosed. When I finally got to the front of the line, they had one black 16 wifi left and I went to take it, but was informed that someone in line ahead of me changed their mind and got the last one. Damn. Anyway, after three hours, I wasn't walking away empty handed again and I picked up a white 32 Verizon model. I really wanted black and AT&T or wifi, but after playing with it all day, the white one seems totally fine. Still not sure I am sold on Verizon (but if I keep it, between my pad and phone, I should have data anywhere), but we'll see how it is over the next two weeks. At least I won't see you guys tomorrow morning.
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Congrats Sean! Well i will Irvine again tomorrow...
Anyone have reports from MV?
So I finally got my iPad 2 today, but it took flying to Washington State to do it. I had the Apple store near my hotel, so I got up at 5:30 and was at the mall by 6:00am. Much to my surprise, there were already 27 people waiting when I got there. Anyway, the store I went to got a shipment of about 70+ iPads. They had all variety of Verizon in white, plus white and black 16GB wifi models. In front of me were a group of 5 Japanese that bought 10 iPads for resale, argh. I knew I was hosed. When I finally got to the front of the line, they had one black 16 wifi left and I went to take it, but was informed that someone in line ahead of me changed their mind and got the last one. Damn. Anyway, after three hours, I wasn't walking away empty handed again and I picked up a white 32 Verizon model. I really wanted black and AT&T or wifi, but after playing with it all day, the white one seems totally fine. Still not sure I am sold on Verizon (but if I keep it, between my pad and phone, I should have data anywhere), but we'll see how it is over the next two weeks. At least I won't see you guys tomorrow morning.
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Nice! I was hoping you would get one soon since you have been trying do hard. Enjoy!
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I am here waiting by california pizza kitchen.
I am here waiting by california pizza kitchen.
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Any word on south coast?
Any word on south coast?
My gf was at Spectrum this morning around 4:15a and encountered ~20 people in line already. She was looking to buy 16gb wifi, we were going to settle with 32gb wifi, but those all dried up by the time it got to her. She had the option to buy 32gb Verizon but passed on it. They were limiting purchases to 1 per person, fyi.
I'm going to continue monitoring Target stock, but screw standing in line.
I'm going to continue monitoring Target stock, but screw standing in line.
Have been monitoring target nonstop since Wednesday and I have not seen one store get any inventory of 32 black wifi. So annoying.
The only way to "monitor stock" is to go to the store. The online page is unreliable.
No luck at Brea Saturday AM
Arrived at the Brea Mall @ 4:30a to find 50 people in line. Some had been there since Midnight. Had a nice group of people before and after me. We waited in the rain till 7:00am when they let us line up in the mall. I appreciate the lady that was making the unapproved #'s for the line. Some guys snuck into the mall via the employee back doors and tried to line up at the store...while we were all outside. Mall cops kicked them out the door. So they just stayed there and acted like they were now the first 2 in line. I thought there was going to be a riot but they finally left after security came back to save them. Also had a few that tried to sneak in line but after a while every knew who belonged in line.
After waiting 4 hours in line they came out at 8:30am to announce no AT&T models. The rest were white and black mix of wifi plus verizon. They received approx 75 but by the time they got to me 50th in line they were long gone.
I heard from several in the line that the same 10 people keep showing up every morning and buying 2 or more (dragging kids, wives and family members to help buy more)...they are scalping them and selling them on craigslist.
Wish we could of pre-ordered like the iPhone4 and this would of all been avoided. I know the iPhone pre-order sucked online but things would of been easier at the store.
Thanks for reading my rant...Hope everyone finds the model they are looking for sometime soon.
Arrived at the Brea Mall @ 4:30a to find 50 people in line. Some had been there since Midnight. Had a nice group of people before and after me. We waited in the rain till 7:00am when they let us line up in the mall. I appreciate the lady that was making the unapproved #'s for the line. Some guys snuck into the mall via the employee back doors and tried to line up at the store...while we were all outside. Mall cops kicked them out the door. So they just stayed there and acted like they were now the first 2 in line. I thought there was going to be a riot but they finally left after security came back to save them. Also had a few that tried to sneak in line but after a while every knew who belonged in line.
After waiting 4 hours in line they came out at 8:30am to announce no AT&T models. The rest were white and black mix of wifi plus verizon. They received approx 75 but by the time they got to me 50th in line they were long gone.
I heard from several in the line that the same 10 people keep showing up every morning and buying 2 or more (dragging kids, wives and family members to help buy more)...they are scalping them and selling them on craigslist.
Wish we could of pre-ordered like the iPhone4 and this would of all been avoided. I know the iPhone pre-order sucked online but things would of been easier at the store.
Thanks for reading my rant...Hope everyone finds the model they are looking for sometime soon.
FYI, no more AT&T models for a few weeks. All stores in the area haven't had in for a few days it seems.
As online shipping times keep slipping, unless Apple puts up an inventory tracker this is only going to get worse. People are beginning to camp out the night before now, where before they would just get there at 5AM.
As online shipping times keep slipping, unless Apple puts up an inventory tracker this is only going to get worse. People are beginning to camp out the night before now, where before they would just get there at 5AM.
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According to twitter, there are some white 16g at the "target in the marketplace in irvine". Too bad I'm aiming for a black one
According to twitter, there are some white 16g at the "target in the marketplace in irvine". Too bad I'm aiming for a black one
My girlfriend and I were able to score two white 16 gb WiFi's at Target (in Santa Ana) today. We were monitoring the Target stock using these links, and saw it pop up as available. High-tailed it there and swooped 2 up. Two other people came in and bought one-each while we were there. All within ~30 minutes of first seeing the stock change online. When we left there was 1 iPad left. I think they also had some 3g's, but I'm not sure.
Absolute insanity in terms of how fast they were gone and how quickly we descended on the store, with others doing the exact same.
The online inventory said they were sold out ~1 hr after we left (but it may have taken time for the last iPad to get sold, so this bodes well for people using online Target inventory to direct their search. Seems very accurate.)
Absolute insanity in terms of how fast they were gone and how quickly we descended on the store, with others doing the exact same.
The online inventory said they were sold out ~1 hr after we left (but it may have taken time for the last iPad to get sold, so this bodes well for people using online Target inventory to direct their search. Seems very accurate.)
I wish I knew of those links earlier. I live in Costa Mesa, that target is 5 mins from me. I noticed best buy had the 16GB Black in stock, called and lady said they were all reserved and probably wouldn't have any in stock for a month.
Disagree. Found that to be very reliable. Within 2 days of tracking the Target stock was able to get my iPad with only waiting 20 mins for the store to open.
Try Target. Got White 64gb ATT today. They have two in stock. A few Targets reported them this morning in the online inventory tracker.