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iPad 2 - Orange County, CA

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If you're at the brea mall I suggest going down imperial to the best buy only about 8 people in line here
 
Wow, all the way to Borders at South Coast, huh? Damn. I think I might try coming around 6:00 after the line starts moving. Interested to know how fast the line moves for you guys.

--Sean
 
if you're in the area apple store at fashion island has about 60-70 in line. according to the employee stock is looking good
 
About one hour to go, brea mall is at ~600 in line. insane.
 
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Almost there and they just announced that all the AT&T's are gone. Also the 16 and 32 white are gone. Uh oh!
 
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As you get closer, there's a person with a box giving out a resevation card.

Good luck to everyone waiting!
 
Brea Mall is out of all 16 wifi models as of 10 mins ago.
 
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South Coast Plaza - All 3G sold out & all 16gb Wifi sold out.
 
got back from best buy fullerton about half an hour ago. was 13th or so in line. came home with white 64 verizon ipad. one of the less popular models, i'm sure, but it's a relief to be home and not still standing in line at brea.
 
UGh. What a mess. Waited in line for 8 hours and they are sold out. So angry right now.
 
Brien said:
UGh. What a mess. Waited in line for 8 hours and they are sold out. So angry right now.
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Oh man, that totally sucks. I'm sorry to hear that. I know at the Spectrum they kept coming by and counting the line and I'm sure they had a pretty good idea of what quantities they had but they wouldn't tell anyone.

I was going to get a 3G but by the time I got close and 3 hours later, they were sold out. So, I went with a 64GB wifi (which is what I was originally gonna get anyway). But, at that point, you wanna walk away with something after spending your afternoon waiting in line.

I really wish they would have done pre-orders for this.
 
I'm sure all the Best Buys are sold out, but Orange@Tustin and Yorba Linda are for sure.

Pretty stupid.
 
Got to the Bestbuy in Lakewood at 4. About 60 in line waiting. Wanted a 16gb white but they were out by the time they got to me. Ended up getting the last black 16. They only had 3 64gb 3G Verizon ipads left at 5:15. Paid and left at 6.

I avoided the apple stores for a reason. Glad I got one though sorry to those who lucked out. :(
 
Brien said:
UGh. What a mess. Waited in line for 8 hours and they are sold out. So angry right now.
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Yeah, Brea was a complete f_cking mess. I was only a little ways ahead of you in line (in front of Macys), having waited in line since 10AM. By the time I got to the front, they were completely sold out of 16GB WiFi, and out of ALL AT&T models. I ended up picking up a Verizon 32GB. Didn't really want Verizon, but whatever.

Brea was allowing two purchases per person, and half of the people towards the front of the line were holding places for 4-5+ other people. So while there were about 170 people in front of me in line for the 8 hours I was waiting, that 170 turned into over 300 very quickly when family and friends started arriving.

Bottom line is that they should never have allowed two purchases per person. While some friendly neighbors in line saved my place, I hit the restroom near the food court a few times, and distinctly heard some people near the front talking about buying two and selling them on ebay.
 
Got mine at Target today. No waiting. They had 10 16's and 5 64's, all black. A Target 10 minutes away had 5 16's - all white.
 
The ballooning lines sucks. It happened at the Spectrum too. We were talking about how the line was getting wider the closer it got to 5pm. Obviously many people holding a place for others. It sucks but that's the way these things go.

It's interesting as it seems like the common theme here is that there weren't enough of the at&t models to go around. Someone in our line said that a local at&t store only had 10 iPads in stock for the line.

Pre-orders Apple! Pre-orders!
 
Was unfortunately one of the MANY who didn't get anything today...

Originally thought about the 32GB 3G, but ultimately decided I wanted the 64 3G. Sadly, was waiting at the South Coast Apple Store and slowly heard them announce the 3G models all disappearing one by one.

Waited for 3 hours... not the longest I've waited, but still disappointing. Oh well, Online Ordering here I come!
 
Bummer to hear, I was hoping I would get mine Saturday. I'l be down in SD in the AM, so maybe I will try down there.

--Sean
 
Too bad to hear about the brea store. Before I left to go to best buy i told the end of the line that there was no one in line at the Fullerton best buy.

No one believed me apparently because only a couple came. Showed up at 12:30, was 4th in line and walked out with a 16 GB white by 5:15. Everyone else who came from the mall got theirs as well
 
Yeah. I'll be calling Brea tomorrow to vent, but I doubt that will get me anywhere.

And FWIW, most of the AT&T stores here in Fullerton/Brea didn't get any iPads. Makes you wonder how many of each model Apple actually got. Nobody seemed to be touching those Verizon iPads with a 10 foot pole.
 
Brien said:
UGh. What a mess. Waited in line for 8 hours and they are sold out. So angry right now.
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really sorry to hear that. reading about the insanely long lines at the apple store in brea, i headed over to best buy in fullerton instead. arrived at 1p and was 13th or so in line. i wish you all the luck in getting an ipad soon.

Brien said:
Nobody seemed to be touching those Verizon iPads with a 10 foot pole.
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and i find that really surprising. despite at&t's faster (when available) data speeds, i've always found coverage to be completely spotty, especially in fullerton and brea. opted for a verizon ipad.
 
i was totally disappointed. I was 2nd in line at Best Buy Anaheim only to find out they got 15 ipad2. No 3g or 64gb. Wasted my time! Never going to shop there again!!!!!
 
siurpeeman said:
really sorry to hear that. reading about the insanely long lines at the apple store in brea, i headed over to best buy in fullerton instead. arrived at 1p and was 13th or so in line. i wish you all the luck in getting an ipad soon.



and i find that really surprising. despite at&t's faster (when available) data speeds, i've always found coverage to be completely spotty, especially in fullerton and brea. opted for a verizon ipad.
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Nice I was 4th in line at the fullerton best buy. I was so happy best buy had enough
 
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