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NE FL & Jacksonville, FL - St. John's Town Center Apple Store
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Regarding Best Buy, it depends on the model you want. You can check their store stock on the website. A couple of BB stores in our area appear to have a couple of White Verizon models...?
Considering how few the non apple stores got, I think going back to the apple store in st johns town center is your best bet.
Wonder if our local store is opening early tomorrow?
According to this story on the front page, there's another push rumored for 3/15... https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1116870/
According to this story on the front page, there's another push rumored for 3/15... https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1116870/
as an fyi, they were selling them before 10. and as far as i know, sold out by 1030. seemed like they had a decent amount come in. clearly not enough, but a decent amount.
Got here this morning at 8:40. I managed to get a ticket for a black 32gb wifi.
There were maybe 30 people ahead of me. 6 people behind me got tickets. A lot more didn't.
No AT&T models. Maybe 2 Verizon.
There were maybe 30 people ahead of me. 6 people behind me got tickets. A lot more didn't.
No AT&T models. Maybe 2 Verizon.
Today.
From what I can tell, the rumors of how they manage their daily stock are true. Whatever shipment they get today, they will hold for tomorrow. They make up tickets and each iPad available. Sometime before 9, they start handing those tickets out to people in line. At 9 their payments systems come up and they can begin selling to ticket-holders.
The tickets were gone well before 9. I barely got the model I wanted. If I'd been 10 minutes later showing up this morning, I wouldn't have gotten anything but an apology from Apple workers.
If you want one, I'd say get there on a morning well before 9. 8 seems safe. But as this information spreads, earlier than 8 is advised.
From what I can tell, the rumors of how they manage their daily stock are true. Whatever shipment they get today, they will hold for tomorrow. They make up tickets and each iPad available. Sometime before 9, they start handing those tickets out to people in line. At 9 their payments systems come up and they can begin selling to ticket-holders.
The tickets were gone well before 9. I barely got the model I wanted. If I'd been 10 minutes later showing up this morning, I wouldn't have gotten anything but an apology from Apple workers.
If you want one, I'd say get there on a morning well before 9. 8 seems safe. But as this information spreads, earlier than 8 is advised.
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Ugh, I really don't want to get up and wait at the Apple Store and Saint Johns...but I've seen nothing show up at Target, and the only iPad showing in walmart doesn't exist (went to the store today). I've had one on order at Best Buy since 10am Saturday (was 3rd on the reservation list) but of course, best buy has received 0 since Friday (seriously Apple, you can't even send them 5???).
It seems I don't have much of a choice.
It seems I don't have much of a choice.
Wow one week later and there is still 40 in line at 7:30am. And to think on launch day I got there at almost 2pm and was 100th in line. Wow.
Good luck. If I were you I would plan on an early Saturday and get there at 5am. That is what time the security guards seem to let people start lining up at the St Johns Town Center Apple store.