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One Week After iPad 2 Launch: Long Lines Still Abound
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Actually not too hard
I live outside Boston and was able to buy an iPad 2 yesterday morning at the Cambridgeside Galleria Store.
It wasn't hard. I would definitely recommend avoiding flagships.
1) Called the night before. The guy who answered cagily confirmed that "they typically have a small supply each morning" and "we open at 9 when we have them in stock". I asked him how early people started lining up and he said well before 7am.
2) I brought my laptop, got in line at 6:55am as person number 17. Did some work while I waited - thanks free apple wi-fi!
3) Watched the line fill up and exceed 100 people. Only a few people left when Apple staff announced at 7:30 that they only had received Wi-Fi models and would be out again to distribute claim tickets.
4) At 8:15am, Apple Staff handed out the approx 20 claim tickets they had available. I was the last person to receive one, thanks to the "you can buy two" rule. The Apple Staff then spent the next 45 minutes reporting to everyone that lined up behind me that they did not have any more in stock.
They only had 16GB and 32GB black, not the 64GB that I wanted, but I got a 32GB claim ticket and used the money I saved to get an AppleTV as well!
If you want an iPad 2, go early, have flexibility in what you want. Also, the #1 person in line got there at 3:30am. People between #5 and #12 got there around 6am.
PS - One guy in line sold his claim ticket for $100 to a stranger. Sleepless entrepreneurs: go nuts!
I live outside Boston and was able to buy an iPad 2 yesterday morning at the Cambridgeside Galleria Store.
It wasn't hard. I would definitely recommend avoiding flagships.
1) Called the night before. The guy who answered cagily confirmed that "they typically have a small supply each morning" and "we open at 9 when we have them in stock". I asked him how early people started lining up and he said well before 7am.
2) I brought my laptop, got in line at 6:55am as person number 17. Did some work while I waited - thanks free apple wi-fi!
3) Watched the line fill up and exceed 100 people. Only a few people left when Apple staff announced at 7:30 that they only had received Wi-Fi models and would be out again to distribute claim tickets.
4) At 8:15am, Apple Staff handed out the approx 20 claim tickets they had available. I was the last person to receive one, thanks to the "you can buy two" rule. The Apple Staff then spent the next 45 minutes reporting to everyone that lined up behind me that they did not have any more in stock.
They only had 16GB and 32GB black, not the 64GB that I wanted, but I got a 32GB claim ticket and used the money I saved to get an AppleTV as well!
If you want an iPad 2, go early, have flexibility in what you want. Also, the #1 person in line got there at 3:30am. People between #5 and #12 got there around 6am.
PS - One guy in line sold his claim ticket for $100 to a stranger. Sleepless entrepreneurs: go nuts!
Now who's laughing, yeah I woke up at 3:10 am central time, and ordered online, and I got it yesterday! That was the first one, for the second one I stood in line at best buy for around 5 hours but I got it day of! Who's laughing now!!! I love my Ipad, and the wife loves her's!
Nice work. Ah well, guess being lazy about it means I don't really want one yet...
I guess it would be essential if:
1) You're a nerd;
2) You're a virgin;
3) You have a tiny dick
They only had 16GB and 32GB black, not the 64GB that I wanted, but I got a 32GB claim ticket and used the money I saved to get an AppleTV as well!
So, you think you've saved money by buying the model you didn't want, and used that extra money to buy an additional product you weren't intending to buy in the first place?
No wonder people laugh at Apple butt-boys!
I say you're a smart person and a good planner.Well... then i wonder what would people say to me? I was in the line starting from 8:00am in the morning.
Wow, a bunch of hate in this thread. If you don't want to wait in a line, thats cool, enjoy the nice weather. But who are any of you to call someone a "retard" for waiting in a line for something. If you are the type who is "too good" to wait in a line, it's ok, enjoy your no iPad. But to slander someone who wants something and is committed to getting it is just.....sad.
On another note, if you want one, avoid all Apple stores. Try wal-mart or target. I got mine at wal-mart last friday and I love it.
On another note, if you want one, avoid all Apple stores. Try wal-mart or target. I got mine at wal-mart last friday and I love it.
Same here. Are these people morons? Apple isn't revealing when new ones are coming in or how many. I'm getting mine delivered on April 14th which will probably be before any of those people get theirs by waiting in line.
I think you do not get it. Apple gives people what they want - lines. These people want to stay in lines. They probably would not buy iPad if there were no lines for it. Considering that every one of them most likely already has a computer that can do everything iPad can and then some, obviously they do not really need an iPad right now and could wait but they do not. We all know that this is a cult and this is what cults do.
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I went by the 5th ave Apple store last night at 10:30. The line was easily a few hundred people long. I know it is NYC but I was amazed.
I went by the 5th ave Apple store last night at 10:30. The line was easily a few hundred people long. I know it is NYC but I was amazed.
Lines in the USSR
I have to say, this kinda reminds me of the old photos of Mosovites lining up to buy bread. Ya know, they'd run out every day, too. Now who'da thunk that there would be a shortage of flour, a most basic ingredient. Well, getting an iPad just can't be in that category. Why not just wait until there are plenty in the stores? Could lines and discounts be Apple's way of selling old iPad stock?
I have to say, this kinda reminds me of the old photos of Mosovites lining up to buy bread. Ya know, they'd run out every day, too. Now who'da thunk that there would be a shortage of flour, a most basic ingredient. Well, getting an iPad just can't be in that category. Why not just wait until there are plenty in the stores? Could lines and discounts be Apple's way of selling old iPad stock?OR, how awesome is the US where the only thing we have to stand in line for is a leisure device. Do you think any of the people in the line went hungry to buy the iPad? Too bad the rest of the world can't learn from the lesson we taught them: respect people's rights and work hard; the result is overwhelming prosperity; then they'd all be overweight and buying iPads too.
only for the less-than-picky...
While I am crazy enough to go stand in line at 5am, I specifically want a black 64-gig AT&T 3G model. I've hit the Boston flagship store shortly before 9am a few times on my way to work just to see what kind of stock they've been receiving, and each time it was just like you've reported: wifi only (and the line started at 4am-ish, and only the first 17-25 received iPads, etc).
What absolutely kills me is that I did queue up on launch day, wait 4.5 hours in line (about halfway back in the line of over 1000 people at the Boston flagship store), and they ran out of AT&T iPads first then as well.
So now I wait 3 more weeks for my online order to ship; I ordered first thing on Saturday ... should have ordered right at online launch (I'm a nightowl anyway) ... ***** hindsight, always 20/20
Despite all this I refuse to contribute to the bitchiness about Apple. They didn't "botch" this release. Sure, it could be handled differently, but I can't blame a company for making a wildly popular product and then having it sell out. There are examples of popular products in little niche industries (audio/film/photography/retain) where new products sell-out and are back-ordered for months; you just don't hear about that. But I digress...
I want an iPad 2. I will have to wait. In two months I won't care about this anymore, but it sucks right now
3) Watched the line fill up and exceed 100 people. Only a few people left when Apple staff announced at 7:30 that they only had received Wi-Fi models and would be out again to distribute claim tickets.
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They only had 16GB and 32GB black, not the 64GB that I wanted, but I got a 32GB claim ticket and used the money I saved to get an AppleTV as well!
While I am crazy enough to go stand in line at 5am, I specifically want a black 64-gig AT&T 3G model. I've hit the Boston flagship store shortly before 9am a few times on my way to work just to see what kind of stock they've been receiving, and each time it was just like you've reported: wifi only (and the line started at 4am-ish, and only the first 17-25 received iPads, etc).
What absolutely kills me is that I did queue up on launch day, wait 4.5 hours in line (about halfway back in the line of over 1000 people at the Boston flagship store), and they ran out of AT&T iPads first then as well.
So now I wait 3 more weeks for my online order to ship; I ordered first thing on Saturday ... should have ordered right at online launch (I'm a nightowl anyway) ... ***** hindsight, always 20/20
Despite all this I refuse to contribute to the bitchiness about Apple. They didn't "botch" this release. Sure, it could be handled differently, but I can't blame a company for making a wildly popular product and then having it sell out. There are examples of popular products in little niche industries (audio/film/photography/retain) where new products sell-out and are back-ordered for months; you just don't hear about that. But I digress...
I want an iPad 2. I will have to wait. In two months I won't care about this anymore, but it sucks right now
What a Mo-Mo! Come on man...seriously? You're worried about getting hurt??? Waiting in line for a computer? Good Lord...Can't figure out how I made it to this age; not wearing a helmet on my bike as a kid....or having a seatbelt on in the car....or being "Smoked" around
LOL...You need to grow a pair! Stand up for yourself, maybe go for a jog or lift a couple weights...then go jump in line for an iPad. My guess...you won't get beat up. But as they say, YMMV.To the topic. I'm 40 this year. I've never, ever waited in line for any product on a release date. Never have *had! I did it this time. Jumped in line, local Wal Mart (cause everyone else was at Best Buy) at 1pm. 3rd in line. Got the rig I wanted. Done. In those 4 hours, I met a dozen folks that I now consider friends. Great people, excellent conversation....believe it or not, we all had slightly similar interests in life
In fact...when a half dozen of us had our iPads in hand after 5 o'clock....we walked, in a pack across the street...right past all those folks STILL outside, in line...in the cold at Best Buy....and we were all able to pick up a Smart Case for our new toy.There's a first for everything. For some reason...for me, it was justified this time. I'm pretty much an average American...almost forty, with a wife and young son, two mortgages and car payments. I absolutely did NOT feel like a dork, nerd, douche bag, or any of the spider feeding, downstairs at Mom's house living compliments some of you have thrown out. In fact....at 5:15, I felt....Smart! Intelligent....and Happy to own the iPad2 (I bought iPad1 day two of availability, locally...no wait at Best Buy!)
My $.02
J
For whatever it's worth, yesterday I saw a white iPad2 (not sure what size) at the Target in Lake Charles, LA.
I also know that the Walmart in Gun Barrel City had 2 when I left on Wednesday.
Maybe someone can pick those babies up. I already have mine
I also know that the Walmart in Gun Barrel City had 2 when I left on Wednesday.
Maybe someone can pick those babies up. I already have mine
Or maybe the picture was taken in the A.M... you know, in the morning before sunrise.
I have purchased the first 4 iphone generations and last year's iPad.
I was always worried that I would not be able to buy the product at launch.
Well, it finally happened. I blame myself for not deciding, which model I wanted. Now I feel like a fool, because I really want an iPad and now I have to wait 4 to 5 weeks to get one.
I will try this weekend again, but I feel that I have a very little chance that I will be able to get one.
I feel Apple launched this product a month before they wanted to. It is probably to distance themselves from the competition, and they were successful in doing that. They also generating a demand and supply problem.
Apple did not count on the earthquake in Japan, that may make them have a demand for supply for a while. Basically it is called greed.
How far ahead does Apple want to be from the competition?
I was always worried that I would not be able to buy the product at launch.
Well, it finally happened. I blame myself for not deciding, which model I wanted. Now I feel like a fool, because I really want an iPad and now I have to wait 4 to 5 weeks to get one.
I will try this weekend again, but I feel that I have a very little chance that I will be able to get one.
I feel Apple launched this product a month before they wanted to. It is probably to distance themselves from the competition, and they were successful in doing that. They also generating a demand and supply problem.
Apple did not count on the earthquake in Japan, that may make them have a demand for supply for a while. Basically it is called greed.
How far ahead does Apple want to be from the competition?
Actually I think you understood his point perfectly. Your just trolling for an argument!