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Online iPad 2 Availability Pushed to 4-5 Weeks, First Deliveries Arrive

Apple may not be holding back supply but have they handled this in the best way possible? The phone message at the local Apple store says "The IPAD 2 has arrived" only to wait for the 8 people who called ahead of me before being told that it has not actually arrived at the store. The big sign at the store says you can "get one tomorrow" but no body knows anything about when they may come. The store will open an hour early so that instead of hanging around for 12 hours waiting, store employees can go the extra mile and have you wait for 13.
The kicker is that you can go on ebay and find 2,000 for sale at greatly inflated prices. Congratulations to the ones who ordered early on line.
Well played sir.
 
Whaa

32gb black AT&T 3G ordered at 3:49am est I live in PA got notice of 3-5 business days........ Nothing but not shipped yet.
 
Got lucky a few minutes ago and found a 32GB Black Wi-Fi iPad 2 at my local Target here in the Columbus, OH area. Sweet! They had 2 more of the 32GB Black Wi-Fi's that they just got in. So check your local Target's this morning.
 
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RE: Target - they also have a trade-in program (not exclusive to the stores - you can do trade-ins online) that pays very well for used iPads, iPods, iPhones, and more.

RE: Apple - all the stores in our market opened early Wednesday morning to substantial lines. All iP2 were sold out in just a couple minutes (one store said they still had iP1 available). They are saying they will open early again tomorrow.
 
I ordered my Black 64Gb ATT 3G at 1:27am and it still isn't ready for shipment yet. Just called Apple to find any reason and they said it was due that model's popularity. Sounds like the run-around to me. Anyone else get a Black 64Gb ATT model who placed an order after me?
 
thejd said:
I ordered my Black 64Gb ATT 3G at 1:27am and it still isn't ready for shipment yet. Just called Apple to find any reason and they said it was due that model's popularity. Sounds like the run-around to me. Anyone else get a Black 64Gb ATT model who placed an order after me?
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I placed my identical order BEFORE you as well as a white version and mine is still stuck in the not shipped status. Seems priority when ordered doesn't mean squat... :eek:
 
Reston, VA Apple Store

Looks like I picked the wrong day to go to work as there was a delivery and magically, a line formed and all were gone before I called at 10 AM. The Apple store rep seemed a little hesitant when speaking about any details on when the shipment arrived. Kinda like he is not speaking the plain truth which requires much less thinking before answering a simple question. Oh the pain....
 
sideburn said:
I placed my identical order BEFORE you as well as a white version and mine is still stuck in the not shipped status. Seems priority when ordered doesn't mean squat... :eek:
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Same here. Ordered 64GB WiFi + 3G (ATT) on 3/11 at 12:37am PST. It's still showing as "unshipped" on the order status page.

Given I refreshed the page every 30 seconds or so from 12:30 until it went live at around 12:35, I must have been among the first to complete an order.
 
darkfiber said:
Got lucky a few minutes ago and found a 32GB Black Wi-Fi iPad 2 at my local Target here in the Columbus, OH area. Sweet! They had 2 more of the 32GB Black Wi-Fi's that they just got in. So check your local Target's this morning.
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Checked my Target and the guy said there were none. They had obviously gotten a huge shipment of products because employees had stacks of boxes all over the store. Part of me wanted to just run into the back to check their shipment and see if there were any iPad boxes... :rolleyes:
 
My Camera Kit is currently 'in transit: Anchorage, AK' with delivery by tomorrow (thursday, the 17th).

My Smart Cover is 'in transit: lantau island, hk' (for 2 days now) with delivery by Friday.

My black 32Gb WiFi iPad had arrived in newark nj and won't be delivered until Friday.
 
Kutjara said:
Same here. Ordered 64GB WiFi + 3G (ATT) on 3/11 at 12:37am PST. It's still showing as "unshipped" on the order status page.

Given I refreshed the page every 30 seconds or so from 12:30 until it went live at around 12:35, I must have been among the first to complete an order.
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Mine JUST shipped from China. It will be here next week. I can't make sense out of their shipping policy but I'm happy that my status has finally moved. My husband ordered me the White 16G Wifi model. Hopefully that means they will begin to ship the next wave of Ipad 2s. :confused:
 
plaubel said:
Looks like I picked the wrong day to go to work as there was a delivery and magically, a line formed and all were gone before I called at 10 AM. The Apple store rep seemed a little hesitant when speaking about any details on when the shipment arrived. Kinda like he is not speaking the plain truth which requires much less thinking before answering a simple question. Oh the pain....
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Not his fault. He can't guarantee the delivery. It's totally out of the store personnel's hands. He probably does not even know the delivery schedule.

I talked to some employees yesterday and they have not been allowed to purchase them either (and yes, they want them). From what I have been able to garner, limited supplies arrive sometime during the day or night (I have been told after 3 pm and after the store closes [early morning deliveries are also possible]). Some stores opened an hour early without advertising it, "just for iP2 customers". They took down what it was you wanted to buy and informed you if it was available (one store I had access to did not get any AT&T versions). People beyond their supply were told they were sold out. Four stores I checked with this morning were sold out by 9:05 (they usually open at 10).
 
This is pretty annoying. My iPad spent an entire day in Anchorage and is now in Newark, Nj where it will spend another day. I am in Philadelphia. FedEx logistics not know that Philadelphia is nowhere near North Jersey?
 
hey, mine just show departed NJ FedEx location.
Does that mean i will get it today?
i live in DE but the estimated time shows delivery by tomorrow...
wonder whether it takes so long from NJ to DE:confused:
 
Alaska yesterday...

...on truck for delivery as we speak! My damn time capsule on the other hand which is coming from within the same state is still in transit after 5 days.
 
Still waiting for shipment details on 16g AT&T 3G model ordered 30 minutes after ordering began. New front cover arrived yesterday. Hope to see a status update today. :confused:
 
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