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3-5 days! Guess I'll be heading to the apple store tomorrow morning
Right.
This shipping delay is going to cause some serious iPad mania i'm afraid.
In our got-to-have-it-yesterday culture, 3 to 5 ain't going to cut it
Hmm..Best buy or Apple.....that is the question
irvine's tax rate is, i believe, 8.75%. with the $6 recycling fee, it'll come to $548.66. you could always add a 16 gb ipad to your apple store cart, and it'll tell you the total.
Spending hours in line at the store while leaving my wife at home with the kids is not going to be worth on it many levels.
So I just ordered me a Black 64GB WiFi+3G (Verizon) online + Black Leather Smart Cover (loved the reviews on this) + Digital AV Adapter + Camera Adapter.
Went with Verizon for the few times I will need 3G on the iPad since it increases the likelihood of finding coverage when travelling and when I get the iPhone-5 (assuming its not 4G LTE on Verizon) I will stick with AT&T for the speed I enjoy in my home area with the option of WiFi hotspot always available in AT&T-friendly regions.
I still have the VGA and Composite Video Adapters that I bought with the original iPad. Now when this arrives I get to sell my original iPad on craigslist.
I am excited -- and I even got an Employee Purchase Program discount on the iPad and accessories as my employer has a partnership with Apple (not much but help offset the sales tax since I refused to deal with MacMall this year). Here is the pricing break down:
- Black 64GB iPad 2 WiFi + 3G (Verizon) $812 (save $17 EPP)
- Black Leather Smart Cover $63 (save $6 EPP)
- Digital AV Adapter $36 (save $3 EPP)
- Camera Connection Kit $27 (save $2 EPP)
- Subtotal: $938 (total EPP savings: $28)
- Taxes: $75.98
- Total $1013.98
So sure the $28 EPP savings is not much, but at least it pays for part of the sales tax.
BTW: I confirmed with AT&T twice yesterday that their post-paid iPad data options are NOT eligible for the FAN discounts. I would have likely gone with an AT&T iPad if they did since my employer gets a 23% voice/data discount with AT&T for all employees through the FAN number. I was surprised AT&T is offering post-paid without FAN discounts, I would have thought the smart thing to do here would be to try to retain your business customers. Apparently, AT&T has a different business strategy than I would have thought.
So I just ordered me a Black 64GB WiFi+3G (Verizon) online + Black Leather Smart Cover (loved the reviews on this) + Digital AV Adapter + Camera Adapter.
Went with Verizon for the few times I will need 3G on the iPad since it increases the likelihood of finding coverage when travelling and when I get the iPhone-5 (assuming its not 4G LTE on Verizon) I will stick with AT&T for the speed I enjoy in my home area with the option of WiFi hotspot always available in AT&T-friendly regions.
I still have the VGA and Composite Video Adapters that I bought with the original iPad. Now when this arrives I get to sell my original iPad on craigslist.
I am excited -- and I even got an Employee Purchase Program discount on the iPad and accessories as my employer has a partnership with Apple (not much but help offset the sales tax since I refused to deal with MacMall this year). Here is the pricing break down:
- Black 64GB iPad 2 WiFi + 3G (Verizon) $812 (save $17 EPP)
- Black Leather Smart Cover $63 (save $6 EPP)
- Digital AV Adapter $36 (save $3 EPP)
- Camera Connection Kit $27 (save $2 EPP)
- Subtotal: $938 (total EPP savings: $28)
- Taxes: $75.98
- Total $1013.98
So sure the $28 EPP savings is not much, but at least it pays for part of the sales tax.
BTW: I confirmed with AT&T twice yesterday that their post-paid iPad data options are NOT eligible for the FAN discounts. I would have likely gone with an AT&T iPad if they did since my employer gets a 23% voice/data discount with AT&T for all employees through the FAN number. I was surprised AT&T is offering post-paid without FAN discounts, I would have thought the smart thing to do here would be to try to retain your business customers. Apparently, AT&T has a different business strategy than I would have thought.
Where do you work where you got an EPP discount on an iPad!?!
I work at Bank of America, so I got the EPP as well. For me, however, it was just a measly $15 off for the 64GB Wi-Fi model. and $3 each for the smart cover and HDMI cable thingy.
I live in Panama and was able to order mine just fine using a US address. Logged on and completed it at 3:45am EST.
weirdest thing. It shows up as available to preorder in safari but not in chrome. Refreshed both seconds before this screenshot:
ba hahahahahahaha
Weirdest thing. It shows up as available to preorder in Safari but not in Chrome. Refreshed both seconds before this screenshot:
Mine did the same thing too! I had to order from Safari.
Ordered a 64GB Black WiFi naked style (without any accessories). Received confirmation email, but 3-5 day shipping worries me. Leaving for a vacation on the 19th in the AM. Ugh. Thinking I should probably check my local Apple store tomorrow to play it safe and return or cancel the ordered one.
I ordered using Chrome. Canary build for Windows. (I just didn't happen to be near my Mac.)
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/8F190)
Got my white iPad 2 64 GB wifi only 20 minutes early! Can't wait 5 days though.
Got my white iPad 2 64 GB wifi only 20 minutes early! Can't wait 5 days though.
Shipping 3-5 business days!
That's a deal breaker for me. I can get an over-priced Samsung immediately!
^Im sure the estimates are conservative and people will get them relatively soon but your right.....now the question is.....best buy or apple...hmmmm......
For those wanting a 3G version, you may just want to order directly from AT&T right now.
Free 2nd day air.
I placed an order on apple.com and att.com...just plan on returning the one that arrives last. I normally hate doing this, but I'm leaving town tomorrow morning so I can't wait in line, and Apple's iron fist-o-control keeps me from upgrading my shipping.
Free 2nd day air.
I placed an order on apple.com and att.com...just plan on returning the one that arrives last. I normally hate doing this, but I'm leaving town tomorrow morning so I can't wait in line, and Apple's iron fist-o-control keeps me from upgrading my shipping.
Just ordered it:
Pad 2 32GB with Wi-Fi + 3G for AT&T - White
iPad Smart Cover - Polyurethane - Orange
Apple Digital AV Adapter
Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit
Too bad it takes 3-5 business day, was hoping to have it Monday (I'm going on vacation on Friday)
Does anybody know how long I can cancel the order? (Just in case there is no line at the store when I pass it this evening or tomorrow morning ...)
Pad 2 32GB with Wi-Fi + 3G for AT&T - White
iPad Smart Cover - Polyurethane - Orange
Apple Digital AV Adapter
Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit
Too bad it takes 3-5 business day, was hoping to have it Monday (I'm going on vacation on Friday)
Does anybody know how long I can cancel the order? (Just in case there is no line at the store when I pass it this evening or tomorrow morning ...)
I just ordered mine.. but is anyone going to order one online, and if they are able to grab one from a retailer later today, then try and return their online order once it comes in? seems like a plausible scenario since they now waived their restocking fee.
Done.
White 16GB Wi-Fi+3G, Digital AV Adapter, Orange Smart Cover, and iPad Dock for the Mrs. Now I'm going back to bed. Good night/good morning to all ....oh and it looks like White is the new Black if this thread were any indication.
White 16GB Wi-Fi+3G, Digital AV Adapter, Orange Smart Cover, and iPad Dock for the Mrs. Now I'm going back to bed. Good night/good morning to all
....oh and it looks like White is the new Black if this thread were any indication.
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I'm glad so many people are hitting the store with the delay. Hopefully it means mine will ship sooner....LOL
I was wondering, does anyone know/think that if we ordered this early before Apple's shipping center or whatever opens, would it be possible that it would get processed and shipped today? Or is that too wishful?