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I'm guessing b/c bestbuy has a harsh return policy if I am not mistaken. 15% restocking fee?

Can anyone confirm?

I would be concerned that there might be a problem out of the box and I'd have to pay a pretty penny just to replace it.

But I commend all you out there who go this route. I don't think I could.

No.

Best Buy return policy.

So now you can do it since what you thought was stopping you isn't true.
 
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I really would rather buy direct from Apple instead of best buy. But given the online store is saying 4 - 6 weeks and the three Apple stores in my area have no idea when they will get some (the reps are saying 1 - 2 months!), I caved and ordered from best buy tonight. Hopefully it will be here by Wednesday.
 
Ordered from BestBuy.

Thanks for this thread. Bought the 10% off coupon for $5 on eBay. That gave me $160 off the Space Gray 8/512. Paid for $30 express and it should be here on Wednesday. I saved $125 vs ordering from Apple, and will have it in 2 days rather than 4-6 weeks. Don't quite understand how Apple supplied BB with so many of these but, oh well!
 
Thanks for this thread. Bought the 10% off coupon for $5 on eBay. That gave me $160 off the Space Gray 8/512. Paid for $30 express and it should be here on Wednesday. I saved $125 vs ordering from Apple, and will have it in 2 days rather than 4-6 weeks. Don't quite understand how Apple supplied BB with so many of these but, oh well!

On bestbuy site it says that the MacBook is on backordered. How didyou get it to ship so quickly???

Also where Can I get that coupon? How does it work, can someone please explain so I can order this from bestbuy too.
 
As of last night the gold was back ordered but the rest were in stock. I just checked and right now the silver 256 & 512 and grey 256 are still in stock.

You can get the coupon on eBay for about $5. Search Best Buy Movers Coupon. I have an extra I'll sell for $5 (what I paid) if interested. You just enter the code at checkout and get 10% off your order. I believe it only works for us addresses.
 
I ordered my Space Gray 512 from Apple, and it was delivered last Thursday.

I went on to BestBuy to order for my wife and two friends; I think we got the last Space Gray 512, as when I tried to place the order for the next one, it was "Backordered".

As far as I can tell, only the Silver 512 is available at the moment.
 
As of last night the gold was back ordered but the rest were in stock. I just checked and right now the silver 256 & 512 and grey 256 are still in stock.

You can get the coupon on eBay for about $5. Search Best Buy Movers Coupon. I have an extra I'll sell for $5 (what I paid) if interested. You just enter the code at checkout and get 10% off your order. I believe it only works for us addresses.

I was in the 1-2 week backorder on the Gold 1.1GHz but it actually shipped in a day or two. I'm not sure their online availability can be trusted 100%. I'd place the order and see if you get a ship notification within a couple of days.
 
Ordered SG 1.1gHz 256GB from BB online Friday night, expedited shipping, out for delivery today.

Then bought a Silver also 1.1 from local BB Sat night, can't decide which to keep : (
 
On bestbuy site it says that the MacBook is on backordered. How didyou get it to ship so quickly???

Also where Can I get that coupon? How does it work, can someone please explain so I can order this from bestbuy too.

Post office, assuming you're in the US. Some people sell the codes that they get from these packets online at places like eBay. The one-time code is on the reverse of the third picture.

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My wife and I received our laptops today from BB (Gold 1.1 and SG 1.1). Both are flawless.

Tim
 
Ordered from BB Sat morning with fastest shipping. Just got my Space Grey laptop a couple hours ago. It is unbelievable, I am loving it!
 
Got it today at 1:00 pm! Sent the last few hours restoring my TimeMachine backup and updating Office and such and I'm typing this response on it. So far I am really liking it. Honestly, the speed difference is not that noticeable to me (coming from a late 2014 rMBP 13") and the screen is just beautiful. The keyboard is different, certainly, but I am typing just fine. So far, so good! And BestBuy and UPS were good. Here's hoping everyone else gets their new rMB's soon!
 
I did this to get a movers coupon, and it worked, best buy took it in store, 10% off.

Thank you!

I was able to combine the movers coupon (10% off) and the $50 student discount coupon to purchase the base model space gray for $1221 out the door including taxes! I did pay extra for the expedited shipping and it will be here Thursday.

You can only combine coupons by going into the store, online wouldn't allow me to.

This is an excellent deal, thanks community!
 
Current status at BestBuy.com - everything is backordered to May 14, except the Silver 256, which is available to be delivered on April 30th.

Guess they're running out of stock too!

Glad that I got my Space Gray 512 last Thursday (ordered via Apple on day 1), and my wife's Silver 512 (ordered via BestBuy earlier this week) shipped yesterday.
 
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