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I have a trip to Boston in 3 weeks so I needed this sooner for the flight. I grabbed the last 64 gig wifi model in the Seattle area due to the iPad locator. I had to drive 40 miles to get it but it's in my grubby little hands now!
Sweet.
I'm at the Target in Midwest City, OK. They have 1 iPad 2 in stock. 32GB Verizon model. Just thought I'd post so if anyone is interested they could come and snatch it up.
Best thing to do is check the trackers and go to the stores. I checked the tracker for best buy which showed iPads in stock -- when I called 2x during the day they said they didn't have any. I went to the store asked a salesman if they had any 32g wifi in stock. He said I believe so and 2 minutes later I had my iPad. Hopefully this will help others. Jer
I was so excited earlier today as the online inventory checker is showing that my local Target has finally gotten some stock of the iPad 2. Needless to say, I turned into one of those "mad" drivers, which I'm sure many of you are very familiar with these past few weeks, & rush down to my local Target store as fast as I possibly could.
Unfortunately, I was slightly too late as the last one was snapped up by a lady who I saw paid for her iPad 2 at the electronics department checkout counter. It was funny too because when I went to the Target employee checking out the lady at the counter asking for an iPad 2, that lady kinda give me a sly smile when the Target guy took me that they've sold out of the iPad 2. At least, that "hot" lady is kind enough to wish me luck in my search for an iPad 2.
Yeah, it s**ks, but I just had to LOL at myself for returning home empty handed yet again. On second thoughts, looking at my long list of failures in landing an iPad 2, maybe I'm destined not to get an iPad 2! RIM PlayBook, here I come! LOL!
Needless to say, I turned into one of those "mad" drivers, which I'm sure many of you are very familiar with these past few weeks, & rush down to my local Target store as fast as I possibly could. Unfortunately, I was slightly too late as the last one was snapped up by a lady who I saw paid for her iPad 2 at the electronics department checkout counter.
It was funny too because when I went to the Target employee checking out the lady at the counter asking for an iPad 2, that lady kinda give me a sly smile when the Target guy took me that they've sold out of the iPad 2. At least, that "hot" lady is kind enough to wish me luck in my search for an iPad 2. Yeah, it s**ks, but I just had to LOL at myself for returning home empty handed yet again.
On second thoughts, looking at my long list of failures in landing an iPad 2, maybe I'm destined not to get an iPad 2! RIM PlayBook, here I come! LOL! Ok, I gotta throw my iPad story in here, since I wound up getting it at Target. Typing this on my MBP, but that's another story...
Release day, I'm skiing in Park City that week, choose to ski Alta so I can stop by the Apple store and pick one up. Skiing is a little too great, get caught up in it, leave late, and the line is ridiculously long, obviously. Proceed to drive around SLC to various Target, BB's, and Walmarts, and narrowly miss a few opportunities. I am told at the BB in Park City they are holding some until the next morning, and if I get there when they open, I'll get one.
Next morning, get up, drive to BB, wait until they open (by myself), obviously no ipad. Proceed to call Targets for the next few days, no ipad.
Fly back to NYC, head to Apple store on West 14th at like 6am on a Saturday morning. Zillion Asian scalpers. Fail.
Fast forward a few more days, head to Apple store for something else on my lunch break, and they actually have a bunch of 64 gig Verizon's in stock, both black and white. Do not want.
Start using tracker, narrowly miss a few, then my big break comes. Nice guy at Pavonia/Newport Target explains the system (what time they come in, when they get put on shelves), I call one day, they have them. But, crap, I have a meeting!
Sit in meeting, drinking red bull. Meeting ends, but after all that caffeine, crap, I have to.... squeeze one out. Ok, can still make it.
Run downstairs from skyscraper, outside, and... crap, it's pouring rain. Can't ruin my work clothes. Sprint to shoe-shine place to buy an umbrella. Run to PATH, take it there, and... sold out!
Fast forward to a few days ago. Tracker showing Targets farther out have them, in places like Elizabeth and Newark. Hop in the bimmer, start gassing it there. Crap, construction on the Pulaski Skyway. Traffic at a standstill in the middle of the day. Then... lost in downtown Newark (not a place you want to get lost). Epic fail, about to give up, but head there anyway and... 1 32 gig black wifi left, exactly what I wanted.
So now I'm only waiting on my Switcheasy canvas, and I'm a happy guy.
Release day, I'm skiing in Park City that week, choose to ski Alta so I can stop by the Apple store and pick one up. Skiing is a little too great, get caught up in it, leave late, and the line is ridiculously long, obviously. Proceed to drive around SLC to various Target, BB's, and Walmarts, and narrowly miss a few opportunities. I am told at the BB in Park City they are holding some until the next morning, and if I get there when they open, I'll get one.
Next morning, get up, drive to BB, wait until they open (by myself), obviously no ipad. Proceed to call Targets for the next few days, no ipad.
Fly back to NYC, head to Apple store on West 14th at like 6am on a Saturday morning. Zillion Asian scalpers. Fail.
Fast forward a few more days, head to Apple store for something else on my lunch break, and they actually have a bunch of 64 gig Verizon's in stock, both black and white. Do not want.
Start using tracker, narrowly miss a few, then my big break comes. Nice guy at Pavonia/Newport Target explains the system (what time they come in, when they get put on shelves), I call one day, they have them. But, crap, I have a meeting!
Sit in meeting, drinking red bull. Meeting ends, but after all that caffeine, crap, I have to.... squeeze one out. Ok, can still make it.
Run downstairs from skyscraper, outside, and... crap, it's pouring rain. Can't ruin my work clothes. Sprint to shoe-shine place to buy an umbrella. Run to PATH, take it there, and... sold out!
Fast forward to a few days ago. Tracker showing Targets farther out have them, in places like Elizabeth and Newark. Hop in the bimmer, start gassing it there. Crap, construction on the Pulaski Skyway. Traffic at a standstill in the middle of the day. Then... lost in downtown Newark (not a place you want to get lost). Epic fail, about to give up, but head there anyway and... 1 32 gig black wifi left, exactly what I wanted.
So now I'm only waiting on my Switcheasy canvas, and I'm a happy guy.
So from him do you know the best time to go to a target? I live near a target greatland and a regular, in NJ
These quest stories remind me of another quest...
King Arthur: Go and tell your master that we have been charged by Jobs with a sacred quest. If he will give us food and shelter for the night, he can join us in our quest for the Holy iPad.
French Soldier: Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he will be very keen. Uh, he's already got one, you see.
King Arthur: What?
Sir Galahad: He said they've already got one!
King Arthur: Are you sure he's got one?
French Soldier: Oh yes, it's very nice!
He said to call about 11am. Usually, by the time they show up on the tracker, there are already people headed to the Target to get them. He claimed he will know ahead of time (I guess before they get scanned into the inventory management system). YMMV.
My Target had 4 16gb white WiFi iPad2s in the case last night. I had a 10% card in my pocket so picked one up. The clerk said they had had them in the case for two days. She said they'd previously gotten hundreds of calls for them, but had to say "no" to everyone. Now no one assumes they'll have any and so no one checks. Shows how important it is to have stock in hand to sell when the thrill of getting a new toy is still fresh.
Manhattan, KS. 66503. No promise they still have any though.Do you mind if I ask you which Target store is that?
Thanks for sharing the info & I really appreciate it.
Unfortunately, I'm in the DFW region (TX).
Oh well, I'll just have to continue to wait patiently & hope my local search for an iPad 2 is successful, sooner rather than later. Best Buy score
I have using the online stock trackers for Target, Walmart and Bestbuy for a bit besides driving around to various stores in Hagerstown, MD (where I live) and Frederick, MD (where I work). Looking for iPad 2 Black 64 gig 3G AT&T. That model shows up on the tracker on Thursday last week at Best Buy Frederick, MD and Walmart in Hanover, PA (don't want to drive 40 miles to Hanover). I call Frederick, MD Best Buy, but no answer. Give up, get busy, forget. Friday morning still shows in stock at Best Buy. Call them again and call gets transferred to Hagerstown, MD Best Buy and then answered there. Nice lady says that neither store nor any store nearby has iPad 2's. Friday afternoon I get antsy at work, take a break and drive over to Frederick Best Buy. Mooching around inside, employee training going on, employees busy. Look at iPad accessories, Apple guy sees me there and we strike up a conversation about them. I lament that it would be nice to have a new iPad 2. Apple guy says that this Best Buy just got 137 of them in!!! What!!! He gets Best Buy employee to get my model and ring me up. Spend the weekend playing with the new iPad 2, transferring micro-sim card and data from the old iPad. Sell the original iPad to co-worker today to help pay for new sweet hotness. Kewl!
I have using the online stock trackers for Target, Walmart and Bestbuy for a bit besides driving around to various stores in Hagerstown, MD (where I live) and Frederick, MD (where I work). Looking for iPad 2 Black 64 gig 3G AT&T. That model shows up on the tracker on Thursday last week at Best Buy Frederick, MD and Walmart in Hanover, PA (don't want to drive 40 miles to Hanover). I call Frederick, MD Best Buy, but no answer. Give up, get busy, forget. Friday morning still shows in stock at Best Buy. Call them again and call gets transferred to Hagerstown, MD Best Buy and then answered there. Nice lady says that neither store nor any store nearby has iPad 2's. Friday afternoon I get antsy at work, take a break and drive over to Frederick Best Buy. Mooching around inside, employee training going on, employees busy. Look at iPad accessories, Apple guy sees me there and we strike up a conversation about them. I lament that it would be nice to have a new iPad 2. Apple guy says that this Best Buy just got 137 of them in!!! What!!! He gets Best Buy employee to get my model and ring me up. Spend the weekend playing with the new iPad 2, transferring micro-sim card and data from the old iPad. Sell the original iPad to co-worker today to help pay for new sweet hotness. Kewl!
None available in the stores around my area for this whole week.
I've doubled confirmed that not only through the online inventory checker but also physically visited the stores. 
None available in the stores around my area for this whole week.
there have been a few in stock in south florida, but nothing new has showed up in over a week. i'm starting to think maybe an ipad isn't in the cards...maybe i should think about a macbook air instead?
None available in the stores around my area for this whole week.
For those of you who wasted/spent more than a week searching, y'all should have just ordered from the
store, you would've already had your iPad2's already.For those of you who wasted/spent more than a week searching, y'all should have just ordered from the
Thanks for sharing the info & I really appreciate it.
Unfortunately, I'm in the DFW region (TX).
Why not just order it online at this point?
Just got back from Target at Commack, NY. They had 2 Verizon 64gb. That is it. The 3G and wifi models must be selling like hotcakes. The Verizon versions not so much. It will be interesting when the numbers are released.