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louis0nfire

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Anyone that miss out on today's shipment gonna try tomorrow? Anyone know if Apple stores are getting any?
 
I really hope so, I was planning on going yesterday at 2am for tuesdays shipment but I slept thru my alarm (dohh!!!) so I'll be giving it a shot in the wee hours of the am.
 
I really hope so, I was planning on going yesterday at 2am for tuesdays shipment but I slept thru my alarm (dohh!!!) so I'll be giving it a shot in the wee hours of the am.

I don't think I'll go that early. Probably about 8AM. The two times I went last week there were only one of two people there.
 
I was number 2 on sunday at the white plains store and I showed up at 5:15. Then I slept till 8 on the line. I suggest going to the place in the mall where you can keep going up in your car and check every door on the way up. That's how I got in
 
I was number 2 on sunday at the white plains store and I showed up at 5:15. Then I slept till 8 on the line. I suggest going to the place in the mall where you can keep going up in your car and check every door on the way up. That's how I got in

It's really unnecessary to go that early there though. I got there at 8:00 twice last week and once I was first in line, the other I was about 5th.
 
It's really unnecessary to go that early there though. I got there at 8:00 twice last week and once I was first in line, the other I was about 5th.

So there hasnt really been any lines there? My brother live within a 5 minute walk from there. I might have him check it out tomorrow.
 
instead of waking up so early why don't you guys just spend the extra two hundred dollars and just get it off of craigslist (I hate to say it). But is the losing of sleep and discomfort of waiting on line for 4+ in the cold worth the $200 you'll save?
 
There were lines when I went on Saturday and Sunday. Probably about 75 by 8.
I may have gotten there early but I also scored 2 iPads. :)
 
instead of waking up so early why don't you guys just spend the extra two hundred dollars and just get it off of craigslist (I hate to say it). But is the losing of sleep and discomfort of waiting on line for 4+ in the cold worth the $200 you'll save?

The westchester mall is a very great place to sleep. It is a mall apple store and has nice carpets.
 
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instead of waking up so early why don't you guys just spend the extra two hundred dollars and just get it off of craigslist (I hate to say it). But is the losing of sleep and discomfort of waiting on line for 4+ in the cold worth the $200 you'll save?

The westchester mall is a very great place to sleep. It is a mall apple store and has nice carpets.

Haha wasn't at all the response I was expecting that guy to get!
 
Anyone know what the ipad scene is like in the Seattle Tacoma area? I keep reading about all these stores in NY and other places getting ipads, but I have not heard much about the Seattle-Tacoma area. The apple stores may get some here and there but every target I have called and best buys are out of stock, and have either got no deliveries since opening day or very limited. Any Idea what the lines are like, if they get deliveries every day etc. I have an online order out 4 weeks, and a best buy reserve that is a week and half old with not contact yet.
 
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Haha wasn't at all the response I was expecting that guy to get!

Hahahah, neither was I. To be honest, I've stopped trying at Apple stores. Got up last time at 5AM Saturday and got to the Apple UWS store at 5:50AM, but the line was already 80 people long-so iPad. First 30 people got it. Anyway, I don't think it's worth losing your sleep or standing in the cold for hours.

I hope you guys have success though. Good luck!
 
Check Best Buy. Was there this afternoon and they carried in appx 30 of them and put them right in the case. In OH.
 
instead of waking up so early why don't you guys just spend the extra two hundred dollars and just get it off of craigslist (I hate to say it). But is the losing of sleep and discomfort of waiting on line for 4+ in the cold worth the $200 you'll save?

Bc I'm a college student on spring break with nothing else to do. I'm kind of looking foreword to the adventure. I can sleep anywhere and waiting in lines is not really a big deAl for me. I guess it all depends on the kind of person you are.
 
Why do people go through this masochistic routine of waiting in line at an ungodly hour in front of an Apple store?

You know you can just use the inventory checker script for Target, right? I was in and out of Target with a black 16GB Wifi today within 10 minutes. Couldn't be easier. No stupid tickets, no scalpers.
 
Why do people go through this masochistic routine of waiting in line at an ungodly hour in front of an Apple store?

You know you can just use the inventory checker script for Target, right? I was in and out of Target with a black 16GB Wifi today within 10 minutes. Couldn't be easier. No stupid tickets, no scalpers.

Where's the fun in that???
 
I heard that place in Appleton, on College ave just down from Fleet Farm IIRC, has lots of them.
 
I heard that place in Appleton, on College ave just down from Fleet Farm IIRC, has lots of them.

Could you clarify please? Are you talking about Appleton, Wis? What store are you talking about?
 
Why do people go through this masochistic routine of waiting in line at an ungodly hour in front of an Apple store?

You know you can just use the inventory checker script for Target, right? I was in and out of Target with a black 16GB Wifi today within 10 minutes. Couldn't be easier. No stupid tickets, no scalpers.

Wanna make a tutorial for us? Then maybe we can stop going through the masochistic routine of waiting in line at an ungodly hour. It would help a lot of people I'm sure, including myself! I just want a 16GB + 3G (AT&T) in white for myself. I actually tried using iMacros and Python but it's over my head, can't even figure it out so I have to do manual refreshes.
 
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I arrived at the mall about an hour ago. I'm about number 15 in line. Everyone here is a scalper except the two other students ahead of me. I've brought a good amount of stuff to keep me occupied but I don't think I'm going to sleep, I don't exactly trust these sketchy people.
 
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I arrived at the mall about an hour ago. I'm about number 15 in line. Everyone here is a scalper except the two other students ahead of me. I've brought a good amount of stuff to keep me occupied but I don't think I'm going to sleep, I don't exactly trust these sketchy people.

Wow your 15 in line. Where are you located. I was thinking of going around 5:30-6. Last week I did this I was first and they gave me a ticket so I could go back home and sleep.
 
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