Who's joining the queue for iPad 2 on Friday then?

Billzz · 24 Mar 2011 at 08:45

I queued last year for the iPad 1 and to be honest felt like a complete idiot while doing so! Would never do that again ... my iPad 1 serves my needs right now but if I wanted an iPad 2 I would either wait a couple of weeks and wander into a store or just order online ...

Good luck to those queueing tomorrow - hope you get the model/colour you want!

Devrij · 24 Mar 2011 at 08:45

I'll be waiting for you all at the tills. If you decide to pick one up from a particular highstreet reseller in bristol anyway. Apparently we don't get queues until Apple run out of stock so might be worth considering for those of you picking one up on friday.

ElliorR · 24 Mar 2011 at 12:21

I don't want to queue up, the nearest Apple Store is in Milton Keynes about 30 miles away, and I don't want to take the risk that local shops, you know the ones, don't have them in stock as I live in a small(ish) town.

I shall be sitting up past my bedtime to order online tonight. Fortunately no work for me tomorrow (nothing to do with it being iPad 2 day

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gjrc · 24 Mar 2011 at 13:19

some guy queuing outside Regent Street store already...! weird!

Rilot · 24 Mar 2011 at 13:27

I'm assuming it's only apple stores that are getting them at first.

Robbo · 24 Mar 2011 at 13:32

gjrc said:
some guy queuing outside Regent Street store already...! weird!

He must have missed the 5pm Friday bit.

Rilot said:
I'm assuming it's only apple stores that are getting them at first.

No, all major stores that sell Apple products can sell them at 5 tomorrow. I can guarantee you that they wont have as many as Apple themselves though.

shine · 24 Mar 2011 at 13:33

Purple shirt place will have stock but how much is unclear. They're meant to be releasing a statement about iPad 2 stock this afternoon.

Tysonator · 24 Mar 2011 at 13:34

I would queue for one if they were cheaper !

Robbo · 24 Mar 2011 at 13:38

shine said:
Purple shirt place will have stock but how much is unclear. They're meant to be releasing a statement about iPad 2 stock this afternoon.

7,000 nationwide if what I heard is to be believed.

So in other words, sod all

Tysonator said:
I would queue for one if they were cheaper !

I'd be at the front of the Bugatti Veyron order queue if they were cheaper too, but there we go...

syke · 24 Mar 2011 at 18:16

Might walk past the Regent Street store after work - won't queue up though

Ripper · 24 Mar 2011 at 18:39

So you can order online at 1am? As in, in 6 hours 30 minutes time?

RJC · 24 Mar 2011 at 18:41

Ripper said:
So you can order online at 1am? As in, in 6 hours 30 minutes time?

Yep

Mackeral_Fillet · 24 Mar 2011 at 18:50

Apparently there are queues already in Regent Street.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/mar/24/ipad-2-apple-uk-queues-start

Michael_10 · 24 Mar 2011 at 19:54

For online orders what time are we looking at? Is it too much to hope that they will dispatch tomorrow and we will ahve them by early next week?!

CAPTAINBUMFLUFF · 24 Mar 2011 at 20:16

Michael_10 said:
For online orders what time are we looking at? Is it too much to hope that they will dispatch tomorrow and we will ahve them by early next week?!

Would like to know the answer to this too. I do hope their from within the UK, as If the delivery time is a week or more I will join the queue at regent street

Doohickey · 24 Mar 2011 at 20:30

Mackeral_Fillet said:
Apparently there are queues already in Regent Street.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/mar/24/ipad-2-apple-uk-queues-start

This I don't understand. Do these people not have jobs to go to in the morning?!

Fr0dders · 24 Mar 2011 at 20:45

Doohickey said:
This I don't understand. Do these people not have jobs to go to in the morning?!

presumably they booked 2 days holiday. Bet explaining that to HR was fun.

"yeah hello , HR ? yeah i need to book some holiday"

"yeah sure what do you need it for"

"i'm going to go camp outside the apple store for 36 hours"

"riiiiigghhhhttt......"

Totality · 24 Mar 2011 at 20:51

They went onsale here at 3am local time. As soon as they appeared in the apple store they said 2-3 week delivery time. Appears online orders wont be fulfilled straight away as all the stock has gone to the shops (what little they had).

I'm assuming the UK will be the same if people are hoping to get one fast by ordering from online when they become available. It was 3am here as all our stock comes from Oz as there are no official apple stores in NZ!! Just resellers

PardonTheWait · 24 Mar 2011 at 23:23

I'll be on the other end of it. I can't speak for anyone else, and I can't, or rather choose not to tell you where I actually work, but we haven't got enough. Nowhere near.

Doohickey · 24 Mar 2011 at 23:28

PardonTheWait said:
I'll be on the other end of it. I can't speak for anyone else, and I can't, or rather choose not to tell you where I actually work, but we haven't got enough. Nowhere near.

But then you were never supposed to have enough in the first place anyway

Would somewhat spoil the 'demand' and exclusivity that goes with something being 'sold out' which in turn creates more publicity!

Are you going to be doing silly dances etc to welcome people in/out of the store