Arrival at apple store thread

[Blueline29]

I was really optimistic about going nice and early to my local AT&T store. But when I called earlier, they told me they were only going to have ONE line with someone walking every now and then to check who has pre-ordered phones... AND, that at 7am, they were going to open for everyone! I let him have it (the manager) and told him that AT&T themselves made the statement about letting the pre-order people go in first... So I called 611 and filed an official complaint and she told me she spoke with his manager and will supposeldy only take pre-orders between 7 and 8.

Whoa, I was scared for a sec there that they'd changed the procedure! The AT&T guy who sold me mine said something to the effect that there'll be 2 lines up until actual store opening time, with all of the preorderers going in starting at 7; once the store opens to the general public, they'll merge the 2 lines into one. I'll probably roll up a little before 7, I guess; I'll feel kinda silly if I end up walking right in and getting everything done before 8, but better safe than sorry, I suppose.

[Sinn]

im hoping less show up than last year. Someone said they averaged almost 800...can that be right?

That was me. The Walnut Creek Location had more than 800 reserved as of last friday, one hour before close. So I expect about 1100-1400 there. How many show up at 3am like me? Who knows?

[redneck47441]

They couldn't pre register me for one they didn't know how I think so they told me to show at 7:00am to recieve one!

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

I went to the apple store today to grab a case and the mgr said they are running 2 line....reserved and non, so some stores will

Thanks. I was going by this:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...tooth_2_0.html

I have an appointment at the Genius bar this morning (Thursday) to exchange my 3G for cracks on the back and I'll go ahead and ask them about the lines as well.

[Redon]

this is why I wait for about a month before I walk in the store and say "gimme all yo ifonz" haha

[seanwes]

Last year I got there around 9pm the night before.

I think this year I'm going to go to an AT&T store (I'm actually out of town) around 6am. Really, I just want to make sure I get a 32gb white. Hopefully 6am is early enough to do that.

[LuvKeane]

Whoa, I was scared for a sec there that they'd changed the procedure! The AT&T guy who sold me mine said something to the effect that there'll be 2 lines up until actual store opening time, with all of the preorderers going in starting at 7; once the store opens to the general public, they'll merge the 2 lines into one. I'll probably roll up a little before 7, I guess; I'll feel kinda silly if I end up walking right in and getting everything done before 8, but better safe than sorry, I suppose.

I guess it all depends on the store even though AT&T made it clear that that an hour will be given to pre-orders. The mgr here claims that the side walk is to small to hold two lines so they are going to walk down the line and fish out the pre-orders during that one hour... this might actually work better especially when it comes to Merging the two lines... how do you do that when someone may have just arrived but other people have been waiting for hours?

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

This morning, I was at the Apple store and was told that they'd still have separate lines.

[LuvKeane]

it obviously varies by location...