iPAD2 : Long Lines Forming Across the Globe

[DukeEsquire]

You stand in line for a movie because you have to queue to get in. If your in a normal queue in a shop because a few people are alos shopping at the same time then thats life.

If your camping outside a store for 5 hours before it opens to get your hands on a product you haven't tested but must have before anyone else then somethings up.

Their point was why wait in line for a movie when you can wait a few months for it to be out on DVD?

[instant.human]

You stand in line for a movie because you have to queue to get in. If your in a normal queue in a shop because a few people are alos shopping at the same time then thats life.

If your camping outside a store for 5 hours before it opens to get your hands on a product you haven't tested but must have before anyone else then somethings up.

Ever heard of fun? Socializing? Doing things for the hell of it? Loving to be the first to do/have something? What's wrong with that? I just don't see the issue. Fine, you don't like that and rather let it be delivered straight to your bed but others don't. So?

Dressing up like an Anime character, acting to be some weird superpowered whatnot with pink hair and meeting with others that look like Zelda is not my cup of tea either. But I do see what might be the fun of it. Doesn't mean I judge those folks and suggest they are stupid.

[Orange Battery]

Man, I'm glad I don't know you in real life. You must love raining on people's parades. I think its right that we question why you feel the need to be a douche to people who like to buy gadgets.

What do you have against "marketing"? Because if you've ever bought anything, you've given in to marketing guys. I can't think of one product in this world that isn't marketed somehow.

And if your response is: well, I didn't buy it because of the marketing, that just means it worked. :)

I still think Im right. Im not someone that sits there insulting people, I just think it says something about us all now days. Its only on a forum such as this that i would say it. Normally I would just, well watch... Im in the wrong forum to ask such a question I guess. Good for you all :)

[Marshall Veteran]

WTF?

[NeoTrunks]

iPad preorders are sold out. You cannot go online and order one and have it right away. If you want one today, you have to go on a line and hope they're not sold out by the time you have your chance.

[acnpt]

I can see why people would want to queue up, its the same as midnight launches for games.

I tried a local Comet at 5:30pm, and failed(only 64GB White left), so ordered on Tesco Direct for pickup on Monday, with ?26 off thanks to Quidco and vouchers. :)

I'm expecting Apple to have thousands of online orders cancelled.

[techbeck]

I will never be in a long line for anything except maybe concert tickets. Since concert tickets are a limited time only. As far as any other product, I can wait until its restocked.

I have friends that camp out for games at midnight...and I think its stupid. People are just to materialistic these days and got to have it right now. And I know some people who get upset if someone else gets something before them. Damn social statuses. I like having cool stuff to...but I can also do without it and be perfectly fine.

[+DonC Subscriber²]

I walked past the iPad 2 queue at PC World today and noticed a woman in the queue fiddling with her original iPad. :)

[+Warwagon MVC]

I think I would be doing other things if was in Amsterdam then standing in line to buy something.

:shiftyninja:

Just remember

"fluggaenkdechioebolsen". :laugh:

[ahhell]

Just remember

"fluggaenkdechioebolsen". :laugh:

LOL. Where's my free t-shirt??

[vanx]

I walked past Apple's Regent Street store in London on the way home and had nothing but a smile and a shake of a head for hundreds of people swamping the place.

[Jan Veteran]

I've got mine :)

[Subject Delta]

I think standing in line for ANY consumer product, be it an iPad, a phone, a book, a DVD, or a game is utterly daft. If I wanted one that desperately, i'd just pre-order online so that it comes to me on launch day.

[vanx]

I think standing in line for ANY consumer product, be it an iPad, a phone, a book, a DVD, or a game is utterly daft. If I wanted one that desperately, i'd just pre-order online so that it comes to me on launch day.

Dude, you couldn't pre-order iPad 2. At least in the UK, that is.

[iamawesomewicked]

Dude, you couldn't pre-order iPad 2. At least in the UK, that is.

You could order it at like 5AM in Canada online, but it was instant 2-3 week shipping.

[vanx]

You could order it at like 5AM in Canada online, but it was instant 2-3 week shipping.

That's not a pre-order though, is it? ;)

[iamawesomewicked]

That's not a pre-order though, is it? ;)

Well.. We were allowed to purchase it before it was available in stores. :p

[Growled Member]

I think standing in line for ANY consumer product, be it an iPad, a phone, a book, a DVD, or a game is utterly daft. If I wanted one that desperately, i'd just pre-order online so that it comes to me on launch day.

I think it's a bit daft as well. I mean, what does it hurt to wait a few days/weeks for one anyway?

[Unix2]

I could never stand on street in a long line, waiting hours to get any product, not matter if it's the best thing the world has ever know. If I go to a store it's to buy the product and walk away, other than that, I mostly prefer to buy it online without paying taxes, :)

[nub]

All I can say is lol.

[.Neo]

I think I would be doing other things if was in Amsterdam then standing in line to buy something.

:shiftyninja:

Amsterdam isn't the world's largest open air museum or something. People do actually live and work here... ;)

I think standing in line for ANY consumer product, be it an iPad, a phone, a book, a DVD, or a game is utterly daft. If I wanted one that desperately, i'd just pre-order online so that it comes to me on launch day.

When the online Apple Store started selling the iPad 2 on March 25 at 2 AM it had 2-3 weeks shipping from the get go. Right now it even slipped to 3-4 weeks plus you have to allow an additional week for shipping. There was no pre-order nor did any iPad 2 ship to customers on launch day.

I think it's a bit daft as well. I mean, what does it hurt to wait a few days/weeks for one anyway?

Good for you. (Y) Anyway, the weather was amazing yesterday, people were extremely social, friendly and relaxed (great atmosphere really) and they even handed out drinks and snacks. So if anything it felt more like sitting on a terrace than waiting in line. Not to mention it was a pretty fun experience, in Amsterdam at least, because we didn't take ourselves too seriously. I can imagine waiting in New York City with crowd control measures in place and police everywhere (from what I saw on the pictures and videos at least) is something different altogether.

[.Neo]

"MacHouse". Don't you have official Apple Stores over there?

Surprisingly nope, not yet. Word is one will come this year though.

Is this person, WITH an iPad, waiting in line to buy another one? *face palm*

It gets even worse: She also owns a latest MacBook Air and had no plans on selling either one after getting the iPad 2. She was British though, not Dutch. :p

Maybe some people just enjoy standing there with similar minded people, talking about a specific topic and at the end of a day call a brand new gadget their own? What's your goddamn problem with that?

Well said. It was a very nice Spring afternoon actually with a lot of relaxed and social people talking just about anything (not just iPad related topic).

"fluggaenkdechioebolsen". :laugh:

Que? :huh:

[Jan Veteran]

I think it's a bit daft as well. I mean, what does it hurt to wait a few days/weeks for one anyway?

That's one more week of use knowing that you have the latest iPad.

[kombolcha]

I'm a little ****ed at Apple.

I'm in the US and I had better things to do than to wait in line.. besides that, people were already lining up since 2PM on launch day and I work. I placed my order online, but the shipping date is April 14. I'm still about 3 weeks away from getting mind. What got me mad is that BestBuy, wal-mart, and Target stores are getting daily shipments of ipad's. So why the **** wouldn't Apple send me my order I placed on launch day if they can supply these retailers nationwide.

Since it's the weekend, i didn't bother to check since UPS and FedEx don't deliver, but one guy at wal-mart told me they get daily shipments in at noon. So i will be there tomorrow and cancel my online order.

[.Neo]

For me it's a first that third-party retailers in Amsterdam received new products before online customers. In the past I always ordered new iPods or Macs online because I would get one sooner than the stores. I'm guessing this time around all stock went to the retailers to create hype?