Originally Posted by
carleton
I know the feeling. I worked at an Apple store the day the first iPhone launched. There was a line around the mall. 1 hour before closing, everyone had been served. Everyone left with an iPhone. I was amazed. A customer could have showed up at 8:30PM walked right to the counter and bought an iPhone, no line, no wait.
Had NO problem picking up an iPhone 5 today. I got in on the preorder late, so it wasn't gonna ship until 10/5. Since I have a locked in buyback price of $370 for my 4S as long as I ship it by 10/1, I figured I'd give picking one up in person a shot. Got up this morning, used the pain in my right knee as a justification to blow off my scheduled 20 mile marathon training run and instead rode my bike the 5 miles to Apple store on 14th and 9th. Left my place at 11:30 am, got my new phone, went to Chelsea Market and got a chili dog at Dixon's Family Meats and a lobster roll at the Lobster Pound and was back home in BK by 1:30. I'm not a fan boy (been building P.C. desk tops for <20 yrs), but I'd be lying if I didn't say I was impressed by how smooth things ran at the Apple store. Easy peasy. Now freakin' algebra homework (boo!) and then the "All Tomorrow's Parties" festival all weekend (yeah!).