“line is around the block” — Paul Arrington in Charlestown, SC.
“Hmmm, I wonder what these could be?!?” — Joey Egan at Apple Flagship Store in San Francisco.
“Its crazy how many ppl r standing in line 4 the new iPad,” tweets Tracie Cooke-Wilkes from the Oxmoor Mall in Louisville, Kentucky.
Here are some more pictures from around the U.S.:
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“Apple Store Mall of America Line ” — Branden Flasch in Minnesota.
The scene outside the Apple Store 5th Ave. in New York. Link.
“Holy mobscene infront of the #applestore for the #ipad2” — Bernice Denehan in New York.
“Apple gave out free umbrellas” — Mark Pavlidis at Apple Store, Fifth Avenue.
“Current line at #AppleStore of the #iPad2. Smh but I’m here lol!” — Steven Smith, DaBawwsss, in Houston, Tx.
“Couple hundred deep waiting till 5pm at the SF #applestore waiting for the #ipad2” — Erik Eccles in San Francisco.
“Waiting in line at the #Apple store for #iPad2 #technerd” — Brandon Wells
“If there is ANY doubt… Yeah… Y’all r crazy!!!” — TheKidturnedMas in Minnesota.
“Line outside the Apple store via Lenox” — Ashley Hendrick
“Waiting @ apple store, shadyside, pa for the 5:00 release of iPad 2” — Brett Tomich in Pennsylvania.
“Black curtains are going up at the Apple store” — Mike Paschall in Raleigh, NC.
“Waiting in line #ipad2” — Jason M Gutierrez in Chandler, AZ.
“They serve you coffee while waiting in line for the #iPad2 cool!” — Matthew Oatts
“line for #ipad2 at Lehigh Valley Mall in Allentown,PA (apple store all the way on the right)” — Jordan McCollough in Allentown, PA.
“Number 19 in line for #iPad2” — Heather @MACprogirly in St. Louis.
“Cerritos Mall, 1:20pm, est 130+ for line” — John Larson in Cerritos, CA.
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24 responses to “The iPad 2 Lines Are Growing: Here’s the Pictures”
Whats Apple’s Return policy if I buy the 16GB Wifi model now and want to exchange within a few days ?
Well, don’t open it if you’re planning on returning it!
You can return anything within 14 days for a full refund, no questions asked — as long as you don’t open it.
If you do open it, you still have 14 days to return it. But it must be in perfect condition, have the full packaging, and apple will charge a 10% restocking fee, which could be as high as $80 for the high-end models.
Here’s Apple’s return policy in detail:
http://store.apple.com/Catalog…
I bought the original ipad a week befor they announced the ipad 2 and they let me return mine for a full refund with no restocking fee and it was opened.
Thanks Guys, that’s helpful. Does anybody know is Amazon will carry the iPad 2 ?
Idiocy and consumerism all wrapped up in one.
ARE. here ARE the pictures :)
Haha I love theses types of pictures. They make me laugh, then sigh, then shake my head.
Fix the Charleston store pic caption. We haven’t called the city “Charles Towne” since colonial times.
Vow! Thats crazy!
Thats awesome.
apple is no longer charging restocking fees as long as it is returned under 14 days.