Did you attempt to buy one on launch day? A lot of the people that I talked to about buying one on launch day thought I was stupid for trying it. Now they are the one's that want the ipad 2 but cant find it. If you plan things right you can do what I did and just walk in about an hour and a half after the launch and still get exactly what you wanted, in and out of the store in 8 mins total. Just have to plan ahead.