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Old Oct 12, 2014 | 3:03 pm
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Looking online for iPhone stock?

Just got back from DUB, where my iPhone 5 was stolen...and I want to get a 6 Plus for my trip in 10 days to ICN and AKL (or else I won't have a camera at all to take pics!).

Everybody in the entire region is STILL sold out--almost a month after they came out. Incredible. I've checked Apple, AT&T, Target, Best Buy, etc. All just show up as sold out online or (if I go in) shake their heads in pity at me.

I've been checking daily to see if any of the Apple Stores near me (preferably the one in Newark, DE, given its tax-free status) have stock, but none ever show up with stock online. I just popped into the one a few miles from my house, and they said that they do get shipments in a few times a week, but the phones walk out the door almost immediately. (They had some Verizon ones in this morning but they're gone already; I'm looking for AT&T anyway.)

So, my question: do the Apple Stores ever have stock on hand that don't show up online? In other words, as a Hail Mary, should I just go ahead and drive the hour to the Newark store in hopes they might have some that don't show up online?

I'd hate to waste a trip out there, but I'd also hate to lose the opportunity to snag one before it disappears just because it was never loaded into their online inventory and thus only available on a walk-in basis...

Last edited by jackal; Oct 12, 2014 at 3:38 pm Reason: clarifying
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