I dropped into the Apple store at Doncaster Shoppingtown to check the availability of the Apple iPad 2. The staff member told me there was a web site on a sign in the window where you can reserve an iPad 2 and if you are lucky you can come into the store and pick up the iPad 2 the next day.
Reserving the iPad 2 isn’t a purchase, but it doesn reserve a unit for you.
According to the sign if you are interested in an iPad 2 you should try to reserve one at 9pm. If you’re lucky you’ll receive confirmation.
I’ve been checking the site for nearly the past week at various times (mostly quite a while after 9pm) and so far I’ve only seen stock on one night and just a couple of models.
For those interested the site is: http://www.apple.com/au/ipad/reserve.
Good luck.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au