Rumor: Apple no longer allows Best Buy to sell the iPad 2 [Updated]

I like to shout or be mad now...
Its been more than a month when I gave my $200 in best buy for pre-order of 2 pcs. ipad 2 ( ipad 2 black 16bg and ipad 2 white 32gb) in 2 different best buy location.
It was March 11, when i paid that amount in 2 best buy storeS & until now they never called me if they receive any ipad 2 ( about my order ).
To add to the insult, in my city thereS 15 or more walmart & they are selling ipad 2 in first come per serve basis per store (most often time they have 1-3 stock) EVERYDAY - ALL OF THEIR STORES... thats why you just need to be early in going to walmart or call them between 9:30-10:00am everyday and they will have it.
I just found out from my friend who is the store manager in walmart - I didnt bother to ask him about that before as I know best buy has always more stock of ipad 2 than any stores in the USA.
This is the first time in my life that I pre order for APPLE product from Best Buy and its horrible & unexpected.
Not only me is pissed of, because many times i visit best buy to ask about my pre-order, you will see 2-5 people asking about their orders & you will hear them yakking & saying some words you cant swallow. It is more than one month now since we pre-order but until now we didn't receive anything & when we called this morning, all stores in the city - 8 stores - doesn't have one and nothing in transit (delivery). CALL ANY BEST BUY STORES IN YOUR STATE, THEY DON'T HAVE ONE...
I think APPLE should stop to sell their products in Best Buy - just give it to TARGET & WALMART as they will sell it right away when they have one in stock and they have more people coming everyday in their store (more buyers).
If ever i can punch anybody from best buy that doing this mess, i will haunt him/her down.
This is too much & its not acceptable anymore.
Please tell APPLE to stop making business with best buy & theres more known brick & mortar store that have nationwide stores too.
Im so mad & angry now to them - BEST BUY...
STOP FOOLING US - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH...

FWIW, I know for a fact Apple does the same thing with their stock. It's not like BB was hoarding the devices for some silly reason. Apple calls it "refresh" stock and they do it to support defective exchanges and other unusual circumstances.

I work for best buy and I'm here to tell you that we have been given no info other than stop selling them. This is apples fault, not best buys. So everyone complaining best buy sucks and what not, do us a favor, don't come into our stores then. We have plenty of rational people to help and get through as opposed to listening to you complain that you're the most important person we've ever dealt with. It's people like you that ruin a great work experience

Best buy here in Reno still seems to be selling them.

I am a former employee of Best Buy, and usually when this happens it
means that the next ad has a specific count in it. (ex. Quantities
limited. 10 per store.) Their is no way for an employee to
differentiate this in the system as it will only tell them how many
are physically in the store (counting for Sunday's ad). What happens
most of the time is when an employee goes to look for the missing
iPads that are found in RSS (Inventory), they team with a manager or
supervisor and they inform them they are being held for the ad and to
inform the customer that they are currently out and to check the ad on
Sunday. This happens all the time.

I am a former employee of Best Buy, and usually when this happens it means that the next ad has a specific count in it. (ex. Quantities limited. 10 per store.) Their is no way for an employee to differentiate this in the system as it will only tell them how many are physically in the store (counting for Sunday's ad). What happens most of the time is when an employee goes to look for the missing iPads that are found in RSS (Inventory), they team with a manager or supervisor and they inform them they are being held for the ad and to inform the customer that they are currently out and to check the ad on Sunday. This happens all the time.

I think this is getting blown up a bit. I know some of you are bashing Best Buy for this but honestly they have probably sold the second largest amount of iPad 2(Apple obviously being #1). Apple themselves can't even keep inventory, so why would you continue to add retailers when the ones you have don't have them. Another thing is that maybe Best Buy has had so many preorders that have exceeded the length of time that it should have taken, so now they put a freeze to fulfill those orders(I see nothing wrong with that). The other thing is maybe they made a deal with Apple to be able to advertise the iPad 2 in a weekly flyer a month after the release, when most of us prolly thought they would be in stock on a regular basis. As we know if they are to advertise something they have to have a minimum number of that product available at the beginning of that sale.

I highly doubt that Apple is not going to allow Best Buy to sell the iPad 2. The posts that some of you are putting up just simply don't make sense. I think this is more of a move that Best Buy probably got Apples approval on before taking such a big leap. They wouldn't want to ruin the exclusive relationship that they have.

We were in the Best Buy in Santa Fe, NM today and the signs were up for the ipad2, with one on a table, tied down, that folks could play with. There was a sign that said "Temporarily out of stock" above the table. Hmmmm........

Saw this when I was trying to find a ipad. Went to a one best buy location, to no surprise sold out of ipads. Asked them to check nerby best buy's for fun. Funny enough, location 10min away had 12 in stock, had the cs rep call the store and confirm. Other store said they had none, cs rep told the gal, system shows 12, "All of those are on hold for best buy customers".

I thought that was strange, when best buy says no online sales and no reservations at any of the stores. Drove to the other store on my way home, found dozen ipads locked in a cage, except for a 64gb, that someone else returned for a 3g one. Had to ask 3 people to sell me the 64gb one. Or one from the cage. Finally got the 64gb.

Bait and switch, so bunch of other people come into the store looking for the ipads that showed instock.

Strange

We just got all of our iPad 2s pulled by managers. :(