PHEW! That was a rollercoaster! My partner got his Apple Store App to open almost immediately (~8:01) and was able to sail to pre-order for his Deep Purple iPhone 14 Pro Max, but gave him the glitch about In-Store Pickup, and when he placed it, it had home delivery listed (With a Launch Day 9/16 delivery date, so that is great nonetheless).
I finally get in around 8:05ish, sail through Pre-Order, attempt to do In-Store Pickup, didn’t get much of a fight, but it glitched on me as well, and after placing the order, had switched me to a 9/16 (yay!) home delivery.
Deep Purple iPhone 14 Pro Max 128GB
Same thing then happened with the phone I ordered for my mother (Space Black iPhone 14 Pro Max 128GB).
So now, after all that, we are all sitting pretty with 9/16 home delivery. I really thought we we gonna all get In-Store Pickup, and I was gonna be following along on this thread for all the excitement and hype, as well as the healthy doses of drama over the next week, BUT, now it looks like I will be in the thick of it, right alongside you lovely folks!
Let the tracking madness begin!