Apple Tells Best Buy to Stop Selling the iPad 2? [Update]

Apple has reportedly put a freeze on Best Buy iPad 2 sales due to mishandling by the electronics retailer.

According to a CrunchGear tipster, Best Buy was holding off on selling the iPad 2s it had in stock, telling customers there weren't any when in fact they had just reached their quota of sales for the day. Their source says Tim Cook is currently in negotiations with Best Buy over the matter.

Separately, TUAW reports that a reader tipped them of the freeze as well. He claims that until further notice, the mammoth electronics retailer has had all stock except demo units pulled.


Let us know if you've heard anything to corroborate these reports.

Update:
A 9to5Mac reader who claims to work at a "fairly large" Best Buy in the Southeast reports:

I handle pretty much everything Apple related in our sales department including inventory, training, and keeping up with the latest Apple news. Yesterday we received a small shipment of iPad 2's, and as soon as they were brought out to the sales floor my supervisor told me that we could not sale them. I asked him why and he said that the managers received an internal email saying that we were to hold any available iPad 2's and were not allowed to sell them. We were also instructed to tell customers that we were out of stock and not to mention anything to customers about the inventory we were holding. No one really had an explanation as to why, so we locked them up in the warehouse until we hear more from upper management.

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