FYI...Most Best Buys can do the Next Plan
I began reading this forum a couple weeks ago and noticed that people who ordered after me had quicker ship dates. I ordered 128 cellular Space Grey through ATT on the 17th with a Nov 3-7 ship date. I called ATT about this, and the led me on a wild goose chase. In the end, they said ALL ATT Authorized Retailers can do the Next plan on the iPad, which included their stores, Target, Radio Shack, and Best Buy.
I also had read about the trade-in offer at Best Buy and the mover's coupon. My local San Francisco BB was supposed to get some in, but didn't. They called another SF BB and they had 1 128 Silver Cellular unit and I headed over. I traded my iPad 2 for $173 + $50 coupon. I was actually the first person to use Next for an iPad in their store and they didn't even know they could do it until they checked. Slow process as they had to figure out things along the way. But the process went through. The only issue was I could not apply my trade-in or coupon against the price of the iPad as the installment payments are set by ATT. So they gave me a gift card for the $173, which I was able to use for the taxes and the CA recycling fee. As far as the $50 coupon which states it's for trade-in for iPad Air 2, they gave it to me as a $50 credit against anything in the store right then. I couldn't use the mover's coupon though. But I was happy just to get my iPad through the Next plan. All the rest was extra that I wouldn't have gotten through ATT.