Shortest path to getting AirPods

If you head onto Apple’s online store and tap through to the Apple AirPods page, you’ll find (at least in the US) something like this:

AirPods

Note the ship schedule, 6 weeks out. From today, that’d be February 27th. A long, long wait.

But. Word is, Best Buy is shipping AirPods within 3 days from ordering.

There’s this tweet. And this one.

If you go on the Best Buy site, the ship date is March 7th. No inherent promise that they’ll ship in 3 days. But given the experience of others, might be a path to consider.