This is why I stood in line on launch day friday. I did placed an order on Apple.com on Wednesday but would expect to ship in 3-4 week business days. I didn't mind it at all. But Friday came, I was curious to see how long the line was so decided to stop at my local mall in the afternoon.
There was a line of course about 3-4 stores long. I got there 1:40 PM, and asked if they had any 6 Plus available. Of course I knew that the 6 Plus would be short on availability, but just thought I asked. They did not had any 6 Plus models available. But I decided to reserve a 6 anyways. 1 hour later, Apple guy told us that there are indeed some 6 Plus available, and if anyone wanted to change their reservation pass that now is the time to change. So, I lucked out and made a reservation pass for the iPhone 6 Plus Gold 128 GB. I wanted the Silver model but they only had space grey or gold. I immediately canceled the order placed online and in 2 minutes I got my eligibility back.
So I went with Gold. 5 PM it was my turn, took a while but around 6 PM, I was able to walk out with iPhone 6 Plus. Of course there were still a long line.
This was my first time experiencing standing in a line like this for a phone. It was a great experience but will not be doing this again.