I was able to get to my local Apple store (Tampa, Florida) around 3:00 PM today. Pretty long line of around 100 people, about 30 in the reservation queue. I was able to get in the store and try out the 6 and 6 Plus before making my decision.
Within 30 seconds of holding each device, I immediately felt that the 6 Plus was ridiculously too big to be functional around-the-clock for me (I put the thing in my pocket and it felt absolutely ridiculous), so I decided on the 6. Went with silver because it looks classy as fuck.
I didn't have a reservation, so I had to wait with all the other plebs. I was immediately asked what model I was looking for, which was the silver iPhone 6 64 GB (AT&T). They were completely out of 6 Plus'.
Was in line for a total of 45 minutes, and the buying process was easy. The genius that helped me was phenomenal. I traded in my old iPhone 5 (which was eligible for the battery replacement program, which I never did) for $205. I financied my phone through AT&T Next, and with $205 in store credit, that covered the Apple Care Protection Plan (why not), a $50 activation fee (or whatever), and a black iPhone 6 leather case. I ended up playing $1.57 total out of pocket.
I'm loving it so far. The leather case is also really nice. Although, I'm having trouble restoring my photos from my cloud backup I made right before buying my iPhone 6. Everything else has switched seamlessly, however my photos/videos are taking FOREVER (it was been "downloading" for roughly four hours now). Anybody have a solution to this?
EDIT: Nevermind, it was because I haven't been connected to wi-fi in that time. Wow. I feel dumb.