Apple Rejects Cash For iPad - Page 2

scottjl · 05-20-2010, 02:50 PM

did she..? i figured jobs would step in and give her a free one.. probably some free 3g too.. doesn't cost apple much and gains them a lot of PR

Steven Lyle Jordan · 05-20-2010, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I'm glad to hear that that woman got her iPad. Especially a free one. While I understand the view of limiting purchases, There should be a means for people to pay cash. Which there is, now. Good on her.

Personally, I don't really understand limiting purchases... but only because I don't really understand why anyone would want to hoard iPads, why anyone would pay black market prices for one, or why Apple would care, since they're still making their money.

Glad the woman got her iPad, though. Apple has no business refusing cash for any purchase, no matter how badly they want to track a product.

dmaul1114 · 05-20-2010, 03:19 PM

Black market sales would happen, but probably not to a huge extent IMO.

The iPad is hard to find around here--my g/f was unable to get one for a friend in another country before leaving for her trip today.

But it's not something like the Nintendo Wii a few years ago that was very tough to find for months. Just a matter of ordering online, or getting on the list at the local Apple store and waiting a couple weeks.

I think most would do that rather than pay more than MSRP--especially since it's not the holiday season where people want it before x-mas etc.

scottjl · 05-20-2010, 04:24 PM

shrug. you can still find them on ebay for over-list prices, and people (mostly outside the US) are still buying them. for some, it's easier and cheaper to pay $100-200 over list than make a trip to the US. remember, while the iPad is being officially released in 18 more countries (last I counted) there are plenty more on my globe than that.

dmaul1114 · 05-20-2010, 04:37 PM

True, and good point on the international market. Anyway, I wasn't saying it didn't happen. Just that it's not some crazy, hot black market item that's being hoarded and sold for 2-3 times MSRP or anything like the hot products around x-mas etc.

Though I do think we would see that if it was around x-mas as people are insane about getting the gifts people want, and the iPad would be one of the (if not the) hot item if it came out in the holiday season.

Other times of the year people are willing to wait--especially when it's only a couple weeks and the economy is still tough for many.

pshrynk · 05-21-2010, 06:56 AM

Last I looked, on Amazon, there is about a 300 dollar premium for all models.

05-20-2010, 04:37 PM	#20
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	True, and good point on the international market. Anyway, I wasn't saying it didn't happen. Just that it's not some crazy, hot black market item that's being hoarded and sold for 2-3 times MSRP or anything like the hot products around x-mas etc. Though I do think we would see that if it was around x-mas as people are insane about getting the gifts people want, and the iPad would be one of the (if not the) hot item if it came out in the holiday season. Other times of the year people are willing to wait--especially when it's only a couple weeks and the economy is still tough for many. Last edited by dmaul1114; 05-20-2010 at 04:41 PM.

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scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	did she..? i figured jobs would step in and give her a free one.. probably some free 3g too.. doesn't cost apple much and gains them a lot of PR

05-20-2010, 03:19 PM	#18
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	Black market sales would happen, but probably not to a huge extent IMO. The iPad is hard to find around here--my g/f was unable to get one for a friend in another country before leaving for her trip today. But it's not something like the Nintendo Wii a few years ago that was very tough to find for months. Just a matter of ordering online, or getting on the list at the local Apple store and waiting a couple weeks. I think most would do that rather than pay more than MSRP--especially since it's not the holiday season where people want it before x-mas etc.

05-20-2010, 04:24 PM	#19
scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	shrug. you can still find them on ebay for over-list prices, and people (mostly outside the US) are still buying them. for some, it's easier and cheaper to pay $100-200 over list than make a trip to the US. remember, while the iPad is being officially released in 18 more countries (last I counted) there are plenty more on my globe than that.

05-21-2010, 06:56 AM	#21
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Last I looked, on Amazon, there is about a 300 dollar premium for all models.

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