iPad iLimit iPing!
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Nevertheless, this is pretty weird.
Whaddya think, gentlemen?
Ok, so I wont buy more than two per day...Problem solved...
Why is there a limit?
Does Apple plan to ration them?
Leo Laporte said on his show today that he has already purchased 8. Wonder if he knows about the limit.
Waiting for the Slate. Kinda useless without Flash.
Guy 1 can buy my limit. For a small royalty. ;o)
You can go on the Apple web site (it says ships in 5-7 days) or you can buy one at the apple store in the mall. So why do I see the $499 version of the Ipad selling for over $700 on Ebay?
If it's any consolation, he can have my 10 "allowed" Ipads as I will never purchase one, just like I will never purchase an Iphone or an Ipod. Nothing against Apple, I just really could care less about their tech of the month.
What’s an I-pad? /s
It is NOT about Apple bashing, or comparisons between various mobile devices, nor the manufacturer's thereof. And certainly not the relative IQs, genealogies, or sexual proclivities of the purchasers of various products.
It is my wish that this thread remain unsullied by the loathsome argumentative pissing matches that have destroyed most of the tech threads in the past week or two.
Thank you all for your restraint, and trying to keep to the topic, which again is about the nature of business and restricting buying quantities, the reasons therefor, and related topics.
Interesting marketing scheme indeed! Has this ever been tried before? Does it work? Just asking.
It’s that Ipad Show loophole. Congress should act.
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There was a personal limit to iPhone's as well... which was removed when the supply got sufficient. After a certain level, a purchaser had to contact the business sales group at AT&T or Apple.
I know of several non-corporate businesses who have purchased a couple dozen iPads... so there is something wrong with this story...
I was at the Apple store this weekend chatting with an employee. A couple of women came up and each attempted to buy two iPads.
They were questioned by the Apple peeps. You cannot buy an iPad with cash, it had to be credit card. They do monitor those who buy multiple iPads. Said they were mostly Asian cartels who buy for overseas entities.
Because american got the rollout first, ebay, etc.. is now being flooded with ipads purchased here, with foreign buyers paying thousands to get their hands on them sooner.
Was reading about how even in India, people are bidding over $2000 US for them.
And as usual, Apple strategically makes it harder to get them during the first months of any new major product rollout, so the press will run lots of “demand outstripping supply” stories.
Why doesn’t he just buy PC’s?
IF this is true, it sure seems pretty seedy at best. If I had a substantial fortune and wanted to give nice gifts - I might be the type to buy 10 or 15 (or more) iPads as gifts - Why would Apple have a problem with this (though it is their right to set arbitrary limits - it seems it would hurt them more than help).
Second - This just doesn’t sound legit. I might could see such a policy with iPhones under contract... But I have never heard of a buying limit on any Apple products.
Regardless- though this doesn’t pass the smell test - if it is a real and true story/policy, I suspect the publicity will bring about the demise of said policy.