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How many iPads have you sold?

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AppleFan360

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People have been filtering into my office to get a look at the iPad. All have left wanting one. I have probably sold at least 20.

Its so funny how word gets around quickly that someone has an iPad in the building. :)
 
angemon89

angemon89

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Feb 5, 2008
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None. I really don't plan on taking the iPad out of my house honestly. Maybe if I go on a long car trip or something then that's when id take it with me.
 
gwynne

gwynne

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A co-worker specifically asked me to bring it in or I wouldn't have. Now that I have, today, I'd say there are two likely sells, but it's a small office. (I tend not to evangelize, I just let them play with it and do my thing--couple of people have drifted from 'wtf is that?' to 'I want one!!' within the space of about five minutes.)
 
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JReynolds

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Apr 16, 2009
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I need to check on restocking fees from Apple and Best Buy. I want to buy one and sell it for $50-100 profit, rinse and repeat until I make enough to buy one and keep without noticing the drop in my Bank account.

Anybody doing something like this, is it possible? :confused:
 
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Elzlaik

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Pack your iPad, get a cheap flight to England, and put it on eBay. You'll make enough to pay for your flight, a brief holiday at a five star London hotel, and enough left over to tip a London cabbie :)
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My friend here in Canada is trying to sell a couple he brought back from the states and isn't having any real luck. He's selling them pretty cheap too like $725, I think. Strange. I didn't think he'd have any trouble in the GTA.

Maybe I should tell him to book a flight.
 
techound1

techound1

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Elzlaik said:
My friend here in Canada is trying to sell a couple he brought back from the states and isn't having any real luck. He's selling them pretty cheap too like $725, I think. Strange. I didn't think he'd have any trouble in the GTA.

Maybe I should tell him to book a flight.
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A trip to the US is cake for a lot of Canadians - just hop in the car and sit in line. No shelling out of airfare involved.
 
ipoddin

ipoddin

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Sitting in a Denny's right now eating lunch, browsing on their free wifi. A guy comes over and starts asking about it. I show him some features, safari, and he's going out to get one now.

Gotta love free wifi at Denny's!
 
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Squid7085

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I haven't exactly sold any, but I have changed a heck of a lot of minds. :D Being in college, it's awfully hard to sell my friends on a $500 device. I did the same thing with the iPhone, everybody played with it, now half of them have one!
 
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Maaz

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Mar 13, 2010
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Haha three so far. For certain are buying it. Honestly, you jusT show it off for about 5 mins and the average person is already sold on it.
 
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AppleFan360

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Maaz said:
Haha three so far. For certain are buying it. Honestly, you jusT show it off for about 5 mins and the average person is already sold on it.
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I know what you mean. One person came in already thinking it was just a big iPod touch. He played with it for 5 minutes and realized that its something a bit more. Now he wants one.
 
NC MacGuy

NC MacGuy

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The good side of the grass.
^^^ Do they know you can't print, save or edit files without "extras?"

It looks all pretty, cool and stuff but the limitations for someone expecting something beyond internet, books & games is stifling.
 
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Bytor65

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Feb 10, 2010
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Elzlaik said:
My friend here in Canada is trying to sell a couple he brought back from the states and isn't having any real luck. He's selling them pretty cheap too like $725, I think. Strange. I didn't think he'd have any trouble in the GTA.

Maybe I should tell him to book a flight.
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Unless that is the 64GB model, how is it cheap? It is ridiculously overpriced if 16GB. I would just wait for the release, or drive across the boarder myself rather than pay more and potentially have warranty issues. I am not the least bit surprised he is getting few takers.
 
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msduncan

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Jan 27, 2010
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4 and counting....

1 coworker, my boss, and then I got summoned into the offices of two of the company executives to show them and they are getting them too.
 
ipoddin

ipoddin

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NC MacGuy said:
^^^ Do they know you can't print, save or edit files without "extras?"

It looks all pretty, cool and stuff but the limitations for someone expecting something beyond internet, books & games is stifling.
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And that's why there's laptops in the world.
 
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Elzlaik

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Bytor65 said:
Unless that is the 64GB model, how is it cheap? It is ridiculously overpriced if 16GB. I would just wait for the release, or drive across the boarder myself rather than pay more and potentially have warranty issues. I am not the least bit surprised he is getting few takers.
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Yeah, sorry I was wrong. I checked, he's selling for $675. He says that after New York State Tax and Ontario tax he is only making $40. Oh well, maybe he'll have luck if Apple sells the Canadian 16GB for $599, which would make hue price with tax more than he's charging.

I don't care. I got mine, which is only to tide me over until the 3G is released.
 
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maxine1211

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May 31, 2010
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I haven't sold any... yet. My iPad hasn't arrived yet but it's on it's way! I'm so exicted, i think i'll be selling lots though! I'm at a school where everyone is fond of technology, but only a couple of teachers have one right now, i'll be the first student to get one, just like i was the first to have an iPod Touch, now everyone has an iPod Touch.
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:apple: iPod Touch 8gb - School owns tons of :apple: Macbooks - :apple: iPad 16gb Wifi-only
 
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