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iPad 2s selling for silly money...

by Chris Ward Mar 13th 2011 at 3:00PM

It's not just Apple that's making a fortune from sales of the new iPad 2 -- some regular punters are raking in the dollars, too.

College student Amanda Foote queued for nearly 41 hours for the iPad 2 release at Apple's flagship store in New York, had a stranger eat her doughnuts and slept for a total of 3 hours 10 minutes -- and then sold her number one spot for US$900 to app developer Hazem Sayed who said he needed an iPad 2 for a business trip. Foote says she plans to spend the money on tickets to see Lady Gaga. Ahem. Others in the New York line were being paid $100 to wait for friends, and Craigslist was littered with similar "I'll stand in line for you" offers priced at up to $1000.

With shipping delays increasing to 3-4 weeks, others are turning to eBay to get the tablet computer of their dreams and spending up to $4,000 (with free shipping!) for the privilege. The $4,000 auction is for a 64 GB model -- see the image above. Others are trying to sell iPad 2s on eBay for up to $200,000 (including $0.01 shipping), although that looks like one Buy it Now price that may not result in a sale. Others are more realistically asking a $200 premium for most models, promising full availability of all models.



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Manca

Do not order from Said Abdul Rahman! It is a fraud... Do not belive his e-mails - also the way of shipment = fastrack - it is fake web site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do not order anything!!!!!!!!!!! He is presenting himselfe like a sales manager from Malasya.
His mail: Said Abdul Rahman [ibctlpublications@hotmail.com]
There are also using the nami Shafiq Kareem and company Trade 2 Trade. And do not pay via WESTER UNION money transfer.

April 01 2011 at 1:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Manca

Do not order from Said Abdul Rahman! It is a fraud... Do not belive his e-mails - also the way of shipment = fastrack - it is fake web site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do not order anything!!!!!!!!!!! He is presenting himselfe like a sales manager from Malasya.
His mail: Said Abdul Rahman [ibctlpublications@hotmail.com]
There are also using the nami Shafiq Kareem and company Trade 2 Trade.
And do not pay via Western UNION money transfer!

April 01 2011 at 1:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Manca

Do not order from Said Abdul Rahman! It is a fraud... He is also using the name Shafiq kareem. Do not belive his e-mails - also the way of shipment = fastrack - it is fake web site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do not order anything!!!!!!!!!!!

April 01 2011 at 12:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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March 14 2011 at 2:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
basscadet

Oh I'll wait for 3-4 more years and get a spaceship of a tablet for less than 200$. There's nothing too amazing to do on a tablet that would part me 500$ right now, let alone queuing or paying extra. How does the original iPad look now? That's how iPad 2 will look next year, so I'll hold on to my cash thank you very much.

March 14 2011 at 10:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brian

With all the current suffering in the world today (tsunamis, earthquakes) for people to drop thousand of dollars (or anything more than its retail cost) on an iPad is pathetic. I hope they burn. Why not give the money to charity instead and just wait like normal human beings? In six months these will be selling for $300 on Craigslist. Just you wait. sad...

March 13 2011 at 10:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Colin

This is just bad for humanity. There's nothing illegal about it, maybe it's not even immoral...it's just wrong.

March 13 2011 at 7:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sauri

Many electronic stores in Russia are accepting orders for iPad2 for 100-120 thousands rubles, that's $3500-4200, and some people really do order them, especially as there won't be any other deliveries neither in 3 weeks nor in 3 months :). The same story every year. Even an used first generation iPad worth over $1000 here.

March 13 2011 at 6:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
2 replies to Sauri's comment
scott

Sauri! I've got a used first generation iPad - yours for that $1000 you mentioned!

March 13 2011 at 7:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sauri

Nah, thanks :). There's no problem to order stuff from online stores abroad or from ebay for more reasonable prices, the problem is that the customs will collect all the difference with it's extortionate clearance charges. Actually, that's the reason of the prices I mentioned.

March 13 2011 at 7:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
evil_ash

This is to all of you that have $4000 to spend on an iPad. Would you consider loaning me some cash?

March 13 2011 at 5:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alejandro

...UMMMM. No thanks. I'll wait 3-4 weeks for my iPad 2.

March 13 2011 at 5:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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