ipad Prices

Cherokeekid88

Cherokeekid88

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Looking to get my girl an Ipad air (not the 2) for Christmas this year...I know some of you are tech junkies or even bargain hunters, and Staples has a 16g ipad Air for $339.00 which seems like a good deal. She doesn't need anything more than a 16g. I can get it through work through our program but I want to make sure $339.00 is a good deal for a new one.

If it is, I need to act on it fast, since I don't know how long the deal will last.
 
I have never spent that much money on my wife for Christmas, and we've been together for over ten years and married for over 6...

But $339 is the lowest price I can find, so yes, that is currently a good deal.
 
jeepinmatt said:
I have never spent that much money on my wife for Christmas, and we've been together for over ten years and married for over 6...

But $339 is the lowest price I can find, so yes, that is currently a good deal.
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I normally wouldn't, but I can get it through work and pay it off with no interest over the course of a couple months. Plus she really wants one.

I figured $339 is a good deal.
 
A few things:

1. Applecare warranty. If you break it, they fix it for a $50 deductible. If you break it once, the warranty pays for itself.
2. If you don't get the Applecare warranty, and you break it anyway, make sure to take it back to AAPL to get it fixed. Don't do the fly-by-night $100 cheaper than apple wefixit4u places.
3. There are great deals on refurbs (look in the Apple store online), ESPECIALLY if you don't need the current gen model. Find out whatever feature is different between the one they're making now and the previous model. If you can live without it, save yourself $250 and buy the older one. I can get a refurb with a warranty and everything for about half of what I paid for a brand new one 11 months ago.
4. 16GB isn't nearly enough. I can't say this enough. 16GB ISN'T ENOUGH. My iPad just got wiped a few weeks ago. It's currently sitting at 16.1GB USED. There's not really anything on it. Before it got wiped, I was up to 34GB. I don't understand why they sell the 16GB model. Seems like a ripoff.
5. $339 is the current price in the Apple store for a 16GB refurb iPad Air with wifi. That's probably the same thing you're looking at from Staples.

Edit: Nevermind what I said about the applecare warranty if you're set on spending <$400. If you break it, just buy another one.
 
shawn said:
A few things:

1. Applecare warranty. If you break it, they fix it for a $50 deductible. If you break it once, the warranty pays for itself.
2. If you don't get the Applecare warranty, and you break it anyway, make sure to take it back to AAPL to get it fixed. Don't do the fly-by-night $100 cheaper than apple wefixit4u places.
3. There are great deals on refurbs (look in the Apple store online), ESPECIALLY if you don't need the current gen model. Find out whatever feature is different between the one they're making now and the previous model. If you can live without it, save yourself $250 and buy the older one. I can get a refurb with a warranty and everything for about half of what I paid for a brand new one 11 months ago.
4. 16GB isn't nearly enough. I can't say this enough. 16GB ISN'T ENOUGH. My iPad just got wiped a few weeks ago. It's currently sitting at 16.1GB USED. There's not really anything on it. Before it got wiped, I was up to 34GB. I don't understand why they sell the 16GB model. Seems like a ripoff.
5. $339 is the current price in the Apple store for a 16GB refurb iPad Air with wifi. That's probably the same thing you're looking at from Staples.

Edit: Nevermind what I said about the applecare warranty if you're set on spending <$400. If you break it, just buy another one.
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If you break it take it back to an Apple store for sure. I know at least 5 people who have taken into broken screens and been handed a brand new device without paying a dim.

Point 4 is very interesting. What do you put on your iPad? Pictures galore from the Nikons? Both my kids have 16GB units that are iPad1s and they are neither cloe to full.
 
BTW I didnt cross out 1& 2 I just replied to your post and it auto did that. I tried it 3 or 4 times and it did the same thing.
 
She doesn't need any more than 16g. I have my ipad mini that has music, pictures, games, apps and I still have plenty of space left. We both also have iphones that we use for pics and social media stuff.

She mainly wants one for looking up youtube videos, surfing the web, and play Dragon Vale.

The one from Staples is stating a new ipad. It was $399 but are running a deal with $60 off.
They do have a 32g for $379, so I might buck up and just get her that one if they have the silver.
 
Using the iPad as a primary device for everything, yeah , more is better. 16gb is fine for a couple movies and several games for a road trip.

We have an iPad 2, is used mostly as a gaming/social media web surfing device, if we're going on a road trip it gets wiped except for a few games, books, and a movie or 2 are loaded.

Music, pictures, videos all suck up memory pretty quick, a lot of games do as well.

I second the Apple refurbs, have gotten several things and never had issue, and the Apple care warranty is top notch, wife's Mac Air was warrantied 2 times when the hard drive died (not SSD), once after SHE took it apart trying to fix it ( I have no idea why, but it was pretty damn funny after seeing it laying in pieces and she tried to hide it from me ) No questions asked by Apple
 
Don't buy a 16GB. Once you wind up with some apps and movies on it, you will struggle to update the OS when a new OS comes out, as it normally takes a least 1-2gigs to do it over the air.

Cherokeekid88 said:
I normally wouldn't, but I can get it through work and pay it off with no interest over the course of a couple months. Plus she really wants one.

I figured $339 is a good deal.
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I wouldn't buy a toy that I couldn't pay for at the time of purchase, but it is your money.
 
Ron said:
Point 4 is very interesting. What do you put on your iPad? Pictures galore from the Nikons? Both my kids have 16GB units that are iPad1s and they are neither cloe to full.
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iPad mini retina. Nothing on it. Literally just reset to factory a couple of weeks ago. I went into the app store and marked all my applications to be reinstalled. That's it.

Not really any photos on it.

I'd consider 64GB to be the bare minimum. 32GB if it's just for the kids and you want to save a few bucks.

And no, the Nikon has a pair of 16GB cards in it. Couldn't even think about using an iPad for photo storage without an external drive of some sort.
 
DSM Turbos said:
Don't buy a 16GB. Once you wind up with some apps and movies on it, you will struggle to update the OS when a new OS comes out, as it normally takes a least 1-2gigs to do it over the air.



I wouldn't buy a toy that I couldn't pay for at the time of purchase, but it is your money.
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I do have the money to purchase it, but if I can use that money to buy other things for other people for Christmas and pay no interest..what's the difference?

16g will be fine for her. I have a Mini that's 16g and its plenty enough space for me and I have/do way more stuff than she would need it for.
 
Cherokeekid88 said:
I do have the money to purchase it, but if I can use that money to buy other things for other people for Christmas and pay no interest..what's the difference?

16g will be fine for her. I have a Mini that's 16g and its plenty enough space for me and I have/do way more stuff than she would need it for.
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Then you can't afford the other things you want to buy for Christmas then. If you are using 0% interest on something, and floating money to something else, there is something there you can't afford. Thats how tons of Americans get in trouble, oh well I can finance this and pay it off next week, oh I can't do it to this too. Crap now I have this unexpected bill come up and now I didn't pay off my 0% item, because I really didn't have the money to buy it from the beginning. It is your money though, use it as you please.
 
shawn said:
iPad mini retina. Nothing on it. Literally just reset to factory a couple of weeks ago. I went into the app store and marked all my applications to be reinstalled. That's it.

Not really any photos on it.
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What apps do you have?
Im just curious now.
Just checked and Kylie has 218 apps on hers and has 6.2 GB free..
 
DSM Turbos said:
Then you can't afford the other things you want to buy for Christmas then. If you are using 0% interest on something, and floating money to something else, there is something there you can't afford. Thats how tons of Americans get in trouble, oh well I can finance this and pay it off next week, oh I can't do it to this too. Crap now I have this unexpected bill come up and now I didn't pay off my 0% item, because I really didn't have the money to buy it from the beginning. It is your money though, use it as you please.
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I have different monies set aside earmarked for different things... I have a Christmas fund, I have a savings, and I have a smaller amount that I use for short term things like movie tickets, knives, ammo, hats, clothes, music, etc.

I keep all those separate for a reason.

If I have $600 in my Christmas fund and I use $339 of that on one person for one gift...that's over half my fund. If go through my work and get it, I can pay it off at a later date with no interest and split that money that I would have used to buy presents for others.

Not everyone lives their life like Dave Ramsey and it works for them.

This is not the first time that I have done this and it works out well for me. Might not for you. I don't know how a thread about the prices of ipads turns into a thread about financial decisions.

Some people act like financing something is the devil. My debt to income ratio is actually very good as well as my credit score. We buy things like houses and cars well below what we know we can afford.
 
Cherokeekid88 said:
I don't know how a thread about the prices of ipads turns into a thread about financial decisions.
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Honestly it's because you post something like this every couple of weeks...and then get surprised by the replies:flipoff2: And many of us are just trying to help you avoid making mistakes that we made when we were your age. But don't worry, we didn't listen then either:stupid:, and for the most part turned out ok :bounce:
 
I understand you guys are trying to help. I do. But I am doing ok with my finances. My wife and I work very hard to come out on top and want to keep us much unused cash around as we can for the unexpected. So when there is a chance that I can keep some of that unused cash and get something interest free, it doesn't tie up that unused cash.

I just refuse to work and come home and eat a cup of noodles in order to be able to say "Hey, I'm saving money" (I know that is a bit exaggerated)

Anyways, I appreciate the replies.
 
Ron said:
What apps do you have?
Im just curious now.
Just checked and Kylie has 218 apps on hers and has 6.2 GB free..
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OEM reset with iOS 7-something used 12GB.

I installed chrome, gotomeeting, bluebeam, acrobat, sharefile, the 'optional' apple apps, quickoffice, docscanhd, etc.
 
Maybe that's a difference.
With the ipad 1s my kids have they cant upgrade past iOS 5.
 
I don't get the allure of the Ipad, or really any Apple product for that matter. For the price, I can get a better phone and a better tablet and come out on top by saving a hundred or so. I mean besides the logo, what is the reason for buying an Apple product over anything else?
 
Macdaddy4738 said:
I don't get the allure of the Ipad, or really any Apple product for that matter. For the price, I can get a better phone and a better tablet and come out on top by saving a hundred or so. I mean besides the logo, what is the reason for buying an Apple product over anything else?
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x2..... me either. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab that friends of mine, who have an iPad, like better. I mean for that price you could get the Tab Pro that has an expandable memory of up 64GB.

Then again I look at apple products as being the Tommy Hilfiger of the day.... Everybody wants it b/c.... everybody wants it.
Its still just crap made in china...
 
Macdaddy4738 said:
I don't get the allure of the Ipad, or really any Apple product for that matter. For the price, I can get a better phone and a better tablet and come out on top by saving a hundred or so. I mean besides the logo, what is the reason for buying an Apple product over anything else?
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Just like ron said... My big draw is there service. I had an issue with my phone, walked in and walked out 15 mins later with a new phone with all my info transferred.
 
I'm not an apple guy.
Dont personally own any Apple products, but my wife and both kids are.

I'll say this at the age of 6 and 3 when iPads came out my kids could pick them up, load games, play games, deleted games all without any instruction.
I love Android's platform and customizability much more but Apple HAD the market cornered on intuitive usability. With the death of Jobs...we will see. Havent seen anything impressive since he left.
 
Two reasons: device format and ecosystem.

There are applications in the apple store that I can't get on Android. I have zero use for a widescreen tablet (which most android devices are). My phone is an HTC on android. Between the two devices, I can get pretty much anything done.
 
I was an android fan since day one. after having an android phone for 6 years and playing with various phones, I decided to go with Apple. I love my 6. it does what I want when I want it to. no crashing apps or lagging. The only thing I don't like about Apple is no LED notification light, which I understand it would kind of throw off the look of the iphone, but something like a lit up ring around the home button when there is a text/voicemail/missed call, etc.

but I have always felt that quality was apples' number 1 selling point. all there phones just feel solid and well made.
 
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