iPad 1 for £250 sealed new... Good deal?

Vegetarian · 24 Mar 2011 at 20:31

Someone at work got given an iPad1 for achiving good targets and does not want it and is going to sell it for me tomorrow for £250. I was wondering if that is a good deal in light of the iPad 2?

Also I told if you got a sealed new ipad 1 you can swap it for an iPad2 and pay the difference at the Apple store - sounds far fetched but is it true?

Mint_Sauce · 24 Mar 2011 at 21:16

I think they're generally selling at around £280-£300 second hand on eBay so that sounds like a great deal!

Glaucus · 24 Mar 2011 at 21:25

Mint_Sauce said:
I think they're generally selling at around £280-£300 second hand on eBay so that sounds like a great deal!

But that's a rip of as refurnished ones with full warranty where 289.

MM seem to be going around the £250 mark with a case.
But as it's unopened box seems like a fair deal.

theheyes · 24 Mar 2011 at 22:31

Vegetarian said:
Someone at work got given an iPad1 for achiving good targets and does not want it and is going to sell it for me tomorrow for £250. I was wondering if that is a good deal in light of the iPad 2?

Also I told if you got a sealed new ipad 1 you can swap it for an iPad2 and pay the difference at the Apple store - sounds far fetched but is it true?

I would call it an ok deal. You're not getting ripped off but it's not mind-blowing either.

I'd offer them £200 cash tomorrow.

ahenners · 25 Mar 2011 at 12:37

Its a pretty good deal if you want an iPad. Its new, sealed with full warranty so its £79 cheaper than any shop (and even then stock is now hard to come by)

tempac · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:04

Vegetarian said:
Also I told if you got a sealed new ipad 1 you can swap it for an iPad2 and pay the difference at the Apple store - sounds far fetched but is it true?

Apple declared that IF you have purchased an Ipad 1 in the last couple of months ie: around Christmas time and it was still in a reasonable condition, then yes you could return it to Apple for 'credit' on an Ipad 2 or cash. It was advertised during the first bunch of advertisements declaring the Ipad 2 as 'coming soon' after the thing where Jobs went on stage to advertise its arrival. The declaration was heard by myself on a CNN broadcast around that time. I also know it works myself as a friend purchased for her Mother a Ipad 1 a week or so before the Ipad 2 was outed, she returned it back to a company that declares 'we love electricals' (lying ********) from where it had been purchased, they in turn gave her around £50.

So yes, it is true but you need the receipt to prove you purchased recently and even then to fit into a strict time period.

HTH

Vegetarian · 25 Mar 2011 at 17:49

The person decided not to sell it for £ 250 and wants between £320 ~ £330 as its the 16 gb 3 g one. Im not prepared to go that high.

Deleted member 77746 · 25 Mar 2011 at 17:51

Vegetarian said:
The person decided not to sell it for £ 250 and wants between £320 ~ £330 as its the 16 gb 3 g one. Im not prepared to go that high.

So he did his research, but not good enough.

box · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:11

£250 is a fair price for the 3G model, but not £300. Considering the iPad 2 is now in the wild, you'll find much better deals elsewhere. Pretty cheeky to raise the bar as well tbh. Maybe point out that he'd lose £30 to eBay in fees if he's used that as his benchmark.

TigerUK · 26 Mar 2011 at 20:04

They would probably get less off ebay consider the ebay fees, paypal fees, shipping charges, and the inconveneince factor of selling to someone long distance, so they'd probably end up with are 220-230 cash in their pocket if they sell it online, so you can talk it down a bit.