Who's joining the queue for iPad 2 on Friday then?

Burned_Alive · 18 May 2011 at 10:22

Feek said:
I've just had an invoice today from FedEx for import duty on my Sena case which I'm not too happy about. I only paid a total of £36 for it but they're asking for £26 duty and admin charge which bumps the cost up to over £60. This seems wrong to me.

Delayed reply, but make sure you do the math yourself. I dont think I've ever had a import duty invoice thats been correct. Quite often they're doing it in the wrong currency as well. Last one I got, they just waived as it was so far off the mark, should've been around £30 and they wanted £90-something.

GSXRMovistar · 18 May 2011 at 11:55

Feek said:
I've just had an invoice today from FedEx for import duty on my Sena case which I'm not too happy about. I only paid a total of £36 for it but they're asking for £26 duty and admin charge which bumps the cost up to over £60. This seems wrong to me.

Ouch, main reason putting me off ordering one of these. The duty is fine but when they then slap on a large admin fee it's just not worth it for low priced items.

charltonfan1 · 18 May 2011 at 12:11

Havent they increased the threshold to ~£100 below which no import duty is charged?

stulid · 20 May 2011 at 20:05

http://gigaom.com/apple/explosion-reported-at-foxconn-ipad-production-plant/

Hopefully no more Ipads

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*You may now flame me.

DangerMoose · 21 May 2011 at 08:39

stulid said:
http://gigaom.com/apple/explosion-reported-at-foxconn-ipad-production-plant/

Hopefully no more Ipads*

*You may now flame me.

Well now, if I were to don an ill fitting, borrowed fanatical Apple fanboy hat for a second, I might counter with "I guess Google had to resort to more drastic means, in order to stand a chance of a decent market share for Android. :rolleyes:

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Meanwhile, back in the real world, tis a tragedy to be sure. No doubt there will be rampant speculation about reduced safety measures to fulfil orders quicker.

shine · 21 May 2011 at 13:28

Donning a tin foil hat you could accuse Apple of using this to drive the Apple fenzy as shortages for iPads increase.

thedinks · 22 May 2011 at 08:15

I ordered mine on Friday and it arrived Saturday

Glaucus · 22 May 2011 at 10:37

just smashed it. Using it in the kitchen as a recipe book and dropped a bottle of spice on it. Still works just the glass top in one corner. Know we see how good protect your bubble is.

Burned_Alive · 22 May 2011 at 11:23

AcidHell2 said:
just smashed it. Using it in the kitchen as a recipe book and dropped a bottle of spice on it. Still works just the glass top in one corner. Know we see how good protect your bubble is.

Might be worth taking it into apple if other threads are anything to go by. Looks like people have had free replacement screens for iphone 4, not sure if they'd extend it to ipad but must be worth a try!

Blackhawk47 · 22 May 2011 at 20:22

This sleeve for the iPad may be ugly...but its more durable than any case I've ever seen. :eek:

And the youtube comments are hilarious:

Can I make a suit out of it?
But will it bend?
Thats what the suit in crysis 2 is made from.

CHokKA · 23 May 2011 at 09:32

thedinks said:
I ordered mine on Friday and it arrived Saturday

Where did you order it from? That's a pretty nice turnaround

thedinks · 23 May 2011 at 10:50

From argos

I used that stockchecking site posted on the previous page. Quite suprised it actually came.

keogh · 23 May 2011 at 15:19

Thinking of grabbing a 64GB iPad2 in a week or so, they still impossible to get hold of at the Apple stores? Or starting to get easier to get hold of now?

CHokKA · 23 May 2011 at 15:21

keogh said:
Thinking of grabbing a 64GB iPad2 in a week or so, they still impossible to get hold of at the Apple stores? Or starting to get easier to get hold of now?

I called the one in Sheffield on Saturday and they said they're not getting them everyday and they're not even getting all the models so they couldn't honestly say how long it would take. I still think it is tough to get them. Just glad I got mine when I did

I'm after a second one for my other half now. It is proving to be rather difficult to get hold of one.

keogh · 23 May 2011 at 15:23

CHokKA said:
I called the one in Sheffield on Saturday and they said they're not getting them everyday and they're not even getting all the models so they couldn't honestly say how long it would take. I still think it is tough to get them. Just glad I got mine when I did

I'm after a second one for my other half now. It is proving to be rather difficult to get hold of one.

Not really a problem, I'm happy to order @ apple.com and wait 2+ weeks, I'm in no rush really, just if they had them knocking around in Apple stores then was definitely worth popping down. I'll give Bluewater store a call before I plan to buy, otherwise I'll just order online (which is what is likely to happen I think).

CHokKA · 24 May 2011 at 09:29

Just a heads up. The flying rock place and JL have stock of the 32GB Black / White wifis now.

DangerMoose · 24 May 2011 at 11:22

Purple shirt land have them to reserve and collect in store on their website, though damned if I know which branches. None round my way last time I checked.

diablotf · 24 May 2011 at 15:00

CHokKA said:
Just a heads up. The flying rock place and JL have stock of the 32GB Black / White wifis now.

Thanks so much for this. I am flying out next Friday and wanted one before I left. Flying Rock place were able to deliver one for next Wednesday. I didn't want to test my luck on Duty Free but I won't open the one I get on Wednesday just in case they do have it in stock.

Edit: Wow I thought I had posted here at least once before -_-

CHokKA · 24 May 2011 at 15:31

diablotf said:
Thanks so much for this. I am flying out next Friday and wanted one before I left. Flying Rock place were able to deliver one for next Wednesday. I didn't want to test my luck on Duty Free but I won't open the one I get on Wednesday just in case they do have it in stock.

Edit: Wow I thought I had posted here at least once before -_-

I'd call and confirm that your order has been put through properly. I ordered one for my other half at 07:50 this morning, and then at 10:37 today I got an email saying there wasn't any stock for the order and that it was cancelled. This was after I called just after 9am to ensure that it had all been accepted ok and that stock was definitely available. They don't seem to know what's going on at the moment.

Dr House · 24 May 2011 at 21:04

I sold my old Ipad 1 and bought the Ipad2. I finally got tired of waiting for JB to come out, so I give the Ipad2 to my dad and bought another Ipad one lol

luckily Vodafone cz gave it to my a good deal on at 160 quid