How did you get the money for the iPad?

[MiguelS]

Wise to not go into debt, but I *ALWAYS* make such purchases on my American Express Gold Card. AmEx has reimbursed me for two laptops so far, that each died shortly AFTER the manufacturer's warranty expired. $3,000 or so. AmEx adds a year to your warranty (used to double it, but 1 year is pretty good). In fact, they even rebated me the difference when the original iPhone dropped $200 within 2 months of availability.

As to the original question, I sold my HP netbook, which I have no plans to use once the iPad is in my hands. I also plan to pay for it through the sale of my apps, including iPad-specific versions!

Good Credit Cards have good benefits.

My bank does not offer extended warranties, rebates, priority ticket purchasing...so the AMEX is used all the time.

 

[touchmonkey]

My parents started the day I was born, putting one penny each day into a large (huge) glass jar. When I moved out of their house, I took the jar with me and have continued adding a penny each day.

So when the iPad was first available for pre-order I emptied the jar. There was $193.58 worth of pennies. Not enough for an iPad. .

So I've put all those pennies back into the jar, and am still adding one more each day. I'll buy my iPad when there are enough pennies in the jar to pay for one. That should take another 60 years or so, unless Apple lowers the price.

I've put a label on the jar now. It says "Contents explicitly for purchasing and iPad. Don't empty before value enclosed matches price + tax of an iPad." This should keep my decendants honest.

I lol'd.

 

[Resident Guru]

My GF is buying one for me.

 

[str1f3]

I've been catching up on Breaking Bad and decided to become a meth dealer.

 

[Tom G.]

I sold a replica 18th century musket I had. Sale price came within a few dollars of the iPad.

As a friend said when I told him, well they both send a message, just in a different way.

I find it weird to convert an 18th century weapon into a 21st century piece of computer equipment.

 

[d21mike]

Wirelessly posted (iPhone 3GS: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_1_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7E18 Safari/528.16)

Business expense.

 

[touchmonkey]

My GF is buying one for me.

She sounds like a keeper.
Don't fk that up bro.

 

[touchmonkey]

I sold a replica 18th century musket I had. Sale price came within a few dollars of the iPad.

As a friend said when I told him, well they both send a message, just in a different way.

I find it weird to convert an 18th century weapon into a 21st century piece of computer equipment.

How's this: a modern variation of "swords into plowshares."

 

[mlomeli]

Selling a Canon 70-200 f/4L lens

 

[email68]

Selling CD's of my podcast...

Helped pay for my macbook and part of my iphones.

 

[ckorhonen]

Just wanted to re-iterate the comments above re. Amex - its the best for buying devices like this, aside from extending the warranty 1 year, you also get purchase protection - within the first 90 days they will replace your purchase (upto $1000 value) if it is accidentally damaged or stolen.

So if you drop your iPad and the screen breaks or something, not a problem.

 

[TraceyS/FL]

Selling a Canon 70-200 f/4L lens

Oh i'm not sure i could sell L glass for an iPad. Although, if i hadn't bought the iPad i was going to BUY some L glass.

I need the iPad more (and my 70-200 is the very first version they made, but it gets the job done!)

 

[Resident Guru]

She sounds like a keeper.
Don't fk that up bro.

Well she's actually my fiancee (I misspoke). So I'm definitely keeping her.

 

[UltimateSyn]

Love the concept behind this thread!

I've known, as all of you have (I'm assuming), that an Apple tablet was coming for a while now. Since August of last year I have asked for cash for each holiday (Birthday, Christmas) and I have also put all of my allowance away in anticipation for an iPad like device from Apple. $1065 saved up

 

[wrxdrunkie]

Sold some old carparts I had laying around

Some hot-rod steering wheel that came with my car that I was never going to use. A blowoff valve that I had in my closet for years.

 

[mlomeli]

Oh i'm not sure i could sell L glass for an iPad. Although, if i hadn't bought the iPad i was going to BUY some L glass.

I need the iPad more (and my 70-200 is the very first version they made, but it gets the job done!)

I hear ya...tough decision, but it's longer than what I need right now. My daughter is about to turn 1. My 28-75 2.8 does what I need (right now). Once she starts moving more, I'll pick one up again.

 

[DaBrain]

I went to work!--)))

 

[Xibalba]

Work + permission from my wife

After working my butt off in school forever, I am fortunate to have a very good job and the iPad is not a big expense for me - esp since one of them will be a business write-off for use with patient education.

I am quite frugal otherwise though and am still on the fence about upgrading my mac mini to a 27" imac - probably on the next revision...

 

[sushi]

Some freelance work for the Yakuza.

Seriously, saved for it over time.

 

[bigdog5142]

Return of my Christmas Present (Kindle 2, with wife's urging since it was from her) and Masters Degree graduation money...

 

[appleguy123]

sold iPod touch I never used-$120
iPod video- $120
Stuff left over from iPhone sales-$150
Other $100 job.

 

[MikhailT]

Sold my Kindle DX for 450$ and SF4 Collector edition for 50$.

 

[foxnews1]

Sold my Kindle DX for 450$ and SF4 Collector edition for 50$.

Kindle is that expensive? what does it do beside reading book?

 

[zinka]

I sold a kidney.

 

[sishaw]

Kindle is that expensive? what does it do beside reading book?

He's talking about the Kindle DX, which is the large-screen Kindle with a 9.7" e-ink display, not the regular 6" Kindle (which costs $259).

Kindles also have a free 3G data service, and can, in fact, do some rudimentary web surfing. But, you are correct, it is primarily just for reading.