I can understand iPad shortages as they are far more comples to make. Have to wait a month for the Apple case or pay double price for it. Frustrating.
I bought one on Ebay for $70. No regrets.
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$30 more for a case... it's people like you that keep the prices jacked up on ebay.
guess you never went to business school. newsflash, it's called supply and demand. there would not be a single Apple case for sale on ebay if the sellers couldn't make a few bucks on them. this guy bought one for $70 and is happy. he is not guilty of anything.
do you really think someone would drive to an apple store (using gas which is not free), find a parking spot, go into the Apple store with the hopes of finding a few cases in stock, stand in line to pay for them, drive back home, post them for sale on ebay (which is not free), pack them up in envelopes (again, not free) and ship them out, for a lousy $10 per case, when they bought maybe 5 or 10 of them? would you do that? it's not like you can just waltz in and buy 100 of them at a time. by all accounts, most stores can barely keep them in stock.
FYI the case costs Apple about $2-$3 to make. they're charging $40. don't see you complaining about that...
There's a thing called a telephone, you can call the apple store without driving to see if they have some...
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$30 more for a case... it's people like you that keep the prices jacked up on ebay.
There's a thing called a telephone, you can call the apple store without driving to see if they have some...
Go preach to someone who cares.
I'll Paypal you the $30 differential just to stop the whining. You spent over $500 on an oversized iPod touch that you don't need, but an extra $30 is important to you? That's lunch money. That's a ticket and popcorn to a 90 minute movie. Shut up.
BJ
Posted from my iPad 3G/64GB/$829
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$30 more for a case... it's people like you that keep the prices jacked up on ebay.
Southern Dad said:The OP must not be real good at surfing eBay. My Apple Store only had the sleeves available for the iPad when I bought mine. Since it is almost a $900 expenditure I shelled out the $40 for the sleeve.
Then I went on eBay and found this which cost $11.84 including shipping. So, I had to buy it from Hong Kong. Who cares.
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The Apple stores do get stock of these. Just find out when they get deliveries and get there that day. I was there a few hours after the shipment came in and they had plenty... but they were flying off the shelves fast.
One day and I've already switched back to my Apple case. The bookstand is great for propping up to view videos, etc...but the cover is just a little too floppy for me. The Apple case is snug and well built. I'll be returning the MacAlly case.I have one next to me collecting dust. Literally and figuratively. I just bought a Macally Bookstand. I'm still deciding which I prefer.
All that says is that the competitions' cases are even harder to obtain. It is easier for people to walk in to an Apple store or Best Buy and pick one up (when in stock) than to surf the 'net looking for a competitive case to be in stock online.What's particularly baffling is how popular the case is, given that real world reviews of it have been - at best - mixed.