Best (resale) value IPad 3G - 16 or 32 or 64 GB?

If you want to go by absolutes, you'll get the most money in the future for a unit that you pay the most money for now. A 64 GB wifi isn't going to sell for less than a 16 GB wifi.

What do you think which version will be wanted most on ebay in about 1 or 2 years ?

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Who knows? More or less a meaningless opinion question. Any answer you get will the same weight as any other.

Why are you buying something for resale value anyways?

It would seem to me the higher the storage the higher the resale value. Whether the difference will be more than the price difference today is unknown, but I think looking at two iPads two years from now for sale on eBay, one being 16GB and one being 64GB, the 64GB is going to sell for more. I don't think the question is meaningless at all.

And not everyone buys things to keep them forever. Resale value is a legitimate consideration for SOME people. To each his own.

From a pure dollars spent:dollars recouped standpoint, you will lose less money with the 16GB, however, it may be easier to sell a 32GB. I will not be surprised if a year from now a used 32GB doesn't have more than a $50 premium over a similar used 16GB.

The key to getting a decent price is to sell either just before or maybe after Apple announces a new model. You'll know when that happens b/c invitations and buzz will be all over Mac sites. However, it won't "hit" mainstream until after the announcement. You gotta make the surprise attack on eBay.

I debated this too. Originally I thought of getting a 16gb or 32gb Wifi model.

In the end I decided to buy the most expensive, the 64gb 3G model, as I figured I could keep it longer and still maintain decent resale value. I plan on upgrading to new gens each year so I figure I might as well upgrade from the most expensive to most expensive, rather than cheapest model to cheapest model. Easier to sell higher models and plus I might as well experience the best models if I'm going to keep upgrading.

I wouldn't be surprised to see price cuts in a year or two, so the base model's resale model on 1st gen could even be less. Kind of like what happened to those 1st gen iPhone that were outrageously expensive.