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Anti-Lucifer

macrumors 6502a
Mar 9, 2012
776
2
The iPad mini is such a great device; the price is too high, however!

Drop that to $199, and you have a winner. 3 year old tech for $299 is too much asking price!!!
 

sectime

macrumors 6502a
Jul 29, 2007
530
0
The iPad mini is such a great device; the price is too high, however!

Drop that to $199, and you have a winner. 3 year old tech for $299 is too much asking price!!!
Clearly you are correct they haven't sold more than ah many:cool:
 

M-O

macrumors 6502a
Mar 15, 2011
502
0
This is what the original price should have been. $299 just feels psychologically a lot better than $329.

Apple has a way of pushing people... We think it should be $299, but they tack on the $29 just to remind us that we are buying a premium product. That's where the psychology comes in to play.

Rather than saying, "It's great, and it was only $299". We say, "It's great. Sure it was $330, but it was worth it!"

We are happy either way, but Apple goes the route that will get them an extra $30.
 

Squilly

macrumors 68020
Nov 17, 2012
2,260
4
PA
And Target will price match this. $300 + 15% off (10% employee discount from family & 5% RedCard) = cheaper.
 

leo8877

macrumors member
Jun 10, 2010
68
6
Amazon's iPad prices are always terrible because they're trying to compete with their kindle fire.

No, it's because they don't sell them directly and the prices are set by the third party sellers.
 

iSayuSay

macrumors 68040
Feb 6, 2011
3,789
906
Nothing new here .. it's just the way it should cost right from the beginning.

$299 sounds about right for a 16GB WiFi iPad Mini
 

stefvaughn

macrumors newbie
Apr 8, 2013
5
0
Cincinnati,OH
To Retina Or Not To Retina

This is a great deal! If your waiting for the Retina Mini,(like so many of us are) it would probably be better if you just get the iPad 5 when that comes out instead.
 
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