After work today I went to a local best buy to get a new ipad. I decided on a white 32 gigabyte wifi. The best buy employee that was helping me pulled the ipad out from the back along with another 1 for another person he was helping. He held onto it while I tried to figure out what case I wanted to buy.
When I was ready to buy I had to wait 10 minutes for my turn. We had to switch registers when my $50 gift card for upgrading my phone there didn't work. Then they tell me this gift card was meant to only be used towards the new phone, not other purchases, but they got it to work. It was late, and I didn't care about the total. With case, taxes, 50 gift card, total was 545. I was originally planning on a 16gb and had the 499 price stuck in my head, so it didn't click in the price was lower than expected for a new 32gb.
Never holding the box, and my case covering it on the counter, it was bagged up and I signed. I get home, look at box, simply says iPad. Opened it, said simply ipad on back. Powered it up, noticed the low resolution screen. Double checked the box, really small on barcode sticker, it says iPad 2.
DOH!!!!!
Looks at receipt, says just iPad 32 white wifi. But I then noticed the price was 499 and not 599.
The employee new I was there for the third gen iPad, but he grabbed the wrong one, we both failed to notice it. I just hope he didn't sell the wrong gen to other older customers that may never notice. I'm surprised the box for iPad 2 didn't actually say iPad 2 except for the smallest font on the sticker.
Looks like I'll have to make a visit there early Saturday
Anyone else nearly given the old ipad?
When I was ready to buy I had to wait 10 minutes for my turn. We had to switch registers when my $50 gift card for upgrading my phone there didn't work. Then they tell me this gift card was meant to only be used towards the new phone, not other purchases, but they got it to work. It was late, and I didn't care about the total. With case, taxes, 50 gift card, total was 545. I was originally planning on a 16gb and had the 499 price stuck in my head, so it didn't click in the price was lower than expected for a new 32gb.
Never holding the box, and my case covering it on the counter, it was bagged up and I signed. I get home, look at box, simply says iPad. Opened it, said simply ipad on back. Powered it up, noticed the low resolution screen. Double checked the box, really small on barcode sticker, it says iPad 2.
DOH!!!!!
Looks at receipt, says just iPad 32 white wifi. But I then noticed the price was 499 and not 599.
The employee new I was there for the third gen iPad, but he grabbed the wrong one, we both failed to notice it. I just hope he didn't sell the wrong gen to other older customers that may never notice. I'm surprised the box for iPad 2 didn't actually say iPad 2 except for the smallest font on the sticker.
Looks like I'll have to make a visit there early Saturday
Anyone else nearly given the old ipad?
