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Buy at Apple vs BB or WMat, etc.
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If I am buying an Apple product I always buy it from Apple. If you have a discount/gift card somewhere else that might be different but all things being equal I buy at the Apple Store.
I know most of the electronics reps in a Target near my house and my buddy is a Target mobile manager and was able to get the 10% employee discount plus my 5% for the red card. The o ly bad part for me was that they never received an Att iPad so I ended up with a 64gb wifi.
Best Buy
I did the reservation at Best Buy on the weekend of release in March - I had to wait until April before they finally received the model/color in stock - 64-bit AT&T White...
Choose Best Buy because of Overwhelming Offers/MasterCard Marketplace over the holidays offered $100 Gift Card purchases at drugstore.com for $50. So any time these came up I jumped on this to buy Best Buy gift cards - what I had left I used my credit card points to obtain additional Best Buy gift cards until nearly the entire purchase was accounted for.
Literally the day before I was called about my reservation, another Best Buy in my area (Chicago) had the White Verizon model in stock – I ran down and picked it up – but I really wanted the AT&T model because I travel to Europe/South America frequently and want to be able to use the 3G for GPS functionality… I use my iPhone 4 for Handylight Tethering (this works for web access via iPad, but not app access to the Internet unfortunately…)
Best Buy also frequently offers credit card promotions for long term 0% financing and of course their Rewards Zone point system… in the past I have also been able to manipulate the website to allow me to purchase for in-store pickup items not permitted for such online purchasing – mainly because I wanted to earn points – at that time I had bought a iPad 1 for a friend of mine and using the Microsoft Bing cashback (Bing Cashback is no longer available) there was a 15% promotion for 15% cashback on purchases made at Best Buy… Not sure if forcing an online purchase into your cart is still possible but I was pretty pleased with myself for figuring that out
I did the reservation at Best Buy on the weekend of release in March - I had to wait until April before they finally received the model/color in stock - 64-bit AT&T White...
Choose Best Buy because of Overwhelming Offers/MasterCard Marketplace over the holidays offered $100 Gift Card purchases at drugstore.com for $50. So any time these came up I jumped on this to buy Best Buy gift cards - what I had left I used my credit card points to obtain additional Best Buy gift cards until nearly the entire purchase was accounted for.
Literally the day before I was called about my reservation, another Best Buy in my area (Chicago) had the White Verizon model in stock – I ran down and picked it up – but I really wanted the AT&T model because I travel to Europe/South America frequently and want to be able to use the 3G for GPS functionality… I use my iPhone 4 for Handylight Tethering (this works for web access via iPad, but not app access to the Internet unfortunately…)
Best Buy also frequently offers credit card promotions for long term 0% financing and of course their Rewards Zone point system… in the past I have also been able to manipulate the website to allow me to purchase for in-store pickup items not permitted for such online purchasing – mainly because I wanted to earn points – at that time I had bought a iPad 1 for a friend of mine and using the Microsoft Bing cashback (Bing Cashback is no longer available) there was a 15% promotion for 15% cashback on purchases made at Best Buy… Not sure if forcing an online purchase into your cart is still possible but I was pretty pleased with myself for figuring that out
Great info. What do you mean by this: I use my iPhone 4 for Handylight Tethering (this works for web access via iPad, but not app access to the Internet unfortunately
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I plan on tethering after jailbreaking. What will I be missing with regard to your statement about "not app access"? Please explain and thanks again.
I plan on tethering after jailbreaking. What will I be missing with regard to your statement about "not app access"? Please explain and thanks again.
Actually I was incorrect - yesterday I received a travel router which I plan to use when I need to tether since neither the iPad nor the iPhone (non-jail broke) can create a wi-fi network... (without using the $$ hot spot feature)
Handylight was an app available on the app store briefly before being taken off which allowed for a socks proxy to tether proxy capable devices.
Anyhow, I was wrong about not being able to tether iPad apps - I successfully tethered the NYT app, I just wasn't patient enough. I cannot tether mail tho - that one simply will not work.
Handylight was an app available on the app store briefly before being taken off which allowed for a socks proxy to tether proxy capable devices.
Anyhow, I was wrong about not being able to tether iPad apps - I successfully tethered the NYT app, I just wasn't patient enough. I cannot tether mail tho - that one simply will not work.
iPad 2 in your Best Buy Cart for Pickup...
Just thought I would point out that adding an iPad 2 from a store with reported availability is still capable of being accomplished, if you have the patience and know how to manipulate html code...
As I mentioned above, I was able to do this for an iPad 1 when they could not be added to carts for in-store pickup... So I was just curious if it could still be done.
I didn't follow the purchase all the way through - so not sure if it would really work, but if you have Best Buy gift cards and want to also earn referral site points (tho they are crappy - United Mileage Plus Mall only offers .75 miles per $1...) - or just want to grab an iPad 2 - might as well try...
Just thought I would point out that adding an iPad 2 from a store with reported availability is still capable of being accomplished, if you have the patience and know how to manipulate html code...
As I mentioned above, I was able to do this for an iPad 1 when they could not be added to carts for in-store pickup... So I was just curious if it could still be done.
I didn't follow the purchase all the way through - so not sure if it would really work, but if you have Best Buy gift cards and want to also earn referral site points (tho they are crappy - United Mileage Plus Mall only offers .75 miles per $1...) - or just want to grab an iPad 2 - might as well try...
