I expect cancellation because ordering an M2 iPP and receiving an M1 iPP is illegal. Now a person receiving a different color than what was ordered is considered okay.
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Deals: M1 iPad Air Hits Record-Low Prices at TigerDirect, Starting at $313.99 (48% Off)
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Pretty sure they would lose a dispute if what they sent was not what was advertised.
All companies do that especially supermarkets because of printed flyers or website errors. Some companies might honor a few and take a huge loss but not when they have orders in thousands, possibly tens of thousands if this hit places like Slickdeals.
And if they were unopened. So best to check the product box carefully before opening.
This has been going on for nearly eight hours. Hard to believe they haven’t pulled down the website yet.
Same experience here. Amazon Pay emailed me to say that I haven’t been charged yet and will be once they’ve finished processing the order. So who knows.
This has been coming back to me all day. Something about it doesn’t sit right with me - such massive discounts. I almost pulled the trigger a few times on that beautiful yellow iPad 10 256GB, but I just can’t do it.
I sincerely hope you all get these deals. There are some incredible (like literally “unbelievable”) prices on their website!
I sincerely hope you all get these deals. There are some incredible (like literally “unbelievable”) prices on their website!
Likewise. I just bought a 256 GB M1 iPad Air at Best Buy for $650 (they had a sale going at the time). I could easily afford it, even the deal on the M2 MacBook Air they have, but it just doesn’t sit well with me. I hope these aren’t stolen products or something…
So many people in here crying about Best Buy. Who cares what they’re saying. This ‘sale’ is at TigerDirect. Order from them. If it’s an error, it’s an error and our orders get cancelled. But by trying to take advantage of another business over it is ridiculous.
It’s an obvious error so of course they’re not going to price match.
It’s an obvious error so of course they’re not going to price match.
Correct and check everything on the label and take pictures as backup. I believe the M2 iPad Pro's IIRC have a newer box design and say M2 on the packaging. I know the M2 iPP's have the M2 logo on the back of the case.
I jumped on this very early. I got a M2 MBP with 24GB ram ($950), 2022 MBA ($715), M2 12.9 iPad Pro ($555) and the new 10.9 iPad ($255). I got it all price matched. Lol. I don't even need all of it and will be giving it away as birthday gifts.
I’m not crying about Best Buy. I said I bought mine on Tuesday when they had another sale. I was happy to get an iPad Air for $650. This ”sale” isn’t real and these orders will be cancelled.
Already got them. Price matched at Best Buy in store before they caught along and started denying everyone.
I have a 4th gen iPad Air, seemed sill not to flip it for a 5th gen for potentially $0 out of pocket. If it doesn't work out, I'll understand.
iPad Pros are still on sale. But its only specific colors and storage sizes. This one is still for sale for example:
Some thoughts on the legitimacy of this. I noticed that the crazy prices were only on specific colors and storage options. Which could mean anything. It could have been a massive mistake. Or maybe they took on too much inventory before the holidays and are slashing prices on the iPads that don’t sell as well. They are still currently advertising the iPad 10th gen for $224 under their featured deals on the front page. Which would lead me to believe that whoever managers their website had to manually input that in there. Who knows what will happen! We will see! Glad I was able to get Best Buy to honor it, I saw on Twitter there were several others who did the same.
Apple’s profit margins are roughly 38% so these are below even Apple’s costs. If a supplier went insolvent I could see an administrator selling at cost but this looks like an error or a hack (given that multiple iPads and Macs were at these outrageously low prices).
You are lucky that you got Best Buy to honor it in that you have a known product in hand. I’m surprised the store manager approved it. They had to have taken a loss on it.
On a side note I did get B&H to match Adorama’s $100 discount on the M2 Pro mini this week, but that just matches the education price so they still made money on it.