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Do you let strangers or friends touch your iPad?

Would you let a stranger or friend use your iPad?

  • Yes I'd let a complete stranger check out my iPad (have insurance)

    Votes: 17 4.4%

  • Yes I'd let a complete stranger check out my iPad (no insurance)

    Votes: 58 15.1%

  • Only family or best friend can use my iPad.

    Votes: 227 59.0%

  • No I wouldn't let anyone touch my precious iPad.

    Votes: 83 21.6%
  • Total voters
    385
Mine's in a Ottorbox Defender, so I'm not overly worried about it being dropped. I'd let a stranger look at it, hold it, but not go anywhere with it.
 
illippinno said:
Yes. It's one of the tools I use when I'm out to client meetings showing them samples of my photography.

I have my iPad in a case, and often, the clients are very careful with the iPad, some even not wanting to handle it themselves afraid they might damage it.

Never had a problem with it, except a crumb off of a pastry from Starbucks fell on it while a client was looking through my iPad... that bitch. (joking)
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If it were for business, or I needed one for business, I probably would get an Otterbox or two 16GB iPads (1 for business and 1 for the house), as there's NO WAY people are regularly and randomnly touching my iPad.

I know it's for your business, and I certainly am all for making a buck. However, as stated, my business iPad would either be in an Otterbox or I'd have a dedicated one, thus I wouldn't care.
 
I will allow my wife to use it, I will allow my older son to use it (under close supervision), and I will allow friends to use it. I have had strangers ask me if they can take a look at it on the train to and from work, and I just say that I wouldn't be comfortable with that, unless it's one of the "regulars" that I usually talk to on the train and know I can trust. It's not them dropping it that I worry about--it's someone running away with it.

I advise that you never hand your iPad or any other gadget over to a complete stranger. Not a good idea whether you have Apple Care + or not.
 
iHeartsteve said:
After comtemplating on whether buying apple care, I realized I'd only be buying it in case a friend or stranger drops my iPad. In the past I have never dropped or lost any of my electronics so in my mind if I do have to pay $299 replacement then I've still saved at least 2k of warranties over the years.

Then I thought, why Should I pay insurance for someone else's mistake? (I've had some crappy friends in the past who drop my things and don't pay for it)

I go to coffee shops a lot and I must be an approachable person bc every time I'm out, someone asks to see my iPad. I guess I should just say no?? I just feel the peer pressure of everyone watching me. One time I did say no and some stranger looked at me as if I was an assh*le. Lol

Do you let friends or strangers look at your iPad?
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HA! You're right, I would NEVER drop mine... never have any concerns about scrapes or anything when it is in my own hands. My fiancé was the one to drop mine, thankfully within the 30 day applecare+ period!

You're absolutely right if you treat your iPad like I do mine, there is NO chance of needing accident protection!
 
i don't see why I would give my iPad to a complete stranger...

but my family and friends? yeah, why not, i trust them to be responsible with my stuff, and not to break it.
as a matter of fact, my mother is browsing on my iPad right now:)
 
Today the pretty girl in my physics 221 class sat next to me. I had been waiting all semester for this. I began unfolding the long prepared speech I had copied from a romantic comedy about platonic friends finding mutual love, when to my horror she smiled at me and asked to see my iPad.

She only wanted to mar its perfect capacitance 10" screen glory. Did she not realize that this was my 17th iPad?? I traded in the previous 16 due to screen color temperature issues, and light leaks. I slowly put the iPad down (already snugly protected by Otterbox terminator defendor bazooka pump 5000) into a hardshell briefcase handcuffed to my arm and told her to go away. I walked away, out the door and went to the restroom. I dropped trou, obtained a new highscore in angry birds and uploaded it to gamecenter. I then pleasured myself to the pristine screen of my apple products.

You see baby, when you asked me if you could use my iPad, you should have known the answer. No. Not today. For today is MY DAY. Today is not the day another screen dies.
 
ewo1992 said:
If someone else is going to be touching my iPad..... I would. Buy a case like this..... https://store.griffintechnology.com/ipad/survivor-ipad-3
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Lol funny! Reminds me of the YouTube video where they drop this HuGE case from like 10 stores high. It zippers closed and in like 4 inches thick. Looks like some type of case for a gun lol.

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avalys said:
Insurance on consumer electronics is a total waste of money. The insurance company expects to make money on you, by collecting (on average) more money in premiums than they pay out in claims.

If you are insuring a big-ticket item like a car or house, which would be financially devastating to most people if it were totaled, insurance is worth it. You know that, statistically, you will lose money on the insurance, but the cost is worth it to you because of the piece of mind it brings.

But if the loss of a $500 iPad will be financially devastating to you, you really shouldn't be buying one anyway. And if it's not going to be financially devastating, you shouldn't be wasting money on insurance that, statistically, you'll never get back.
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Never said it would be devasting to me at all. Lol not sure where you got this impression. The thread was more about, would you let a stranger use your iPad and why or why not. I guarantee you, no mattter anyones income, anyone would be annoyed if someone dropped their iPad and broke it. Whether its a stranger or family member.

I didn't ask: if a stranger or friend broke your iPad, would you 1. Demand a cash or check 2. Call the police 3. Serve them w civil small claims court. Lol that would be extreme or show I could not afford the loss of my iPad . Hahaha

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ubitmeomg said:
Today the pretty girl in my physics 221 class sat next to me. I had been waiting all semester for this. I began unfolding the long prepared speech I had copied from a romantic comedy about platonic friends finding mutual love, when to my horror she smiled at me and asked to see my iPad.

She only wanted to mar its perfect capacitance 10" screen glory. Did she not realize that this was my 17th iPad?? I traded in the previous 16 due to screen color temperature issues, and light leaks. I slowly put the iPad down (already snugly protected by Otterbox terminator defendor bazooka pump 5000) into a hardshell briefcase handcuffed to my arm and told her to go away. I walked away, out the door and went to the restroom. I dropped trou, obtained a new highscore in angry birds and uploaded it to gamecenter. I then pleasured myself to the pristine screen of my apple products.

You see baby, when you asked me if you could use my iPad, you should have known the answer. No. Not today. For today is MY DAY. Today is not the day another screen dies.
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Lol you have quite the imagination. I don't know if anyone would WANT to touch your iPad after this story! Lol :eek::D
 
iHeartsteve said:
Ok that's crazy. I guess that case is for astronauts. They should also market to the 20,000 air force pilots that bought iPads lol.
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Or all the general aviation pilots like me! But I only have the smart cover, so don't think it would survive a fall from my plane even, if it was parked on the ground!
 
iHeartsteve said:
Lol you have quite the imagination. I don't know if anyone would WANT to touch your iPad after this story! Lol :eek::D
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haha, I don't own one! They sure are nice though. I don't blame others for not letting strangers touch their iPads. I collect pens, and still remember the scowls I get at the bookstore whenever I refused to lend out whichever favorite i'm carrying. We all have our quirks :)
 
Kind of an interesting question OP.

I agree with some posters wherein it is NOT a good idea to let a stranger handle your product. Meaning, what is to stop them from running out the door with it?

However, since you seem the social/friendly type or at least approachable (are you female perhaps?) You can always go for the mid ground. After they ask, ask them why they want to see it? If they answer something about always curious to see one, just ask them if there is something that YOU can show them regarding the iPad. Is there something in particular that you were curious about that I can demo for you? If they say I just want to see how light it is... well.. Judgement call time.

If it is someone asking to check something out on the internet, you can always say "Sure, what do you want ME to look up for you"? If you have the time or desire. If you don't want to, just tell them that sorry, I am in the middle of something here and I don't want to 1) lose my place 2) lose my train of thought 3) ruin my high score track record 4) I have to read this article before I return to class/work.

As far as family goes, I have no hesitation in letting anyone in my family use my devices as I know I can trust them and they are responsible for their actions. Same with my friends. I don't invite people into my home that I can't trust to act like mature individuals. If it is a new acquaintance that is invited in. They don't get to play with my devices etc but I am not against demonstrating them if they have an interest.

My cat seems to think he is not off limits to it as he will rub his face against it when it is propped up in bed with me....I guess he is telling me that although I think it is mine, it is really his... cats :rolleyes:
 
The only reason I don't like giving my iPad to others is incase they go snooping around, photos for example. Hence why I want a jailbreak ASAP so I can lock them out etc.
I don't really think about them dropping it etc.

I did remember when I had my 1st gen iPad and it was only a few weeks after release, I was on the train with a few mates and a 'dodgey' looking man came and sat on the other side of the train. Talking about the iPad and if I liked it and asking questions, he wanted to go on it.... Awkward moment :p
 
If you don't have kids I think you can ease off on the protection for your gadgets (as long as you don't have a history of being a fumble fingers). :p
 
All people are forbidden to touch my iPad or any of my other electronic devices. They may look, ooh and aah over it but never touch it.
 
I'll let most of my family use it no problem. My husband can, and his siblings (who are younger 16-10) the youngest has to be sitting though. I've let strangers touch it while I'm holding it if there are overly curious, but that was when the 1gen came out. One girl in my class wanted to see it, so I slid it over, next day she and her boyfriend each had one. It was kind of fun since we all sat in a row. iPad row!

I think if some random person came up and actually wanted to *use* it, I'd say no. There are libraries for that kind of thing. But if they said something like, oh I'm thinking of getting one blah blah, Id let them use it a bit (again with me actually holding it) I think I'm more worried about it being stolen, but also about it being damaged. $700 is a lot of money to me, and something that I had to work very hard for. I don't want to see it wasted over some person I don't even know.

On the other hand, when I have asked if some people want to touch it, most won't since they dont want to break it. I suppose they were raised with the proper "you break it, you buy it" mantra.
 
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