As soon as I read this i immediately thought it was a good troll since isn't a 32gb size. But then I was saddened to see that it was just a typo.
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Jimmy Fallon Gives Each 'The Tonight Show' Audience Member a Free iPad Air 2
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As soon as I read this i immediately thought it was a good troll since isn't a 32gb size. But then I was saddened to see that it was just a typo.
Did Apple pay or NBC? I do want to go with the former on this ("hey, which brands want to give away products for free exposures on The Tonight Show?" is a pretty easy proposition) although for promotional purposes like this I do believe the studio should be able to purchase it at cost.
I remember when I was a kid and a friend got something really nice for Christmas and I expressed frustration about not getting the same thing. My dad in a teaching moment said "If you expect the world to just give you what you want, be prepared for a life full of disappointment. If you want something, figure out a way to earn it."
Thanks, dad for teaching me to not rely on the kindness of strangers to get what I want.
I'm always appreciative when someone, including an employer gives me something, but I'm just fine working for and paying for what I need.
Thanks, dad for teaching me to not rely on the kindness of strangers to get what I want.
I'm always appreciative when someone, including an employer gives me something, but I'm just fine working for and paying for what I need.
While I'm not going to say he does it alone, I doubt he's that un-involved in his show. Especially considering his past actions.
Apple gives a lot more than bags to its employees.....
The Apple Rep at the Best Buy store I worked at told me they'd be getting new iPhones soon. Also likely an Apple Watch and they let them choose a laptop a little while ago.
Not to mention the audience.
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A real gift would have been a 15" MacbookPro with maxed out specs. I'd get excited about that one for free. I love my iPad Air 2, but it would take the Macbook before I would act stupid enough for TV.
I'm pretty sure the tonight show is given money by NBC and Fallon has a lot of say as to how the money is spent. Plus he's always been a big Apple fan.
You'd need to give me an iPad to convince me to sit through that crap...
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Apple obviously did. The show/network isn't going to pay for them and give Apple free advertising out of the goodness of their heart.
It's just like any giveaway Oprah or Ellen has ever done. It's all advertising/promotion paid for the product.
Whatever gig
it is, it's still pretty cool. Those than can care less can hawk it on ebay or craigslist. Not a fan of Jimmy but enjoyed the lip swap clip with him and Ricky Gervais.
it is, it's still pretty cool. Those than can care less can hawk it on ebay or craigslist. Not a fan of Jimmy but enjoyed the lip swap clip with him and Ricky Gervais.
There are about 400 audience members for these shows. At $500 per iPad, that is $200,000 worth of iPads. Not a whole lot of money for shows like this.
The words "enjoy" and "Ricky Gervais" do not belong in the same sentence together.
The tickets are free, you just have to submit for them online.
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According to a forum member who claimed to be apart of the audience, the iPads were 64GB.
With the Tax Reform Act of 1986 all prizes and give-aways became taxable, even if the recipient neither expected nor did anything with a view to perhaps winning a prize. (In New York, where the Tonight Show is taped, there are non-trivial city and state taxes as well.) When Oprah famously gave away a car to each member of a studio audience the advertiser, Pontiac, paid a significant portion of the associated fees and taxes, but of course this isn't always the case. There was once legislation proposed to exempt the prizes won by American winners of Olympic medals, but despite public expressions of support by many politicians, no change in the tax laws was ever made. Consequently, many taxable prizes that accompany recognition, including the Nobel Prizes, are frequently refused or donated, especially when the recipient taxpayer would not be able or willing to effectively offset the incremental tax due through charitable contributions (which for some taxpayers are limited or only carried forward).
As the quoted post suggests, if Apple or the Tonight Show isn't paying all or enough of the incremental taxes incurred by the gift, it may be preferable for someone who is unwilling to effectively buy an iPad Air 2 at less than half-price to convert the gift to cash, pay the taxes, and keep the net cash.