New iMac 27 now on sale by Amazon.com for pre-order, but there's a catch

[jediDev]

Note that this isn't a third-party seller — Amazon.com is taking pre-orders for "Apple iMac MD096LL/A 27-Inch Desktop (NEWEST VERSION)" and it will ship by Prime.

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MD096LL...PDKIKX0DER&s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1353989115&sr=1-7

Asking price? $99,900.

Screenshot attached.

 

[jediDev]

Interesting -- PC Connection now listing the 21.5 inch iMac for preorder as well. I have no idea how long this has been on their site.

http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=14962956

 

[bagelche]

Wait, what's the catch?

 

[jediDev]

Similar page for the base 21.5 iMac has been online for at least a week or so according to Google's cache:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...62905+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari

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Wait, what's the catch?

Give me $99,900 and I'll tell you. Unless your name is Herman Cain. Then it'll be $99,999.

 

[bagelche]

Give me $99,900 and I'll tell you. Unless your name is Herman Cain. Then it'll be $99,999.

I am awfully curious. I guess I should PayPal it right over.

 

[jediDev]

I am awfully curious. I guess I should PayPal it right over.

You probably should, because I'm giving away $99 apparently. I thought the price was just $99,900, but upon second glance it was $99,999. However, maybe demand was so strong that the price actually increased since my initial post.

Come to think of it, I want an effin' commision.

 

[mchoffa]

MacMall lets you choose the mac to configure and even has all of the options (I saw them for a brief second while the page loaded) but they are all set to "display: none;" after page load. In inspector you can unhide the options one by one

http://www.macmall.com/n/macNavLinks-307?q=9425080

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went through the options and unhid them for the 27"

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but once you click anything it hides them all again and doesn't update the prices

 

[bagelche]

These are all very good signs. I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Even if the 27" isn't available yet, the ability to order before my fiscal year ends is pretty important.

 

[SunshineFires]

It's finally here

 

[mchoffa]

also, probably just placeholder text, but it says it ships in 5-7 days