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Target and Amazon Begin Selling iPad
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Probably same reason they charge $1.99 for a can of tennis balls, or $7.99 for a 4 pack.
I tried to point out to the cashier the extra 3 cents and she was like, huh?
Target employee (sorry, team member 
) here.
If you can't find the iPads in your Target's electronics section, they either have the iPad endcap set up way too far from the Digital Music/iPod section, or they don't have it set it up yet.
I set up ours Saturday night, and it was quite an undertaking given how long a standard endcap should take. The signing even came with a seven page instruction guide on how to properly set it all up and make it look all Apple-y.
Chances are if their salesplan due dates are the same as ours, the iPad endcap and several other endcaps are due to be set by the end of this week. And if the other stores are anything like ours, they haven't quite had the staffing to do so very quickly.
Wasn't there on Sunday to see the grand release, but we sold at least one to an eager guest right when the store opened. It was an older woman who was not very familiar with computers, and I was told that she was quite a handful (for instance, she asked what version of Windows she would need to install on it. Hokay, here we go...)
I don't think we will have an actual working display of the unit. Even when we got the Kindle, our "display" was a Kindle reworked to display a slideshow of its features and show you what the screen looked like.
) here.If you can't find the iPads in your Target's electronics section, they either have the iPad endcap set up way too far from the Digital Music/iPod section, or they don't have it set it up yet.
I set up ours Saturday night, and it was quite an undertaking given how long a standard endcap should take. The signing even came with a seven page instruction guide on how to properly set it all up and make it look all Apple-y.
Chances are if their salesplan due dates are the same as ours, the iPad endcap and several other endcaps are due to be set by the end of this week. And if the other stores are anything like ours, they haven't quite had the staffing to do so very quickly.
Wasn't there on Sunday to see the grand release, but we sold at least one to an eager guest right when the store opened. It was an older woman who was not very familiar with computers, and I was told that she was quite a handful (for instance, she asked what version of Windows she would need to install on it. Hokay, here we go...)
I don't think we will have an actual working display of the unit. Even when we got the Kindle, our "display" was a Kindle reworked to display a slideshow of its features and show you what the screen looked like.
Because, there are alot more Targets in my area, compared to my one Apple store which is almost half an hour away. My closest Target is only 5-10 minutes away. As for the Wal-Mart selling it, my closest one will be less than 5 minutes away. A new one is coming up quickly
Super walmart, cheap groceries here we come!
Amazon clearly superior...
...they ship for free and no tax. And if you use their credit card, you effectively get another 3% off. It's a non-brainer. Why people spend money on gas and tax to buy at an Apple store or Target or anywhere else is beyond me.
...they ship for free and no tax. And if you use their credit card, you effectively get another 3% off. It's a non-brainer. Why people spend money on gas and tax to buy at an Apple store or Target or anywhere else is beyond me.
I'm not sure selling at Target helps Apple. Target used to be a carbon copy of K-mart and Walmart. After they upgraded their image, they were merely selling the same low-quality slave-labor-made crap but in fancier packaging, with more paranoid, beefed up security glaring at customers. Target's upgrade was a sham. I walk into Target and I feel like I'm in a third world country.
Amazon is definitely superior. It's a supply-chain miracle.
Amazon is definitely superior. It's a supply-chain miracle.