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Who's engraving?

Are you engraving?

  • Yes

    Votes: 25 17.1%

  • No

    Votes: 121 82.9%
  • Total voters
    146
  • Poll closed .
Yes. Ipad2 was engraved with something personal, and is being passed on to a family member so still very appropriate.

Ipad3 being engraved with a S. jobs quote.

Any plans to resell will be within family so no really issues in terms of 'value'.
 
Engraving = less chance of resale.

Engraving is most likely to be covered up by a case anyways.

No engraving for me! :)
 
Engraved my name and address. You never know... some kind-hearted soul might return it if lost.
 
Jackintosh said:
Engraved my name and address. You never know... some kind-hearted soul might return it if lost.
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Or know everything about you, and know who all data stored on the iPad belongs to.

No engraving for me either. I like the idea, but the sentence engraved should be something really special. Not just "Happy birthday", as there are cards from that. I understand people who do this if they have a reason though.
 
basesloaded190 said:
Resale value would be my biggest concern.
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I just sold my 1st gen iPad to Amazon for $320 (yup... sold my 2 year old iPad as Like New, because I kept it in a case and it was free of scratches). Would have sold it for under $260 with engraving. Definitely not worth it for me, for something I am going to cover up anyways.
 
elabela said:
Yes. Ipad2 was engraved with something personal, and is being passed on to a family member so still very appropriate.

Ipad3 being engraved with a S. jobs quote.

Any plans to resell will be within family so no really issues in terms of 'value'.
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this is too much, man.
 
I had mine engraved with email and mobile number. Resale is not an option with my family's upgrade path.
 
troop231 said:
That's why you get a 3G/4G model and use Find my iPhone.
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WiFi only model and not a cell phone aficionado. Also hardly any personal data stored, unless one's music library is classified. Resale issue?... keeping the thing forever. And it personalizes it for me, differentiating it from just being an appliance.
 
My iPad2 was engraved with the words, "Batteries Not Included". The guy who bought it the other day had no issue with the engraving.

I decided against engraving the 3rd Gen. Something told me it may delay me a day :) and I did not want to risk it.
 
Apple would actually prefer you to engrave your device as it would lower the resale value of your device. This gives Apple less opportunity to sell their refurb products since your used device will be sold for less.

Probably one of the reasons why engraving is 'free'
 
I was going to, but then after hours of trying to get on the store after launch I decided not to thinking it maybe could delay the shipment. And also I wouldn't be able to sell it in the future.
 
I thought about the possibility of losing resale value. In the end, I think it will be sold easily to family member/friend if I ever felt the need to part with it, and they obviously wouldn't care. Having my name and address on it just makes me feel safer.
 
Engraving is a very personal decision. It seems questionable at the rate that Apple churns out new models. I don't care about resale, I don't bother with that. But I do upgrade frequently since that's something I enjoy.
 
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