Advise on buying 2nd hand ipad

tich2

I have been offered a second hand ipad from a reliable friend. They went to to Orlando USA a couple of months ago and bought an Ipad 16gb wifi but with no 3G.
At christmas they were also bought one and are now selling the one from Orlando. It has only been out of the box a couple of times and is as new.
They are offering it to me for £340 including an ipad case that I have checked out as costing £50.

Can you let me know if you think this is a good deal.

Thanks.

rockitup

If you bought that particular model today in the US, it would cost you $499 or £308 at todays exchange rate so even with the case they are not doing you much of a favour.

If I wanted to offload something like that secondhand, then I would lower the price to make it an attractive deal for a mate.

Also the ipad warranty is not global so you would need to send it back to the US for a free repair

petecarter

I agree, you shouldnt be paying them quite so much. A new one is only 400 and it would include some UK aftersales service. Also, as soon as the ipad 2 comes out in a month or two the prices will fall even more.

bcl999

rockitup wrote: »

Also the ipad warranty is not global so you would need to send it back to the US for a free repair

That surprises me. So if I am out of purchase country and my Ipad stops working, the local Apple store won't want to know?

jaydeeuk1

tich2 wrote: »

I have been offered a second hand ipad from a reliable friend. They went to to Orlando USA a couple of months ago and bought an Ipad 16gb wifi but with no 3G.
At christmas they were also bought one and are now selling the one from Orlando. It has only been out of the box a couple of times and is as new.
They are offering it to me for £340 including an ipad case that I have checked out as costing £50.

Can you let me know if you think this is a good deal.

Thanks.

Not much of a friend asking for £340 for it.
The 16gb ipads brand new were £328 at viking direct 2 months ago!!!

rockitup

bcl999 wrote: »

That surprises me. So if I am out of purchase country and my Ipad stops working, the local Apple store won't want to know?

Yes that is how the warranty works on iPad and also possibly iPhones.

However on the Mac laptops and desktops the warranties are global.

Re: OP I too would wait for iPad 2 to arrive if that is machine you want but MacBook Air, (more expensive) does do a lot more than iPad, just the cost puts people off

tonynw

£439 now with the vat increase cheapest i have found is £399 for the 16gb and 449 for the 32gb.

tonynw

BillTrac

iamahuman,

OP is from Feb, guess he/she's made thier mind up although the cost was too high.:rotfl:

freemind

BillTrac wrote: »

iamahuman,

OP is from Feb, guess he/she's made thier mind up although the cost was too high.:rotfl:

And I was going to mention that on the apple site - You can buy refurbished apple products at a similar price to the second hand ones.
Plus you get apples warranty then!

drinkcaffeine

... why do you want an ipad? ... is always my question

there are many cheaper alternatives that will allow you to do more (in some cases)

moronic50

I'd side with drinkcaffeine here, save your money and buy a decent laptop in instead!