Apple iPad 2 prices hiked again in SA

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iPad 2 prices hiked again

South Africa’s iPad 2 pricing finally succumbs to higher exchange rate

 

[Fishzn]

Yay I bought mine just before this price hike

 

[Azbubu]

This is not APPceptable!

 

[Randux]

Good

 

[eltherza]

Then the ipad3 comes out and ipad2 prices drop, advertising "25% off" - brilliant.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Ouchie.

Evrything goes up...

 

[Vice]

Hesitation is costly...

 

[DarkStreet]

Then the ipad3 comes out and ipad2 prices drop, advertising "25% off" - brilliant.

Yeah and back to the 2011 price. What an awesome discount.

 

[Ecco]

Raise the price, just before you need to knock it down. Smart thinking and a nice way to rip people off.

 

[sand_man]

Rand Dollar, it's feasible.

 

[Fudzy]

Rand Dollar, it's feasible.

Has it really changed that much? Have other electronic goods been affected? The only other items I've seen gigantic spikes in is hard-drives and that's due to mother nature, not the exchange rate.

 

[Beri]

BS So when the rand recovers will we see a drop in price......... no

 

[Centronix]

Hesitation is costly...

WORD

 

[sand_man]

Has it really changed that much? Have other electronic goods been affected? The only other items I've seen gigantic spikes in is hard-drives and that's due to mother nature, not the exchange rate.

You tell me....

BS So when the rand recovers will we see a drop in price......... no

We had bloody better but it's not going to recover.

 

[eltherza]

You tell me....

We had bloody better but it's not going to recover.

Prices should have gone up November then - just in time for xmas?

Old price:
R4,399
New price:
R4,999
Increase:
x1.13

Old exchange:
6.75
New exchange:
8.15
Increase:
x1.20

So I guess it's not so bad... but I still think this comes a few months before ipad3 so that the decrease in ipad2 price isnt really a decrease for core.

 

[rtayob]

Good time to sell my ipad 2 now.

 

[Centronix]

I guess we have to thank FNB for the R4800 16GB 3G iPaddizzles

 

[Jan]

Prices should have gone up November then - just in time for xmas?

The reason they didn't, according to Core, is because of the forward cover they took out.

 

[cozinsky]

I guess we have to thank FNB for the R4800 16GB 3G iPaddizzles

Indeed! I jumped on the bandwagon fast enough. Thank you FNB.

 

[biometrics]

Sweet, will make it easier to flog my iPad 2 when the 3 comes out.