The "NEW IPAD" at BigW from $498 This Friday!

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The "NEW IPAD" at BigW from $498 This Friday!

Skystar on 14/03/2012 - 19:43 www.bigw.com.au (10466 clicks)

Was in at BigW today and got these prices. They were pretty open about prices which was good. They had this leaflet out on the counter, so to prove that this does not belong in the forums!

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/snapshot20120314.jp...

12.01am Friday Morning release the guy said. First in, First served.

16GB WIFI BLACK $498
16GB WIFI WHITE $498

16GB 4G BLACK $668
16GB 4G WHITE $668

32GB BLACK $628
32GB WHITE $628

32GB 4G BLACK $778
32GB 4G WHITE $778

64GB WIFI BLACK $748
64GB WIFI WHITE $748

64GB 4G BLACK $858
64GB 4G WHITE $858

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+3 votes

SBOB on 14/03/2012 - 19:44 ¶

wow… thats a decent discount on an ipad, and on launch day as well…
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  medium_tight on 14/03/2012 - 21:58 ¶
  
  So I guess nobody have to lines up at the apple store ey :P
  - Lycan on 14/03/2012 - 23:57 Comment score below threshold (-9).
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      tchi6 on 15/03/2012 - 00:46 ¶
      
      Except, it isn't. I have a xoom. i should know how laggy it is.
- iamgeeps on 15/03/2012 - 12:51 ¶
  
  I reckon! I got my ipad 2 at ~$580 around launch time (apple store)
NitroNinja on 14/03/2012 - 19:45 ¶

Anyone work at BIGW? :P
- themegaman on 14/03/2012 - 19:59 ¶
  
  :D the one time its good to get an early shift..
  - Wolfie on 14/03/2012 - 20:28 ¶
    
    From memory, I don't think worker can get early dip…
    - +8 votes
      
      jono_100 on 14/03/2012 - 20:32 ¶
      
      I used to work in retail and we always put items aside that we wanted that were on discount. The only perk to working in retail :)
    - +4 votes
      
      krisspy on 14/03/2012 - 20:34 ¶
      
      Think they're more interested in the workers discount card
    - Wolfie on 14/03/2012 - 21:04 ¶
      
      haha true, but I remember last year my friend try to nick one himself and got told employees have to wait. Maybe differ store to store :P
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  heatseeker424 on 14/03/2012 - 20:49 ¶
  
  This makes not getting a discount at Dans worthwhile!
- tfreaks on 15/03/2012 - 05:42 ¶
  
  It will be a bonus if it is a sweet chick =D
xDEFiNE on 14/03/2012 - 19:45 ¶

Wow not a bad deal, cheers OP.
LoopyLou on 14/03/2012 - 19:50 ¶

Officeworks Price match?
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  mr_vino89 on 14/03/2012 - 19:54 ¶
  
  OW don't offer iPads unfortunately
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  chyawala on 14/03/2012 - 22:10 ¶
  
  Maybe DSE price match for availability. Get 5% off for Woolworths staff discount and if paid with Infinite Rewards Prepaid Wish Cards thats another 5% off.
-2 votes

NitroNinja on 14/03/2012 - 19:51 ¶

Wait, aren't there shops that will beat prices, for example, by 5%?
Dammit, I can't think of one… I remember there are quite a couple…
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  NitroNinja on 14/03/2012 - 19:53 ¶
  
  Oh, that's right, Office Works, as LoopyLou stated. "We'll beat it by 5%"
  EDIT: nvm, OW doesn't sell ipads, unfortunately
  - Elijha on 14/03/2012 - 20:01 ¶
    
    JB-HI does sell iPads - I think they will price match - but not beat it .. any one know for sure?
    - brocky2006 on 14/03/2012 - 20:03 ¶
      
      u can sometimes get JB to beat the price, depends on the sales guy
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      Ambiguous on 14/03/2012 - 22:16 ¶
      
      No chance they'll beat the ipad price. Match yes but NO WAY beat, theres like no margin in apple products as it is.
    - alex27 on 15/03/2012 - 00:59 ¶
      
      JBHIFI always slow, they may get stock after 2 month.
    - wninja on 15/03/2012 - 07:10 ¶
      
      I can guaranteed they wont pricematch unless they have stock.
      They will just sell to the person willing to pay full price.
      I could be wrong, if so please post success stories :D!
    - +2 votes
      
      wxyz234 on 15/03/2012 - 08:51 ¶
      
      If people are going to be lining up to get them for whatever the price is I can hardly see anyone offering a discount at this stage. You'll have to wait until the excitement is over I'd think.
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  stonedewok on 14/03/2012 - 20:28 ¶
  
  I think I remember reading on WP that Apple stores have a policy to match any advertised price…they're just not very open about it.
  
  You ask the staff about their "Best Price policy" or something like that??
  
  Can anyone confirm this?
  - kasumi on 14/03/2012 - 20:38 ¶
    
    Apple does price match. The sales told us when we were looking at an iMac and dick smith had 10% off macs at that time.
    - warwick108 on 14/03/2012 - 20:43 ¶
      
      i have personally tried to price match and apple will price match
      however lets say if kogan has 15% off ipads then apple will only do 10% MAX
      =)
    - Purt on 14/03/2012 - 20:56 ¶
      
      Which is really 5% more than what they should.
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    GaelicAU on 14/03/2012 - 20:53 ¶
    
    Yes - I can confirm. DSE were doing 10% of all Apple but did not stock the MacMini in my local store. I went to the Apple store, and asked. The guy said no problem once he could confirm the DSE 10% off. He went to the website, saw the advert and went yep, no bother. $899 MacMini for $800. I was and still am happy about that.
    
    On a side note, I also jumped on the NetPlus 4gb sticks of RAM for $20 so upgraded the MacMini for 8gb. I also like how the MacMini supports dual monitors so I have it hooked up to two 23' Dell IPS monitors - which I also snagged for $210 each thanks to OZB!
    
    Pretty sweet setup for $1200.
    
    Anyways - back to the topic.
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      LoopyLou on 14/03/2012 - 21:28 ¶
      
      The great thing is the guys working in the Apple stores have no idea how to calculate 10% off and so are open to manipulation :)
    - +14 votes
      
      ozgriff on 14/03/2012 - 22:00 ¶
      
      They need the 10% off app.
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      GaelicAU on 14/03/2012 - 22:10 ¶
      
      And the Calculator app that doesnt come pre-installed on iPad.
venomx2 on 14/03/2012 - 19:52 ¶

where did you get the pricing from? didn't notice it from the link.
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  Skystar on 14/03/2012 - 19:55 ¶
  
  inside info.
  - hm on 14/03/2012 - 19:57 Comment score below threshold (-17).
    - ProspectiveDarkness on 14/03/2012 - 20:52 Comment score below threshold (9).
    - xerot on 14/03/2012 - 22:53 Comment score below threshold (9).
+5 votes

neojen on 14/03/2012 - 19:53 ¶

There is no such thing as the iPad3.

It is called "The New iPad" :P
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  NitroNinja on 14/03/2012 - 19:54 ¶
  
  i.e. The third generation ipad… hence, ipad 3….
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    HoracePinker on 15/03/2012 - 08:46 ¶
    
    I thought it was the iiiPad
- Skystar on 14/03/2012 - 19:56 ¶
  
  yeah, I just thought Ipad would stand out better lol.
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  SBOB on 14/03/2012 - 20:02 ¶
  
  your quotes are in the wrong place..
  It is called the new "iPad"….. :P
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    i5318008 on 14/03/2012 - 20:31 ¶
    
    Not the "new" iPad?
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      spawnpoint on 14/03/2012 - 20:45 ¶
      
      you're all wrong, it's "the" new iPad
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      medium_tight on 15/03/2012 - 12:25 ¶
      
      "it's" the new Ipad, taa daaa
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      Yarkin on 16/03/2012 - 15:44 ¶
      
      pwned
- alex27 on 15/03/2012 - 01:02 ¶
  
  "the new ipad" is so silly, Jobs will be pissed off if he knows. people will still call it ipad 3
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    cozmo on 15/03/2012 - 11:14 ¶
    
    The term "The new ipod…." has being around when old Jobsey was still kickin' this just brings the Ipad inline with the other product lines.
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  996839 on 15/03/2012 - 11:36 ¶
  
  you can always resold this ipad as New Ipad in the future :D
-1 vote

hm on 14/03/2012 - 19:53 ¶

link lists no prices???
- Skystar on 14/03/2012 - 19:57 ¶
  
  because this is inside info lol.
  - hm on 14/03/2012 - 20:04 Comment score below threshold (-8).
robotdad on 14/03/2012 - 19:53 ¶

Officeworks do NOT sell the iPads, when I checked last week.
- NitroNinja on 14/03/2012 - 19:55 ¶
  
  Sorry, yeah, you're right.
+3 votes

ThePistonHead on 14/03/2012 - 19:54 ¶

Source?
sorga on 14/03/2012 - 19:58 ¶

I am awaiting target's move on this, because I only have coles staff card.
- sorga on 14/03/2012 - 19:59 ¶
  
  Target will also be selling The new Ipad! Awesome~
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    kokita on 14/03/2012 - 20:24 ¶
    
    If it's true… I heard there is a Double Discount at Target for Coles Group Staff Card.
    - -1 vote
      
      sorga on 14/03/2012 - 20:36 ¶
      
      What's that? I know if you work at westfarmer, you get a 15% discount card, although you can only use it once every quarter..
  - DJ on 16/03/2012 - 01:20 ¶
    
    Sorga, can you substantiate your comment:
    
    I know if you work at westfarmer, you get a 15% discount card, although you can only use it once every quarter.
    
    I assume you mean "Wesfarmers". Care to tell me and the other 200,000 employees how we get that card ?
+1 vote

zzyss on 14/03/2012 - 19:59 ¶

Wow. They are going to get HAMMERED. Hope they've got lots of stock…

Hoping for a Myer price match, since I've got a few Myer gift cards.
realsniper09 on 14/03/2012 - 20:01 ¶

Great of them to have it lower than RRP.

They'd sell out of them no matter what price they give, and to put it less than RRP is a great effort.
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  sorga on 14/03/2012 - 20:04 ¶
  
  When they first released ipad 2 it was also lower than rrp.
  
  See this post: http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/41747
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    heathsouter on 14/03/2012 - 21:40 ¶
    
    yep, i lined up and got one at the launch last time. left early from work for "an important appointment"
+1 vote

aggregate on 14/03/2012 - 20:05 ¶

The discount on 4G Ipad is much less than the wifi only models.
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  hm on 14/03/2012 - 20:06 ¶
  
  4g component of the new ipad is incompatible with telstras new 4g network for obtaining 4g speeds
  
  link - http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/tablets/new-ipads-4g-mark...
  - aggregate on 14/03/2012 - 20:38 ¶
    
    I prefer to get mobile broadband, rather than tethering. Even if 4G does not work, you can still access the internet.
    - +1 vote
      
      greydaniel on 14/03/2012 - 21:25 ¶
      
      and if you have Telstra 3g you will be able to use the new Ipad dual band feature and it will be pretty bloody quick anyway.
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    terminal2k on 14/03/2012 - 20:53 ¶
    
    no current "4g" network meets the standards anyway….
    - microsnot on 14/03/2012 - 21:49 ¶
      
      Which standards are those again?
      
      http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2010/48.as...
- kiwipride on 14/03/2012 - 20:46 ¶
  
  Yes. This deal is $1 less than my preorder from apple. Where's the bargain?
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    heatseeker424 on 14/03/2012 - 20:52 ¶
    
    The bargain is in the Wifi models obviously.
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    Twodogs on 14/03/2012 - 21:08 ¶
    
    Exactly $1 is what ozbargain is about saving the $ :-) , also some are actually going to get these before stock runs out :-( then it will be tears like the Mwave router deal :-)
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      kiwipride on 15/03/2012 - 06:21 ¶
      
      Well, lets see….for $1 more I'm having it delivered to my door. Or I could save $1 and DRIVE to bigw?
ElleDee on 14/03/2012 - 20:06 ¶

I'm happy with my iPad 2 but this is a great deal, nice one OP!
- greenlantern on 15/03/2012 - 09:01 ¶
  
  Ditto, especially since it cost 698$ for the 64 gb 3G version :)
NitroNinja on 14/03/2012 - 20:08 ¶

Good News Everyone! If BIGW was to advertise this publicly, and the rest of Harvey Normal "Best Price Guarantee" conditions, provided here: http://www.harveynorman.com.au/customer-service/best-price-g...
Then, I think we can get it cheaper! - That's if Harvey Norman doesn't find a bullshit excuse, like most times. I've read through the conditions, and it seems that most of the criteria is met; other than that it is not yet advertised by BIGW themselves.
But if we trust the OP, then hopefully we can get a cheaper price! :D
BTW, which one are you guys planning to get?
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  sorga on 14/03/2012 - 20:12 ¶
  
  Never trust this. Have seen numerous cases where the price beating didn't work.
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    NitroNinja on 14/03/2012 - 20:13 ¶
    
    As I've said… Only if Harvey Norman doesn't give the bullshit excuses.
- asa79 on 14/03/2012 - 22:23 ¶
  
  LOL if you can get a sales person to stay long enough to try and price match
-1 vote

seb on 14/03/2012 - 20:15 ¶

I am almost gonna neg this deal on principle, since Apple sells it as a "4g" model when in fact it does not connect to Telstra's 4G LTE network.
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  Skystar on 14/03/2012 - 20:17 ¶
  
  does it connect to 3g though?
- Mikinoz on 14/03/2012 - 20:19 ¶
  
  Telstra is not the only one with 4G, wait till later this week ;)
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    Gavman on 14/03/2012 - 20:33 ¶
    
    no 4G compatible with Ipad til 2015
    - bargain lover on 15/03/2012 - 09:49 ¶
      
      I have iPad 2 WIFI only and if I knew what I know now, would have gone for the 3G version, due solely to WIFI only model doesn't have GPS.
    - mxyzptik on 16/03/2012 - 13:52 ¶
      
      2015!!!! $45bn being spent on the NBN. :(
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  Weird and Wonderful on 14/03/2012 - 20:22 ¶
  
  Not apple, big w or the posters fault that telstra's 4g is incompatable.
  
  Great deal and it will still work on 3G networks.
  - +4 votes
    
    Namarrgon on 14/03/2012 - 20:56 ¶
    
    Still Apple's (and resellers') fault for promoting it heavily as 4G*
    
    (*coverage varies)
- +2 votes
  
  heatseeker424 on 14/03/2012 - 20:53 ¶
  
  Don't buy the 4G model then?
  - kaichen19 on 18/03/2012 - 08:40 ¶
    
    We can use the 3G still.
- +3 votes
  
  terminal2k on 14/03/2012 - 20:54 ¶
  
  no current "4g" network meets the standards anyway…
- manic on 15/03/2012 - 22:30 ¶
  
  when in fact it does not connect to Telstra's 4G LTE
  
  In Fact, Telstra's LTE does not qualify as a 4G network either. Better than HSPA, but does not meet 4G minimum. Its just marketing bull.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G
+3 votes

gotrice on 14/03/2012 - 20:17 ¶

they are only 10$ less than the apple rrp ones lol(comparing the apple 64gb online pre-order one to this one). How would this deal match against kogan's?
- NitroNinja on 14/03/2012 - 20:23 ¶
  
  Kogan does not inc shipping. Shipping roughly brings it u to $500
  - gotrice on 14/03/2012 - 20:25 ¶
    
    So take for example:
    
    The 64GB WiFi Model from kogan
    Price: 669+29(shipping)= 698$ only?!
    
    Kogan(698) vs BigW(748)??!
Ndiddy on 14/03/2012 - 20:19 ¶

So just looking at my stores opening hours

Thursday: 8:30 - Midnight
Friday: 8:30 - Midnight

Hmm hang around like a bad smell on Thursday or line up Friday morning?
- gotrice on 14/03/2012 - 20:24 ¶
  
  i checked my local one and it closes at 9pm? :S
lovepub on 14/03/2012 - 20:25 ¶

Is everyone Getting the 16 WIFI?? Just wondering what are most people interested in.
I am hoping to get a 16 Wifi Black…and hope not much competition out there for the new toy
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  Chris McMahon on 14/03/2012 - 20:31 ¶
  
  I've pre-ordered a Black 64GB WI-FI from Apple. It's $11 cheaper from BigW, but I've got free delivery, engraving and guaranteed delivery so I'm not too worried about the difference.