After its initial release last April of this year, Apple undermined the demand for the iPad when it was introduced. They were caught off guard when there was much clamor for iPad in the market. Customers who placed an online order would have to wait for as long as seven days for iPad to be shipped. Apple even delayed international launch and distribution because they ran out of supply due to the staggering demand for it.
Basically, this happened because Apple ran out of iPads the week they launched it in the American market. It had sold off 500,000 tablets in its first week and 200,000 for WiFi-only iPad pre-orders were already in place before they went on sale. Apple even managed to sell more than 3.27 million tablets after its initial release in April to the late week of July.
With a sky-rocketing demand, Apple even decided to forego international launching in Europe, Asia and Australasia until the end of May because they couldn’t keep up with the high demands in the United States alone. While the company prepared the market for the introduction of WiFi+3G iPad at the end of April, orders for the 3G iPad have been delayed in a week in the US.
While Apple had a hard time keeping with the demands, retailers and resellers had a field day. Reports said that most of the iPads had a reasonable mark-up of $40-$100 to three times higher than iPad’s original retail price. Private sellers wanted to have quick money so they set prices according to the demand. Online retailers boomed immediately because there were customers who didn’t want to wait any longer so they grabbed the chance though they had to pay higher than the original selling price. So high was the demand that the iPad market even reached the electronic gray market where legal goods are sold at a significant mark-up through unauthorized and unintended distribution channels.
Now after weeks and months of delays, Apple has apparently found an answer to the harrying demands. So, customers will only wait for 24 hours after placing the online order up to seven days in the recent weeks. It seems apparent that the company has come to terms with its production pace so as to keep up with the scarcity of the iPad. iPad shoppers are assured that all six versions of iPad will be shipped off from the time of purchase. In this case, an iPad is worth the wait.
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APPLE IPAD 1, 32GB NEW IN OPEN BOX with Premium Accessory Bundle $448.88 |
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