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iPad on sale via eBay for $21 million

Pre-orders for the much-hyped Apple iPad just started on Friday but that isn't stopping eBay sellers from trying to make a pretty penny off the tablet before it officially ships on April 3rd.

There are currently 442 iPads up for sale, with a range of prices, most with a heavy premium.



The most ridiculous comes from a "top rated seller" with the moniker egiftscentral_123, who is selling a Wi-Fi/16GB model for $21 million USD, and even then is audacious enough to charge $14.42 for shipping.

Users that will ship internationally seem to be the only ones receiving true bids, as the iPad is set to go on sale in only 10 countries next month.

View the auction here: eBay $21 million iPad

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Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 14 Mar 2010 20:46

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• 11 comments

• mike.m

  This has to be a joke, no one in their right mind would pay that much.

  14.3.2010 20:56 #1

• Dela

  So it's cheaper than the iPad from Apple Store then? :P

  14.3.2010 20:57 #2

• Oner

  Originally posted by Dela: So it's cheaper than the iPad from Apple Store then? :PI LoL'ed!
  

  
  
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  14.3.2010 20:59 #3

• ThePastor

  Is it at least, "Jailbroke"???

  14.3.2010 21:06 #4

• drg58

  Nice journalism, not to mention reading skills. Took all of 5 seconds to see that they are selling a domain name with ipad in it. Still ridiculous for sure? But regardless of accuracy, we all want to get iPad news out the second it hits don't we?

  14.3.2010 21:15 #5

• drg58

  HA, my bad. The 5th 21,000,000 price tag was in fact for the ipad. Apologies are in order. Now I have an iPad to go get :)

  14.3.2010 21:18 #6

• jetyi83

  Originally posted by drg58: Nice journalism, not to mention reading skills. Took all of 5 seconds to see that they are selling a domain name with ipad in it. Still ridiculous for sure? But regardless of accuracy, we all want to get iPad news out the second it hits don't we?wow, youre stupid.
  
  but we cant be too critical, at least he has a make offer button. I offered $12.75 not a penny more. I have my fingers crossed.

  15.3.2010 00:32 #7

• llongtheD

  I guess I'm not getting it, you outbid me by a dollar seventy five. :(

  15.3.2010 01:13 #8

• xnonsuchx

  Well, there's probably SOME super-rich person somewhere willing to pay whatever for a new gadget w/o thinking. Someone like Nick Cage but who actually hasn't blindly wasted all their money in the past.

  15.3.2010 07:37 #9

• Mysttic

  Who knows maybe those kids that offered $100,000+ on that Stadium Events will come back for more on this Ipad auction.

  15.3.2010 14:43 #10

• Bodryn

  Wow! What a bargain! I better jump at the chance. LOL
  

  Bodryn

  22.3.2010 19:33 #11