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Look What I Just Found in Argentina’s Airport!

By | September 16, 2010 | 2 comments
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At PadGadget, we tend to travel for business quite a bit. We like to keep up with new technology trends, what companies are planning to do next, and of course we like to experience international cities from time to time.

This week I’m visiting Buenos Aires, Argentina. I’m currently on the way to Montevideo, Uruguay for the next two days. As I walked around the duty free shop at Jorge Newbery’s airport in Buenos Aires, I stumbled upon a device we’re all very familiar with.

That’s correct. They’re selling iPads even at the duty free shop. It seems there is already a grey market for the iPad in Argentina. As expected, any product you try to buy at an airport will cost you a fortune.

As shown in the picture (taken with my iPhone 4), the in-store sign reads “Ipad is here.” Of course, they misspelled the iPad name, but they’re already showing some of the prices in US dollars. The prices for all iPad models are a bit steep compared to the United States.

I went to the local online Apple Store, and the iPad is not officially available in Argentina until tomorrow (September 17). It seems that Apple plans to sell the iPad via resellers in Argentina. I guess it was good timing for me to be traveling around these parts to find out when the iPad would become available in South America.

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  • http://nerd-progre.blogspot.com Fernando Cassia

    ” The prices for all iPad models are a bit steep compared to the United States. ”

    Well, __DUH!__ any electronics are more expensive outside of the US of A, specially if you consider import duties.

    If you import some electronics on your own (as end user) you pay 50% over invoice price. In Uruguay, you pay more, the duties rate is 60%.

    Stuff imported for commercial resale pays less duties.

    FC

  • http://www.ipaduseful.com iPadUseful

    You’d think that Apple or whoever would change the newspaper on the iPad from New York Times to whatever is local there in Argentina. But cool nonetheless.