Go Ahead, Buy All the iPads You Want Now (Except in Hong Kong)
Go Ahead, Buy All the iPads You Want Now (Except in Hong Kong)
Did you know that customers are limited to buying only two iPads per order? Well, it doesn’t matter now, because a leaked memo from Apple Retail HQ has lifted the restriction, effective immediately.
9to5Mac is reporting that a leaked internal memo has surfaced which lifts the “two per customer†purchase restriction on the iPad -- that is, for everywhere except Hong Kong, where scalpers apparently continue to plague the company’s retail stores.
“Effective immediately, quantity limits on iPad purchases have been removed,†the leaked memo reads. “Hong Kong’s limits will remain two per person per transaction.â€
Curiously, the memo also notes “these changes will be reflected in the Online Store beginning June 11†-- a date better know as the kickoff for Apple’s WWDC 2012 and more specifically, the keynote address expected to be the launchpad for a number of new products.
We wouldn’t read too much into that date -- as 9to5Mac notes, this appears to be simply Apple finally catching up with demand for the new iPad and nothing bigger like, oh, a 7-inch iPad mini or something…
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