Where iPads Are Free, And Cases Cost $1,000

摘要

In Taiwan, a good way to find deals on electronic gear is to troll online auction sites. For example, on a Yahoo! Auctions page run by a seller named Tsang, one deal stands out among the Samsung smartphones, Bose sound systems, and hundreds of other products on display: an iPad case for NT$33,000 ($1,063). Although that's about 2,600 percent more than what Apple charges for the same case on its U.S. website, by local standards it's not a bad price. That's because if you buy the case, Tsang, who would only provide her surname, will throw in a free iPad with 3G wireless and 64 gigabytes of memory. She says the case is her hottest item.