{"id":335,"date":"2011-03-14T11:29:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T11:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:16","slug":"ipad-2-sells-on-hong-kong-grey-market-at-double-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/ipad-2-sells-on-hong-kong-grey-market-at-double-the-price\/","title":{"rendered":"iPad 2 Sells on Hong Kong Grey Market at Double the Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ipad2.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336 \" title=\"ipad2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ipad2.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336  lazyload\" title=\"ipad2\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ipad2.gif\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Apple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I guess some Chinese citizens just cannot wait. &nbsp;The iPad 2, which has just been launched here in the USA, is already being sold on the Hong Kong grey market at double the price.<\/p>\n<p>According to an article on TNW \u2013 Asia, the \u2018master\u2019 of Hong Kong\u2019s infamous gray market, Kurt Lo, received around 200 orders for the iPad 2 from Chinese customers.&nbsp; Arranging couriers from some of our major cities, like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York, he purchased the gadgets and had them shipped by Sunday 13<sup>th <\/sup>March.<\/p>\n<p>The catch of course, is that the price is nearly double that which it cost in the USA. &nbsp;For instance, the low-end iPad 2, which has 16 GB and Wi-Fi (no 3G), costs $499 here.&nbsp; To buy it on the HK gray market, it is more like $1,025.&nbsp; To get the 64 GB iPad 2 with Wi-Fi and 3G costs about $11,800.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the people buying off the Hong Kong gray market are those who value time over money.&nbsp; They cannot (or will not) wait for the official release date in Hong Kong, which tends to be around nine months after the US release. &nbsp;For those who value money over time, the wait will be worth it; Apple gadgets, like the iPhone 4, have historically sold for less in Hong Kong than in any other country.&nbsp; Therefore, there is no reason to think that, once it gets there officially, the iPad 2 will not do the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I guess some Chinese citizens just cannot wait.  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