Microsoft launches iPad trade-in promotion

"Trade in your iPad, Get a min. $200 gift card," according to the deal, outlined on the Microsoft Online store site. The gift card may be used towards the purchase of a Microsoft Surface or other products available through the Microsoft Store.

The deal actually kicked off September 5 and runs until October 27, 2013. According to the fine print, the deal is available in "select Microsoft retail stores in US (including Puerto Rico) and Canada" but isn't available online.

Microsoft launches iPad trade-in promotion | ZDNet

 

[Superfly]

Wonder what they intend doing with the 'gently used' iPads.. distribute them to underprivileged schools?

That will be a great social consciousness gesture.. but a marketing nightmare... LOL

Imagine Mr. Balmer walking into a classroom distributing iPads..

 

[Rickkins]

Imagine they gave a promotion, and nobody came.....(adapted from an old hippie saying)

 

[Dave76]

I'll bet they burn 'em...

 

[labeeman]

[h=1]Users Very Likely to Ignore Microsoft's iPad Exchange Offer, Analyst Believes[/h]

Microsoft yesterday quietly rolled out a new campaign, promising to offer at least $200 (€150) to users who trade in their old iPads for a new device built by the Redmond-based tech giant.

While this is indeed an attempt to kill two birds with one stone (push more rival devices from the market and boost the number of your own units), analysts don't expect many users to exchange their iPads for Surfaces.

Users Very Likely to Ignore Microsoft's iPad Exchange Offer, Analyst Believes

 

[crawfish]

Users Very Likely to Ignore Microsoft's iPad Exchange Offer, Analyst Believes

If you ever wondered why these analysts get paid the big bucks, well, there's your answer. I thought this was the most pathetic Microsoft could get, but a couple of days later, they came out with their (since retracted) Windows Phone Youtube videos. Oh wait, I forgot about the iPhone funeral they held a few years ago. Just terrible.

 

[kmint]

How pathetic will Microsoft get?

 

[pparks1]

Probably will send them home with employees as a perk.

 

[labeeman]

[h=1]Microsoft ups the ante on its iPhone, iPad trade-in promotion[/h]

This week, Microsoft has upped the ante on trade-ins involving its competitors' devices. Users can trade in a variety of phones, tablets and PCs, including Apple iPads and iPhones, Samsung devices, BlackBerry phones and more and receive a gift card worth up to $350 via a new Microsoft Corporate Buyback promotion.

(I'm not sure if Microsoft just launched this program today, September 18, which is the day Apple launched iOS7. I learned about the new promotion via a September 18 blog post by a Microsoft technology evangelist, however.)

Microsoft ups the ante on its iPhone, iPad trade-in promotion | ZDNet

 

[fafhrd]

Microsoft, Apple's best customer

 

[labeeman]

Microsoft, Apple's best customer

And now Google is added to the list.

Computerworld - Microsoft has expanded a buyback program intended to boost sales of Windows smartphones and tablets, and will pay up to $350 for a wide variety of rival hardware powered by Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

Microsoft expands buyback deal to goose sales of Surface, Windows phones - Computerworld