Secondary market
You have Tech Trader Daily to thank for this Friday morning quirky, and chilling reminder how quite how big the Apple ecosystem has become.
The iPad 2 is going on sale later today in the US and the queuing has already begun. That in itself is not remarkable, as people have queued to get new Apple products ASAP for some time. There is, however, some potential schadenfreude to be derived from the fact that the overnight queuers have had to endure strong winds and driving rain. Perhaps they can use their old iPads as makeshift umbrellas.
But the remarkable thing to have emerged from this latest bit of mania is a secondary market, not for old product, or even gossip about some tiny new detail about an Apple product. No, this market is for a place in the aforementioned queue to be able to buy an iPad 2 a bit earlier than other people.
We kid you not; there is a listing on Craigslist, posted at midday yesterday local time, entitled: ‘Ipad 2 first spot in line for sale. - $800 (Fifth avenue)'. The body copy reads: ‘Hi! I'm currently the first in line and willing to sell my spot for the first ipad 2. Serious offers only. Highest offer so far is 650 bucks.'
What more can we say?
