Sale Fail: Villman drops iPad prices by Php1k

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief March 4, 2011 · 1 min read

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So the new iPad 2 has just been announced and retailers are in a rush to clear the remaining inventory of the 1st generation iPad.

One local retailer, Villman, has announced an iPad Sale and offered discounts between Php1,000 to Php2,000 per device.

However, they might has missed that Apple even slashed the suggested retail price of the old iPad by as much as Php4,000.

That means Villman’s sale price are actually higher than Apple’s SRP for the old iPad. I’m hoping someone from the inside would notice and fix the sale price.

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104 Comments

Andro · 15 years ago

maganda lang sa villman e yung website nila. kumpleto descriptions. pero presyo nila? laking patawa. sila na yata ang pinakamahal magbenta sa Pinas.

yashley · 15 years ago

where can i buy apple ipad wifi 16g only by 12 months installment? or better if 0% thanks

art · 15 years ago

399 dlrs na lang ang ipad 1

magadget · 15 years ago

40k ang 16GB ipad 2 sa greenhills

http://www.magadget.com/2011/03/14/ipad-2-spotted/

boovillman · 15 years ago

regardless, mahal talaga prices sa villman, parang infomax! they cater to those who are lazy to check other stores.

kawawa naman yung mga may internet pero di pa rin alam kung san makakabili ng mas mura sa villman.

marco · 15 years ago

Mahal pala talaga sa villman. San ba mas mura? Grabe kala ko ok ung prices nila ng laptop. Lagi ko hinahanap i3 pataas, saan kaya pwedeng bumili nito?

techyuga · 15 years ago

Mahal naman talaga sa Villman kahit dati pa. Dunno why people still buy there.

bokz · 15 years ago

haha natawa nalang ako SALE: FAILED!

Benchmark33 · 15 years ago

Parang mas ok sa On Line ng apple, kasi may free engraving sila dun…sa ibang shops ba meron?

Really?! Digital shop’s Ipad 1 cost 17k?! Wowa!!!

Sana bumababa pa ng 15k! HAHAHAHAHA kapal ng mukha! :-D

Eason · 15 years ago

well the changed it now :)

JKisaragi · 15 years ago

@Yuga

Sir Abe, you might want to check VillMan’s post again regarding the sale. They changed it (dunno when) to the following:

16GB WiFi – 19,990
32GB WiFi – 24,990
64GB WiFi – 29,990

16GB WiFi+3g – 26,990
32GB WiFi+3g – 31,990
64GB WiFi+3g – 36,990

So I guess we have to thank your post Sir Abe as it sure did knock some sense into the people at VillMan. :)

Philippine Android News · 15 years ago

IMO, Villman is pricey!

Bobotski · 15 years ago

FYI guys, Villman updated their prices, its now the same with the Apple Online Store. Looks like they heard us, hahaha!

Jamey · 15 years ago

Power Mac Center and The A Shop are now selling the iPad1 16gb wifi for only P19,990 (3 mos installment for Power Mac and 6 mos for The A Shop). Digital Hub’s selling it for a much lower price at around P17,000+ (P4,000 off!!) with six mos installment, along with a P1,000 gift certificate which you can use for the iPad case. However… we inquired at Digital Hub yesterday and ALL their branches within Metro Manila are out of stock of the 16gb wifi iPad, the same day they lowered their prices. Fail, Digital Hub, fail!

The good thing is, the 32gb wifi iPad is now only P24,000, the original price of the 16gb before they lowered their prices. Much better choice.

Now I feel bad for my friend who bought the iPad1 only three weeks ago.

chris · 15 years ago

gahaman naman .. less 4k dpt.. 1k?cnu naman bibili dyn..hahah.. kalokohan

mr. bogus · 15 years ago

who cares about villman????

i guess the mayaman people but morons!!.. hahahaha

arj · 15 years ago

di lang naman sa villman pati sa mga selected stores, di nila alam yung price cut sa 1st gen ipads. gaya sa baguio, mga 4-5k lang ang ibinawas, thinking that people will still buy them and not aware of it

Jedd · 15 years ago

Gadgets in Style sell Apple goods at online price with installment options.

Gumz · 15 years ago

old stock cguro…

Jeff · 15 years ago

Fooo. Villman should check their prices. Maybe they have a reason to offer this kind of promo or just an honest mistake hehe

tofsie · 15 years ago

power mac offers 3 mos 0%
The A shop offers 6 mos 0%.

Both offers 12 deferred but with a 5% increase.

still get a lot of DC. =)

win2klover · 15 years ago

Yugatech = epic win!
Villman = epic fail!

razorous · 15 years ago

Thanks for info Yuga! Kawawa naman yung maeeganyo nilang bumili jan… Total failure.

Nolixxx · 15 years ago

Thanks YUGATECH sa info. Hahaha Villman

csseyah · 15 years ago

Ohh My! ohh my! galing talaga ni yuga hehehe … mas reliable pa bumili sa mismong Apple store kung iPad lang din ang bibilhin.. tsk tsk tsk hay Villman…

raul barrios · 15 years ago

Style lang nila yan sa sales. Nagbabasakali siguro sila na merong hindi nakakaalam na 4k na ang price cut…

adam · 15 years ago

I agree sale fail talaga. Who will buy to them kung ganun lang price cut na ginawa nila. Lalo na if nagbabasa ng yugatech yung mga interested bumili ng Ipad.

zero% · 15 years ago

12 months “zero % interest” @ villman
you can’t do that sa apple online store

0% · 15 years ago

12 months ” zero %” interest ang mga iPad nila, para sa mga gusto ng installment

you can’t do that sa online apple store

2 cents · 15 years ago

teka baka naman 24 months @ 0% sa credit card yan puwede ^_^

2 cents · 15 years ago

sana nga magkaroon din ng yugatech computer store mura na may libreng product review pa ahiii ^_^

JKisaragi · 15 years ago

@someone

Yes. May mga nakapagsabi na sa Price Cut post here in Yugatech na may mga authorized resellers na nag-impose na rin ng 4k price cut.

I’m actually looking forward to buying one. I won’t need the power of the iPad 2 to view documents anyhow. :)

someone · 15 years ago

effective na ba yung price drop ng ipad locally? i mean, pag pumunta ka ba sa apple store makaka-avail ka na with their suggested SRP? kung hindi pa, then wala naman mali sa ginawa ng villman.

JKisaragi · 15 years ago

@ald101294

I guess that is exactly the reason why they can’t lower the prices the same as other authorized resellers can.

Sucks for them. XD

joshuab · 15 years ago

They have a better deal in CMK cellphones. Check their pricelist at their website:

http://www.cmkcellphones.com/apple.html

edson1to · 15 years ago

a big BOOOOOOOO for them..

cosmic · 15 years ago

Kawawa naman ang bibili.

ald101294 · 15 years ago

Baka Villman is not an authorized Apple reseller kaya they are not able to drop down their prices.

Tigrrr · 15 years ago

Mahal naman talaga mag-presyo ang Villman. I only buy there if the item I need is not available in PC Express.

Benchmark33 · 15 years ago

If Apple will be shouldering the discounts of their Ipad units stocks, perhaps Villman will follow the same SRP. :-)

Scott · 15 years ago

Sometimes you pay a price for all those grey market imports

Boo · 15 years ago

Haha.. Kahit sa sale items, may premium pa rin ang villman..

lalin · 15 years ago

baka naman since the price of their stocked items were originally higher so they can’t give their prices at lower/Apple’s revised price. oh well, mahal naman talaga prices sa Villman.

Suplado · 15 years ago

guys, business is business. kung mahal sa kanila, meron pa namang other stores. kung di nyo pa rin ma-afford, meron pa namang ibang tablet dyan. di lang ipad ang tablet sa mundo. besides, we can’t dictate them what to do. just my two cents.