Eslick, if she hits the roof hard enough, she'll not even remember you buying it.
Heat from me.

it's a legit, brand new Apple product from a legit store.
if anything goes wrong with it, pop into your nearest Apple Store and they will fall over themselves to sort you out.
even Apple haters would have to commend the after sales service (had they ever experienced it, of course)

hell, they even sorted our 3 year old iPhone 5S when we took it to them, free of charge, because it was a simple fix

good deal this, the Air 2 is still totally boss
heat :wink:

no, the tablets are exactly the same, it's simply the plug that's different, hence the supplied adapter
(although the cables themselves are the same, so if you're upgrading and already have an iPad charger in the house, you don't need to worry)

Thanks for all your comments Tequila, very helpful.

"Imported units supplied with UK 3-pin adapters" as the bottom of the listing. :disappointed:

Heat from me Vassy; glad to hear your Ipad came through fine - especially seeing as you purchased it from the deal I posted :smiley:

I am using the same version....no difference to the UK version.

I uses my previous super points and the code. Got the Ipad for £87 for a 16gb ipad air 2. Cant complain on any given day :smile:

Jesus ...that's almost free! :stuck_out_tongue:

...and of course you ended up with more super-points buying the ipad....win win :smiley:

Heat added :smiley:

Apple refurbs are the same price and have full UK warranty if there are issues in the second year and we all know they are brand new.

You will complain when you wished you had bought the 64gb instead as you'll run out of usuable storage space quite quickly :confused:

Eslick, if she hits the roof hard enough, she'll not even remember you buying it.
Heat from me.

I dont store much on my ipad. I only use if for browsing. Movie box. Waiting for latest jailbreak to install kodi

What is the price of the 16gb?
Would love the 64gb but on tight budget, been looking at eBay for days now and just seems like you pay high and get no or little guarantee, considered the 16gb refurb on Apple site for £299, but still undecided.

If this goes faulty within 12 months, who do you return it to?

Is this the WiFi only version or the WiFi+Cellular version?

As these are imported models, would you have to pay import tax?

That could be a costly repair then, so if you have the guarantee with Apple as this is a brand new item, would they not repair it in the Uk at an Apple repair centre?

Reading from previous threads on similar posts. Members have said with the receipt they were able to get the item repaired by Apple. Hope this helps.

Regardless where it comes from in the first 12 months apple will replace if it becomes faulty I've just had a mini 4 replaced that was 5 months old brought through eBay turns out it came from the Czech Republic

That sounds better then! Thanks

it's a legit, brand new Apple product from a legit store.
if anything goes wrong with it, pop into your nearest Apple Store and they will fall over themselves to sort you out.
even Apple haters would have to commend the after sales service (had they ever experienced it, of course)

hell, they even sorted our 3 year old iPhone 5S when we took it to them, free of charge, because it was a simple fix

good deal this, the Air 2 is still totally boss
heat :wink:

Love your enthusiasm! Have heard of their support, but I am an Android to Apple convert and not experienced this as yet, Does sound a great deal, just have to push the button!
My son just got the Air last month and it is great, that's what got me changing my views, just feel though that if I want to get another one that will last a few years, then have to go to the Air 2.

Go for the air 2. I upgraded myself from the air version. Its fast and quick. Battery is not great to the air version

So is there a big difference in the battery life? that was one of the things I thought was great about the Air.

Thats not correct,you can take it to any Apple store in UK.Apples warranty is worldwide,they check the serial number and if warranty is remaining they will fix it.have done it many times.

Not a big difference to be honest. To make it thinner apple reduced its size

Thanks for all your comments Tequila, very helpful.

Doesn't matter if they are stocked in UK,when you buy an item from another EU country you wont be charged any import tax or anything because UK is also in EU.
the UK stock matters when buying an item from outside EU (China for example).

Lunch time soon, time to order!

You do not need to provide any sort of receipt.
Apple's warranty is based on serial number not receipt which you can also check an items coverage online yourself here :

https://checkcoverage.apple.com/gb/en/;jsessionid=ZdPtXfPVBZbMT4yJ1vTywKBtptZmH4hvscy1T1BdWqdnN9G1rpL9!1472162099

As long as the 12 months warranty is still remaing and valid,you can just take you Apple product (no matter where it was from/bought from) to any UK (or overseas) Apple store and they will repair it.

as I said I have done this many times for myself and others in multiple UK Apple stores and they always sort the issues without any problems.

I bought one from them, you can check the warranty online at Apple. Mine started the day I connected to iTunes.
The provided adapter is garbage though

Are they brand new or refurbished

there is nothing online that suggests a refurb can be found by its serial number, but there is lots to say that a non UK model will have a lower value, even a recent post on misc/ ask about it on here. most people don't think about resale value but would care about an extra years warranty over £20. Each to their own

Is this tablet a different voltage compared to the UK model?

That's great news then!! Thankyou Niceguyrichy for your reply. Sounds a good deal.

Thanks, order!
Wonder what can I get from the £20 points. Any suggestions? Many thanks.

An iPad case or proper Apple USB adapter

How long do the £20 worth of points take to add to my account? If I remember correctly, they also have an expiry date...is that right?

Very tempted by this...it's a good price!

That sounds about right, thanks...I was hoping it might add a little faster, as I would use the £20 in points to buy a case for it...but I suppose a 2 week wait for the case wouldn't be too bad...

Anyone got any recommendations for a good iPad Air 2 case, on Rakuten?

Thanks

Ah, of course...that makes sense!

Yeah! That's a good idea. Thanks! :wink:

TCB not valid with code or superpoints

Would it go through?

Hot deal nonetheless

Worth a try. My previous experience it does track

Using an Air 2 now from Rakuten, no issues at all so far after a few months. Exactly the same as a UK one bought from John Lewis, just needs a plug adapter (which came with it)

so tempted but no money darn u HUKD. do have interest free balance transfer tho hmmm

does rakuten do these type of offers often or is this like a once in a lifetime thing?

Deal looks great, any reason not to buy it?

this is so tempting. Either this or pixel c

Haha do they sell iPhones too?

Mother ******

Great news for people trying to sell theirs on eBay... not!

I didn't know that Apple did ipad refurbs - is there a website for them?

Considering that Apple just announced, in the last hour, a massive plunge in sales I suspect we might be seeing some Apple offers in the coming months.

Not sure I'd spend the extra on a Air2 in hindsight. Not really noticed much difference in speed, the battery doesn't last as long. The screen is much worse for fingerprints and the screen rotation lock button has now gone. It is slightly lighter though :smirk:

Rubbish.

One of Apple's sales points is that an iphone and an ipad is an iphone and ipad wherever you buy it. The factories churn out the same devices for all markets.

The only difference is that they come with different plugs for different countries.

which bit is rubbish, no one is actually disagreeing with you, the difference is in the warranty, maybe next time you will think about being a little nicer to people rather than starting with rubbish.

Rubbish back to you. You buy an ipad anywhere in the world and it has the SAME warranty no matter where you buy it. You can take an ipad you buy anywhere into any Apple store and they will help you / repair it as long as it is under warranty.

I have taken ipads bought in different countries into Apple stores in different countries to be repaired / sorted out so don't be rude to people when you do not know what you are talking about.

keep it up why start a second comment in the same way, please remember the code of conduct that the site operates under.

All Apple products come with a 1 year warranty, in the EU they come with 2 years warranty, you can take any Apple device to any Apple store and they will repair it in the first year. For a EU product you have extra rights, if you don't believe this try googling, but see link below, they even have their own page on the consumer laws that manage their warranties by.

A sorry I was wrong would be nice but you are to busy being rude and argumentative about something you do not have a clue what you, yes you are talking about. Maybe read both your comments and see who the rude one is.

http://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/statutoryrights.html

For goodness sake - this was covered extensively 3 or 4 years ago when Apple were fined £750,000 by EU regulators for misleading people over their warranties in Europe. They were forced to clarify the warranty issue on their website.

The 2 year EU warranty applies to ALL European ipads including those bought in the UK as, surprise surprise, the UK is part of the EU and we come under EU Law with regard to warranties. I am not going to waste my life getting into an endless argument with someone about this as it is all there in black and white on the internet and anyone can google it.

You are just trying to defend a load of nonsense about this deal bringing up some nonsense about warranties as if this great deal for an ipad Air 2 somehow will have warranty problems if bought? Rubbish.

This is a great price for an ipad Air 2 and I would willingly buy one if I needed a new ipad. I informed neighbours about this deal last night and they are going to get one. I will not lose a moment's sleep worrying that they will not be fully covered by the full EU warranty if they ever need it.

No doubt you will come back with more nonsense but I am just going to ignore you now. Carry on, keep digging a hole for yourself.

you see we are talking on the same page here after all, just you were to aggressive to see, yes EU devices have EU warranty, that's what was said all along. What you missed in your anger was that some of these are not EU devices and as such do not have EU warranty.

Trying to buy a 16GB gold one for my mum and keep getting this message from the Rakuten site after filling in the Lloyds Clicksafe details.

There was an error processing your payment. Please check your payment details or use another payment method.

I've tried twice now, and I'm loathed to try again. Anyone know what the issue is or has had the same issue?

Cheers, tried it in Edge and Clicksafe went straight through without asking me any questions! How strange. For info, and in case anyone else has the same issue, it was Chrome which it was having problems with.

Quite looking forward to it arriving! My mum's still using my old 2012 Nexus 7 I gave her a couple of years ago which is very slow now and the battery drains alarmingly quickly. This should be a huge upgrade.

Anyone got their Ipads dispatched with tracking yet? I have dispatched, but no tracking notice yet, at least it gives me time for my case to arrive!

Really! That's impressive. Pity there is no one home..

Awww...

Excellent spot OP. Just bought one. CheeRS

Mine arrived a couple of hours ago. I've got a malaysia model acording to the box but it has a uk plug inside plus i got a rubbish quality travel plug taped to the box with it which i wont be using. Very happy with mine.

Hang on. If it is a Malaysian model then it only has 1 year warranty which could be an issue for some...

where do you put the mayday code?

thank you

I'm of the opinion that the warranty is only 12 months as well.

Mine says "Awaiting Shipment" with Ship by: 01/05/2016 now (10 PM 27th) though the order was placed on 26/04/2016 15:14.

Anybody else having the same status?

May be because of the colour, i had ordered space grey.

Possible, I ordered the Gold.

Not much more and you can get the iPad Pro 9.7" 32GB

£475 - £60 voucher - £27 cashback = £388

Ordered a few hours ago (64gb, silver). "Awaiting Shipment" with Ship by: 03/05/2016

Been waiting all day for mine, and it arrived yesterday! Sent an email to Rakuten to ask for a tracking number and found out it was delivered yesterday! No note was left by Fed ex to let me know, or where it was dropped at, fortunately I know the neighbours surname, but they forgot to tell me, very poor service.

And when I got the package, seen a horrible looking adaptor on it, but the plug inside was a UK one, Malaysian, as one comment said, so very happy with the deal.

If you use points you don't get cash back. That is you use points to pay rather than cash, obviously there is no cash to give back!

True. But iPad s are good. Bridges the gap between a phone n pc

I am the same, i was all android until this deal, have an LG android phone, which does the job well, had a Nexus tablet, and always avoided Apple products, but when I seen my son's tablet, was hooked, had to get one.

The last good android tablet i had was Nexus 7 2013. Wow. Still love it. Excellent tablet.

I have that model as well, but after the Marshmallow update, it really started to play up with the battery life, previously I could leave the wifi on and when it went into sleep mode, it would still have plenty life left even after two days, now it kills the battery, it is a problem that has been happening for a while now. performance wise it is great, but I think it is the updates and the quality of the build.

True.. its a 2013 model so guess it's finding hard to keep up with the latest software updates. Anyways hoping this year's Nexus tablet would be good :wink:

By the way, is that code still valid for the Ipad Air 2? a work mate wants to buy one now.

The gold 16GB I ordered on the 27th still says 'Awaiting Shipment'. I was hoping it'd be here by the weekend! Never mind.

Code not working :disappointed:

have you got a phone number? the one in contact information does not work

Contacts:
Sales Department:
Tel. +375 (17) 328-49-78
e-mail: [email protected]
For wholesale customers!
To start with Pixel Electronics, fill in the form in the “Become a Partner” and get access to the “My Account”.
Service and guarantee department:
Tel. +375 (29) 154-04-20
e-mail: [email protected]
Marketing department:
Tel. +375 (17) 328-49-78
e-mail: [email protected]
Central office:
Tel.+375 (17) 328-36-43
e-mail: [email protected]

there's an answering machine in Russian at the sales contact number, I'd prefer to speak to someone in english

I dont work for them.. sorry

thanks anyway

have a feeling the ones not delivered yet will end up being cancelled due to lack of stock. Stock will arrive and promo code will be cancelled by then. I've been waiting 6days now

Code doesn't work...expire

It's over..
Code expired.

My status has now changed to:

Status: Awaiting Shipment
Ship by 01/05/2016 22:34 DELAYED

Does not bode well...

I've asked them to cancel mine 3 days ago and they haven't replied, I'm getting worried

Same with me...Both of my orders are showing as DELAYED...I don't think I will be using Rakuten/Pixel again for anything, as I didn't realise that there doesn't appear to be any way of actually cancelling an order, apart from emailing them, and hoping they get back to you...which they obviously haven't been doing...

Mines also delayed and they do not answer emails. Give it another day or two then I shall just cancel the payment.

Mine too has changed to Ship by 01/05/2016 22:34 DELAYED... Had ordered on the 26th....
Does not bode well.....
Rakuten is a big company, so at-least i will get my money back....
Hassle will be sending back the case and screen protection i got from amazon....

My order on 26th, reported shipped on 29th, received it this morning.
Good luck to whoever still waiting.

the problem is not so much rakuten, the problem is pixel

i bought things from expansys through rakuten which were a lot less hassle than this

I ordered 2 iPad minis. They have been shipped just now

Lucky you! :smiley:

Both of my iPad Air orders are still showing as Delayed... :disappointed:

15% off code expired

May day has expired :stuck_out_tongue:

1st time on here not sure how do I claim my points earned?

Just had an email from Pixel. They state there is a delay due to the sale and bank holiday so there stock isn't quite as flush as it should be. So, fingers crossed.

Has anyone had any luck with either receiving their order or at least a positive update to their order status?

Initially I ordered a grey one ( I think ) however, having had an email conversation with Pixel, I've changed this to a silver one that should be here on Monday. The money was taken today for it from my bank.

I ordered a silver 64gb one and the money was taken on the day of order but still no news...

I emailed them on Monday, and got this reply earlier today, regarding my iPad order...

"Apologies for the delay in dispatch of your item - we have encountered some disruption to our rolling stock due to the Sale and Bank Holiday.

Your item is due to arrive with you on Friday.

My order status itself has not changed, from Delayed, but at least it was a positive email response...:smiley:

An update, pixel stated that the air 2 grey is OOS, hence gave me an option for white or gold around 3 PM. Have chosen white... Hopefully it arrives soon.. As of now, it is still not shipped and shows Delayed (10 PM)..

They will email you when it's despatched and mine arrived the next day. Despatch email at 3pm Tuesday, delivery 2pm Wednesday.

The one I ordered for my Mum arrived yesterday. I went to my parents' house to set it all up and am quite impressed with it. The gold is actually really nice, quite subtle, and 16GB should be fine for her. The iPad itself feels wafer thin, the screen is very nice and the speakers, whilst you can feel them vibrating the case, they sound pretty good and are impressively loud.

It's a Malaysian model, so whilst they included a cheap universal plug adaptor in the box, it wasn't necessary as Malaysia use UK plugs!

The MAYDAY Code expired on 29th April - Price is now £409. Deal expired.

I know the deal has expired but has anyone else had any luck in receiving their orders or at the very least getting form of response? Two weeks on and I am still waiting...

Nothing here. I had to email the seller directly and even then the last bit of information was that they would have more info on Friday just passed. Nothing since then.

I checked my bank balance and Rakuten had taken the money on the day I ordered it, so I gave them a call and all they were able to do is email on my behalf (since the phone number on the site for the seller doesn't work). If some people hadn't already recieved their orders I would call this out to be scam. As it stands I am giving them until end of money before I look to recover the funds from Rakuten as even if there is stock issues there is NO excuse for not sending the customers an update every so often, especially after taking the money!

I suspect a small time seller has gotten in over their heads with this deal. That and no doubt the countless greedy people putting in orders for multiple items in the hope of selling them on.

Same boat here. Mine was due to be dispatched last Monday and still waiting but money has been taken. Emailed Pixel who said it was due to sale/Bank Holiday and it would be with me Friday - still waiting. I too am giving them until tomorrow. Have been in touch with Rakuten who said I would be covered by their marketplace guarantee if there are any issues - not much detail around what this means on their website.

Another update...Contacted Pixel as i did not have any update since monday (2nd) when i confirmed to send silver instead of grey. On friday (6th) i was told that i will get the grey and will be sent today (9th). Hope this is not a delaying tactic.... Will update here tomorrow if it was sent out as promised.

For anyone not following closely, this was an order for grey on 26th.

That being said, i don't see Pixel making many sales by recommendation from this website in future unless they honour the orders.. The time for a sorry email and refund has long passed..

I've ordered mine on the 29th and have tried contacting them twice, and am still waiting on a reply. This was for the 64gb Silver model. Hopefully i'll get a reply soon but i'm not crossing my fingers.

I have contacted Rakuten and I would advise that all of you do the same. To Rakuten's credit they have been really prompt and reached out to Pixel.Not holding my breath for an answer but if we all complain maybe they will take some action against. Sellers like them should be banned as far as I am concerned...

of course people abused this code. I have had mine delivered now but I know some people were buying 5 or 6 and selling them on. It's difficult for a small company to cope with this.

That is very true but they could have dealt with this by limiting to say 2-3 items per order...In any case they should have been better at communicating. As it happens after having spoken to Rakuten I have just received an email from Pixel offering me a Space Grey model instead of the Silver one I ordered. Given others here have said that they were offered the Silver rather the Space Grey they had ordered it makes me wonder if they have any stock whatsoever...

I jut got an email from them trying to swap my Silver order for a Space Grey one, so sounds like they now have Space Grey back in stock, but doesn't sound hopeful for the Silver orders...

I would imagine if they thought that they were getting some Silver Air 2's in stock within the next week, they wouldn't be offering Space Grey ones as an alternative...So, I have asked them to cancel my order, and issue a refund...

I've just had an email saying that mine has been shipped Fed Ex and should be here tomorrow. We shall see.

Which one you go for?

Received an email stating it has been shipped... Fingers crossed
Note: 64gb grey ordered on 26th

Mines just been delivered. As stated earlier in the thread, comes with an adaptor but there is a UK plug in the box anyway.

Did you order the Silver one? If so, the plot thickens as Pixel now claim that the SIlver one is out of stock...

Originally the grey, then had to change that to silver as Pixel reckoned it was easier to get.

Which is the exact opposite of what they told me...

I believe this was week before last / early last week's input from pixel. They later change to grey around the end of last week.

Mine arrived this morning... Space Grey 64 gig.. U.K. Plug.. Happy!

Mine arrived yesterday. Seems they are a seller who can be trusted... Good one Pixel.

Has anyone had any luck in contacting me by phone? I have tried the number on the Rakuten website (02033335081) but to no avail as all I get is a message that the service is no longer available...

Has anyone received their SUPER POINTS?

I received my super points about 2-3 days after item arrival.

how long was that after dispatch?

It shows shipped on 29th April but arrive about 3rd or 4th May, points received about 7th May. Good luck.

Great, thanks.