TJ Maxx: $399 iPads a successful publicity stunt

[StingMe]

Apparently TJ Maxx bought about 80 iPads from another retailer, marked them down $100 or more, and considered the ~$8,000 "loss" money well spent on all of the publicity generated:

"How to get on Steve Jobs' naughty list" http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/11/19/h...ghty-list/

[GeneL]

Just checked. The stores that got them in my area had already sold out.

Not surprising.

[decay]

cunning stunts!