I bought a used 1st gen Ipad on Ebay. It is froze on a screen that says plug into Itunes.  I can't get it to do anything?

I pad froze on Itunes symbol with cord image under.  Will do nothing but turn off. Please help!  I finally brake down and by a used Ipad for this?!!?!

If you recently bought it, can you return it? If you can, do that as soon as possible! It's possible thte seller new they were selling you a non-working ipad, or one with problems. I'd keep at e-bay until they refund your money.
You might not get as great a $ deal, but if you buy one in the Apple refurb store on the Apple website (scroll down on left of screen) you can consider one of those. This morning I ordered our third ipad 2 (16 gb for a senior who wants it for limited use.)
(Given the reported problems with ipad 3 (discontinued after only months) we went with the ipad 2, but could not find any new ones at 32 gb. So we bought two last Summer (at a great price, we went with 64 gbs.)
Each comes with a new outer front and back cover, a brand new battery, and a full one year warranty. We have never had overheating problems, and the batteries last about ten hours per charge.
Google questions about the old new discontinued ipad 3.
Hope this helps.

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