Ipad Air won't charge?

I had this problem originally about 3-4 months back and buying another cable corrected it. that costed me $15 right there. I seem to be having the same issue again 3-4 months more down the road. I swapped to an off brand one i had from a transaction I did at my store to see if it would still charge and it didn't seem to do much of anything. 
I could keep it off and plug it in and there would be no indication by it turning on or anything so I have to assume it didn't function, wasn't compatible, or just isn't the problem. 
so today I have purchased $50 worth of ipad accesories... another cable and the usb power charger... I am hoping on eof these correct the problem. If so i will have to take it to a blue shirt as I don't work on tablets. 
I just needed a place to  rant and see if anybody else has had similar problems with the Ipad tablets as this is starting to cost me money. And as we business people say... time is money, and more money we spend the less time we have. 
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Hey AWBrown-
Ugh, how frustrating.  Hopefully the items you picked up will correct the problem, otherwise, maybe one of our Geek Squad can help.  I'm assuming you're out of warranty or you'd be talking to Apple also.
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