Is there anything I can do with a nonconnecting iPad 3??

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I know this isnt a new idea or subject, I know there are tons of us who have had or whom are having
Connectivity issues with our "NEW iPad"...same here, I have the
NEW 32G AT&T ipad here with my location being TN, USA, purchased at a Best Buy, who is refusing an exchange.
BE glad you bought your iPad from the Apple Store, if you were fortunate to do so..
This whole buying experience has been one horrible fiasco after another..
Originally, and after standing in line even, on launch day, I purchased the Verizon model of the same specs, and was caught up in being forced or in the words of BEST BUY...
"Required to pay an activation fee of $35.00, then a deposit of $400.00 and also that I MUST sign a two year data plan/agreement"
So I suppose they realized I didnt want to pay another 435.00 on top of the 729.00 price-tag for my iPad 32g LTE, they went to the mobile phone dept inside BEST BUY and exchanged my Verizon model WIthout my approval, for an AT&T model, and said I didn't qualify for the Verizon two year data plan after they had completed their exchange,
and so, now I am stuck because they slipped me an AT&T model in my Verizon's place and Now BEST BUY refuses to exchange this Nonworking CELLULAR BRICK for the the carrier I originally purchased.
AT&T, and I'm having the same issues it seems as everyone else, with the exception that my iPad goes from 4G to "AT&T E" when it drops the carrier as I switch between WIFI and cellular Data..
AS I understand it, AT&T E is "Edge Data" which is slower than drying paint, however, this iPad 3 will NOT connect to anything online, no web pages, no game servers, no GPS data server, NOTHING...It will not load anything!!!
I would be happy with 3G..However, it appears, I am stuck with it because of BEST BUY NOT STANDING BY THEIR EXCHANGE/RETURN POLICY..
WHen I first attempted to exchange, I was well under BEST BUY return policy of 30 days...but wouldn't you know they finally responded to me stating they would not be able to offer me an exchange because NOW the return term time had NOW expired....
SO they waited until my return period had expired to reply and tell me they couldn't and wouldn't exchange it
because my return/exchange period had expired...Yeah, that's a little bit underhanded...lol...
BE glad you bought your New iPad from the Apple Store...at least they are taking their Nonworking iPads back at certain times...
Sometimes, When i think I traded my ASUS TRANSFORMER PRIME for this New IPad, it makes me nauseated..
Over 750.00 not to mention the nearly $400 in iTunes cards ive spent on just this iPad...and all it's good for is to act as one expensive electronic picture frame...
FYI, I have all the receipts and emails to back this up..
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BEST BUY NOT STANDING BY THEIR EXCHANGE/RETURN POLICY..
WHen I first attempted to exchange, I was well under BEST BUY return policy of 30 days...but wouldn't you know they finally responded to me stating they would not be able to offer me an exchange because NOW the return term time had NOW expired....
SO they waited until my return period had expired to reply and tell me they couldn't and wouldn't exchange it
because my return/exchange period had expired...
Well then that's clearly illegal isn't it? Contact the TN Attorney General's office.