Moreland / Memorial Tax Shack offers free "E-Pad" with tax return

[Cap'n Ken]

It's true:



So what the hell do you suppose this "E-Pad" actually is?

[debbie]

I've been wondering that myself....

[Cap'n Ken]

So apparently they have a website:

http://1040taxfast.com/

And, yes!

FREE e-Pad for every customer
We are giving every customer who files and receives a funded return with us a FREE e-Pad.  Quantities are limited so register now. 
It's our way of saying thank you.

Um, every customer who files and receives a "funded return" gets an e-Pad ... but quantities are limited?

OK ...

And here's what they show as an "e-Pad"



Windows machine?

[Jack]

A low-end tablet

I think the Windows desktop in the pic is photoshopped; anything they give out is almost certainly going to be cheap, Chinese, and running Android (although only the first two items in that list are bad).

[rewinderase]

Sounds to me like it's at least 4 times as advanced as an iPad, people! You don't know what you're missing!

[Cap'n Ken]

It seems that what they are showing (thanks, Google Image photo-matching searchy thing!) is a Pioneer device apparently sold in Australia:

http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au/products/info.asp?c1=183&c2=185&id=3179



What are they actually offering? Who knows? But I'd love to find out.

[vigodas-pants]

sorry. the fact this guy is not dressed as the statue of liberty or uncle sam means they really don't want my business.  how can you take a tax place seriously that doesn't have a mascot? pfft.

[taleggio]

Is it one of the HP tablets removed from the shelves of Best Buy?  They probably got one heck of a deal on them!

[Jack]

Is it one of the HP tablets removed from the shelves of Best Buy?  They probably got one heck of a deal on them!

It had better not be! I've tried three times to score one of those, without success! 

(Those HP Touchpads are actually really good -- even better than the iPad, according to some.)

[J. Grouchy]

Is it one of the HP tablets removed from the shelves of Best Buy?  They probably got one heck of a deal on them!

It had better not be! I've tried three times to score one of those, without success! 

(Those HP Touchpads are actually really good -- even better than the iPad, according to some.)

they aren't.  i got one in the initial fire sale. it's good for mobile browsing and the like...but no netflix or hulu access unless you hack it with android CM9.  i'm glad to have it and it's actually getting more features and apps, but it's nowhere on par with iPad.  granted, webOS is much cooler than iOS...it just lacks a lot of the features that would make me pick it up more frequently.  right now i'll go days without even picking it up.

that said, there's no freakin' way in hell i'd pay $600 for even an iPad. 

[Jack]

right now i'll go days without even picking it up.

Hey, if you don't want it I'll take it!

[Go Sox]

sorry. the fact this guy is not dressed as the statue of liberty or uncle sam means they really don't want my business.  how can you take a tax place seriously that doesn't have a mascot? pfft.

I feel the same way about their lack of inflatable wiggly arm bendy guy. Screw them! 

[Gmoney]

sorry. the fact this guy is not dressed as the statue of liberty or uncle sam means they really don't want my business.  how can you take a tax place seriously that doesn't have a mascot? pfft.

I feel the same way about their lack of inflatable wiggly arm bendy guy. Screw them!

[Go Sox]

Oh my god I just stared at that for a full minute. You rule!   

I make my husband stop the car every time I see one of those so I can get a photo with it. 

[Kevy Duty]

Haha, this is you!