Beware Israel Bans the iPad over Wi-Fi concerns
Yes you head it right Israel has band the iPad from coming in to Israel. Israel’s communications ministry didn’t give the iPad the necessary Wi-Fi clearance to operate domestically. So far, 10 iPads have been confiscated so far, no I take your iPad they give you two options:
1) Have your iPad’s word in the customs warehouse (and on top of that you cannot pay for renting out the storage space, sorry I don’t have exact prices) and of course your iPad will be given back to you on your way out of Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport
2) Arrange for your iPad to be shipped out of Israel ( who would want to ship out there brand new iPad they just got for at least $499 !)
According to Haaretz, customs at Ben-Gurion International Airport have confiscated 10 iPads so far, including those their owners declared and on which they offered to pay the 16% VAT required by law.
I sure hope Apple sorts this out sometime soon.
So if you live in Israel and were planning on dumping your net-book and laptop for an iPad to run your business off the iPad like Paul Colligan …
Seems like Israeli’s are just going to have to wait for the iPad as we did for the iPhone.
