ipads costs in DR?

I would buy it outside, it will be a lot cheaper.

Alternatively look at sites like La Pulga Virtual - Pagina Principal for pricing

Busquedas: ipad - lapulga.com.do

Pricesmart has them reasonable priced, if you would have to order them from amazon and have them sent by eps or something like that I would buy at Pricesmart. They are about 100 bucks more expensive than in USA

I saw iPad 2 in Pricesmart in Santiago last month: it was 30,000 pesos for the 32GB model - w/o 3G I think. They didn't have any other models.

I have a new IPad WiFi only I bought in the States. Works great over here. But one thing, if you get one when you set up the Itunes store do not say you are in the DR. Say you are in the US. Because you can't buy most apps here if you set it up with a DR address. It won't take DR credit or Debit cards also. What I did was give US original location and I just put in ITunes cards you can buy in the US or online and it works fine to buy apps.

Alternatively, create an Apple ID in the US. You can probably do it using a VPN, but of course, you need to have a US credit card to purchase. I have that so no problem, but lately I've been using discounted iTunes cards. They appear every now and then on Bestbuy.com.

I too suggest that your purchase it in the US. The Apple Store online will not ship internationally, but other vendors may. If you have someone you know here with an EPS account, that's probably the cheapest way to go. Shipping would be around $15, and you will then have to pay 16% ITBIS. The Apple Store online does not include receipts with their shipments so that could be a problem if customs value it at the price in the DR. Well, that is if they know what it is. I purchased an iMac a few months bak and since they didn't know what it was, they charge me ITBIS based on the price of a cheap monitor. I didn't complain.