Look, I know I'm easy to irritate...
So, I traded in an iPad today. It was an original vintage 64GB version that I took on my honeymoon. It was a great piece of hardware that had reached the end of its useful life to me. I mean, sure - I could have saved it for my 5 month old son to "enjoy" in a year-and-a-half when he is allowed to have "screen time". (Incidentally, that is a bitch, because I love screen time. I live for screen time. Now I just let him drool on me instead.) So - Target has this great deal where I can trade in the old hardware for a $200 credit. Fantastic idea. I would have bought something else from them right then and there had they had anything I was interested in purchasing. (Seriously. They were down to 2 iPad 2's and dust bunnies.) SO, I took the gift card and walked out happy. Then I learned that there's a way to turn that $200 exchange card into a $200 Amex. I thought. "OK. I'll do it. Then I'll...