I want to buy an ipad but not a data pack

[harebeating]

Why can't I buy a ipad from Sky without a data pack?

[TimmyBGood]

@harebeating 

Presumably because it's from Sky Mobile.

Sky also feels the need to ship SIMs with Macbooks that have no cellular data functionality.

[caesarome]

@harebeating 

You could by the cheapest sim and then don't activate it when it turns up as you then shouldn't be charged for it.

[PandJ2020]

All iPad's sold by Sky are cellular.  (If you don't need cellular connectivity then it may be worth considering buying a WiFi one elsewhere that  may be cheaper).

However, you should be able to purchase without a dataplan - there's an option 'I do not need a dataplan'*.  But if even if you did order a dataplan you will not be charged for it if you don't activate it.

* although just tried it and seems to have vanished  (I was offered 100MB for £0 - which is great if you have an existing piggybank)

[Simonpoole]

What you can do with that you can get the iPad but when you go to selecting data go to 100 MB and it will cost you absolutely £0.00 and you still get the advantage of using 100 MB it will last about two hours a day

[PandJ2020]

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@Simonpoole wrote:

What you can do with that you can get the iPad but when you go to selecting data go to 100 MB and it will cost you absolutely £0.00 and you still get the advantage of using 100 MB it will last about two hours a day

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The 100MB dataplan is for those who have data in their piggybank...  (It gives a cheap way of accessing stored data)