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With most of the big annual sales behind us — Black Friday, the December holidays, President’s Day and now the Superbowl — we’ve entered the discount doldrums of 2020. And yet here we have Apple’s 10.2-inch iPad, which debuted just four months ago, on sale everywhere for $250. (Actually, Amazon has it for $249, which I imagine infuriates executives at Best Buy, Target and elsewhere.) That’s a full $80 off the list price you’d pay if you bought this tablet at the Apple Store. So $250 — ahem, $249 — appears to be the “new normal” price for this entry-level model, which reinforces its position as the best Apple tablet…