so after more investigation, and based on a couple of comments on this forum that indeed the ipad at the lulu was the 3, decided to pay the store a visit one more time.

Sales people again clueless, do not know if the ipad they have is 2 or 3 (all though all said the day before that its the two) ..

Anyways .. took the box, checked the model number on the back (MD328) .. apple simply puts an ipad logo on the front and thats it.

So looked for the MD328 on the internet and turns out its the Ipad3 .. so yes, it was the ipad 3, but because of very poor training, the sales staff didnt know that it was the one advertised and in stock.

so eneded up buying it (having sold my ipad 1 already and in need of an ipad) .. but still, have they been better trained on what they sell, even as simply as knowing what they are selling, would;ve saved me all this hassle