Dear Margie, It was a pleasure helping you with your Apple issue today. Here is a summary of the resolution.
Issue identified :
Activation lock problem
Solution Implemented :
Call customer and assisted in resetting the pple ID password thru iforgot.apple.com
Password changed
Activated the ipad using the new password
Issue resolved
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