iPad 3 5.1.1 absinthe jailbreak, no Cydia

[pdog4450]

I just bought a refurbished iPad 3 that was running 5.1.1 I tried to use Absinthe 2.0.4 at least 30 times but Cydia never showed up. Every time it says "Recovery completed. If you want to retry jailbreaking, unplug your device and plug it back in." I also tried the most recent redsn0w and that still didn't work even though it says it was successful. I erased all content and settings from my iPad multiple times, but can't do it on my Mac without updating to 6.0.1. I've even tried on multiple machines, including windows. Someone please help on what I should do. It also does not have any SHSH blobs but that shouldn't matter