Offical HP Touchpad case for £5 - delivered!

frash · 16-02-2012 9:26pm #1

Ordered the official HP one from here

using the code TPCASESAVE5

Total cost £5 including delivery
Roughly €6.14

Compared to €38.19 (including delivery) from the hpshop.ie

Note: Delivery is supposed to be UK only so I used BT1 1AA as the postcode (Belfast) and added my town AND county in the town field. It got to my address with no problem as did a friend's one to their address.
Note 2: We both paid using PayPal - not sure if the credit card address check would pass as you have to put a post code in there too.

Alanstrainor · 16-02-2012 9:33pm

Did you use that method to get this case, or was it for something else...think i'll give it a shot, but i'm not sure if it'll work!

frash · 16-02-2012 9:34pm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Did you use that method to get this case, or was it for something else...think i'll give it a shot, but i'm not sure if it'll work!

I used the above method.
Ordered last Friday evening - case arrived today.

Alanstrainor · 16-02-2012 9:36pm

frash wrote: »

I used the above method.
Ordered last Friday evening - case arrived today.

Cheers, i'll give it a go:D

Redisle · 16-02-2012 9:39pm

It looks like UK only?
When I try to enter an address it auto appends United Kingdom and requires a properly formatted postcode..

Edit: nvm, didnt read the op properly! Worth a shot I guess, looks nicer than the one I got from china.

frash · 16-02-2012 9:44pm

Redisle wrote: »

It looks like UK only?
When I try to enter an address it auto appends United Kingdom and requires a properly formatted postcode..

Edit: nvm, didnt read the op properly! Worth a shot I guess, looks nicer than the one I got from china.

The appending of "United Kingdom" happened me too.

My address ended up being like:
Frash,
100 Made-up Street,
Dundrum,
Dublin,
Belfast,
Co Antrim,
BT1 1AA

It got here in the end though.

Pj! · 16-02-2012 9:53pm

Worth a shot. Thanks OP

Pj! · 16-02-2012 10:11pm

Dear **** ********,
Thank you for shopping at the HP Store.

We have received your order, and will proceed to verify the order. The majority of orders are checked and accepted within a few hours, and once complete; you will receive an order confirmation email from us when the order has been approved.

Occasionally, we need to carry out additional checks which may result in a delay of 1-2 working days in the acceptance/delivery of the order. Once the additional checks are successfully completed, the order confirmation will be sent to you.

neacy69 · 16-02-2012 10:13pm

Pj! wrote: »

Worth a shot. Thanks OP

Nice one lad...gave it a try! Looks like a decent cover

the_syco · 16-02-2012 10:17pm

They don't take laser, but they do take Paypal, so I'll get it once money gets into my account. Nice find!

loopymum · 16-02-2012 10:50pm

My bad, didn't read the op properly

cython · 16-02-2012 10:52pm

loopymum wrote: »

Gone up to £10 now

Use the voucher

chris1970 · 17-02-2012 10:19am

May your God Bless you op, another quality bargain, of all the items i bought via Bargain alerts, clothes that didn't fit, dvd's i never watched star troopers you know who i'm looking at, all the gadgets with a five minutes appeal, the Touchpad is the daddy of them all, bargain alert of the decade, god bless it's life, 3 cheers for HP, (and the dude who got the bullet for making it so!)

neacy69 · 17-02-2012 10:28am

Dear **** ********,
Thank you for shopping at the HP Store.

We have received your order, and will proceed to verify the order. The majority of orders are checked and accepted within a few hours, and once complete; you will receive an order confirmation email from us when the order has been approved.

Occasionally, we need to carry out additional checks which may result in a delay of 1-2 working days in the acceptance/delivery of the order. Once the additional checks are successfully completed, the order confirmation will be sent to you.

got the same emai....here hoping

gerryk · 17-02-2012 10:59am

Would this fit any other tablets? Specifically the Transformer Prime?
Anyone with the HP tablet care to post dimensions?

[edit] not to worry... found them online... 240 x 198 x 13, so unlikely it would fit any other tablets

jamesd · 17-02-2012 11:02am

gerryk wrote: »

Would this fit any other tablets? Specifically the Transformer Prime?
Anyone with the HP tablet care to post dimensions?

[edit] not to worry... found them online... 240 x 198 x 13, so unlikely it would fit any other tablets

Dimensions
240 mm (9.4 in) (w)
190 mm (7.5 in) (h)
13.7 mm (0.54 in) (d)[1]

Africa · 17-02-2012 11:15am

Hoping as well. Thanks very much op.

Now just wish the keyboard and dock would come down too!

Lord Derpington · 17-02-2012 11:48am

gerryk wrote: »

Would this fit any other tablets? Specifically the Transformer Prime?
Anyone with the HP tablet care to post dimensions?

[edit] not to worry... found them online... 240 x 198 x 13, so unlikely it would fit any other tablets

I have one of these bought it a couple of months ago at full price

,
Can safely say it will not fit anything else properly, its a nice snug fit on the touchpad with protruding buttons for volume and power and a hole for headphones.
Unless the other tablet has the exact same dimensions and buttons in the same place, its fairly safe to say its not suitable.

Rowley Birkin QC · 17-02-2012 1:12pm

Bought one of these lately in a bundle with a docking station, very neat job.

Only crib is that you can't stand it up in Portrait mode though I'm not sure if you can do this with any cases.

Slightly off topic but touchpad owners are a rare breed; any of you put CM9 on it yet?

I've nearly stopped using CM7 and fallen back on WebOS for browsing and reading due to CM7 crashes.

Africa · 17-02-2012 2:25pm

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Bought one of these lately in a bundle with a docking station, very neat job.

Only crib is that you can't stand it up in Portrait mode though I'm not sure if you can do this with any cases.

Slightly off topic but touchpad owners are a rare breed; any of you put CM9 on it yet?

I've nearly stopped using CM7 and fallen back on WebOS for browsing and reading due to CM7 crashes.

I think I put CM8 on my gf's one. It works well, but does sometimes crash and the camera doesnt work in this mode. I know they are doing stuff with Ice Cream Sandwich so we can hope

jwcurtin · 17-02-2012 2:36pm

Africa wrote: »

I think I put CM8 on my gf's one. It works well, but does sometimes crash and the camera doesnt work in this mode. I know they are doing stuff with Ice Cream Sandwich so we can hope

Maybe CM7, seeing as there's no such thing as CM8!!

long_b · 17-02-2012 2:57pm

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Bought one of these lately in a bundle with a docking station, very neat job.

Only crib is that you can't stand it up in Portrait mode though I'm not sure if you can do this with any cases.

Slightly off topic but touchpad owners are a rare breed; any of you put CM9 on it yet?

I've nearly stopped using CM7 and fallen back on WebOS for browsing and reading due to CM7 crashes.

CM7 then CM9 - interesting for a look at ICS

The case is lovely but may not offer as much protection as "cheaper" bulkier models

lau1247 · 17-02-2012 3:04pm

frash wrote: »

The appending of "United Kingdom" happened me too.

My address ended up being like:
Frash,
100 Made-up Street,
Dundrum,
Dublin,
Belfast,
Co Antrim,
BT1 1AA

It got here in the end though.

Thanks OP..

It has gone through using this format you mentioned however the billing address is the same (With UK postcode and belfast).. hopefully the transaction still goes through without a problem as the paypal/credit card billing is obviously in ireland.. paid by paypal also..

All I can do is sit and wait now..

Alanstrainor · 17-02-2012 3:07pm

I got an order accepted mail earlier today. Here's hoping it arrives!

kc66 · 17-02-2012 4:11pm

Cheers OP, saw this on XDA forums a few weeks ago but didnt want to take the risk getting it shipped here. Just got acceptance email.

BenEadir · 17-02-2012 4:41pm

Just got acceptance email also, no brainer to risk £5 even if it doesn't arrive.

Ben

mcko · 18-02-2012 3:01pm

gerryk wrote: »

Would this fit any other tablets? Specifically the Transformer Prime?
Anyone with the HP tablet care to post dimensions?

[edit] not to worry... found them online... 240 x 198 x 13, so unlikely it would fit any other tablets

Hi I can't get Netflix to play on the pad is there a download I can do

Nforce · 18-02-2012 4:26pm

mcko wrote: »

Hi I can't get Netflix to play on the pad is there a download I can do

Netflix will not work on the native WebOS...you'll need Android ported onto it and then download the Netflix app.

Personally,I'm happy out with just using WebOS on my touchpad.

Do-more · 18-02-2012 7:53pm

Cheers OP case was delivered by recorded delivery to my brothrr in rural Wales this morning, ordered Friday morning 9.00am. Postage was probably the most of the fiver!

neacy69 · 18-02-2012 9:40pm

Still no acceptance email for me...eeek

Ricky91t · 19-02-2012 10:15am

Ordered one anyway. Hope it gets sent!

Offical HP Touchpad case for £5 - delivered!

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