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The dreaded words HP Touchpad Firesale 2!

ruddy1987 · 2011-12-07 22:38:44

HP’s $99 TouchPad Firesale Is Finally Back The time's come, cheapasses: HP's $99 TouchPad firesale is about to make its triumphant return. Oh my god I've waited so long for this. At 7:00 PM Eastern on December 11th, HP's eBay store is going to have the next and maybe last cache of cheap TouchPads. $99 16GB models and $150…

07-12-2011 10:38pm

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HP’s $99 TouchPad Firesale Is Finally Back
The time's come, cheapasses: HP's $99 TouchPad firesale is about to make its triumphant return. Oh my god I've waited so long for this.

At 7:00 PM Eastern on December 11th, HP's eBay store is going to have the next and maybe last cache of cheap TouchPads. $99 16GB models and $150 32GB models will both be up for grabs. That's great! Here's the catch: The units are refurbished, not new—which isn't a bad thing, necessarily!—and all sales are final. But like, who's going to try to return a $99 TouchPad anyway?

Since the original cheapo stampede over the first TouchPad firesale, the Kindle Fire's shown up with its $200 pricepoint, and the PlayBook dropped to that price as well—and maybe even further soon. But the TouchPad is still the only full-sized tablet to get the here-take-it-please-oh-god prices, and webOS has gotten a few upgrades while HP shuffles its feet over what to do with the mobile OS. So basically, it's still a totally awesome deal and you should get one if you can. [TechCrunch]

http://gizmodo.com/5866058/hps-99-touchpad-firesale-is-finally-back

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#2 07-12-2011 10:48pm

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Interesting... How has everyone that got one first time round found them?

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#3 07-12-2011 10:50pm

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Fantastic really, especially with the Android port running smoothly on them. Don't forget, these'll eventually have Android 4 - Ice Cream Sandwich - the proper Tablet Android Operating system.

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#4 07-12-2011 10:59pm

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NO! Lock this thread now! I can't go through this pain again.

Santa knows what I did.

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#5 07-12-2011 11:01pm

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ruddy1987 wrote: »

HP’s $99 TouchPad Firesale Is Finally Back
The time's come, cheapasses: HP's $99 TouchPad firesale is about to make its triumphant return. Oh my god I've waited so long for this.

At 7:00 PM Eastern on December 11th, HP's eBay store is going to have the next and maybe last cache of cheap TouchPads. $99 16GB models and $150 32GB models will both be up for grabs. That's great! Here's the catch: The units are refurbished, not new—which isn't a bad thing, necessarily!—and all sales are final. But like, who's going to try to return a $99 TouchPad anyway?

Since the original cheapo stampede over the first TouchPad firesale, the Kindle Fire's shown up with its $200 pricepoint, and the PlayBook dropped to that price as well—and maybe even further soon. But the TouchPad is still the only full-sized tablet to get the here-take-it-please-oh-god prices, and webOS has gotten a few upgrades while HP shuffles its feet over what to do with the mobile OS. So basically, it's still a totally awesome deal and you should get one if you can. [TechCrunch]

http://gizmodo.com/5866058/hps-99-touchpad-firesale-is-finally-back

The units are refurbished, not new

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#6 07-12-2011 11:02pm

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#7 07-12-2011 11:04pm

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no no no kill it with fire I cant go through this again!

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#8 07-12-2011 11:06pm

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thegift06 wrote: »

The units are refurbished, not new

Right. And you quoted my post and replied with this ... why?

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#9 07-12-2011 11:08pm

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Ive not tried the port yet. Is it easy to do? is there a link ?

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#10 07-12-2011 11:10pm

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Have a look through the last pages of this thread, there's links to all the resources needed. Takes about 15 mins.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056364974

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#11 07-12-2011 11:12pm

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Owen wrote: »

Right. And you quoted my post and replied with this ... why?

quoted the wrong post didnt I

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#12 07-12-2011 11:12pm

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There us ebay store doesn’t deliver outside us. have they got a UK ebay store?

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#13 07-12-2011 11:19pm

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I'm frothing at the gash

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#14 08-12-2011 12:51am

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Someone's starting something.

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#15 08-12-2011 1:12am

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the hp ebay site dosen't seem to ship to Ireland at all, any way around this??would love to get me hands one of these before Christmas:D

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#16 08-12-2011 3:19am

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Just a heads up from someone who got one first time round, the edges have started to crack in a couple of places (not wear and tear or dropping, it's hardly ever used tbh) and apparently it's a fairly common problem with them. Just an fyi.

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#17 08-12-2011 3:59am

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Amazon kindle fire or HP touchpad, that is the question.

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#18 08-12-2011 4:40am

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If someone is buying one, buy two and I'll buy the 16gb off you for €120 which means you essentially get yours for €78. I couldn't be arsed constantly refreshing websites waiting for the price to drop only to be froze out when the servers die a death.

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#19 08-12-2011 8:45am

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Is it HP eBay store in US only?

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#20 08-12-2011 9:27am

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The Sparrow wrote: »

Interesting... How has everyone that got one first time round found them?

I have to say it’s great. There is the queue in the house every day to use it. The kids love the games (it has angry birds) and it’s great for surfing the net. Battery life is great and no sign of any wear and tear as a previous poster said. I bought on of the Ebay cases that were popular on here and its very good.

I put Android on it but there was a problem with the market so waiting to upgrade to the next version. Web OS is preferred over Android.

Bargain of the year for me and would definitely recommend.

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#21 08-12-2011 9:52am

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The Sparrow wrote: »

Interesting... How has everyone that got one first time round found them?

I'm still using WebOS, really like it. I've overclock and done all the gubbins to improve performance, and I like the OS. The apps are certainly less than you'd get with an iPad but there continues to be a little trickle of them into the marketplace. It's a good little device, handles youtube etc. well. I mostly use it to read comic books, and it's great for that.

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#22 08-12-2011 9:55am

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seantorious wrote: »

Amazon kindle fire or HP touchpad, that is the question.

A Touchpad without agrument (if you can get one)

1.5GHz with webOS and CM7 for $99

Versus

1.0GHz with locked down version of Android for $199

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#23 08-12-2011 9:58am

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Does anyone have a link for the HP store? I cant seem to find it on eBay!

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#24 08-12-2011 10:01am

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this is it im assuming. http://stores.ebay.com/HP-Factory-Outlet

prob no chance of xmas delivery with customs stopping most packages this time of year?

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#25 08-12-2011 10:06am

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An article on Tech Crunch gives this link

http://stores.ebay.com/hewlettpackard

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#26 08-12-2011 11:00am

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From the terms and conditions page on the http://stores.ebay.com/hewlettpackard/

Shipping
The HP eBay store ships merchandise to street addresses within the 50 United States and the District of Columbia. Click here for complete information on shipping and delivery.

Link to the shipping page http://stores.ebay.com/hewlettpackard/Delivery.html

"We cannot deliver to P.O. boxes, APOs, FPOs, private mail box stores, United States territories, or addresses outside the 50 United States and the District of Columbia."

So looks like this one isn't going to be any good for us

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#27 08-12-2011 11:58am

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but good for me!

will send it to the in-laws and get it in the new year.

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#28 08-12-2011 12:03pm

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Will they take an non US credit card as payment? If so might ask Cousin to use address.

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#29 08-12-2011 12:05pm

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That'll be the least of your worries. The 100 million odd others f5ing will be more of an obstacle.

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#30 08-12-2011 12:07pm

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groom wrote: »

That'll be the least of your worries. The 100 million odd others f5ing will be more of an obstacle.

You're ruining my moment of gloating!!!

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#31 08-12-2011 12:15pm

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100 million, I would be very surprised if anywhere near those numbers were online f5'ing

100,000 might be more like it, however you would be very lucky to get one.

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#32 08-12-2011 12:23pm

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I wasn't being serious about 100M but even if there are only 100k it'll be tough to get one. Will be interesting to see if it makes eBay fall over.

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#33 08-12-2011 12:38pm

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Snakeblood wrote: »

I'm still using WebOS, really like it. I've overclock and done all the gubbins to improve performance, and I like the OS. The apps are certainly less than you'd get with an iPad but there continues to be a little trickle of them into the marketplace. It's a good little device, handles youtube etc. well. I mostly use it to read comic books, and it's great for that.

Just curious, what software/app do you use to read comics on the Touchpad?

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#34 08-12-2011 12:42pm

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Not sure if they deliver here, but just saw this on Hotukdeals

"32GB HP TOUCHPAD DELIVERED £142.36 (CONFIRMED STOCK!) from Lambda-Tek"

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/32gb-hp-touchpad-delivered-142-36-confirmed-stock-from-lambda-tek-1084766#comments

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#35 08-12-2011 12:44pm

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alastair_doom wrote: »

Not sure if they deliver here, but just saw this on Hotukdeals

"32GB HP TOUCHPAD DELIVERED £142.36 (CONFIRMED STOCK!) from Lambda-Tek"

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/32gb-hp-touchpad-delivered-142-36-confirmed-stock-from-lambda-tek-1084766#comments

Yep, they do for £12.10.

Posted it over on HUKD.ie.. have one in my cart - tempting!

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#36 08-12-2011 12:44pm

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Basq wrote: »

Yep, they do for £12.10.

Posted it over on HUKD.ie.. have one in my cart - tempting!

If you dont want it can I have it looks as if stock is out now!

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#37 08-12-2011 12:46pm

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crazyderk wrote: »

If you dont want it can I have it looks as if stock is out now!

Money's tight right now.. probably gonna let it go tbh!

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#38 08-12-2011 12:51pm

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Yep.. outta stock. That woulda been handy.

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#39 08-12-2011 12:52pm

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Basq wrote: »

Money's tight right now.. probably gonna let it go tbh!

Thats not gonna go down well around here!

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#40 08-12-2011 12:53pm

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kc66 wrote: »

Thats not gonna go down well around here!

Couldn't care less!

I only added it to see if they'd deliver here..

.. actually don't need another one.

Was gonna pick it up for a family member but probably won't be appreciated, and would prefer not to deal with another company I know nothing about.

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#41 08-12-2011 12:54pm

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Basq wrote: »

Money's tight right now.. probably gonna let it go tbh!

Can I have it?
Out of stock now

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#42 08-12-2011 12:54pm

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The Sparrow wrote: »

Interesting... How has everyone that got one first time round found them?

I have one as well and love it too:D I was lucky enough that I was able to get two so my other half is getting one for Christmas!

I love it and the kids adore it as well and I haven't even set it up in the car for them yet, (waiting for a long journey)

Lovely piece of kit

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#43 08-12-2011 1:09pm

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frser32 wrote: »

the hp ebay site dosen't seem to ship to Ireland at all, any way around this??would love to get me hands one of these before Christmas:D

Joe-Bloggs wrote: »

So looks like this one isn't going to be any good for us

I have a US mailing address with www.myus.com, I buy a lot of stuff online from websites that dont ship to Ireland. My last big order came in at $500, weighed 24lb and was sent by 2 day DHL for $120, customs hit me for €112.

I got some huge savings even though I was hit by shipping and customs. For example bought a Microscope for the kids, (Celestron 44340 LCD Digital LDM Biological Microscope) it cost $139.99 on amazon.com and £248.99 on amazon.co.uk ($139.99 = £89). The savings on the microscope made up for the shipping and customs. Also bought the Kindle Fire which isn't available here yet.

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#44 08-12-2011 1:16pm

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Basq ill take that one if u havent cancelled already. Will send you through payment by paypal immediately so you're not out of pocket if you'd be willing to change delivery address to mine?

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#45 08-12-2011 1:34pm

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I was first to ask! you can all wait your turn

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#46 08-12-2011 2:03pm

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DonJose wrote: »

I have a US mailing address with www.myus.com, I buy a lot of stuff online...

That all sounds way too complicated. All you need to do it marry an American and get stuff sent to your new in-laws and then you've got the added benefit of being able to get a green card.

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#47 08-12-2011 2:16pm

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groom wrote: »

That all sounds way too complicated. All you need to do it marry an American and get stuff sent to your new in-laws and then you've got the added benefit of being able to get a green card.

Worked for me!

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#48 08-12-2011 2:26pm

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I can't take this anymore:D

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#49 10-12-2011 1:14am

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for anyone interested in shipping from the US, myself and a few others have bought kindle fire's and touches from amazon in the US using www.viaddress.com (they use fedex to ship here) and afaik, none of the orders that have arrived were nabbed by customs at all (touch wood).

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#50 10-12-2011 2:38am

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Going to the states week after next, soooo, think I'll get one. What time is it on Sunday, 12PM?

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#51 10-12-2011 10:11am

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News today is that HP are going to release the WebOS code open-source to developers.

Can only be a good thing tbh!

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