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HP Touchpad Thread (NO Discussion Of Personal Buying/Selling)

upandcumming

Just a heads up to people.

I'm in NY for the summer and I've just ordered 2 of these for $220.
HP have discontinued the Touchpad this week and are now letting them go for $99 (16GB) and $149 (32GB).

I know most of you aren't in the USA but treat this as a heads up to get a very good tablet, with Flash Player, at a knock-down price.

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Brian

Would that VAT be 20% of the RRP, ie another €100?

paddyp

rosboy wrote: »

Anyone have any idea what the taxes/duty would be on getting one of these from the US?

Something like 5% duty + €15 handling charge + VAT on the total including postage.

rosboy

upandcumming wrote: »

Just a heads up to people.

I'm in NY for the summer and I've just ordered 2 of these for $220.
HP have discontinued the Touchpad this week and are now letting them go for $99 (16GB) and $149 (32GB).

I know most of you aren't in the USA but treat this as a heads up to get a very good tablet, with Flash Player, at a knock-down price.

Anyone have any idea what the taxes/duty would be on getting one of these from the US?

dodzy

mhge wrote: »

?.. iPads are revolting with their candystore aesthetics!

Bla,bla,bla........Apple police in the house:rolleyes:

strandroad

I'll probably wait until they come (?) to Europe but I used to have a Palm Pre and WebOS is one fantastic system. Even if the official app store closes, there is Preware with its stock of unofficial apps, check it out.

I would certainly get one even just to check how I like tablets at all. iPads are revolting with their candystore aesthetics. Androids are getting better but WebOS is so well designed!

I hope Amazon takes note, apparently they are cooking a cheap multimedia tablet for Christmas - see how people line up for $99 tablets!

Alanstrainor

I definitely want this...

Alexgr

rivalius13 wrote: »

Just added it to cart and got this:

Sadface.

I get the same now. What I meant before was that the transaction was succesfully completed but never got an e-mail. Still waiting.

davork

Alexgr wrote: »

No, the price changes after you click to checkout.
I just ordered mine ten mins ago, with credit card, but never got confirmation

apparently they are very very slow to come through...

Mine hasn't appeared either

DubDJ

Been looking to get one of these myself. Anyone know if they'll be reducing the price in the EU? At $99 it would be hard not to buy one.

alastair_doom

bricky06 wrote: »

I'm nowhere near a shop right now but has anybody chanced their arm and asked in curry's or pcworld in the unlikely event they have any info, be it official or unofficial?

Declan, the MD of Currys/PC World said he hasn't heard anything yet, but he'll post when he does.

Edit: Currys/PC World forum btw: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1333

bricky06

I'm nowhere near a shop right now but has anybody chanced their arm and asked in curry's or pcworld in the unlikely event they have any info, be it official or unofficial?

rivalius13

Alexgr wrote: »

No, the price changes after you click to checkout.
I just ordered mine ten mins ago, with credit card, but never got confirmation

Just added it to cart and got this:

Removed items that are inactive or no longer valid.

Sadface.

Alexgr

banchang wrote: »

At USD399 ?

No, the price changes after you click to checkout.
I just ordered mine ten mins ago, with credit card, but never got confirmation

banchang

davork wrote: »

Microcenter are showing stock...

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0366316

At USD399 ?

Alexgr

Hey guys,

do you think it's worth waiting for any european sites to make any move?

Eoghan41

gone again..

davork

Microcenter are showing stock...

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0366316

Brian

What's the cheapest way to post something like this to Ireland?

Eoghan41

love the way most of us cant even get this "bargain" cause of how its only on the american site :P

Brian

I got someone to go to a Walmart in North Carolina for me and they hadn't reduced the price. Gah.

davork

Baza210 wrote: »

If you know anybody in the States, apparently they're not too hard to find in Walmart.

wallyworld is selling out all over the place - at least according to the SD forum (which has over 6K comments now in < 12 hrs)

If you get someone to go to a wallyworld, their best bet is to already be there (I know, I know) or place an order online for store pickup. Thing is walmart's inventory system is updated at 5pm in the evening so things 'happen' overnight...

My order seems safe at the moment (at officedepot) but they send cancels out on Monday mornings (US time) when they mess up inventory

As for the other US stores:
Amazon don't seem to be doing anything
Staples apparently might be Tuesday (right, keep checking their website)
J&R no price change on the website

Other places are
PC Richard - most stores are O/S and online they are O/S
MicroCentre - they have removed the pages from their website
Frys - same as MicroCenter

Brian

If you know anybody in the States, apparently they're not too hard to find in Walmart.

davork

Do-more wrote: »

According to this Best Buy got 270,000 TouchPads from HP but have only shifted 25,000 of them, so I guess that's another place to look for stock.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Computers-Promotions/HP+TouchPad+return+and+Price+Match+policy+details/pcmcat250800050019.c?id=pcmcat250800050019

davork

TimeToShine wrote: »

officedepot are out of stock, they have a back order service but they might cancel on you

now there's a surprise!

Do-more

According to this Best Buy got 270,000 TouchPads from HP but have only shifted 25,000 of them, so I guess that's another place to look for stock.

The Soup Thief

Curious Geroge wrote: »

officedepot require a zip code to order, no direct shipping to ireland..

That is correct, though you can (could - read on) freight them to ireland using bongous.com or similar, at pretty steep prices (€30+)
I say could, since officedepot website is no longer selling these - can only now be purchased instore
Perhaps the stock is shifting faster than i thought!

Northern Monkey

Going to get one of these if I can. I only want a tablet for movies and the net, so this would be perfect even without future support.

bazery

It must be a matter of hours before this comes to the eu

Curious Geroge

The Soup Thief wrote: »

Since I checked a couple of hours back http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/278385/HP-TouchPad-Tablet-16GB/ have added a note - Limit 2 Per Customer - haven't tried to order one but the website indicates they have stock there
I'm guessing HP have a LOT of these devices to shift, so I suspect they may not be about to sell out this morning - even at these prices...

officedepot require a zip code to order, no direct shipping to ireland..

The Soup Thief

Since I checked a couple of hours back http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/278385/HP-TouchPad-Tablet-16GB/ have added a note - Limit 2 Per Customer - haven't tried to order one but the website indicates they have stock there
I'm guessing HP have a LOT of these devices to shift, so I suspect they may not be about to sell out this morning - even at these prices...