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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

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

Eoghan41

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

Brian

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

davork

Microcenter are showing stock...

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

Eoghan41

gone again..

Alexgr

Hey guys,

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

banchang

davork wrote: »

Microcenter are showing stock...

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

At USD399 ?

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

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Removed items that are inactive or no longer valid.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.

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?

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

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.

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

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.

Alanstrainor

I definitely want this...

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!

dodzy

mhge wrote: »

?.. iPads are revolting with their candystore aesthetics!

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

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?

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.

Brian

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

Alanstrainor

Baza210 wrote: »

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

No it would be on whatever price was paid+postage.

Brian

So, I got someone that has a 32 GB they'd send me, which was $160 inc tax. So that's about $200 shipped + $10 duty + $20 handling + $40 VAT... nearly 200 euro, not sure it's worth it to be honest, when we might see similar reductions over here.

Alexgr

Baza210 wrote: »

So, I got someone that has a 32 GB they'd send me, which was $160 inc tax. So that's about $200 shipped + $10 duty + $20 handling + $40 VAT... nearly 200 euro, not sure it's worth it to be honest, when we might see similar reductions over here.

Will we though? Plus if we do, it would have probably cost you the same, because you paid USD but here you would pay the same amount (149) in EUR!

Still no confirmation from microcenter on my order btw.

Northern Monkey

Looks like Amazon.com have removed their stock. Only marketplace sellers on there now.

smk89

Alexgr wrote: »

Hey guys,

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

Wouldn't it be worth waiting for a few weeks until the market is saturated before buying. Unless its sub $99 I won't buy it. Plus it hasn't sucessfully ported android yet

davork

davork wrote: »

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

Mine hasn't appeared either

sounds like they are busy!

(And Microcentre order has been cancelled - no stock)

paddyp

smk89 wrote: »

Wouldn't it be worth waiting for a few weeks until the market is saturated before buying. Unless its sub $99 I won't buy it. Plus it hasn't sucessfully ported android yet

God loves an optimist.

Fiskar

Would advise holding off and buying in UK or Ireland, seems that Best Buy have only sold 25,000 out of their allocation of 270,000 !

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/8711050/HP-TouchPad-crushed-by-Apple-iPad.html

Brian

Best Buy are sending all their stock back to HP who will be selling it for $100, I believe.

upandcumming

Baza210 wrote: »

Best Buy are sending all their stock back to HP who will be selling it for $100, I believe.

Yea, the thought is over here is that HP will be selling them on, on Monday. Also rumours are flowing that PC Richards have massive stocks of them. Thats where I bought my two.