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

Inquitus · 22-08-2011 05:28PM

Just a heads up, the build quality on these is great, I have an iPad as well, and whilst this may be a bit heavier, I would put build quality on a par. WebOS is a clever and tidy OS which actually does proper multitasking unlike the iPad. It's a shame WebOS is dead, but if, and it looks likely, a proper Honeycomb / Icecream build of Android makes it onto this tablet it will be an iPad2 killer for €99.

cactus10 · 22-08-2011 05:34PM

Question is, can Argos actually get any!

celj · 22-08-2011 05:36PM

cactus10 wrote: »

Question is, can Argos actually get any!

I bloody hope so!!!

TheZohanS · 22-08-2011 05:37PM

cactus10 wrote: »

Question is, can Argos actually get any!

Of course they can, I'd say it's some craic in the central warehouse today! Mines due in on Wednesday and I have 'til Saturday to pick it up.

peejay1986 · 22-08-2011 05:37PM

The Dixons sale was as I'd expected - pure chaos. Managed to get a 16GB model in the basket. Got through to checkout and passed payment. As I confirmed my order the site fooked up and I lost my order.

Tried going through process again but no stock left.

Just reserved the last 16GB version in any of Chester's Argos stores. Need them to do a quick price drop though as I only have it reserved until end of tomorrow.

cactus10 · 22-08-2011 05:38PM

TheZohan wrote: »

Of course they can, I'd say it's some craic in the central warehouse today! Mines due in on Wednesday and I have 'til Saturday to pick it up.

Well look whats happening with Elara, they had a potential 1000+ and were told then they were being reallocated. Argos may have 1000 reservations but what about actually getting their hands on that number?

Dman001 · 22-08-2011 05:40PM

The thing with Brick and Mortar stores is that they probably have stock on hand already, opposed to Online stores like Elara who probably order it direct when need be. The likes of Argos or Carphonewarehouse could be sitting on a few hundred units around their stores nationally.

generalmiaow · 22-08-2011 05:42PM

cactus10 wrote: »

Well look whats happening with Elara, they had a potential 1000+ and were told then they were being reallocated. Argos may have 1000 reservations but what about actually getting their hands on that number?

Argos have an immense warehouse operation and often deal with rushes on particular products. You could be right though, no one here has reported any actual communication with them.

TheZohanS · 22-08-2011 05:43PM

cactus10 wrote: »

Well look whats happening with Elara, they had a potential 1000+ and were told then they were being reallocated. Argos may have 1000 reservations but what about actually getting their hands on that number?

I don't think HP would want to pee off a distributor as large as Argos, Elara are tiny compared to them. Public Relations nightmare for Argos from a customer point of view.

celj · 22-08-2011 05:44PM

Dman001 wrote: »

The thing with Brick and Mortar stores is that they probably have stock on hand already, opposed to Online stores like Elara who probably order it direct when need be. The likes of Argos or Carphonewarehouse could be sitting on a few hundred units around their stores nationally.

Most Argos seem to be OUT of stock.Hope with their buying power they can fulfill all reserved orders.

drunkmonkey · 22-08-2011 05:45PM

Anyone got a list of numbers handy for currys/pc world around the country to see what's happening first thing in the morning?

Dman001 · 22-08-2011 05:45PM

celj wrote: »

Most Argos seem to be OUT of stock.Hope with their buying power they can fulfill all reserved orders.

But I assume that's because there are a huge number being reserved

neonitrix · 22-08-2011 05:47PM

but all argos would have to do if they dont get amount of stock they need is dont reduce the price of the model, none of us will pay whats being asked by Argos now so wouldnt show up to collect our reservation.

reservation gets cancelled / times out
then in a week argos proceeds to reduce price to the 99 / 129 level and sell them to joe public.

Dman001 · 22-08-2011 05:50PM

neonitrix wrote: »

but all argos would have to do if they dont get amount of stock they need is dont reduce the price of the model, none of us will pay whats being asked by Argos now so wouldnt show up to collect our reservation.

reservation gets cancelled / times out
then in a week argos proceeds to reduce price to the 99 / 129 level and sell them to joe public.

All reserved Touchpads are actually sitting in their stores, but people won't actually buy them until the Price Drops. I'm sure Argos want these gone ASAP too, so will drop the price soon.

nowherefar · 22-08-2011 05:50PM

TheZohan wrote: »

I don't think HP would want to pee off a distributor as large as Argos, Elara are tiny compared to them. Public Relations nightmare for Argos from a customer point of view.

Given that HP are pulling out of the PC market and killing all WebOS product lines and this is a fire sale with no hope for more in the future, I don't see how HP would care much what Argos or any other retailer thinks now.. those days are gone.

cactus10 · 22-08-2011 05:51PM

Dman001 wrote: »

All reserved Touchpads are actually sitting in their stores, but people won't actually buy them until the Price Drops. I'm sure Argos want these gone ASAP too, so will drop the price soon.

Or they raise the price thinking there;s huge demand.

This IS Argos

jimmycrackcorm · 22-08-2011 05:51PM

neonitrix wrote: »

but all argos would have to do if they dont get amount of stock they need is dont reduce the price of the model, none of us will pay whats being asked by Argos now so wouldnt show up to collect our reservation.

This is exactly what's happening. They are being reserved left right and center in the hope that they will drop the price. Sooner or later they'll get flagged up that the reservations aren't being collected and they will simply have to update the price.

generalmiaow · 22-08-2011 05:52PM

neonitrix wrote: »

but all argos would have to do if they dont get amount of stock they need is dont reduce the price of the model, none of us will pay whats being asked by Argos now so wouldnt show up to collect our reservation.

reservation gets cancelled / times out
then in a week argos proceeds to reduce price to the 99 / 129 level and sell them to joe public.

According to this and the elara thread, the retailers still make the same profit margin. If argos get less stock, they make less profit.

neonitrix · 22-08-2011 05:55PM

Dman001 wrote: »

All reserved Touchpads are actually sitting in their stores, but people won't actually buy them until the Price Drops. I'm sure Argos want these gone ASAP too, so will drop the price soon.

this may not be the case as i have one reserved locally and its saying available for collection from sat 27th so they must be waiting on a delivery from somewhere?

peejay1986 · 22-08-2011 05:55PM

Just got this from Argos

"Hi, we have no news of the HP Touchpad dropping in price. Please keep checking our website for up to date information."

22-08-2011 05:57PM

this thread has had 61,372 views! :eek:
and it sounds like Elara.ie wont have anymore than 1500 touchpads altogether tomorrow morning.

Not a hope of me getting one

darth_maul · 22-08-2011 06:02PM

Deleted User wrote: »

this thread has had 61,372 views! :eek:
and it sounds like Elara.ie wont have anymore than 1500 touchpads altogether tomorrow morning.

Not a hope of me getting one

that doesn't mean 6,100 different people, just how many times the page has been viewed,

generalmiaow · 22-08-2011 06:04PM

Deleted User wrote: »

this thread has had 61,372 views! :eek:
and it sounds like Elara.ie wont have anymore than 1500 touchpads altogether tomorrow morning.

Not a hope of me getting one

Pretty sure 90% of those views were me.

Mr Trade In · 22-08-2011 06:09PM

I am hoping Argos get enough in,if they pull the BS move of cancelling all orders and selling on a first come basis I will be very disappointed, I also hope most here will not be greedy basterds and buy more than they need,if you get yours and have a spare share here,don't just abandon the unused code.

Squeeonline · 22-08-2011 06:11PM

Mr Trade In wrote: »

I am hoping Argos get enough in,if they pull the BS move of cancelling all orders and selling on a first come basis I will be very disappointed, I also hope most here will not be greedy basterds and buy more than they need,if you get yours and have a spare share here,don't just abandon the unused code.

I have a code as well but I cant pick up mine until Thursday. Doubt I'll get one that way. I'd give it a week and there'll be a tonne of the on ebay. So many, that they'll go for around the price you would pay in the shop.

Already I'm not too wrong. http://shop.ebay.ie/i.html?_trkparms=65%253A3%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1&rt=nc&_nkw=hp%20touchpad&_sc=1&_sop=3&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1513&_pgn=5

50 times as many as there were 2 days ago.

iknorr · 22-08-2011 06:15PM

LOL @ post 1375

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18308862&page=46

The hunt is on!

SouperComputer · 22-08-2011 06:18PM

See, all HP had to do was only charge 99euro for em and they would be a great seller

TheZohanS · 22-08-2011 06:19PM

nowherefar wrote: »

Given that HP are pulling out of the PC market and killing all WebOS product lines and this is a fire sale with no hope for more in the future, I don't see how HP would care much what Argos or any other retailer thinks now.. those days are gone.

Printers and ink my friend, ink especially.

cactus10 · 22-08-2011 06:20PM

Price on Amazon UK just went UP to 347 for the 16GB. What are they playing at.

celj · 22-08-2011 06:23PM

RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

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

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