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

celj · 22-08-2011 06:24PM

Sorry,just had to do that.:pac:

:mad::o

22-08-2011 06:25PM

celj wrote: »

Sorry,just had to do that.:pac::mad::o

you made my firefox fly off the side of the screen!

Ruby_Woo · 22-08-2011 06:26PM

I can confirm that there is NO stock in galway.

Just back from curry's & PC world there and was informed that there will be no stock available to queuing customers tomorrow morning as all the touchpads they had are either sold or have been reserved

On the plus side at least I found out now and not after queuing for ages!

Galways out of luck.. maybe Argos will come through for us galwegians though!

johnmcdnl · 22-08-2011 06:28PM

argos have gotten some more stock in by the looks of it... just reserved one in longford...

think there were some in dundrum and liffey valley and a couple other places...

iknorr · 22-08-2011 06:29PM

SouperComputer wrote: »

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

I agree.
But who is to blame for this?

HP, apple etc, would be happy with 50% profit...
Production say 100, profit 100. total 200.

But the usual fanboys buy the device at whatever it is displayed at.
SO the companies say...****, lets up it by 100 and see what happens.

next thing we know a tablet that costs 100 to make, is being sold for 500. Then the next company says hey if they sll them at that then we should sell them about the same. then the general population ( non tech) people will believe that the second device is almost as good as the original one.
Then it becomes the norm for crazy prices like these....

Does it really cost 100 euro to get an extra 16 gb of space? Of course not, but these companies think, hey if they pay for it at that price we will sell it at that price.

And, except in this case, people still buy them.

Apple is the best example of this.

Inquitus · 22-08-2011 06:31PM

iknorr wrote: »

I agree.
But who is to blame for this?

HP, apple etc, would be happy with 50% profit...
Production say 100, profit 100. total 200.

But the usual fanboys buy the device at whatever it is displayed at.
SO the companies say...****, lets up it by 100 and see what happens.

next thing we know a tablet that costs 100 to make, is being sold for 500. Then the next company says hey if they sll them at that then we should sell them about the same. then the general population ( non tech) people will believe that the second device is almost as good as the original one.
Then it becomes the norm for crazy prices like these....

Does it really cost 100 euro to get an extra 16 gb of space? Of course not, but these companies think, hey if they pay for it at that price we will sell it at that price.

And, except in this case, people still buy them.

Apple is the best example of this.

This is the estimate of the cost of production for a Touchpad btw

"a 16GB Touchpad costs $306 to make, while the 32GB model costs $318."

Northern Monkey · 22-08-2011 06:32PM

I had one reserved in Currys up north for collection today. Got my mate to go and collect it after the drop and it is still coming up on their system as £429 so they can't sell it at the knock down price :mad:

They said they will hold the reservation for another day, so hopefully it will still be OK.

sdiff · 22-08-2011 06:32PM

iknorr wrote: »

I agree.
But who is to blame for this?

HP, apple etc, would be happy with 50% profit...
Production say 100, profit 100. total 200.

But the usual fanboys buy the device at whatever it is displayed at.
SO the companies say...****, lets up it by 100 and see what happens.

next thing we know a tablet that costs 100 to make, is being sold for 500. Then the next company says hey if they sll them at that then we should sell them about the same. then the general population ( non tech) people will believe that the second device is almost as good as the original one.
Then it becomes the norm for crazy prices like these....

Does it really cost 100 euro to get an extra 16 gb of space? Of course not, but these companies think, hey if they pay for it at that price we will sell it at that price.

And, except in this case, people still buy them.

Apple is the best example of this.

afaik it costs over 300 dollars to make one

rivalius13 · 22-08-2011 06:33PM

Inquitus wrote: »

This is the estimate of the cost of production for a Touchpad btw

"a 16GB Touchpad costs $306 to make, while the 32GB model costs $318."

Let him rant and get his uninformed nonsense out, it's what the internet is for. It's ok, we all know he looks silly.

GobBass · 22-08-2011 06:34PM

Given the recent fracas in the now-expired Harvey Norman thread,its all a matter of a "right place,right time" situation.

04KY · 22-08-2011 06:35PM

On the reservations from Argos, when does it say the touchpad can be collected? Mine is for August 31st, can't imagine there will still be any in stock at that stage.

generalmiaow · 22-08-2011 06:37PM

Hardware is expensive to design and make. Though if people had actually bought the Palm Pre or another WebOS device for whatever cost, there might have been enough momentum to sustain the platform... we'll never know now though. Played around with the original Pre though, and found it annoying.

There's as much enthusiast interest in WebOS as a few other small platforms though, and these machines only last a couple of years anyway, so there will be interesting things to install and play around with on this tablet even without Palm/HP. Plus it has a web browser, which is what most of us use all the time anyway.

johnmcdnl · 22-08-2011 06:39PM

sdiff wrote: »

afaik it costs over 300 dollars to make one

he is right about it not costing €100 euro extra for an extra 16GB though...

god's toy · 22-08-2011 06:41PM

04KY wrote: »

On the reservations from Argos, when does it say the touchpad can be collected? Mine is for August 31st, can't imagine there will still be any in stock at that stage.

So with Argos 'reservation' does not mean 'reserved' ?

Does anyone know of a time they pulled a fast one liker this?

Et Cetera · 22-08-2011 06:41PM

iknorr wrote: »

I agree.
But who is to blame for this?

HP, apple etc, would be happy with 50% profit...
Production say 100, profit 100. total 200.

But the usual fanboys buy the device at whatever it is displayed at.
SO the companies say...****, lets up it by 100 and see what happens.

next thing we know a tablet that costs 100 to make, is being sold for 500. Then the next company says hey if they sll them at that then we should sell them about the same. then the general population ( non tech) people will believe that the second device is almost as good as the original one.
Then it becomes the norm for crazy prices like these....

Does it really cost 100 euro to get an extra 16 gb of space? Of course not, but these companies think, hey if they pay for it at that price we will sell it at that price.

And, except in this case, people still buy them.

Apple is the best example of this.

And how much does R&D cost?

HP lost $70 million through selling it at this price.

davehey79 · 22-08-2011 06:47PM

johnmcdnl wrote: »

argos have gotten some more stock in by the looks of it... just reserved one in longford...

think there were some in dundrum and liffey valley and a couple other places...

i have been checking longford all day !! feck it anyway the few mins i go away and do something i miss out !!

johnmcdnl · 22-08-2011 06:49PM

davehey79 wrote: »

i have been checking longford all day !! feck it anyway the few mins i go away and do something i miss out !!

sorry dude but if they get any in Cavan I'll swap codes with ya

chris1970 · 22-08-2011 06:49PM

"The men in the white coats are coming for you geekboy" , my other half has just said, goona need more then guidance councilling of i dont get one of these soon

davehey79 · 22-08-2011 06:51PM

johnmcdnl wrote: »

sorry dude but if they get any in Cavan I'll swap codes with ya

jesus that be great if ya would

keep me in mind now ya hear

jack888 · 22-08-2011 06:53PM

I placed a reservation just now for one of these on argos.ie

But its priced at 539?, do I get it at lower price or what...

polaris68 · 22-08-2011 06:54PM

Loving this thread!

I'll be looking in tomorrow mid-morning to check out the:

22-08-2011 06:54PM

jack888 wrote: »

I placed a reservation just now for one of these on argos.ie

But its priced at 539?, do I get it at lower price or what...

General consensus is that you pay the price it is on the day of your collection.

god's toy · 22-08-2011 06:55PM

jack888 wrote: »

I placed a reservation just now for one of these on argos.ie

But its priced at 539?, do I get it at lower price or what...

Or what as we dont know at this time.

DubDJ · 22-08-2011 06:57PM

I arrived at page 5, returned at page 16 the following day and 6 hours later it was page 54.

So after reading through the last 38 pages quickly (if my math is correct) elara will have them tomorrow morning and Argos haven't announced anything about a price drop yet???

LookingFor · 22-08-2011 06:57PM

Anyone else get in with FNAC? They're a French retailer, had them up briefly at €99 and €129 but seem to have stopped now. They ship anywhere in the world, was €13 for DHL to Dublin. Hopefully they've enough stock to cover my order.

johnmcdnl · 22-08-2011 06:57PM

jack888 wrote: »

I placed a reservation just now for one of these on argos.ie

But its priced at 539?, do I get it at lower price or what...

if the price goes down they you'll get it at the new price...

otherwise just don't pay for it and try reserving again until it does come down..

argos's policy is that you pay at the price in store that day... so if it comes down in the morning it'll be sold at the new price

iknorr · 22-08-2011 06:59PM

Hey,

No where did i say that 100/500 EXAMPLE is referring to the HP Touchpad.
( no reference to currency also)

Its a rough example of how tablets & phones are being priced.

Et Cetera obviously theres other costs involved, packaging, customer supports etc.

rivalius13 whats "uninformed" about what i said? Did you assume im talking exact figures about the HP Touchpad....which version, 16gb, 32gb...64gb, with 3g? I think someone is a bit unpset that he didnt get a Touchpad on the cheap yet

Snakeblood · 22-08-2011 07:02PM

iknorr wrote: »

Hey,

No where did i say that 100/500 EXAMPLE is referring to the HP Touchpad.
( no reference to currency also)

Its a rough example of how tablets & phones are being priced.

Et Cetera obviously theres other costs involved, packaging, customer supports etc.

rivalius13 whats "uninformed" about what i said? Did you assume im talking exact figures about the HP Touchpad....which version, 16gb, 32gb...64gb, with 3g? I think someone is a bit unpset that he didnt get a Touchpad on the cheap yet

Edit: backtracking is ill becoming.

EriT · 22-08-2011 07:03PM

didnt want a tablet before this morning now i must have one of these!

johnmcdnl · 22-08-2011 07:05PM

LookingFor wrote: »

Anyone else get in with FNAC? They're a French retailer, had them up briefly at €99 and €129 but seem to have stopped now. They ship anywhere in the world, was €13 for DHL to Dublin. Hopefully they've enough stock to cover my order.

the 32gb is still 129 - i don't have a god dam credit card (**** you aib laser) so I can't get it - think there's 4 in stock or something like that

and just as I recheck the deal is gone and it's back to 500 or so euro

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

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