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

Padraig Mor · 24-08-2011 02:49PM

Alan_Madden wrote: »

Look after your employees and the business will thrive..... in most cases. Happy workers = higher levels of Productivity. To suggest that Argos should look after a couple of hundred people for what is quite frankly, ****ty profit, over their own (thousands) staff, to me, if not feasible.

If I worked in Argos, and I said to my boss, can I nab one of those, and he said no, its for a customer, I would be well pissed...and so the negativity ensues. Think about it from the workers perspective, working in any company..

What a pile of crap. These aren't Touchpads sitting around the shop floor waiting for a randomer to walk in and buy them - they're reserved for customers who have ordered them! FFS if the customers hadn't ordered them, they wouldn't be there for the staff to 'nab'! If I had one reserved and it was taken by a staff member I'd consider it little short of theft. Hardly surprised though, given the quality of staff generally present in Argos stores....

minotour · 24-08-2011 02:49PM

karltimber wrote: »

this got lost 2 pages ago...

my dabs order for a 16gb is "in processing" now - bought monday morning - just past midnight. No CC charged yet.

whata think ? sent them an email to check.

not holding my breath.

K

The rumour mill said Dabs had 500 in stock, took orders for 2000 then closed, if true then they are depending on their distribution channel to replenish the 1500 shortfall.

Their tweet monkey said after the chaos if you got a confirm mail then you would be honored. Maybe someone else who got through can give you more info.

bricky06 · 24-08-2011 02:49PM

i phoned the argos in the ilac and they're not even answering
has anyone been on to them today, my reservation #. is valid from friday to tuesday

t-hairy · 24-08-2011 02:50PM

So Amazon have apparently cancelled my order.

*Marks Amazon mails as SPAM in Gmail and unsubscribes from Amazon marketing mails*

That'll learn 'em.

Keith186 · 24-08-2011 02:52PM

Fcuk Amazon!

Who wants a touchpad anymore?

Sounds like some sort of tampon anyway!

minotour · 24-08-2011 02:53PM

Keith186 wrote: »

Fcuk Amazon!

Who wants a touchpad anymore?

Sounds like some sort of tampon anyway!

A "DontTouch Pad" maybe

WIZE · 24-08-2011 02:53PM

Keith186 wrote: »

Fcuk Amazon!

Who wants a touchpad anymore?

Sounds like some sort of tampon anyway!

me

Alan_Madden · 24-08-2011 02:54PM

I love Joan Burton wrote: »

if he did id give him a pugwash....thank god he doesnt have one so!

Screw this, im just going to get an ipad today off the apple store im fed up with this craic for an obsolete tablet

Me too, going to get the Galaxy 10.1 tho - the Amazon cancellation has just drained the life out of me. 2 days of stress and no work done. Bloody power city were selling the galaxy for 409 at the weekend, tried to hold out for a HP and now they are gone back to 479. The joys.

I sincerely hope that those of you with Argos reservations get them.

Mcsirl · 24-08-2011 02:54PM

Ok i had a pre-order on amazon designated as "waiting for stock" which has now been cancelled by Amazon.

I also had a reserve on one in Argos (omni in Santry) which was for collection between today and tomorrow. Just went down there now and they dont have my reservation number on the system !!! I showed them the email and txts i got confirming my order, but all they could say was that it wasnt on their system so there was nothing they could do !!!

Also they wouldnt tell me if they even had any in the store for pre-orders or walk-ins !!!

Going to try it again tomorrow as the reservation is for up to tomorrow night but reckon theres 0% chance

swingking · 24-08-2011 02:55PM

i am someone who buys most of my stuff from amazon. After this poor PR stunt, I will be no longer spending any money with them at all.

The worst part is, people have short memory and will continue to shop there so I don't think this will damage their reputation one bit.

matchthis · 24-08-2011 02:55PM

Amazon cancelled me too. Got an email bout an hour ago

Tusky · 24-08-2011 02:55PM

Weird that Amazon canceled the orders so soon after HP said there would be more stock. Only hope now is Expansys but I dont reckon its gonna happen. Ah well.

Amalgam · 24-08-2011 02:56PM

griffdaddy wrote: »

Anyone think there'll be knock on reductions on other tablets..

Yes, the likes of the Fly3 seems to have dropped to the 110 -115 dollar price. Sadly, just American sites though.

My Amazon order has just been cancelled... I had ordered at 00:29 the night of the sell off. Oh well.

Xzen · 24-08-2011 02:56PM

hmm whilst stumbling around the touchpad-droughted land of the net I found something similarly cheap and good enough for most uses. This Sweex YARVIK isn't massive but it'd keep most people happy till the next firesale (Fujitsu next? )

ZeRoY · 24-08-2011 02:56PM

minotour wrote: »

It looks like the end of this round alright but i wouldnt be too upset, the market will respond to this demand and soon. Keep an eye on every angle, this could be the begininng of a shift by the rest of the tablet players, it has happened before for even larger margin.

+1 - If anything this has shown the Tablet maker that when the price is right (or lower at least!) then orders follow. This HP touchpad was hardly sold as it was overpriced and now look at it go!

Voodu Child · 24-08-2011 02:58PM

Tusky wrote: »

Weird that Amazon canceled the orders so soon after HP said there would be more stock. Only hope now is Expansys but I dont reckon its gonna happen. Ah well.

That quote was from the US and im pretty sure whoever picked it up did so a few days after it was made.

endeval · 24-08-2011 02:58PM

Damned Amazon :-(

s8n · 24-08-2011 03:00PM

FingalAirsoft wrote: »

I was speaking to Argos head office and they said there is none in stock in any of the stores in Ireland and the UK.... She said it's the bulk of calls they are receiving today from angry customers!
She also said they would not be restocking the hp touchpad again as there would be no more from HP.

I got some bull**** excuse from the staff in the Drogheda store about them getting a fax from HP telling them to withdraw them from sale..... But the girl in head office said if any member of staff held one for themselves they would be reprimanded heavily!

And the search goes on.

How do you know it was bullsh1t - do you have proof ??

Basq · 24-08-2011 03:00PM

The more the day goes on, the more tempted I am to lock this thread!

I got about 5 reported posts over lunch of people being abusive.

If this continues, people WILL be banned and the thread WILL! be locked

partyatmygaff · 24-08-2011 03:01PM

Xzen wrote: »

hmm whilst stumbling around the touchpad-droughted land of the net I found something similarly cheap and good enough for most uses. This Sweex YARVIK isn't massive but it'd keep most people happy till the next firesale (Fujitsu next? )

Android 2.1 - Outdated
7" Resistive Touch screen - No need to elaborate on why this is a bad idea in a tablet.
600MHz ARM11 CPU - Just about minimum spec for Android
256MB RAM - Minimum spec to run Android
4GB storage with SD card slot - Meh

Not to mention the likely three hour battery life.

20 Times 20 Times · 24-08-2011 03:01PM

Basq wrote: »

The more the day goes on, the more tempted I am to lock this thread!

I got about 5 reported posts over lunch of people being abusive.

If this continues, people WILL be banned and the thread WILL! be locked

Just lock it , deal is dead.

Meesared · 24-08-2011 03:01PM

Woop Mine has been picked up!

wont get it for another week or so but eh! thats ok.

Basq · 24-08-2011 03:02PM

Little Pea wrote: »

Just lock it , deal is dead.

I'll leave it til the end of the day..

.. but yeah, it's looking that way.

TheZohanS · 24-08-2011 03:03PM

Mcsirl wrote: »

Ok i had a pre-order on amazon designated as "waiting for stock" which has now been cancelled by Amazon.

I also had a reserve on one in Argos (omni in Santry) which was for collection between today and tomorrow. Just went down there now and they dont have my reservation number on the system !!! I showed them the email and txts i got confirming my order, but all they could say was that it wasnt on their system so there was nothing they could do !!!

Also they wouldnt tell me if they even had any in the store for pre-orders or walk-ins !!!

Going to try it again tomorrow as the reservation is for up to tomorrow night but reckon theres 0% chance

They tried to tell me that too, asked to speak to a manager and the manager tried to say the same. I pointed out that my reservation was confirmed, and that there was no ambiguity about it. Then I was told "oh yeah I can see that now", changed their story completely.

Picking mine up tomorrow.

alastair_doom · 24-08-2011 03:04PM

Xzen wrote: »

hmm whilst stumbling around the touchpad-droughted land of the net I found something similarly cheap and good enough for most uses. This Sweex YARVIK isn't massive but it'd keep most people happy till the next firesale (Fujitsu next? )

Higher model on komplett for less with free delivery

http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_02TAB/01_TABLETS/productdetails/80002934/Yarvik_7_Tablet_TAB211_4GB/TAB211/default.aspx
Probably still not a great buy tho, but decent

Oat23 · 24-08-2011 03:04PM

I've contacted @argoshelpers on twitter with my reservation number. They said they will look into it more for me. Hoping for the best!

coldfire1x · 24-08-2011 03:05PM

So Amazon have cancelled most of the orders. I didnt manage to book any with them but I was hoping that they will fulfill all the orders.

Reason - I have an order with FNAC. Which is now looking like a lost cause now. If Amazon cant get more to fulfill the orders then chances for FNAC looks bad.

Ah... the wait is killing me. Just want to get over with, either way. Hope we hear something soon.

24-08-2011 03:07PM

Oatesy23 wrote: »

I've contacted @argoshelpers on twitter with my reservation number. They said they will look into it more for me. Hoping for the best!

Let us know please. Was that for a reservation number in the republic or northern Ireland?

paddyp · 24-08-2011 03:08PM

Basq wrote: »

I'll leave it til the end of the day..

.. but yeah, it's looking that way.

Thanks to everyone for tying to help and thanks to the mods for keeping it all under control. It was a fun game of chinese whispers while it lasted. See you all on ebay in a few weeks fingers crossed the price comes down.

coach22 · 24-08-2011 03:10PM

Oatesy23 wrote: »

I've contacted @argoshelpers on twitter with my reservation number. They said they will look into it more for me. Hoping for the best!

Can u let us know how u get on mate? have a reservation with argos too that im worried about

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

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