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

podge3 · 26-08-2011 09:29PM

At the risk of sounding greedy....

Whats this about Argos vouchers? I was luck to get a 32GB in Argos but I got no vouchers??

mik_da_man · 26-08-2011 09:31PM

Babyblessed wrote: »

CPW??? Is that PC World or am I losing it??

Ur loosing it

CPW = Car Phone Warehouse

Meesared · 26-08-2011 09:33PM

mik_da_man wrote: »

Ur loosing it

CPW = Car Phone Warehouse

Theres no space between car and phone

(sorry that really bothers me from when i worked there)

Northern Monkey · 26-08-2011 09:37PM

Meesared wrote: »

Theres no space between car and phone

(sorry that really bothers me from when i worked there)

Should we call them CW?:D

Tinie · 26-08-2011 09:38PM

Cp W?

manu2009 · 26-08-2011 09:43PM

podge3 wrote: »

At the risk of sounding greedy....

Whats this about Argos vouchers? I was luck to get a 32GB in Argos but I got no vouchers??

Have a look at the bottom of your receipt

uck51js9zml2yt · 26-08-2011 09:45PM

PeterGos wrote: »

Gwen Eager Wiring wrote: »

Im in portugal and seeing tablets from 99 up. anyone know about the zte v9? can get it for 149.

Do you have a web address to get a touchpad?

its on fnac.pt what touchpad? were can i get one?

mik_da_man · 26-08-2011 09:47PM

Meesared wrote: »

Theres no space between car and phone

(sorry that really bothers me from when i worked there)

I know - just trying to emphaise where CPW comes from :cool:

uck51js9zml2yt · 26-08-2011 09:47PM

Xzen wrote: »

Gwen Eager Wiring wrote: »

anyone know about the zte v9? can get it for 149.

I'ts a pretty basic tablet, specs here

Its only a 7" which is pretty small and android 2.1 as standard (though upgradable). That said some of the reviews seem pretty positive.

im gettimg very tempted with it. i have until tuesday to decide though a new camera will probably take priority...sigh

uck51js9zml2yt · 26-08-2011 09:51PM

mailburner wrote: »

ordered the 16g from fnac :pac::pac::pac:

galway, castlebar, athlone for a reservation please
i'll believe in miracles if i get one

What country?

padocon · 26-08-2011 09:53PM

Gwen Eager Wiring wrote: »

What country?

Ireland

uck51js9zml2yt · 26-08-2011 09:54PM

Gwen Eager Wiring wrote: »

mailburner wrote: »

ordered the 16g from fnac :pac::pac::pac:

galway, castlebar, athlone for a reservation please
i'll believe in miracles if i get one

What country?

to rephrase...what fnac location did u order from?

Babyblessed · 26-08-2011 09:57PM

podge3 wrote: »

At the risk of sounding greedy....

Whats this about Argos vouchers? I was luck to get a 32GB in Argos but I got no vouchers??

Theres 2 €10 vouchers attached to your receipt (part of the till roll); one for use in September and another for October..

mik_da_man wrote: »

Ur loosing it

CPW = Car Phone Warehouse

At least its confirmed! My brain has turned into F5 mush........... Whats a carphone anyway!

Dan_Solo · 26-08-2011 09:58PM

I tried fnac.fr and fnac.pt and neither of them stock anything called "touchpad".

26-08-2011 10:02PM

Dan_Solo wrote: »

I tried fnac.fr and fnac.pt and neither of them stock anything called "touchpad".

Doesn't he mean he ordered it last Monday?

Dan_Solo · 26-08-2011 10:06PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Doesn't he mean he ordered it last Monday?

Did he? OK, well I'm just telling you what happens today anyway.
You can get one on ebay from the US for about €220 including P+P. Prices seem to be dropping all the time.

podge3 · 26-08-2011 10:10PM

manu2009 wrote: »

Have a look at the bottom of your receipt

Babyblessed wrote: »

Theres 2 €10 vouchers attached to your receipt (part of the till roll); one for use in September and another for October..

Nothing at the bottom of my receipt

I used the automated teller machines. Did you have to go to one of the tills?

Rafloution · 26-08-2011 10:11PM

Nothing at bottom of my receipt either and I used the auto machines too

Babyblessed · 26-08-2011 10:13PM

podge3 wrote: »

Nothing at the bottom of my receipt

I used the automated teller machines. Did you have to go to one of the tills?

Oh, I went to a till. You might want to go back and ask... My store told me they have done away with the cards and its all on the receipts now. €20 is €20 after all! Will give you a tenner off your touch pad case!

Xzen · 26-08-2011 10:15PM

Dan_Solo wrote: »

Did he? OK, well I'm just telling you what happens today anyway.
You can get one on ebay from the US for about €220 including P+P. Prices seem to be dropping all the time.

Stil though, you have to factor in:
-You would be paying a profiteer €220 /$ 320~ for a tablet that was on sale there for $99 / €65~.
-You'd have to add the shopping charge (I've seen some ebayers charge €80 or more)
-You'd have to pay the Tax/import duty.
-And the fact it comes with a 110volt charger (though you can charge it by USB instead.

Dan_Solo · 26-08-2011 10:20PM

Xzen wrote: »

Stil though, you have to factor in:
-You would be paying a profiteer €220 /$ 320~ for a tablet that was on sale there for $99 / €65~.
-You'd have to add the shopping charge (I've seen some ebayers charge €80 or more)
-You'd have to pay the Tax/import duty.
-And the fact it comes with a 110volt charger (though you can charge it by USB instead.

You can't really factor in the seller's profit when it's still the cheapest you can get it.
If we go for the more expensive 32GB what I see is
US $263.99 Approximately EUR 183.94
Postage: US $89.95(approx. EUR 62.67) - Expedited Int'l Flat Rate Postage
Total is €246.
I doubt if you'd pay import duty. I certainly never have on the many things I bought from the US.
Charger might be a problem. Is it a really odd one?

EDIT: Found another
US $260.00 Approximately EUR 181.16
Postage: US $80.00 (approx. EUR 55.74)
Total €237

stevenmu · 26-08-2011 10:33PM

Has anybody seen the touchstone dock in stock ?

(I've tried PC World and Harvey Normans in Carrickmines, PC World Currys and Argos in Liffey Valley and Argos in Stephens Green.)

Amalgam · 26-08-2011 10:35PM

Originally Posted by Gwen Eager Wiring
anyone know about the zte v9? can get it for 149.

Gwen Eager Wiring wrote: »

im gettimg very tempted with it. i have until tuesday to decide though a new camera will probably take priority...sigh

Beware: The current cheaply priced one has an ARM 6 processor and a single touch screen, this is the one being sold cheap-ish in Europe and.. currently, for $99 Australian dollars, in Australia.

YOU WILL NOT be running Flash on this, with ARM 6, it just isn't going to happen, it is more or less a Jumbo sized budget Android phone, with the same processing crunch as say.. a Samsung Europa.

It is a nice compact tablet if your needs are simple, but it bears no relation to the ability of the HP TouchTablet, if you get it with ideas about the performance being equal, you'll be disappointed. I did have this tablet in mind for myself, as all I need is very basic browsing and the Google mail app, along with the default youTube player.

There's a beefed up version of the zte v9 due to replace the ARM6 version at a later date.

podge3 · 26-08-2011 10:36PM

Babyblessed wrote: »

Oh, I went to a till. You might want to go back and ask... My store told me they have done away with the cards and its all on the receipts now. €20 is €20 after all! Will give you a tenner off your touch pad case!

Do you have any details of this promotion? i.e. how long does it run for etc?

stevenmu · 26-08-2011 10:36PM

Dan_Solo wrote: »

You can't really factor in the seller's profit when it's still the cheapest you can get it.
If we go for the more expensive 32GB what I see is
US $263.99 Approximately EUR 183.94
Postage: US $89.95(approx. EUR 62.67) - Expedited Int'l Flat Rate Postage
Total is €246.
I doubt if you'd pay import duty. I certainly never have on the many things I bought from the US.
Charger might be a problem. Is it a really odd one?

EDIT: Found another
US $260.00 Approximately EUR 181.16
Postage: US $80.00 (approx. EUR 55.74)
Total €237

By buying them from profiteers like that you're rewarding people who bought up the stock preventing people here buying them. Not only are they ripping you off, you're encouraging them to do it.

26-08-2011 10:40PM

Do you have any details of this promotion? i.e. how long does it run for etc?

I got €10 voucher for Sept and another for Oct - didn't seem to be any terms and conditions. Argos retail park Cork. Plainly visible on receipt.

Alan_Madden · 26-08-2011 10:42PM

For those of you lucky enough to get your hands on a TP (and no, I didn't get one) It will come in useful when the rest of us get one

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/got-a-slow-hp-touchpad-here-are-3-easy-ways-to-speed-it-up/

Also, news from HP, is that stock is set to ship from their warehouse NEXT WEEKEND. Apparently HP were trying to dump stock on Best Buy before the dramatic price drop, and BB told them to get lost until their existing stock started selling - So think of how many TP's were built and in inventory.

So I would say to people, do not purchase above cost. Not sure if this stock will reach Europe though - Ill post back if I hear anything on it.

Amalgam · 26-08-2011 10:42PM

stevenmu wrote: »

By buying them from profiteers like that you're rewarding people who bought up the stock preventing people here buying them. Not only are they ripping you off, you're encouraging them to do it.

Every time you shop at a supermarket, you're rewarding profiteers, every time you buy clothing made in the far east\Pacific Rim etc..

Remember, HP didn't have a problem having these priced at close to €500 euro, until a few days back..

26-08-2011 10:45PM

You'll definitely get hit with customs though. I ordered a Dingoo from DX and got hit. Once they see these things flooding in to the country they'll clamp down ...hard!

stevenmu · 26-08-2011 10:49PM

Amalgam wrote: »

Every time you shop at a supermarket, you're rewarding profiteers, every time you buy clothing made in the far east\Pacific Rim etc..

Really, so do Tesco buy up ALL the milk so that you can't buy it anywhere else and have to pay their vastly inflated prices? Because I'm pretty sure I've bought milk in plenty of places.

There's a vast difference between profiteering and making a profit.

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

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