I guess it's time to find a MR to LHR?

Check out the inquirer feed as it lists a few more stores.

If I could afford the MR, I wouldn't need to buy a cheapie tablet.

What's the inquirer feed?

^

theinquirer.net

However, I figure the cost of shipping to the Americas will probably be at least half of the purchase price.

Or, you could buy from one of Doc Savage's Amazon-listed places and they'll probably kick in shipping for free.

Looks like some availability now from expansys with free shipping but a slightly higher price.

Here is the slickdeals thread

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3232530

Edit: It looks like the site is getting hammered
http://www.expansys-usa.com/hp-touch...t-16gb-209092/

I finally got through and went to check out but it errored out saying my cart was empty. Now the page is gone. I suspect they were not expecting the number of orders.

May have to keep hitting reload till you get back on....

Good luck!

I think once it hits slickdeals, it also hits the fan.

Apparently, their site manager started blocking checkout. According to Slickdeals (thanks for the reference!), it's gone, but I'll keep looking. I made a Buy in Now Best Offer on eBay for $150 (for the 16gb) hopping it was someone who snagged a bunch of these. Haven't heard, but I'm not hopeful.

If you are looking for a reasonable little tablet to use for web access, email, etc, the Nook Color really works pretty well, and buy.com has them for $169 (refurb). I actually use mine a lot, it is a great ereader, and certainly sufficient for staying in contact. If you are adventurous, you can even reprogram it to have more Android tablet capabilities like some in this thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...furbished.html

No clue whatsoever whether today's Woot offering is worth anything:

http://www.woot.com/

"Sorry, this product no longer exists."

So I thought I'd be slick and get up this early to hit the websites like CDW that had offices closed over the weekend and were still listing the Touchpad at full price.

8am est I had about 10 websites open and 3 different phones going calling their customer service hotline. You name it, if they had the product in stock I was on the phone trying to get them to price match. I finally spoke to a semi decent customer service agent at CDW who told me management was in a meeting trying to decide if they were going to drop prices or keep them at $549. I was told there was a 30 no questions asked return policy if unopened and that the order would take a few hours to process and I could cancel before it shipped out. Figuring I had nothing to lose I rolled the dice and bought 2 32 gig and 1 16 gig. I get an invoice, my CC is charged and we're all set. I spent a few more hours (Mondays are dead in Aug) prowling the web to see if I can beat the deal I have.

2 hours later I call back to CDW and they said they had just decided to drop the price to $99/$149 like everyone else. Woo hoo, score!!! After the phone call I was sent an invoice for the corrected pricing on my 3 Thinkpads.

So this evening rolls around and I figure I better check my tracking info etc. The website lists my order as processing and I get a bit nervous. Quick phone call to CDW and then I get to spend half my evening on hold Finally I get some one in customer service who tells me my 2 32 gig Touchpads have shipped. I tell her thanks and ask for a ship date on the 16 gig. Unbelievably she tells me I didn't order a 16, just 2 32 gig. She then proceeds to tell me I was never invoiced for one and she has no idea where I got the idea that I ordered 3 total products. Of course, I have the invoice open in front of and my 3rd grade skills of reading haven't left. Bottom line, I'm out of luck on the 16 gig but as a curtsey she'll leave a message for my salesman to credit my Amex for the 16 gig that didn't ship.

While I'm happy I got 2 Touchpads (although neither is for me) I'm pretty upset about the customer service. At the very least they could have contacted me to tell me the 16 gig was sold out. Certainly the last time I'll do business with CDW.

HP Home & Home Office will be getting more later this week.

Tryp the HP business site (not the HP home site). They were not reporting Out of Stock even while HP Home was. Plus, HP is likely your best shot to get a unit once retailers send back any of their unsold models.

Per the HP tweets, the SMB thing on Monday was a glitch. SMB has been 100% out-of-stock since Sunday and will not get any more.