Anyone know a current source for a $99 HP Touchpad?
Aug 29, 2011 | 8:15 am
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That's an interesting point. I've been looking at eBay from time to time and noticed that prices had started around $200 (a 100% profit for the sellers) but recently was as high as $300. It will be interesting if the prices drop after "Touchpad Fever" subsides. I noticed the same thing happen with eBay prices for HP thin clients about the time that MagicJack started to become popular (the HP thin clients make ideal phone servers for MagicJack).
Aug 29, 2011 | 2:01 pm
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HP has been telling everyone that more pads are "coming soon" for like a week straight blah blah blah now check out this .........
Q: When is HP getting more HP TouchPads? One week, two weeks, a month?\
We will have more information available in the next few days about whether or not more will be available and if so, what the details will be about the situation.
http://h20435.www2.hp.com/t5/The-Nex...t-2/ba-p/68749
Aug 29, 2011 | 2:53 pm
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HP IS RIDICULOUS!
HP has been telling everyone that more pads are "coming soon" for like a week straight blah blah blah now check out this .........
Q: When is HP getting more HP TouchPads? One week, two weeks, a month?\
We will have more information available in the next few days about whether or not more will be available and if so, what the details will be about the situation.
http://h20435.www2.hp.com/t5/The-Nex...t-2/ba-p/68749
HP has been telling everyone that more pads are "coming soon" for like a week straight blah blah blah now check out this .........
Q: When is HP getting more HP TouchPads? One week, two weeks, a month?\
We will have more information available in the next few days about whether or not more will be available and if so, what the details will be about the situation.
http://h20435.www2.hp.com/t5/The-Nex...t-2/ba-p/68749
Of course everyone feels they deserve a $99 tablet, but with margins on these at -$300, I doubt HP are putting too much effort into getting them counted.
Aug 29, 2011 | 2:54 pm
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Why is that ridiculous? They have 100's of authorized retailers that have orders, they may have returns from other vendors. When you deal with ten of thousands of units, managing inventory is a major undertaking.
Of course everyone feels they deserve a $99 tablet, but with margins on these at -$300, I doubt HP are putting too much effort into getting them counted.
Of course everyone feels they deserve a $99 tablet, but with margins on these at -$300, I doubt HP are putting too much effort into getting them counted.
Aug 30, 2011 | 9:11 am
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I placed my order with HP SMB early Saturday afternoon (8/20). I'm still waiting for them to ship out my TouchPads. I've called twice about a high-level ETA, and all they can say is they will ship "in a few days".
Aug 30, 2011 | 12:17 pm
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Latest news from HP...
Despite announcing an end to manufacturing webOS hardware, we have decided to produce one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand. We don’t know exactly when these units will be available or how many we’ll get, and we can’t promise we’ll have enough for everyone. We do know that it will be at least a few weeks before you can purchase. See more information in the updated FAQs below.
Aug 30, 2011 | 2:05 pm
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Aug 30, 2011 | 3:35 pm
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Aug 30, 2011 | 7:12 pm
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