HP TouchPad in New Zealand... Who is interested?

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#511604 25-Aug-2011 08:44

I was 4th in queue in Whakatane, only to find that they'd all been sold to staff >.<

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#511605 25-Aug-2011 08:46

Hi there,

I'm new here but I just wanted to give people who are using a forwarding service a heads up: if you receive your Touchpad order from onSale it weighs quite a bit (1.8kg!), expect shipping charges to be around $40 USD. Also, the SlickDeals wiki said earlier that onSale would only ship single orders for Touchpads so if you tried to order more than one that would explain cancellation. My forwarder received one of two Touchpad orders from onSale so I am assuming this is why the other one was cancelled.

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#511606 25-Aug-2011 08:47

dclegg: Found this TradeMe Auction for a 32GB TouchPad with a $1 reserve. Will be interesting to see how high this one gets, to see what value the market currently puts on it.

Some idiot started the bidding at $205. A mate of the reseller..??

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#511607 25-Aug-2011 08:50

If you start getting close to 400-500 why not go the whole hog and just get an ipad for a galaxy 2?

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#511610 25-Aug-2011 08:52

Here is another, lol at the sellers reply regarding Steve Jobs

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http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/PDAs-handhelds/HP-Compaq/auction-402154072.htm

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#511617 25-Aug-2011 08:58

djpaubes: If you start getting close to 400-500 why not go the whole hog and just get an ipad for a galaxy 2?

Exactly! The only reason this product was on my radar at all was due to its cheap price. I'm now wondering whether I could get away with getting a low end Android tablet, but I suspect the resistive screen on those would make them incredibly frustrating to use. And as one of the primary uses would be for games, this may even make it effectively unusable for those.

I'm also interested to see if this whole firesale episode will have much of an effect on the price of other tablets. I don't expect them to drop down to the same levels, but I'd be surprised to not see manufacturers shave something of their RRPs in order to try and cash in on the interest the TouchPad has generated.

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#511621 25-Aug-2011 09:06

This is too rich for my blood, but others may be interested. GrabOne have the Asus Eee Transformer & accessories for $629 today.

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#511640 25-Aug-2011 09:32

My 32gig bought from Amazon/OnSale got sent to my cousin in Phoenix - she sending to me, US$29. Not sure why someone got quoted $40 - perhaps just a different carrier.

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#511647 25-Aug-2011 09:39

fab: My 32gig bought from Amazon/OnSale got sent to my cousin in Phoenix - she sending to me, US$29. Not sure why someone got quoted $40 - perhaps just a different carrier.

Hi fab,

what carrier did she use? i've ordered one as well and had it deliver to my sister in houston. i'm not jumping up and down yet as the tablet hasn't arrived. i dont even know if it will... but just in case..

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#511649 25-Aug-2011 09:44

No idea - she just costed it up. I was surprised that it turned up at all, my Amazon order still says "shipping soon" even now!

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#511663 25-Aug-2011 10:10

I ordered one 16GB touchpad from onSale on Amazon and haven't received a cancellation notice yet, still says "shipping soon". Fingers crossed I'm in the same boat as you guys above and its in transit!

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#511664 25-Aug-2011 10:12

fab: My 32gig bought from Amazon/OnSale got sent to my cousin in Phoenix - she sending to me, US$29. Not sure why someone got quoted $40 - perhaps just a different carrier.

Shipped via FedEx, USPS will likely be cheaper. Also, for some reason the onSale packages were listed as being heavier than shipments from other retailers. Could also just be the forwarding service trying to make an extra 10 bucks. I'm not too fussed as I'm happy I got one but I was a bit surprised at the price.

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#511670 25-Aug-2011 10:26

Just heard from Ingram. Apparently there are no units left to go around to any of the resellers so we have missed out as has everyone else. So much for our allocation of 10

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#511671 25-Aug-2011 10:27

USPS is farking slow!

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#511672 25-Aug-2011 10:30

I called my local JB HiFi again this morning. The official word is all stock is being sent back to HP. The unofficial word is that if this decision is reversed, the stock will go in an instant. The guy stated he was keen to get one himself, so while he didn't say it directly, I inferred this to mean that all stock will probably be snapped up by staff.

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