My backorder for the $99 HP TP was cancelled by Office Depot...we regret to inform you...oh well.
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My backorder for the $99 HP TP was cancelled by Office Depot...we regret to inform you...oh well.
The HP Home site has switched from saying "out of stock" to "coming soon". Get ready for round two of the fire sale:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...touchpads_home
Talked with an HP customer rep. She says my order is still being processed and doesn't appear to be in jeopardy of cancellation....but could take a long time to fill (days/weeks). I ordered last Saturday. :eek:
I am back to being hopeful..... ;)
Latest rumors say Best Buy may have them....but not online....walk-ins only. And they are not advertising. When they do come in, they don't last long....minutes to an hour. Your best bet is to know someone who works in the store to give you phone call on the sly, but Best Buy is disciplining any employee that "sets aside" the Touchpad for themselves or friends.
HP has changed their "coming soon" message back to "out of stock" on their sales site. This could mean that they are further behind than they thought...or don't have as many as they thought. I know some people on another forum that ordered last Friday and are only now getting shipping confirmations.
The wildest rumor yet? HP may start assembling more units from remaining parts inventory to fill back orders. I find that one a bit tough to swallow.....but who knows.
More updates and info:
onSale and B&N cancel HP TouchPad orders in continuing saga of a dead tablet
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gad...35?tag=nl.e539
Acer CEO Wang bets on ultrabooks trump tablets: A prescient or nutty bet?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/acer-c...20?tag=nl.e539
Yeah....there is a petition of sorts amongst Amazon buyers to have OnSale removed from Amazon's list of vendors. Amazon is supposedly investigating onSale to see if they knowingly oversold, or if it was a legitimate stock error. Amazon buyers are hostile since they all quit trying elsewhere when Amazon/onSale told them they had gotten a Touchpad when in fact they did not.
Erwin Computers is also taking a beating for overselling the Touchpad.....then not taking calls or answering emails for 48 hours after the fact. One of my orders was with them....cancelled now.
What a fiasco.
If part of HP's strategy in selling all those touchpads so cheaply was to get new long term customers it's one big fail so far.
That's right, fink....it's a fiasco to be sure. I got in....so I am staying in, but had I known how frustrating this was going to be, I would have gone with my original thinking of, "what the hell do I need this tablet for.....at any price?"
I was really hoping to get two to have as gifts for my nephews at Xmas. But I can't give one a Touchpad and give the other socks and a sweatshirt....LOL :D
As it is....I might have no Touchpad coming and everyone gets socks..... :D
I hope you get it ;) both of them.
But on a serious note what will happen if something goes wrong with it? Does it come with a warranty or is HP washing there hands of them? What if you have support issues... will they still help or are you going to be completely on your own with this?
I'm just asking because I might try to get in on it if at all possible .. but if there is no support or ability to upgrade I'm not so sure I would want go through the agony you are to get one Maxx lol :D
Well...it's a discontinued item, so there won't be support. That's the chance you take. If you have problems down the road, you could be screwed. I have heard that the usual 1-year HP warranty will apply if the thing is DOA or dies shortly thereafter, but with no new units being made....refund is the only option.
Software updates for WebOS are also iffy. Unless someone takes over on that...no updates beyond what is already up on the net. However, work is proceeding to port Android over....which might be cool.....and rumors that Linux people are also working on getting something like Ubuntu working on the pad.
Under these conditions....the thing really is only worth $99. Still....it's original price was $499 for the 16 GB version. Bargain is a bargain. ;)
Thanks Maxx ... well if they still have any floating around next week I'll see if I can grab one .. but I have a feeling that ain't gonna happen lol .. but we will see :)
HP now backtracking on their 4 AM Monday deadline assurance. They are making no guarantees now to anyone. From HP:
OK....that little bit of hope I had is vanishing now.Quote:
For orders placed after 4am CT on Monday 22nd August, US SMB had already Sold Out of HP TouchPad and had posted this on our SMB webstore. Due to this overwhelming response to webOS, we are unable to fulfill these orders and they have been cancelled. If you saw a reserve hold for the amount of your order on your credit card, no actual charges have been made and this reserve hold will be released now that the order has been cancelled.
If you placed an order prior to 4am CT Monday, August 22, we are working through the large volume of orders, verifying payment details and seeking to source inventory for fulfillment. This process is taking longer than first anticipated. At this time, we cannot guarantee supply to all these orders but are working to supply as many orders as possible. If you saw a reserve hold for the amount of your order on your credit card and your order cannot be fulfilled, no actual charges have been made, and this reserve hold will be released if the order is cancelled.
Latest rumor attributed to un-named source at HP described as "top executive at HP"
HP plans to have 4 million units over the coming weeks. 3 million of those units are allocated to cover back-orders from August 21st and before (that's me). The remaining units are scheduled for a second round of sales on September 19th at the HP home and home office site only....not the small business site.
This totally contradicts the most recent public message issued by HP that no order is guaranteed on the back-order list....so take it for what it is worth.
The previous rumor supposedly by an HP executive was never confirmed, so the site where it was posted is not really standing by it anymore. No surprise there....it sounded shady...
On the other hand...I called HP again and the girl says my order could ship this week. I have heard that before, but at least I am still in the running. The HP website still says there is a potential for another round of sales, but they have shut down their email notification sign-up site now. HP rep says the warehouses are empty now, and they are now shipping touchpads that just came off the assembly line and are just now being boxed.
No other tips on retailers at this time except for those Ebay scalpers that bought dozens of the things to rake buyers over the coals at twice the price. One off-the-wall rumor worth mentioning....Best Buy is sitting on thousands of the pads to be sold as part of their big Labor Day sale.
Does anybody know how many HP produced? It seems like hundreds of thousands.
Nobody knows....but Best Buy alone handled over 200,000. HP sold even more through HP Direct and there are countless other retail outlets. If I had to guess....it has to be over a million.
But by comparison, Apple claims to have sold a half million on their very first day of iPad2 sales....while Touchpad has been out for a couple months with the vast majority of the grabs during the fire sale last weekend.
Your best bet at this point is HP Home and Home Office website. If more are to be sold....that is likely where it will happen and it will be fast.