Poll: HP TouchPad - $99 in US - any sign of UK drop?

[Gaygle]

P.s. it's happening in chronological order. Mine was at 19.24 so as soon as mattthehotdude gets his confirmation - i'm going to be waiting with baited breath!

 

[Torquar]

Hmm time on my email is 19.22....not very confident

19:07 here, hopefully I'm in with a shot.

 

[matthewhotdude]

TBH all of these sites shoul;d have used their Ebay outlets to dump the stock, saved customer hassle and their own sites going down.

Or reduced them at 2 am when only nerds like us are online

 

[gsf600y]

TBH all of these sites shoul;d have used their Ebay outlets to dump the stock, saved customer hassle and their own sites going down.

I'm also surprised they didn't start with higher prices, once they realised a frenzy was going on. For example, why not flog them at £180? People would have still bought them all.

 

[Gaygle]

Does anyone think this could be an elaborate ruse to increase there customer base?

No. This is costing them north of £100 million IIRC.

 

[Freakbro]

CPW website

"This product is now out of stock online and by phone - please do not call us to order this product"

 

[scrlk]

Looks like nowhere else is going to drop.

 

[Pav89]

Does anyone know if Argos is reducing their price!?!

 

[Caffrey]

Ordered from CPW at 19:07 but no delivery confirmation yet.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Does anyone know if Argos is reducing their price!?!

Why bother there out of stock everywhere except the few that have them reserved.

 

[gsf600y]

Does anyone think this could be an elaborate ruse to increase there customer base?

To increase HP's customer base? Why would they want to increase customer base for a market they're pulling out of?

 

[Neil K]

P.s. it's happening in chronological order. Mine was at 19.24 so as soon as mattthehotdude gets his confirmation - i'm going to be waiting with baited breath!

19.25 here. Why am I sat watching this thread rather than writing my dissertation?!

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Misco_UK Misco
A lot of you very keen to grab the HP TouchPad. We're currently aware of our website issues, and are looking into them!

 

[Hamster]

TBH all of these sites shoul;d have used their Ebay outlets to dump the stock, saved customer hassle and their own sites going down.

Definitely. Their sites being shagged for hours doesn't help their sales. If a business needed a lot of equipment quickly then they will quickly move onto somewhere else.

 

[Chillimonster]

19:09 & 19:23 here

Fingers crossed.


Off for some fresh air, and caffine

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I give up!!

 

[panyan]

does anyone know why they chose £89 and £115?

the only thing i can think of is that is how much HP make them for

 

[Andelusion]

I ordered my CPW one at 7.16, nothing more than confirmation email yet

 

[Pav89]

Why bother there out of stock everywhere except the few that have them reserved.

I have one reserved at an Argos, about an hours drive away.

So, does anyone know if Argos will drop their price?!

 

[b0rn2sk8]

WE all know the Touchpad failed due to too expensive and no APPS, there were no apps because they had no customers.

If webOS is going to win in the long term be via HP hardware or another vendors they need an initial install base to get developers on board.