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

[Psycho Sonny]

lol @ people saying it was okay for people to buy up all the stock to sell on, fair enough buy a couple, but for instance take Greebo, he said he would have ordered 200+ given the chance, fair enough Greebo has been selling them on at cost, but take another person in Greebo's position buying 200+ just to sell on at a huge profit.

it means normal people missed out, which isn't fair, by limiting it to 1 each, everybody would have been happy, forcing profiteers to order from multiple stores/retailers.

so then profiteers and normal consumers would be both happy.

when asda used to sell 1 litre of smirnoff for £10 (cheaper than most distributors sell at wholesale), they limited it to 3 per customer for a reason.

otherwise shopkeepers would have went in and just bought all of them, then sold it in their shops for £12 each.

shopkeepers still did the above but they were limited to buying 3 at a time. which made it a much fairer system.

 

[Jagabee]

Just got this through from HP

Your order has been accepted.
We currently expect to have your complete order in stock by 16/09/2011, and delivered to you 1-2 working days after that. This is based on the information provided from our warehouse and factories, but may change. We regret that we cannot guarantee a particular date for delivery to you.
At anytime you can check the latest status of your order.

 

[korbk]

lol @ people saying it was okay for people to buy up all the stock to sell on, fair enough buy a couple, but for instance take Greebo, he said he would have ordered 200+ given the chance, fair enough Greebo has been selling them on at cost, but take another person in Greebo's position buying 200+ just to sell on at a huge profit.

it means normal people missed out, which isn't fair, by limiting it to 1 each, everybody would have been happy, forcing profiteers to order from multiple stores/retailers.

so then profiteers and normal consumers would be both happy.

when asda used to sell 1 litre of smirnoff for £10 (cheaper than most distributors sell at wholesale), they limited it to 3 per customer for a reason.

otherwise shopkeepers would have went in and just bought all of them, then sold it in their shops for £12 each.

shopkeepers still did the above but they were limited to buying 3 at a time. which made it a much fairer system.

Well said

 

[Delboy]

For those who asked, most were for friends, the boss and work colleagues.

Two I sold to ocuk forum members at cost.

I should have had a 3rd spare but my boss now says he wants 3

I have 6 more on order from BT (whether they come is unknown, no despatch date to them) and 4 on order from Expansys from 23rd August.

So I may have 11 up for grabs or none. I can;t say more than that now.

Well, if you do get any that you're willing to pass on at cost (+p&p) then count me in.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Well, if you do get any that you're willing to pass on at cost (+p&p) then count me in.

+1

 

[Deleted member 66701]

"No"? You are aware that the mere fact you have a different opinion does not make you right.

Don't be silly.

lol @ people saying it was okay for people to buy up all the stock to sell on, fair enough buy a couple, but for instance take Greebo, he said he would have ordered 200+ given the chance, fair enough Greebo has been selling them on at cost, but take another person in Greebo's position buying 200+ just to sell on at a huge profit.

Who cares if they bought 200?

it means normal people missed out, which isn't fair, by limiting it to 1 each, everybody would have been happy, forcing profiteers to order from multiple stores/retailers.

Why isn't it fair? If some entrepreneur whats to use his/her capital to turn a profit good luck to 'em I say. It's not like they are depriving you of food/water/health or any other critical resource. It's a gadget for goodness sake.

when asda used to sell 1 litre of smirnoff for £10 (cheaper than most distributors sell at wholesale), they limited it to 3 per customer for a reason.

You're very naieve if you think they do that for the reasons of "fairness". They do it because A: they don't want irate customers and b: if customers knew they would have sold out then they wouldn't set foot in the store. Not an issue for online retail obviously.

 

[carrot1401]

Well, if you do get any that you're willing to pass on at cost (+p&p) then count me in.

And me

Guessing there will be some sort of competition on the MM to look out for

 

[Russinating]

Interestingly, Asda actually sell bananas at a loss and because of this limit the number you can buy per customer.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Interestingly, Asda actually sell bananas at a loss and because of this limit the number you can buy per customer.

But not because of the reason of fairness.

Business isn't fair, despite companies going to great length to convince consumers otherwise.

 

[rodo]

For those who asked, most were for friends, the boss and work colleagues.

Two I sold to ocuk forum members at cost.

I should have had a 3rd spare but my boss now says he wants 3

I have 6 more on order from BT (whether they come is unknown, no despatch date to them) and 4 on order from Expansys from 23rd August.

So I may have 11 up for grabs or none. I can;t say more than that now.

In the event you do have another spare I would be interested (at cost + p&p obviously) You seem to have put in a lot of orders!

 

[Naan_H]

Well Greebo, like others, if you have any spare, i have money waiting for instant transfer

i made a thread in MM a few days ago - if you do have one please let me know in there

its nice to see OCUK members passing them on at cost like Greebo and rp2000 - keep it up boys!

 

[Greebo]

In the event you do have another spare I would be interested (at cost + p&p obviously) You seem to have put in a lot of orders!

Yeah. Once I knew I could get them, I thought any spare I would pass onto ocuk forum members.

The 6 were ordered online as BT's website was crashing once they dropped the price and I wasn;t even sure the order went through hence I ordered some more from Expansys and my Rep couldn;t even put an order on the system.

When my rep rang me back and said that he had managed to place my order I was very grateful. However, the next day when he rang me up and said they had got more stock in, I really should have asked for more than 10 or even 10 of each if I had known they were going to be that many people short.

Honestly guys, the remaining touchpads are all for you guys here as I have no need of them as all my friends, family and colleagues are sorted.

Fingers crossed they come through..........

 

[Chiz]

Yeah. Once I knew I could get them, I thought any spare I would pass onto ocuk forum members.

The 6 were ordered online as BT's website was crashing once they dropped the price and I wasn;t even sure the order went through hence I ordered some more from Expansys and my Rep couldn;t even put an order on the system.

When my rep rang me back and said that he had managed to place my order I was very grateful. However, the next day when he rang me up and said they had got more stock in, I really should have asked for more than 10 or even 10 of each if I had known they were going to be that many people short.

Honestly guys, the remaining touchpads are all for you guys here as I have no need of them as all my friends, family and colleagues are sorted.

Fingers crossed they come through..........

Have you decided how you're going to sell these yet? First one to post? Competition? etc etc?

 

[stoofa]

Ahh, so it's jealousy/envy then?

I get it now.



It's a gadget (and not a brilliant one at that), hardly the end of the world is it?

If you'd bothered to read my whole post you will have seen a few key facts:

1. I do have one of these tablets.
2. I had the opportunity to buy more, I declined
3. I had the funds to buy more, I declined

So I'm not entirely sure what I've got to be jealous for?
Like many others there are many people out there who simply think about "themselves".
There is no sense of community, no sense or sharing but "me, me, me, me, me".

This is no different the the scum who buy hundreds of tickets to concerts and then sell them on at stupid mark-ups, scum touts.
This is exactly the same thing - some "lucky" people get the opportunity to buy silly amounts and then sell off at profit.
If however people just bought what they needed them more people get the opportunity to "join in".

There are some good people out there.
I think it was last year when I was attempting to get Killers tickets someone sold me two at face value - because he'd accidentally ended up with 4 when he only needed 2.
He could have sold them at over 2x their face value - but didn't.
I've seen numerous people reselling these touchpads at cost or cost plus postage - hats off to them.
They actually have the community spirit, the "share" mentality.

 

[ShortWarning]

Looking through the HDUK forum, it looks as thought all the recent expansys orders are being cancelled.

I can't catch a break!

 

[teknokid]

Yeah. Once I knew I could get them, I thought any spare I would pass onto ocuk forum members.

The 6 were ordered online as BT's website was crashing once they dropped the price and I wasn;t even sure the order went through hence I ordered some more from Expansys and my Rep couldn;t even put an order on the system.

When my rep rang me back and said that he had managed to place my order I was very grateful. However, the next day when he rang me up and said they had got more stock in, I really should have asked for more than 10 or even 10 of each if I had known they were going to be that many people short.

Honestly guys, the remaining touchpads are all for you guys here as I have no need of them as all my friends, family and colleagues are sorted.

Fingers crossed they come through..........

You're going to get mega rep from this - fingers crossed you do get them through as there's loads of us on here that didn't get any

 

[Flakey]

Im out now. Its been a bit over a week now, cancelled order from: PCW, Amazon, Argos and Expansys.

If anything this whole ordeal has brought to my attention new tablets coming out soon and how much I hate the way this firesale was handled.

On a sidenote, I never ever want to buy a HP product again. It will just bring back rage inducing memories!



PS: (Rumors of stock for the 11th etc are lies. The only people getting stock will most likely be Hp employees Id guess).

 

[Chiz]

PS: (Rumors of stock for the 11th etc are lies. The only people getting stock will most likely be Hp employees Id guess).

I'm an HP employee

 

[Flakey]

I'm an HP employee

Fingers, toes and whatever else you can manage to cross then.

 

[rodo]

PS: (Rumors of stock for the 11th etc are lies. The only people getting stock will most likely be Hp employees Id guess).

I'm an HP employee and last week my own order was cancelled by EPP when I called them, I would be surprised/shocked/frustrated if stock was being allocated for us. Mind you with all the confusion and my luck I wouldn't put it past them to cancel mine and then start filling backorders...

@Greebo Genuinely nice to see someone trying to help forum members as opposed to making a quick buck. Kudos.