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

[Marketing]

A friend just called HP:

"they said due to the extreme success in the states
they are revising their pricing policy
its going to happen in 1 hour!
he said prices will be revised between 4.30 and 5pm
today!
BUT also that hp may charge higher prices here in the uk than anywhere else....."

That sounds bad.

 

[doodah]

If that is true, I reckon £150/200.

 

[w1lliam]

Who managed to nab one of the 16GB ebay ones?

32gb here

 

[Ringiho]

If that is true, I reckon £150/200.

If it is as much as that I think this impulse buy could be cancelled

 

[lay-z-boy]

If that is true, I reckon £150/200.

I'm out at that price. Might as well get a proper android one.

 

[Amp34]

Yeah I just heard the same from a supplier, they suggest £150 for the 16GB and £250 for the 32GB one. Ah well, may as well give up then.



*will that scare off the lurkers?*

 

[ps3ud0]

I wouldnt rely on the first bloke you speak to on the end of the phone - normally last to know whats happening, but first to make up BS to appease people...

ps3ud0

 

[Utini]

Should organise a boycott of HP software in protest at them trying to ripoff brits.

 

[Cosimo]

*Shock as the UK is apparently going to get shafted*

What shock it was always on the cards. 1$ = £1 or worse.

 

[Robbo]

£130~ is my limit for one tbh. I have an iPad 2 as it is and I can't see me using this instead, would be handy to have two around the house though...

 

[Its_Me]

Ebay still have better deals from US, so they really need to beat those prices.

 

[muon]

I don't believe it. They sell 300,000 units at $99/$150 and now they decide to price higher for the 10k or 20k units we have in the UK? Even if they make $100 per unit more, that's only $2m.

 

[bam0]

I wouldnt rely on the first bloke you speak to on the end of the phone - normally last to know whats happening, but first to make up BS to appease people...

ps3ud0

This, definitely.

 

[Castiel]

£130~ is my limit for one tbh. I have an iPad 2 as it is.

The same. In fact I got my iPad2 this morning.

 

[doodah]

£130~ is my limit for one tbh. I have an iPad 2 as it is.

Why are you interested in buying one?

 

[vicedens2002]

A friend just called HP:

BUT also that hp may charge higher prices here in the uk than anywhere else....."

Thanks for this....
This means I can drop touchpad plans and go for a 560ti instead of 550ti

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

If they do charge us more than Europe excluding taxes, it really does indicate that they think that the UK is their most gullible market.

 

[Amp34]

£130~ is my limit for one tbh. I have an iPad 2 as it is.

For the 32GB one for me. 16GB I'll probably only go to around £110 max.

 

[ps3ud0]

Should organise a boycott of HP software in protest at them trying to ripoff brits.

No one use the word 'riot' - this isnt facebook!

ps3ud0

 

[PermaBanned]

I don't believe it. They sell 300,000 units at $99/$150 and now they decide to price higher for the 10k or 20k units we have in the UK? Even if they make $100 per unit more, that's only $2m.

Only $2m?