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

[muon]

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[sven256]

Okay (and I'm being deadly serious here!).

I've just got confirmation from someone I know that works for HP and prices are going to be as follows -

16GB - £89
32GB - £115

Bad news? The time frame is 'possibly by the end of the week'.

It seems the earlier reports of that were correct. I suppose it could change, but it doesn't look like it.

Their engineers say they'll have Android running on it within 2 weeks.

Either that or you just looked at

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/22/hp-touchpad-tops-amazon-us-sales-rumored-for-uk-price-drop/

 

[Ezyryder]

Robbo, who told you that?

End of the week? That is as vague as it gets really.

 

[PermaBanned]

By the end of the week there may well be none left

 

[Utini]

It's better information than I got from HP, who just replied to my e-mail with:

Dear XXXXX,
Thank you for contacting Hewlett Packard Customer Care.

We thank you for taking time to pass on your comments to us.

It is our intention to resolve any issues our customers experience with HP products quickly and satisfactorily in accordance with their warranty agreement.

HP continues to be the largest manufacturer of PCs. We place very high value on you as an HP customer and today we intend to do everything possible to take care of you.

For more information you can visit: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/

If you require assistance via telephone please contact HP WebOS support on 020 7660 0950

Kind Regards
XXXXX

Reaaaally helpful.

 

[MasterPlan1]

So basically, we've got to sit around on tenterhooks for a week, waiting for the price to drop so we can all bum rush the site, causing catastrophy, sites to be down, business to be lost on said sites, etc?

This is lame. I wanted to get a tab so I could be one of the cool geeks at work.

 

[ps3ud0]

By the end of the week there may well be none left

In this country All in a container somewhere in the Atlantic...

ps3ud0

 

[Pav89]

This doesn't make sense. Why allow the U.S. and the rest of the EU have their price drop, yet wait a whole week in the UK?

 

[bam0]

So basically, we've got to sit around on tenterhooks for a week, waiting for the price to drop so we can all bum rush the site, causing catastrophy, sites to be down, business to be lost on said sites, etc?

This is lame. I wanted to get a tab so I could be one of the cool geeks at work.

Buy one now online, have it delivered, leave in packaging, get refund after price drop and win or send it back under DSR and get a full refund, not win but not a lose.

 

[Robbo]

Either that or you just looked at

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/22/hp-touchpad-tops-amazon-us-sales-rumored-for-uk-price-drop/

Ah, I hadn't seen that. Still, neither of those were 100% confirmed (I put more trust in the person I asked ).

 

[Tejstar]

http://twitter.com/#!/MarkWebb_Dixons/status/105658748390998018

Dixons.co.uk: HP Touchpad SALE, Limited Stock online from later today. £89 for the 16gb and £115 for the 32gb

 

[lay-z-boy]

This doesn't make sense. Why allow the U.S. and the rest of the EU have their price drop, yet wait a whole week in the UK?

Because we're the UK.

 

[Ezyryder]

@MarkWebb_Dixons
Dixons.co.uk: HP Touchpad SALE, Limited Stock online from later today. £89 for the 16gb and £115 for the 32gb

 

[Tejstar]

Currys & PC World stores: HP Touchpad SALE CONFIRMED FROM TUESDAY AM, Limited Stock £89 for the 16gb and £115 for the 32gb

 

[w1lliam]

End of the week? This is nerve racking, my heart cant take it for a week.

 

[Robbo]

For £115 you might as well go for the 32GB.

 

[Amp34]

It's not on the site...

 

[PermaBanned]

For £115 you might as well go for the 32GB.

Again, not if you only have £70 in your bank account

 

[Amp34]

Ahhh, later today... Could have put that in the post

 

[Marketing]

JUST SAY COMET MARK WEBB!!

Wait, Comet isn't DSG is it??