TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99 • Hacker News Board

Re: TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99

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Post by j_col » Sat, Aug 20, 2011, 6:54 PM UTC

cpeterso wrote: post #14

In Monday's news, after selling out all TouchPads for $99, HP has announced that they've changed their minds and will keep producing webOS devices after all. :)

Well, they have now created a potentially viable user base by putting hundreds of thousands of webOS devices in people's hands, who would have otherwise ignored platform. My feeling on this is that their gamble might lead to something interesting happening, worth keeping an eye on.

Re: TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99

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Post by cdr » Sat, Aug 20, 2011, 6:56 PM UTC

ugh wrote: post #26

So, is that only happening online or also in the real world? Also, is it worldwide? I just happened to be at a (German) electronics retailer and they still sell the pads for their old prices and the people there know nothing about a reduction in price. (They are also still selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, preliminary injunction be damned :) – Edit: Also, I played around with it a bit. It certainly wasn’t as bad a…

This morning in the US, there were people lining up outside of retailers before they opened. It was a mini-Black Friday.

AFAIK, the price drop happened for Canada on the 19th and in the US on the 20th. Some retailers are accepting the price drop and some are just shipping the units back to HP. Unknown when/if it'll happen in other countries.

Re: TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99

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Post by cdr » Sat, Aug 20, 2011, 6:59 PM UTC

CrazedGeek wrote: post #9

sciurus wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dang. Is there anyplace tracking these sales where I could sign up for an email alert?

It may not update fast enough, but http://wantsthis.com will email you when an item in your list goes on sale on that site. You could just add all the sites you'd buy from that still have it at the normal price. (Although I've only tried it on Amazon, fwiw)

According to information given to people on deal sites that asked Amazon associates, Amazon will not be doing the price drop - they're returning all stock to HP.

Re: TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 20, 2011, 7:03 PM UTC

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Re: TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99

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Post by sjs382 » Sat, Aug 20, 2011, 7:14 PM UTC

I got a 32GB one (and a ream of paper) for $133 last night. I'm pretty much going to be using it as an instapaper client, so it will be great. :)

Re: TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99

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Post by ajays » Sat, Aug 20, 2011, 7:41 PM UTC

Wow. The OfficeMax site, http://www.officemax.com/ actually will just return an empty page when you search for "HP Touchpad" or "Touchpad". Note that searching for something that doesn't exist in their inventory returns a _different_ page. It's as if they're actively blocking searches for "HP Touchpad" and "Touchpad".

Re: TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99

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Post by rick888 » Sat, Aug 20, 2011, 7:44 PM UTC

ajays wrote: post #36

Wow. The OfficeMax site, http://www.officemax.com/ actually will just return an empty page when you search for "HP Touchpad" or "Touchpad". Note that searching for something that doesn't exist in their inventory returns a _different_ page. It's as if they're actively blocking searches for "HP Touchpad" and "Touchpad".

I went to my local Office max today to see if they had any left. They were sold out.

The guy also told me they have only ever had 1 in stock.

Re: TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99

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Post by amurmann » Sat, Aug 20, 2011, 7:45 PM UTC

eli wrote: post #16

codeslush wrote: post #13

goes to prove they had a desirable product, wrong price point!

Err, yeah, but it's priced below cost

Video game consoles are always sold below production costs and money is made on game sales. Maybe that could have been a viable model for the touch pad. Sell the pad for cheap and make the money with app purchases

Re: TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99

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Post by brentvatne » Sat, Aug 20, 2011, 7:48 PM UTC

Canadians over at RedFlagDeals.ca have been in touch with HP customer service and been assured that although the price on hp.ca isn't adjusted yet, refunds will be given for the difference in price sometime over the next couple of days. If this does not happen automatically, you can supposedly call on Monday and they will do it manually.

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/merged-hp-touchpad-16gb-99-99...

Re: TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99

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Post by bnycum » Sat, Aug 20, 2011, 7:50 PM UTC

Bought a 32GB one at Sam's Club this morning. I watched the last one any Walmart had in town sell right in front of me. Went on a wind goose chase but got one. Its an awesome device. Been rock solid, feels great. My only gripe is lack of apps. There is one vnc app out there but has bad reviews from touchpad owners.