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HP touchpad tablet $99

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Wyndru said:
Thanks for the link, I submitted with 545 left, hopefully it works.
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It won't. Your order will be cancelled.

Honestly people - just call the corporate sales number (1-800-INSIGHT) and listen to the automated menu.

I quote:

Thank you for calling Insight. We are currently OUT of inventory on the HP Touchpad. If you know your party's extension blah blah blah...
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moshquerade said:
OK... party pooper.... 😛
still doesn't explain why the counter ran down.
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Because their CRM solution got totally fucked up last night when everybody on Slickdeals brought their site to its knees, just like they did with CDW's the day before. Orders were being placed while the website was timing out, the database was never getting updated, and inventory control got fucked up.

The link you're using isn't accessible via the site, it's been removed. You're using a direct link to a product that has an invalid inventory control database at this point. Just like 80% of the CDW orders, your Insight orders are being placed against 0 actual inventory and will be cancelled.
 
I'm just annoyed that their reps told me 3 different times last night that they would not honor the liquidation price, even if I purchased at full price and had it discounted later. Then all of the sudden right before close of business they honor the price and deplete their stock. Either I am really unlucky with this stuff, or they were holding out, probably to sell off the stock to preferred businesses.
 
Wyndru said:
I'm just annoyed that their reps told me 3 different times last night that they would not honor the liquidation price, even if I purchased at full price and had it discounted later. Then all of the sudden right before close of business they honor the price and deplete their stock. Either I am really unlucky with this stuff, or they were holding out, probably to sell off the stock to preferred businesses.
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I'm pissed that I called (Insight) yesterday and got the following message on their IVR:

"Thank you for calling Insight. We are currently closed. Our business hours are from 8am to 8pm."

I called at 2:30 in the afternoon.
 
moshquerade said:
I wonder how many sites these touchpad deals have taken down in the past few days...
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It's like having a swarm of Death Stars circling the planet, and as soon as someone pops up and says "Touchpads for $100!", several thousand lasers lock on and obliterate the target.



SunnyD said:
It won't. Your order will be cancelled.

Honestly people - just call the corporate sales number (1-800-INSIGHT) and listen to the automated menu.

I quote:
Thank you for calling Insight. We are currently OUT of inventory on the HP Touchpad. If you know your party's extension blah blah blah...
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😀 Nice.
We need a montage backed up by Adagio for Strings as the Internet surveys the aftermath, and honors those who fell under the 2011 Touchpad Horde.
 
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SunnyD said:
I'm pissed that I called (Insight) yesterday and got the following message on their IVR:

"Thank you for calling Insight. We are currently closed. Our business hours are from 8am to 8pm."

I called at 2:30 in the afternoon.
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That's odd, are you on the west coast? Even still I called around 3pm their time and was able to get a rep on the line.

moshquerade said:
Somebody really is doing this. Now the 32GB page states there are 503 in stock and "Call for price".
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Hehe, I see that they changed it. I guess they finally saw orders still coming in from this link and took it down.

Oh well. There is always wave 2 for me to miss out on. 😀
 
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Not that I'm complaining about it, but why are people on eBay still paying $250-300 for these tablets? How much were they retailing for a week ago?
 
Wyndru said:
That's odd, are you on the west coast? Even still I called around 3pm their time and was able to get a rep on the line.



Hehe, I see that they changed it. I guess they finally saw orders still coming in from this link and took it down.

Oh well. There is always wave 2 for me to miss out on. 😀
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They knew what they were doing. They just wanted the publicity. But as always, greed prevailed and probably effectively DDoSed their site preventing legitament traffic.
 
ghost recon88 said:
Not that I'm complaining about it, but why are people on eBay still paying $250-300 for these tablets? How much were they retailing for a week ago?
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I think now it is more about the hype, a lot of those people probably don't even know what they are buying. Rather than researching alternatives, they are just pulling the trigger on what they missed out on at the liquidated price.

Insight had it for $450(16) and $570(32) IIRC.
 
😀If the link is messed up as you are saying then it should still work....shouldn't it???

Well try it now cause it says "call for availability".......i saw the stock drop from 136 to 0 in 10 mins.

So stop being negative about things and let us be crazy....I have already recieved a cancellation notice from B&N, so I am keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

You have no clue how exiting of times these are and we are having a blast in the office. Its like a mad rush.....LOL.😀

No hard feelings dude!!!😎

SunnyD said:
Because their CRM solution got totally fucked up last night when everybody on Slickdeals brought their site to its knees, just like they did with CDW's the day before. Orders were being placed while the website was timing out, the database was never getting updated, and inventory control got fucked up.

The link you're using isn't accessible via the site, it's been removed. You're using a direct link to a product that has an invalid inventory control database at this point. Just like 80% of the CDW orders, your Insight orders are being placed against 0 actual inventory and will be cancelled.
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skullopener said:
😀If the link is messed up as you are saying then it should still work....shouldn't it???

Well try it now cause it says "call for availability".......i saw the stock drop from 136 to 0 in 10 mins.

So stop being negative about things and let us be crazy....I have already recieved a cancellation notice from B&N, so I am keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

You have no clue how exiting of times these are and we are having a blast in the office. Its like a mad rush.....LOL.😀

No hard feelings dude!!!😎
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You've been served.
 
ghost recon88 said:
Not that I'm complaining about it, but why are people on eBay still paying $250-300 for these tablets? How much were they retailing for a week ago?
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Stupidity. For that price, they should be looking at an Andriod tablet.

I already have one HP Touchpad. It's nice but the lack of apps, really cripples it.
 
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