WalMart HP Laptop Back in Stock again NOW! 5:04PM CST Hurry! -Out of Stock @5:42PM CST

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Sybren

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From what state to the laptops ship from? Or does Walmart have several different shipping locations?
 

feb

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Theophilus,

Don't feel bad about missing ebates. I got two N5125 but only one ebates. When I tried to get a thrid one for a friend a couple days ago when it was back in stock, I could have ordered it but was greedy that i wanted to go through ebates as I missed the ebates for my very first HPN5125 on Feb 3.

By the time I login to ebates, go to Walmart, they are all gone!

You should feel good about getting it as it is very likely that you won't get it at all by the time you got login to ebates.

Feb
 

Sybren

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Speaking of eBates... today is the 2/15 -- checks were supposed to go out today. Anybody know how long it usually takes them to arrive and if they are actually mailed on time? I'm expecting ~$400!
 

bradolson

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For those who missed out on getting one, here is a tip that i used to snag one finally. Go to http://www.urlywarning.com and download the URLyWarning program. Enter the address for the laptop, set it to check every 1 minute, and set it to alert you when at least 1 word was added or changed. The page never changes unless they go in stock, and this will alert you when that is. Worked perfectly for me. You could also have it alert you when the phrase "Out Of Stock" is deleted, but I did not verify if that setup works correctly. Hope this helps some of you.
 

funks

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#!/bin/bash
#
TERM=vt100
export TERM
#
/usr/bin/lynx -source http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?cat=0\&dept=5\&
product_id=932331 | /bin/grep "Out Of Stock" > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
/usr/bin/lynx -source http://webmsg.airtouch.com/cgi-bin/smspowerband_pa
rse_genmail?lentxt=19\&MSG=HP%20is%20back%20in%20stock%20at%20walmart\&NUM=${YOURPAGERNUMBERHERE}
> /dev/null 2>&1
fi

or for those Linux folks :)

Stick that baby in your crontab

0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * ~/hpchecker.sh

Pages me when the sucker is back in stock..

Dunno if the airtouch.com site pages other pagers not off airtouch..

Funks