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UPDATED (Full 800 SKU Included See Update 2) Deal Extreme - 50% off Hundreds of Items!

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Deal Extreme offering 50% off a huge selection of items!!

There's Quad Core Tablets (under $100)
http://dx.com/p/freelander-pd30-quad-core-8-ips-capacitive-s…

Exynos 7" tab for $88
http://dx.com/p/freelander-pd10hd-7-ips-exynos4412-quad-core…

THL W8 Quad Core phone ($116)
http://dx.com/p/thl-w8-android-4-1-quad-core-bar-phone-w-5-0…

Update:

http://dx.com/mayhalfprice?utm_source=dx&utm_medium=cdn&utm_…

According to this, they will be rotating the deals throughout the day (800 SKUs with total quantity of 40,000) to cover a bunch of other products too. Check back whenever you can to see if theres anything new!

Update 2:

http://dx.com/mayhalfprice/Default/ShoppingList

They have pushed out another list of more items! It does verify the theory that the initial page was for DX AU deliveries whilst this is the International 50% off section. Please be aware that there will be longer delivery times for this since it needs to be shipped directly from China as opposed to the DX AU (which apparently has warehouse in Perth).

Update 3:
Offer is pretty much officially "Ozbargained" with the only remaining stock to be either very specialist products (Spare battery for product x), Seasonal products (Christmas), or stuff that not many people want. The only thing I am hoping for is that they can fulfill all orders so everyone is happy.

DX has subtly stated however, (Broken English) "If the customers who participate in this activity are more than expected which results in lack of product supply, we have to process refund for the oversold items, please kindly understand." which may account for some people's Paypals reported refunded against.

Update 4:

Have to apologise in advance to anyone who doesnt get the stock for this deal. Despite being the OP and putting the order through before others, I have now received a cancellation against my two orders (W8 and PD10). It is seemingly like a lottery to get stock. Very very disappointed. :(

Update 5:

After a disappointing weekend, DX has now come back to affected customers with a voucher that's worth 15% of the original total order. So, if your order was $200, then they will give you back $30 worth as a rebate in compensation to be used in DX. Apparently the stock is still available - but not it has changed to a different SKU but they are offering 15% off the original price. This is pretty beneficial if your original order was expensive (and hence you can get back a higher rebate value) - but typically most would only have done a $200 order with $30 rebated.

The new link is here: http://dx.com/l/au-direct/2013-02/special-items.aspx

As you can see, the deal is nowhere near as good as before. However, it is up to you as an individual to see if it is still good value enough to continue making the purchases.

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        • Well one things for certain that current chinese phones which have 720p screens (which by the way have only been around ~6mths or so) are/will be/have already been superseded by the new 1080p units.

          Same goes for tabs as well (w/ the exception of P80 or any other tabs which have retina disp.).

        • This is not the first time they have half price sales. There was one other time on a Black Friday Sales on 2011, many items goes on 50% off and customers can add more than one in the shopping cart, some brought 10, but end up got 2x per items shipped.

    • they have written that with most of their tablets.

  • When are the tablets going to get shipped. My order status says "Payment Confirmed" from the last 3 days. Maybe DX have now ordered the tablets.?

  • +2

    as per usual, DX taking there sweet a$$ time shipping items…

    this is why i dont normally use them…

    3 days, it should have been here by now, not still "payment confirmed"

    That's what i expect when i buy from Australian suppliers… now it most likley wont get on a plane till Monday - delaying it a couple more days!

    • +2

      Given how fast they sold out, I imagine their staff are having a heck of a time filling the orders. 50% off I'm happy to wait a little. But if I don't ever get it, well that's another thing altogether

      • yeah thats not the problem but when they are sprouting AU direct and fast shipping etc… why am i waiting so long, clearly its not.

    • They've probably got limited staff and pushed it close enough to weekend…, or they're trying to break a deal with Toll…

      • +1

        May be that's the case as I think so far there's only 1 of us reported that their order is being shipped.. that's disappointing.
        edit: even that apparently only a dual sim adapter.. So no once actually got theirs shipped?!

  • Just contacted live chat and they told me that two of my tablet orders were 'out of stock'. When I mentioned they were in stock for the non-AU-Direct product (i.e no Toll shipping) the person said that I would not receive the 50% discount. They're trying to have their cake and eat it too. I didn't mention the last tablet order in case they are cancelling orders based on how easy it is to get in contact with a consumer. Also, they're probably sitting on all of your money while it gains interest.

    Sending the neg train for poor customer service. Choo choo motherf***ers

    • +2

      Since everybody seems to be contacting them via live-chat, i thought I do it too. They said my order was all OK, and to have some patience. This is kind of weird, but it's a win win situation. If the tablets arrive I probably have made a very happy purchase, if not I don't have to justify anything to the finance minister.

    • bit like this hey?

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      All Aboard The Fail Train.

    • -3

      Daisy is hopeless… Wasted 30 min with her on the day and then an hour with Gavin proving my identity and fixing an order for Nothing!

      She should come to Oz to make it up to me. I could pay double her current wage to clean my house in a bikini. I am really upset but that might cheer me up a little. As for Gavin…

    • i feel sorry for the tsunami about to hit cassie's inbox…

    • Yea pretty bad how slow and incompetent they are…, but I guess keeping track of soo much stock is quite hard, especially if they sell stuff this quickly…

      Your only hope is a PayPal dispute escalated, which might be quicker.

      • since you are one of the first responder to this thread, how's your order look like? Assuming that you immediately made an order after seeing this deal posting

        • +2

          Here's my answer and a few others if they help console… lol

          http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/103271?page=7#comment-13927…

          Still says "Payment verified. Order is being processed."…

          I feel Monday's the all important day, else someone should send them an email saying:

          "Australia will NEVER buy from you again…"

          lol

        • Being the OP, I can say back to all you guys.. "Oi! Get back in line".. :)

          Seriously though.. I am waiting as much as any of you to get my orders (W8 + PD10HD + misc).

          I can pretty much vouch for previous DX orders- yes, they are pretty damn slow at getting stock out sometimes - although it is the case with most dropshipping since they have to rely on the upstream manufacturer to deliver. But it does turn up (outside of getting lost in transit).

    • I did speak to them yesterday, but I won't again as I might just indirectly provoke them to cancel my order…, the minute you get frustrated and the price you paid is an obvious bargain, they just cancel the order and purposely make you wait a month before they process your refund…

      For the price I paid I'm happy to wait upto 5 days, as that's what the guy told me, might just be the sheer volume they've got to deal with, not only our deal but other daily purchases from all around the world…

      • That's good attitude :) Be patient , be happy .

        We are buying what we want , not exactly what we need .

  • I bought 2 TV sticks + 1 remote at 12:06pm. If that gets cancelled I will be negging every future DX deal

    • +1

      Blacklisting ? Can I add the site "1-Day" ? I never got the $20 fishing mistery bag, and never got their promised "Special only for you invitation" either

    • -1

      just spoke to sara, my orders are A-okay and will receive them

      • Did you ordered Freelander PH80HD? If yes, what time did you order? Thanks.

        • I did order the FREELANDER PD80-HD 9.7. Ordered around 1PM. But was their customer before.
          Also ordered another smaller 7" tablet.

        • Thanks for the info. Cheers.

        • ^ As above, as well as 2 tv sticks + 1 remote jsut after 12

      • I "spoke" to Sara too. Now, either we are both lucky, or she is a compulsory Liar.

        • +1

          "compulsive" :)

        • +2

          No, part of the terms of employment with DX is that they have to lie. Compulsory is correct in this case :)

        • Ah! :)

  • Also check my order and this is suppose to be ship from Toll Australia. Was told goign to be 3-5 weeks time instead of 7 days ? So it looks like they order the items after we purchase it.

    • They ship from China with Toll which takes about 5-7 days, they don't have a warehouse in Aus, but what I did find was this address for "Warranty & Return" issues in Aus, on this page: Link

      Grant Cheung,24 Production Avenue,Kogarah, NSW 2217

      • I doubt it will be 5-7 days if ship from China. More likely 3-5 weeks which is what the support say. So have to wait patiently and hope your order is not being cancel.

        • I am pretty sure, that on check out, there was this greenish "TOLL" icon as shipping method. Shame I cannot find it in my order confirmation.

        • It comes from China via Toll.

          "we don't have a warehouse in Aus, we sent the products from China directly by Toll Express."

          http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1833543#r37571792

        • yeah I also just got told that it will be 3-5 weeks, despite them confirming it will be sent by Toll. Something is fishy…

        • +1

          3-5 weeks via China Post and 3-5 days via Toll Express.

        • My best guess is they are going to pack and pre label all orders and fill a container or two. This way they don't pay gst as each order has it's own invoice. Each package has a toll shipping label and toll will take receipt of the container and simply ship from w.a. everything that is inside.

          I had a toll rep contact me to offer this exact thing for my business and I know of some other companies that do this in Australia.

          Don't be surprised if your goods take 4-5 weeks to get delivered. Above is just a guess BTW based on what other people are saying. DX saying they don't have a warehouse in Australia is a huge tip off.

  • Ray: Welcome to DealExtreme, nice to meet you !

    Ray: Your order goes through several steps before reaching your door. (The estimated delivery time is quoted by the carrier, it may experience a few days delay during rush season. e.g. Christmas, New Year etc.). Here are those steps:

    Ray: Step 1 (1-5 business days): Products are collected from our suppliers.

    Ray: Step 2 (1-2 days): Order waits to get packaged.

    Ray: Step 3 (1 day): Order is packaged and shipped* to carrier (e.g. Hong Kong Post, EMSetc).

    Ray: Step 4 (3-14 days): Order is enroute via EMS or Hong Kong Post.

    Ray: Estimated Delivery Time:

    Ray: Airmail: 10 to 21 days.

    Ray: We apologize for any inconvenience brought to you.

    Ray: Thank you for your patience and precious time.

    Matt: OK thanks. So you have allocated the stock to my order?

    Ray: yes

  • +1

    Spoke to Live Chat since my order was stuck in "Payment Confirmed" since day one, and the rep went ahead and cancelled my order because the item is "out of stock for next few months". So now that my order has been cancelled, waiting for my refund. Never buying from them again.

  • Order just got canceled (THL W8) :(

    Not going to neg though, I new it would be tough to get anything from this sale especially considering there were 15k clicks just from OzBargain alone. I wasn't first in the ordering, so I half expected to get canceled, actually getting my item would have just been a bonus. I guess this saved me $130 ;)

  • Chris: Thank you Gavin.
    Gavin: Hi
    Gavin: YOur order is OK
    Gavin: We will ship for you several dayslater
    Chris: Awesome. I was just about to ask about shipping. Thank you
    Gavin: You are welcome.:)
    Gavin: It would be highly appreciated that you would give me 5-Star rating after this chat. Please click "Close" button at the top-right corner to complete the rating. Thank you for chatting with me.
    Chris: No worries. Take it easy buddy

    Hopefully he isn't lying. I ordered the Freelander PD80-HD at approximately 1.30pm on the Wednesday.

    • well my orders appear to be cancelled also. customer service are a bunch of liars.

  • All 3 orders of mine got canceled… I made my orders at Weds 3-4 am

    • Nvm

    • Me too! My order made at 3am and just got "Cancelled" after talking to live chat!!! It went from "Payment Confirmed" to "Locked" then "Cancelled", so stupid DX!!! Seems they can't even fulfil the early orders! Why do a promotion if u don't even have STOCK!

      • They prolly cancelled all the AU dx domain orders so the stock could go to customers in china (origin of stock; cheaper to ship domestically than OS)

  • +1

    I think all AU DIRECT 50% special have been cancelled because they can't get stocks!!! That's CRAP!!

  • My order just got cancelled as well. Pretty pissed off. Apparently "Christie" cancelled it a minute ago and left to go home. She'll be back in 15 hours and nobody knows why it has been cancelled.

  • I doubt anyone get their half price phone or tablet from this BS sales.

    THL W8 Android 4.1 Quad-Core Bar Phone w/ 5.0
    FREELANDER PD80-HD 9.7
    TrustFire X8 XM-LT60 5-Mode 1000-Lumen Memory White LED Flashlight with
    USB Wired 83-Key Keyboard PU Leather Flip-Open Case for 10" Tablet PC

    Those 4 items from my 2 orders have been cancelled automatically.

    • How did you know that your orders were cancelled? Did they send you an email?

      • I actually contacted livechat to ask what's going on with my order as payment had been confirmed for two days now and nothing else. When i read some orders got shipping confirmation on here i contacted them to check when mine will be shipped. A minute later, cancelled.

      • +1

        No emails of refunds, but my account order status shows two of my AU orders have been "cancelled"!!

        • Hey PW You said 2 of your order were shipped ?

          So how many things did you order with the one account ? lol

        • Those two orders were shipped was from dx.com sales, not AU DIRECT.

        • Hey PW You said 2 of your order were shipped ?

          So how many things did you order with the one account ? lol

          only 1 item of each out of 12 different product.

          4 dx.com orders (2 shipped and 2 prepare for shipment)
          2 au direct orders (both cancelled automatically)

        • ah ok…thanks !

  • You should all go to their forum and complaint!!

  • yep mine got cancelled and i ordered at the time the deal got posted

  • +2

    Original Poster (ME) - Orders cancelled.. :(

    Very unhappy since other people ordered later have stock..

    • Weird mine still says: "Payment verified. Order is being processed."

      How many things did you order ? I only ordered this one thing…

      • I doubt they will ship any AU Direct orders, sooner or later your orders will be cancelled without your permission.

        • Hope not as it was a gift and not for me… :(
          BTW bchliu what time does it state on your order ?
          Only person left to ask is scrimshaw…

        • Don't get so excited, your AU orders will be cancelled sooner or later. They have no stocks for anyone.

        • +1

          The time stated is 9:32am and 9:42am for my two orders. It corresponds with my Paypal transaction of 1:32am and 1:42am. So they must be calculating it in West Coast US time or something. The offer did come online at 1:30 or so because I remember receiving an email at 1am on the International offer, logged in and this was not available then. I logged in again at 1:30am and it was online then. Hence why I am pretty sure I was one of the first to get my order through.

          I've just sent an email off to their emails to dispute this: (sent to
          [email protected] and [email protected])

          "To whom it may concern,

          I would like to make a complaint with my orders 130514001074387503 (THL W8) and 130514001074460310 (Freelander PD10HD).

          I purchased these orders during your AU Sale period that offered 50% discounts to these items. My order was placed at 1:30AM (Eastern Australian Time) and one of the first people to put the order through your discount offer.
          I had then gone through the right process and paid for these items before I got a receipt in the email to say that the transaction is confirmed along with payment.

          Since then, I understood that there had been a big demand for these items and many others had purchased it. I had contacted your online sales staff twice to ensure that my order is ok, which they had verified to be fine and that it will ship within the next few days.

          However, since then I had logged into my account and found that my transactions were cancelled without my knowing and since then I logged back into your online support who apologised for this. They claimed that they could not do anything for me on this and that the supervisor would not be available to resolve my issues until next friday.

          Given I was one of the FIRST customers that had placed the order through with your promotional discounts, I am not sure why my order was cancelled due to "No stock". I have a few friends who ordered much later than my order and they have stock allocated to them and ready to ship. This is not acceptable to me since I would consider myself as being "First in line" by purchasing it so early (when the deal came online at 1:30am).

          I would like to kindly request that both my orders be reinstated and that stock should be reallocated back to me for shipping. It is clearly unacceptable to tell me that my order was cancelled because "No stock" when I was one of the first people to order these items AND that other people who ordered later than me have been allocated stock. It is simply NOT acceptable to only apologise because I have followed the entire transaction through and that you currently hold my funds.

          Please respond to this email once you have rectified this issue."

        • That's pretty much useless because they don't answer email enquiries. You should post that in their forum feedback with a title "complaint"

    • Oh, that's terrible to hear!

      I spent almost $400 on phone, tablet and flashlight. All have been cancelled automatically just now.

      I didn't even ask anything at live chat. Looks like they're playing games with the Australian customers. Offer a sales and unable to full fill.

  • Yep, both my orders got cancelled too.

    Everyone should make sure the refunds actually come through.

    They might be taking our money for spin at the casinos for all we know..

  • Will never buy from them again and neg every deal. This is just dumb.

  • +2

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    DX took my bike (any my $)…

  • +1

    Don't worry guys….

    "Don’t let this promotion upset you! We promise that similar promotions will come one after another. Please stay tuned and please act faster next time because probably you were just a few seconds slower that others!"….

    http://club.dx.com/forums/forums.dx/threadid.1300192

    Superb trolling from the DX Mods….

  • You guys should go to their forum complaint, so other customers know what is going with their half price sales promotion.

    • This is the feedback thread. I'm waiting for mine to get cancelled as well, and then I will blast them.

      http://club.dx.com/forums/forums.dx/threadid.1244124?page=15

      • +3

        Post placed on this forum:

        Dear Moderator,

        I would like to say that this information is NOT acceptable. I am an Australian customer who took to the "50% off discount offer" http://e.dx.com/collection/201305/au-direct-50off/index.html

        This offer became available on the 15th May in the Morning at 1:30AM Eastern Australian Time and was very specific for Australian customers who were promised to be shipped from the "AU Direct". I ordered two items immediately after it became available (Orders 130514001074387503 and 130514001074460310) for a THL W8 and Freelander PD10HD respectively. I thought that my order was fine and had contacted your online support staff twice to confirm and they "guaranteed" that my order will be shipped.

        However, I am very disappointed tonight to find that my orders have been cancelled without any notice at all. My Money was taken out of my Paypal account, but there is no explanation as to why. I once again contacted your online support staff and they confirmed it was cancelled because "There is no more stock" and that it cannot be restored.

        So, if the offer was only available at 1:30am on the 15th May and that I ordered not too long after that (1:32AM), then WHY is my order cancelled due to no more stock? Are you indicating that someone went in before I did and cleaned out your entire stock within the 2 minutes that I put my order through? Or was it because there was no stock in the first place?

        I have sent through a letter of complaint to your emails on this. Please respond with an appropriate and fair action outside of a very insincere apology.

      • LOIC anyone?

  • I bet if you ordered the tablet on the DX site not Au Direct at full price you would receive your order….

    • They definitely put a priority on the International offer over the AU Offer.. hence why even "First in line" still had the order cancelled. Ridiculous.

  • My order got cancelled, and I though I was the early bird when I ordered it at 2 AM! Bloody ridiculous.

    • Wow pls tell me you only ordered 1 item…, my order seems fine thus far(Praying/touch wood)… lol

      I think somewhere they may have mentioned only 1 item per account in the AUDIRECT deal… :S

      • I only ordered one item (the phone). It was paid for on 1:56:36 AEST (which is earlier than when the deal was posted).

        My take on this is that they either didn't have a lot of stock, or Ozbargain was awfully late to the party and somehow, somewhere a lot of people ordered before this deal was posted.

        • Weird mine is still intact, might just be because I confirmed it via Chat ?

        • I confirmed via chat 1hr ago and now its cancelled.

        • EDIT: I spoke to them on May 15, 2013 9:41:59 PM EST

        • Elijah, what is your current AU order status, prepare for shipment?

        • "Payment verified. Order is being processed."

        • "Payment verified. Order is being processed."

          I guarantee you won't get your order shipped.

        • what did you order, some Xmas decorations?

        • I wish I hadn't ordered anything…, but just got the Phone…

        • i ordered a xbox360 controller battery pack. it was shipped the day after.

          however, no news for the tablet.

    • Well.. you and Elijah followed after me not too much later with my post. My AU orders have been cancelled but my International Order is still ok (but that has the other junk and no Tablets/Phones).

      • This must be because OZBargain banned them… lol

  • Hey, this is just a game from DX, they like to grab out money for the weekend interests. I bet just ozbargainers alone, spent more than a million dollars on this fake sales.

    check (15691 clicks)

  • Refunds is apparently 1 to 5 days.

  • I had 4 different orders and all got cancelled, I didn't speak to live chat or anything.

    Great way to raise funds.

  • I doubt many will buy from them again though, that doesn't seem like a good plan.

  • Why don't we all go to paypal and open a dispute? I can't wait 5 or more days to get my money back.

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