Refurbished HP Touchpad Final Fire Sale. 16GB US $99, 32GB US $149

Ljammy2006 on 12/12/2011 - 03:15
Last edited 12/12/2011 - 03:18

Moved to Forum: Original Link

From
http://www.pcworld.com/article/245761/refurbished_hp_touchpa…
http://socialbarrel.com/another-hp-touchpad-fire-sale-in-the…

HP are having their final fire sale of the touchpad tablets on their eBay store. 6pm US Central time I believe will be 11am AEST. Doesn't look like they'll ship to Australia so get those shipping forwarders and relatives ready!

General Discussion

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  • revo on 12/12/2011 - 03:24

    awww no Aus…? :(

  • 2024 on 12/12/2011 - 05:14

    these have an android port yet?

    • Feepitee on 12/12/2011 - 06:17

      Yes, it's in alpha 3 right now. been using it, only problem I've had so far is that when you turn up the speakers, play music and turn off the screen the sound becomes all fuzzy.

  • stevarja on 12/12/2011 - 07:07

    Need to inform that warranty is for 3 months (90 days) only. Not sure if HP AUS want to take care of it.

    • cryptowiz on 12/12/2011 - 07:53

      90 day warranty is typical of most refurbished items bought in U.S. (something I've tried to point out to certain OzBargainers in the past).

      I highly doubt HP Australia will touch it with a barge pole.

    • covert on 12/12/2011 - 08:24

      If this is anything like there laptops you want at least a one year warranty.

    • jnav on 12/12/2011 - 08:28
      +1

      HP AU didn't want to touch my Touchpad purchased from the US(Bestbuy). It arrived with non functioning display and the cost in shipping there/back would of ruined my bargain!

      Decided to take the plunge and open it up, luckily I just had to reseat the display cable and all is good now.

      In case of a more serious hardware fault though, you may be screwed.

  • Housecat on 12/12/2011 - 08:53

    So how much is the realistic price after ship forwarding is added?

  • sonicentropy on 12/12/2011 - 08:56

    So how much are these postage forward going to cost to ship this

    • Ace on 12/12/2011 - 14:14

      I think people were saying the cheapest was around $35 via ComGateway & HopShopGo last time. That probably would have changed a bit now though.

  • moocher on 12/12/2011 - 09:02

    These deals are not really available for delivery to Australia, so post will be moved to forums.

  • schnappy on 12/12/2011 - 09:15

    They've just popped up on the ebay store, as refurbished, for the mighty mediocre price of $499 for a 16gb model. We'll see…

  • [Deactivated] on 12/12/2011 - 09:19
    +1

    also posted here a few days ago (so technically a dupe - but many arent looking at the CIA as yet)

    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/59200

    worth watching CIA to get prepared for some bargains, that way you would have things lined up to buy …

    • kheob on 12/12/2011 - 09:23

      What's CIA?

      And why on Earth are people buying them for $599? http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-TouchPad-Wi-Fi-32GB-Refurbished-F…

      • thangcuoi on 12/12/2011 - 10:29

        The new listing price is strange. Maybe it will be lower when it's actually on sale.

        • kheob on 12/12/2011 - 10:31
          +1

          Yeah, I think they're going to lower it in 30 minutes. However, I still don't get why people are buying it for the price now. Are Americans THAT stupid?

        • [Deactivated] on 12/12/2011 - 11:44
          +1

          CIA = Cheapskate Intelligence Agency

          Where predictions/ advance warning on possible deals are posted.

          Next forum after the general discussions forum

          Only for those really "committed" bargain hunters with cash in the bank… LOL

  • NeX on 12/12/2011 - 10:31

    Will it be possible to ship to an address other than the ones listed in my paypal account? ie, a forwarder's address

  • Rob2 on 12/12/2011 - 10:49

    https://www.bundlebox.com/invite/GB16300/ do an amazing shipping service with your very own US address. I used them to get a Kindle Fire - 60 hours from Amazon click to UK landed.

    • ulun-lpg on 12/12/2011 - 13:23

      how much did it cost you in total? with the shipping?

  • ozshaz on 12/12/2011 - 11:08

    prices are marked down now..99$ 16gb

  • ShortyX on 12/12/2011 - 11:11
    +1

    It's crash of the day! :)

  • [Deactivated] on 12/12/2011 - 11:12

    This deal has managed to crash eBay US's payment system… almost nobody can get through checkout at the moment. :)

  • [Deactivated] on 12/12/2011 - 11:21

    Got 2 x 16GB using eBay UK instead (eBay US has crashed): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-TouchPad-Wi-Fi-16GB-Refurbished…

    • Rob2 on 12/12/2011 - 11:30

      Clever thinking… I had two in my basket from the word go and never managed to check them out…. bollocks..hey ho!

  • ledski on 12/12/2011 - 11:47

    I had one in my cart, but by the time it got to the checkout page they were all gone. If anyone has a spare one please contact me.

  • kheob on 12/12/2011 - 12:06

    Got 2 32GBs :D

  • sahat on 12/12/2011 - 13:59

    Seems HP got a lots of negative feedback complaining about the shipping cost.

    http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&user…

    • kheob on 12/12/2011 - 14:01

      Yeah. I hope they refund it.

      • sahat on 12/12/2011 - 14:28

        Yup, too bad I was unable to purchase one, the ebay keep timing out :(
        But look at to good side, I just save $99, but I lost $300 bargain :(

    • Shwayne on 12/12/2011 - 14:40
      +1

      Aw, I'm so sympathetic for them, they have to pay a whole $118 for a $400 tablet…

  • Ace on 12/12/2011 - 14:29
    +1

    With the current generation of tablets coming down in price in recent months and the next generation of tablets out now and more coming Q1 2012, I think I'll pass on the TouchPad and wait for a better bargain on a current gen Transformer or Iconia.

    • Forgot69 on 12/12/2011 - 16:14

      I'm with you on that one Ace! As a ROM flashing addict I was very keen to throw the Cyanogen Alpha on one of these. However, I refuse to pay the asking price for them on eBay and alike when I'm seeing the ASUS Transformer knocking round town @ $280(ish). I can bide my time for better prices, even for "out of date" hardware. Maniacal laughter trails off into the darkness…

      • [Deactivated] on 12/12/2011 - 16:52
        +1

        I wouldn't bother at the typical prices they go for on eBay, but for these firesale prices I still think they're a steal (I got one during the first firesale, and I picked up another two here to give to family).

        There might be tablets with better specs coming on the market soon, but at the end of the day the TouchPad handles with ease the main tasks I want throw at it: 720p MKVs, web browsing, reading, social networking, simple games (and even some of the latest 3D Tegra 2 games on Android). At ~$150 shipped for the 16GB, I think it's considerably better than anything else in it's price category.

  • EnALup on 12/12/2011 - 21:43

    I hope, we have a sale like this in Aus too.

    • A Banana4scale on 12/12/2011 - 22:28

      no chance but I'll hope as well

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