HP Touchpad 16GB for about $85, 32GB for $135.

travfar · 08-19-2011, 10:21 PM

HP discountinued the Touchpad. It's being blown out right this second. $99 for the 16GB and $149 for the 32GB.

It goes live on the normal hp.com website tomorrow. It's already live in Canada. Best Buy should match.

You can already buy it tonight through the academic problem. I bought two tonight. Pretty much anyone who's every been to college or has a kid that is past preschool age qualifies for the academic program. You'll see the $99 price once you sign up for the academic program.

Use coupon SAVE15HP to get $15 off. Use SAVE30HP to get $30 off if you buy more the $150 worth of stuff.

You can also try for up to 6% cashback as well.

http://www.cashbackwatch.com/store.php?store=HP Home

Target has already matched on their store through Amazon.

luqmaninbmore · 08-19-2011, 10:55 PM

Where are you? I signed up for their academic program and I don't see the 99 dollar price.

Edit: It's already out of stock.

Edit, Edit: Not, it's not.

travfar · 08-19-2011, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore

Where are you? I signed up for their academic program and I don't see the 99 dollar price.

Edit: It's already out of stock.

Edit, Edit: Not, it's not.

HP made hundreds of thousands of these. It'll take a while for them to go OOS. The website is just being crushed right now with orders.

ilovejedd · 08-20-2011, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by travfar

HP made hundreds of thousands of these. It'll take a while for them to go OOS. The website is just being crushed right now with orders.

It's been posted on SlickDeals. I don't think it's going to last all that long. Anyhow, thanks for the heads up! Got two. With the closeout sale, I have a feeling we might be seeing Android running on the TouchPad sometime soon. If that happens, it'll take the crown of cheapest Android tablet made by a major company from the Nook Color.

exscentric · 08-20-2011, 12:24 AM

16 shows sold out and 32 is still over 400 after registering for the academic ??

Edit: Now the 32 shows out of stock.

Graham · 08-20-2011, 05:41 AM

Not likely to see huge discounts in the UK according to this poster on another site:

http://forums.precentral.net/hp-touc...phoned-hp.html

Quote:

Just rang HP (Although it is listed you can't current buy the touch-pad it says 'item not found'):

*Sales rep said that discount is unlikely to be as heavy as the US because they have "massive amounts of stock to get rid of" so I doubt we will be getting a £75 touchpad...

* She wouldn't confirm it but it appears that monday is whenever whatever reduction they plan to give will appear.

Hope that is helpful to some of you

Graham

joenunya · 08-20-2011, 05:49 AM

I guess this pretty much shows the true production cost of these devices.

HarryT · 08-20-2011, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by joenunya

I guess this pretty much shows the true production cost of these devices.

I doubt it has any reflection whatsoever on the production cost. It's an accounting exercise to get back whatever they can, as quickly as they can.

joenunya · 08-20-2011, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I doubt it has any reflection whatsoever on the production cost. It's an accounting exercise to get back whatever they can, as quickly as they can.

i disagree.

luqmaninbmore · 08-20-2011, 08:06 AM

Do you have evidence to back up your claim?

aagstn · 08-20-2011, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

I doubt it has any reflection whatsoever on the production cost. It's an accounting exercise to get back whatever they can, as quickly as they can.

I believe the production/assembly/shipping cost of these was estimated at $300 and that probably doesn't take into account the millions HP spent on marketing. They are definitely taking a huge hit selling them for $100.

I was tempted to run one down just out of fondness for my first ebook reader which was a Palm device 12 years ago, but I already have an iPad and would probably never use the Touchpad.

exscentric · 08-20-2011, 12:54 PM

They are still out of stock on hp.com. Best buy had them on their site earlier but not showing this morning.

Anyone finding them?

kjk · 08-20-2011, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by joenunya

I guess this pretty much shows the true production cost of these devices.

HP will take a loss of over $100 million in charges for the Touchpad (.05 cents/share) in their earnings report.

That is probably a better indicator of the production costs of the devices than a liquidation sale price tag-provided you can find out how many they actually produced.

luqmaninbmore · 08-20-2011, 01:03 PM

HHGregg sold me one to be shipped to the store and then refused to honor the sale. My only option was a refund.

RainingLemur · 08-20-2011, 02:00 PM

Wow. I have to grab one of these.

08-19-2011, 10:21 PM	#1
travfar Groupie Posts: 186 Karma: 22910 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: laptop	HP Touchpad 16GB for about $85, 32GB for $135. HP discountinued the Touchpad. It's being blown out right this second. $99 for the 16GB and $149 for the 32GB. It goes live on the normal hp.com website tomorrow. It's already live in Canada. Best Buy should match. You can already buy it tonight through the academic problem. I bought two tonight. Pretty much anyone who's every been to college or has a kid that is past preschool age qualifies for the academic program. You'll see the $99 price once you sign up for the academic program. Use coupon SAVE15HP to get $15 off. Use SAVE30HP to get $30 off if you buy more the $150 worth of stuff. You can also try for up to 6% cashback as well. http://www.cashbackwatch.com/store.php?store=HP Home Target has already matched on their store through Amazon. Last edited by travfar; 08-19-2011 at 10:42 PM.

08-19-2011, 10:55 PM	#2
luqmaninbmore Da'i Posts: 1,144 Karma: 1217499 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Baltimore Device: Toshiba Thrive, Kobo Touch, Kindle 1, Aluratek Libre, T-Mobile Comet	Where are you? I signed up for their academic program and I don't see the 99 dollar price. Edit: It's already out of stock. Edit, Edit: Not, it's not. Last edited by luqmaninbmore; 08-19-2011 at 10:59 PM.

08-20-2011, 12:24 AM	#5
exscentric Addict Posts: 379 Karma: 1033424 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: WY Device: Kindle keyboard	16 shows sold out and 32 is still over 400 after registering for the academic ?? Edit: Now the 32 shows out of stock. Last edited by exscentric; 08-20-2011 at 01:10 AM.

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