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[MThanded]

what in the

 

[Raistlin]

my seething hate





The sad reality is I actually have a genuine use for a handful of these things ... yet my onSale order will probably get cancelled while this ass-hat makes off with a ton of profit

>_<

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

His ebay auctions: http://www.ebay.com/sch/xsigger/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

Troll away, boys!

 

[kehs]

Hah, once android is on this thing it will be the device with the largest android tablet installed base

Pretty much yea... This thing will handle it prob too.

 

[Wario64]

His ebay auctions: http://www.ebay.com/sch/xsigger/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

Troll away, boys!

I hope all those bids are fake, sheesh

 

[AstroLad]

i can't wait til this mania leads to them going on ebay for $400+

 

[Londa]

are you going to hang them up on the wall?

I really don't see the point of getting this many. But whatever, not my business. Just seems obsessive.

 

[MThanded]

Anybody else having trouble downloading the webOS 3.02 update?

Mine keeps dropping wifi, too...

Too many people are doing it at the same time. Had this issue last night. Keep trying or wait until the morning.

 

[Weenerz]

Every tablet is going for double what he paid for them, the guy is making bank. Worthy investment.

 

[Gary Whitta]

His ebay auctions: http://www.ebay.com/sch/xsigger/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

Troll away, boys!

I don't get it... he's trying to sell these things for not much less than the MSRP? Why would people want to pay that?

 

[MThanded]

So that guy bought a palette of these mofos.


WHY IN THE HELL ARE PEOPLE PAYING SO MUCH FOR THESE.

 

[Raistlin]

are you going to hang them up on the wall?

I really don't see the point of getting this many. But whatever, not my business. Just seems obsessive.

you're kidding ... right?

 

[elrechazado]

I don't get it... he's trying to sell these things for not much less than the MSRP? Why would people want to pay that?

Average consumer < informed consumer

 

[Wario64]

A lot of auctions have gone over $200, what-the-fuck

 

[Londa]

you're kidding ... right?

Didn't see his auctions until after I commented.

But no, I wasn't kidding. It's none of my business what he does with that many tablets. I do however look at it and feel something is strangely wrong about the whole thing. But whatever, I won't lose any sleep on what someone decides to do with a ton of tablets.

 

[Jamesfrom818]

So that guy bought a palette of these mofos.


WHY IN THE HELL ARE PEOPLE PAYING SO MUCH FOR THESE.

Let me entertain you...

 

[alr1ght]

So that guy bought a palette of these mofos.


WHY IN THE HELL ARE PEOPLE PAYING SO MUCH FOR THESE.

The HP Touchpad is the new hot shit.

 

[BiggNife]

Has anyone here gotten a cancellation from OnSale yet? Mine's still in "Shipping Soon" limbo.

 

[PSGames]

These will probably also run Windows 8 ARM. Another reason why I went with the 32GB. Having the extra storage space will come in handy.

Do you really think the ARM processors in this tablet will be powerful enough for Windows 8?

 

[antonz]

A lot of auctions have gone over $200, what-the-fuck

Most people have no idea and are too stupid to search and see why suddenly hundreds of tablets showing up online for sale cheap

 

[chubigans]

Has anyone here gotten a cancellation from OnSale yet? Mine's still in "Shipping Soon" limbo.

Nope. Another troll from SD I think.

 

[Xyrmellon]

Unless the bids are fake, most moms/non tech savy/normal people that heard about the price drop and just want to get in on it don't have the stamina or patience to wait out the online sales...much easier to ebay it. This coming from a guy whose mother is obsessed with ebay.

 

[x3sphere]

So that guy bought a palette of these mofos.


WHY IN THE HELL ARE PEOPLE PAYING SO MUCH FOR THESE.

$100 more over MSRP isn't that much. I expected a $50-100 increase on eBay and the like. At $200 it's still a far better value than any other tablet on the market.

 

[wario]

Anybody else having trouble downloading the webOS 3.02 update?

Mine keeps dropping wifi, too...

it takes a few tries but fortunately the download picks up where it was disconnected.

 

[Raistlin]

Didn't see his auctions until after I commented.

Even without the links to the auctions ... I would have thought the sign that says 'xsigger 100% + feedback' was a bit of a giveaway

 

[PSGames]

LOL, hopefully he winds up stuck with all of them. I hate those flipping fuckers.

I've been offered 300 for the extra 32GB ones I have for friends.

 

[Erekiddo]

Has anyone here gotten a cancellation from OnSale yet? Mine's still in "Shipping Soon" limbo.

Nope. Mine is in the same status as well.

 

[Londa]

Even without the links to the auctions ... I would have thought the sign that says 'xsigger 100% + feedback' was a bit of a giveaway

I've never bought anything on ebay so it wasn't a dead giveaway to me.

 

[Raistlin]

I've never bought anything on ebay so it wasn't a dead giveaway to me.

It's probably better that way

 

[newjeruse]

I don't get it... he's trying to sell these things for not much less than the MSRP? Why would people want to pay that?

Because this weird aftermarket zeitgeist has made them desirable in the very short term.

 

[Jaroof]

I went to two Best Buys this morning(shortly after they opened), only to find out both had sold out.

When I had gotten to the first one at 10:05, they apparently changed the price last night, even though I had been there yesterday and they told me that they would change the price today -_-
After I found out the first store was sold out, I asked one of the employees if they knew any other stores that still had some.
Apparently, there was one that was ~25-30 minutes away that still had "a lot", so I took the trip and arrived at 10:40.
I ran inside and asked someone about the Touchpads, only to be told that they, too had sold out.
Damn it.

Even the HP site is sold out?!
Is that it???

 

[Londa]

It's probably better that way

For some reason I took that as an offense. But that's fine, gaf loves to be negative and assuming.

 

[Raistlin]

For some reason I took that as an offense. But that's fine, gaf loves to be negative and assuming.

didn't mean to offend

 

[neojubei]

Burning hatred rising. I hate people like this. Wonder if he works at best buy.

 

[slidewinder]

I don't get it... he's trying to sell these things for not much less than the MSRP? Why would people want to pay that?

He HAD a bunch of regular bid auctions that closed in the last 20 minutes or so (selling in the $200-$250 range from what I remember). Those two there are just a couple of leftover highball "Buy It Now" ones he put up since he has so many to sell.

 

[clav]

Anyone checkout the HP SMB Touchpad page?

http://h41112.www4.hp.com/promo/webos/us/en/tablet/touchpad-availability-business.html

 

[antonz]

Looks like the Android scene is growing fast. They get ICS up and running on it and it will be the best 100-150 bucks spent on a tablet heh

 

[2th]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b3Snz5KO0E

Is this bullshit??? Honeycomb would be nice on this thing

And to think I almost spent $300+ on a nook colour a few months ago to put android on it...

if real...

 

[giga]

Amazon lightning order just shipped!

 

[clav]

Which version did you purchase giga?

 

[Lebron]

Amazon lightning order just shipped!

*death stare*

 

[giga]

Which version did you purchase giga?

16.

 

[-COOLIO-]

Anyone checkout the HP SMB Touchpad page?

http://h41112.www4.hp.com/promo/webos/us/en/tablet/touchpad-availability-business.html

if they know theres a pricing error why dont they change it?

 

[Aselith]

if they know theres a pricing error why dont they change it?

It says they're in the process of making sure everyone gets the price correctly.

 

[-COOLIO-]

It says they're in the process of making sure everyone gets the price correctly.

i mean on their sites.

its 99 on the .com but still 399 on the .ca, which is why i never ordered one

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

lol really?

You may have saved me a trip into Staples.

I was talking to #5 in line at Best Buy.

If you were #4. . . Oh ho ho ho!

 

[sfedai0]

I have 5 from various vendors. 2 32Gig and 3 16gig. If all come through, I would be willing to share 1-2 with the Gaf crew. I just have a feeling most of them will be canceled.....

 

[Yamaha98]

okay, so where can I get one?

 

[erpg]

I want to believe this was all an elaborate decision by top men at HP at brute-forcing a webOS community, and attracting licensees like Samsung and app developpers.

 

[Recon]

okay, so where can I get one?

Ebay, $300.