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i'm considering on buying from expansy; i'd like to ask for your opinion regarding this site. any of you have purchased stuff through them? feedback on services, security, etc would be much appreciated. i do know that this site is uk based; so the more international buyers' feedback the better.
cheers
rob
I'm UK based and I've bought a fair bit from them. They're alright. Not exceptional but no problems really. Just don't be tempted to back order or pre-order stuff with them. The stock in dates are often a bit optimistic (not really their fault as these things are beyond their control to a certian extent).
hey mate
whew; owe you a pint there! i was considering doing a preorder for an item...thanks for the heads up. they do have an option where you can be notified when the product is available; guess i'll go for this instead.
cheers
rob
I have bought from them and they did exactly what they said. They were not that cheap for what I bought but they did have reletively tight security at the time. As it was an international credit transaction for a substancial amount I liked that.
yep, don't order popular items based on their "coming soon" dates because they are generally way off.
Heed the above advice. I ordered a Dopod 818 pro (from the Chinese version of their site), and went through helacious trouble. I finally got an i-Mate JAMin a month and a half after I placed my first order, it just arrived this morning. On the up side though, I managed to talk them into a 5% discount for making me wait.
very informative advice; thanks so much for the feedback. guess i'd better wait till the item comes out then. i did find a hong kong based site (as per Zoltair Wright's message); given that i do frequent going there i might as well check it out myself and not do any preordering. thanks mates, helps tons!
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I bought a few times, I haven't any problem. There aren't the greatest prices but it is not bad...
Happy customer...
I got my k-jam from them here in Aus and very happy with the service.
Bought a bundle of optional stuff at the same time and even a couple of items the website said where 'due 1-3 days' got in the package that night.
found the support folks helpful when I was trying to decide what device.
their forums are second to here, but probably better than Club i-mate!
my acer n30 went faulty. reported fault 4th january, despite numerous phonecalls and unanswered emails the unit was not returned until march. great prices, but hope that your product doesn't go faulty!
my acer n30 went faulty. reported fault 4th january, despite numerous phonecalls and unanswered emails the unit was not returned until march. great prices, but hope that your product doesn't go faulty!
The service I've had from them has been great. Everything always arrives quickly and the only thing I ever had to return was sent back without problems.
Help!!! I've been following this Viewsonic G Tablet forum and just about to purchase the Viewsonic G at Office Depot sale for $379! And then just a minute ago, Costco is selling Samsung Galaxy Tab for $399 no contract required. For no contract, there is 1st month data plan of $20(cancel after 1st month) and $35(refundable with 2 yearcontract) for activation fee.
Help!!! I'm torn!! Dual Core/10inch or singlecore/7inch-portability
I'm getting a headache!
I have both of these tabs. Out of the box the Samsung is ready to roll, I could do anything pertaining to my business with out adding apps. It is a solid performing device, I have had no issues at all with mine. Its plenty fast. All the Market apps I have added installed and work without any fuss.
The Gtab is great fun I really enjoy trying the great work of the developers here at XDA and it can be made to run circles around the Samsung, but it is an addicting time consuming device. If you like to tinker get the gtab, if you need to be productive. I think the Samsung is the better choice, it's reliable and just works when I need it. The Samsung is the tablet I take with me out of the office. The gtab is my free time entertainment. At $399.00 I think the Samsung is a steal, I paid considerably more for mine and don't regret it.
ahhh... that's the beauty of the return policy. I too wanted a Galaxy Tab but held off and so glad I did. I dont think I could use a 7" tablet as it's not much bigger than my phone (probably slower too).
Just our of curiosity? Where did you see $399 NO contract, when I checked Costco, it showed $399, new service / upgrade / add-a-line from Verizon only?
OP might have missed th contract part. A $400 Galaxy Tab would mean instant gloom and doom posts by the Apple fan site known as Engadget
oh, no 2 year contract, only the first month data $20, then u can cancel that. I just read the $35 activation fee is refunded on 2 year contract, let me add that on title. Go to Costco.com then Electronics, Cell Phones, then Tablets & Data Cards Category.
Samsung Galaxy Tab™
* Touch Screen
* Android OS
* No Contract Required
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I own the G Tablet BUT have used the Galaxy Tab for work. Here is how I see it:
Galaxy TAB:
PRO:
Great form factor - if you prefer smaller screen
Amazing quality screen
Light weight
Strong Community Support
Supported by Vendor
CON:
Poor performance in stock form- especially if your coming from the GTablet, any of the higher end google phones or any of the apple products (ipad or iphone)
Community Support limited to GSM models mostly - more focus on NON-American carriers (though are supported eventually as long as it supports GSM)
Contract - after 2 years you could have bought a small used car for the price of this device.
Less future proof - still questionable if it will support Android 3.0 (2.4)
Questionable vendor support - Updates dont come frequently
GTAB
PRO:
Very fast without stock interface
Amazing community support - even for amateur
Amazing price point
Very future proof - Dual Core, 512 Meg of ram
Very large internal storage
No Contract
CON:
Screen quality is horrible in portrait and acceptable in landscape but with poor viewing angles.
Need to be somewhat tech savvy to play around with performance enhancing OS's.
Heavy for an e-reader though it doesn't bother me.
Little no vendor support - questionable with recent posts of whether or not Viewsonic will support this in the future.
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Help!!! I've been following this Viewsonic G Tablet forum and just about to purchase the Viewsonic G at Office Depot sale for $379! And then just a minute ago, Costco is selling Samsung Galaxy Tab for $399 no contract required. For no contract, there is 1st month data plan of $20(cancel after 1st month) and $35(refundable with 2 yearcontract) for activation fee.
Help!!! I'm torn!! Dual Core/10inch or singlecore/7inch-portability
I'm getting a headache!
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How long do you want to wait before replacing it? If you buy a gadget ever couple years, get the GTab, it will be running the latest and greatest for at least the next year, and not feel outdated compared to the market options until a year following.
If you are one of these gadget lovers who gets a toy every 6 months then the galaxy may be worth your while as you'll be able to resell it better than the gtab in 6 months when you get a new android 3.0 tablet to replace it.
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How long do you want to wait before replacing it? If you buy a gadget ever couple years, get the GTab, it will be running the latest and greatest for at least the next year, and not feel outdated compared to the market options until a year following.
If you are one of these gadget lovers who gets a toy every 6 months then the galaxy may be worth your while as you'll be able to resell it better than the gtab in 6 months when you get a new android 3.0 tablet to replace it.
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Help!!! I've been following this Viewsonic G Tablet forum and just about to purchase the Viewsonic G at Office Depot sale for $379! And then just a minute ago, Costco is selling Samsung Galaxy Tab for $399 no contract required. For no contract, there is 1st month data plan of $20(cancel after 1st month) and $35(refundable with 2 yearcontract) for activation fee.
Help!!! I'm torn!! Dual Core/10inch or singlecore/7inch-portability
I'm getting a headache!
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I would wait and get the gtab from the Sears outlet... and also the Nook Color. Now you have 2 tablets for not much more than the cheapest iPad.
I would never go for a 7" tablet as my only tablet. That's too small for comfortable web browsing. I would only get a 7" in addition to a 10". A 10" tablet is the perfect size for browsing and the processor on the g-tab is top of the line.
There is a BIG difference between a 7" and 10" screen. Highly recommend you go look at and play with an example of each, in person before you decide. I did and as others have said, a 7" screen just didn't seem big enough but the 10" form factor is perfect for a tablet in my opinion. YMMV.
I have both a 10" (g tablet) and a 7" (eLocity A7) and can tell you that they both have their place. 10 is great for viewing content and web surfing. The 7" tablet is just really handy easy to hold and carry with you. I have found myself using the the 7" tablet more often lately. If I'm on the go I will grab the A7 nine times out of ten.
Now I will also say having a powerful Tegra2 chip is nice and both devices are fast, but if you not able to run the apps you want that extra powqer does little for you. I bet both of my device could run Google Earth faster and smoother than the Galaxy Tab, except I have yet to get either device to run Google Earth. Great hardware means little if the sofware dosen't run right.
Now, I love my tegra2 tablets and just hope in time the kinks will get worked out and I can runs all the apps I like. I can't say I have a lot of faith the Viewsonic and eLocity (Stream TV) will deliver, I just hope the XDA community is able to pull it off.
thanks everyone! ok ok
gTablet Office Depot sale ends 1/29 for $379.
Galaxy Tab -Costco and Best Buy have it both for $399 but Costco has 90day refund and 2 year warranty.
From what I read I like the Samsung's 7inch for tag-alongs, and GPS(?) not mentioned on Samsung's website for Verizon.
Viewsonic's gTablet's got power, Anandtech test shows lots of muscles. Honeycomb would just be right around the corner.
I've done custom roms on other devices before so I'm comfortable with that. And now I'm leaning towards Viewsonic GTablet at 95%
I wonder which plays Bejeweled Blitz without issues, standalone of through Facebook
I checked out the sears outlet deal from the store in Nevada. They have a standard shipping fee of $65.
When the lady on the phone told me that i said yall must not really want to ship things, and she just kind of laughed.
I bought the gTablet Saturday, Sears had it for $379, wrong price on the tag but they were able to give it to me.
This thing is Double Rainbow Awesomeness! Viewing angle? it's fine!
Got it to latest Vegan, no issues there.
Launcher Pro, even Bejeweled Blitz Facebook worked flawlessly.
Thanks everyone! I'll try every custom ROM available soon, if I can get it away from my wife and 2 girls(10 and 6year old)
The gTablet is one solid product! I'm glad I chose it over the Galaxy.
Sears Outlet link for searching online?
nevermind. I found the link.
I thought I'd post my story so far in acquiring my zpad and update it as I go along.
And see if anyone else is interested in it.
January 2011
I wanted a tablet pc as soon as I saw my friend's Ipad, but thought that they would be too expensive, so I just put it out of my mind. Then while looking for a netbook for my wife, a friend of mine said he could get pc's at great prices from china. We agreed to get her a netbook through him and he told me he could also organise other cool tech like tablets, etc.
(We get ripped off really badly here in south africa, everyone is greedy here and they put up huge mark ups on tech. e.g. galaxy tab is R8000 here which is $1117 at the current exchange rate. Instead of the $650 that it currently is on amazon.com. Which is ridiculous!!!)
He is starting up an importing business from China to South Africa(where I live), I would be his first customer.
He showed me a few tablets, which either were underpowered or had a 3 hour max battery life or both. Eventually he showed me the Malata tablets, the windows one and the one that they later called the Zpad. The windows one sucked so I was interested in the Zpad. Specs looked good and the more I looked into it online the more I was keen. But it was still a lot of money.
I found out mid January that I had gotten funding for university this year, so I decided to get the Zpad. The order hadn't gone through yet for the netbook so I added the tablet (and other tech that we've wanted for a while, eg. 1GB external HDD & logitech G9x mouse, malata dock..) and paid and waited.
1st Feb 2011
Package finally arrived. When he saw the box my friend phoned me straight away in alarm. The box was tiny, way to small to house a netbook and a tablet and all the other stuff.
When he opened it, there were a few 1GB and 2GB USB drives in the box.
SHOCK AND HORROR!!!
He phoned around frantically trying to find out if he had been ripped off by his chinese supplier or not, as he had never bought from the guy before.
Eventually the guy replied, it was 20:00h in china, he says that the guy who dropped the packages off must have switched them around by mistake. He said he couldn't get hold of DHL to find out if the other guy had got the package already, or even to find out who the other guy was, as it was late there.
So now after waiting 3 weeks or so for my tablet I sit and wait, to find out where my tablet and my wife's netbook and everything else is. Are they with the would be flash drives owner? Will he give them back? Will the Chinese guy still send us new ones if the other guy doesn't give them back to him? Very stressed out.
Update:
2nd February 2011
Heard back from the supplier in China and from what I could understand (His English is a little broken, but can't blame the guy, I can't speak a worn of Mandarin) he says that they have had this problem in the past and how it works is they use a 3rd pary company to take their packages to DHL and then DHL send it, so the 3rd party guys must have made the mistake. This happened before and they stopped using that company as a result, but now it has happened again.
He says it shouldn't be to difficult to get hold of the stuff and get it sent to us, but it will take a while.
I really hope so. I'm still worried that some guy is playing on my Zpad or have taken the factory screen cover off (which I was planning to keep on, if it came with one), or even worse has sold it...
So no concrete progress, but things are looking up.
Update:
3rd February 2011
It's Chinese newyear now. So I wasn't expecting much progress today, and didn't get any. But the Chinese supplier told us he hasn't gotten the status of the parcel yet, but we should hold on to the wrong parcel we received and he will chase them up and try to get them exchanged.
Update:
4th February 2011
The supplier said that DHL are contacting the person who received our parcel and he will let us know the outcome.
Update:
18th March 2011
So, we still haven't heard from DHL, and our chinese contact hasn't contacted us since my last post. He is also no longer on the trading sites like alibaba, etc. So we think we have been swindled.
My friend here is going over to china in a few months, so he will probably see if he can find this guys, using private investigators and press charges against him (and maybe a fist or two).
My friend did take responsibility though, saying that it was his fault and he should have tested out his contact first.
He has found a more reliable contact and is waiting for a sale to go through, and then will try order it again, out of his pocket.
But I don't know if I still want the Zpad, with shipping, 3G and GPS, the tablet cost about R6500 here, which converted is about $900. Which is really expensive, but the cheapest I can get it at. I can get the Gtablet for R4313 ($600), buying through a local online business who buy from amazon.
But I don't know, there are many new tablets coming out now, so there is no longer the benefit of getting the only tegra 2 tablet, and getting use out of it before the big boys arrive. So I think I might as well look around, now that the Zpad is no longer on it's way.
I'm thinking about getting the Xoom WIFI instead when it comes out. My dad is going to Italy soon, and hopefully it will have released in Europe by then, so he can pick one up for me at a comparable price to the US $600. When it finally gets here it will be ridiculously expensive, I estimate the same price that I paid for the Zpad,($900). So if the Xoom is anything less than 650 Euros, Then I have saved money, buying a better tablet.
Then when my friend has managed to make some money back, he can refund me, rather than ordering me another one, and I will have money left over for accessories.
So, right now it is just a wait to see when the Xoom Wifi comes out in Europe, how much it will be, and if it releases before my dad gets there; sometime in May.
Yep, more waiting, but I'm happy to wait again, I feel I am getting a better deal now, and I feel more in control.
Update March 20th:
I have placed my order to get the Xoom Wifi with a local company, they will get it from the US as soon as it releases, so it will ship on the 28th/29th and I should get it in at most a week from then.
Update April 3rd:
My Xoom came yesterday, and WOW!!! It is amazing, it is an awesome resolution screen, great viewing angles, incredibly responsive, amazing battery life, has honeycomb.
The Zpad not coming was a blessing in disguise. I will still try get my money back for the Zpad from my friend to cover the cost of the Xoom, though.
Really , Really glad that I didn't get a Zpad in hindsight. I know that's a bit cheeky to say in the Gtab forum, but after waiting this long, I would want it to be perfect, and well neither tablet is perfect, but the Xoom is a lot closer.
So, this will be one of my last posts on the Gtab forum, I'll be living in the Xoom on from now.
Thanks so much for reading my story everyone.
I will update if this thread is still around and I get my money back from my friend, but otherwise that's it.
Cheers
wow, that really sucks.
I hope all works out and the Chinese supplier fixes his mistake and sends you your order.
Thats really bad. I think it's at the same level as my story at ebay... Sad.
Seems getting a zPad is just not as easy as we thought.
Ya, it is sad. But I'm optimistic. It might be a DHL mistake too, in which case they will have to fork out of it doesn't sort its self out.
Good luck getting it sorted out. I had ordered a low end DSLR Camera for my daughter for Christmas. It made it to within 15 miles of my house and then vanished at the FEDEX facility. By that point, everywhere was sold out of low end DSLR Camera, the original seller, Wal-Mart, was of no help other than sorry and refund my payment and I was left scrambling and finally had to fork over much more $$$ in order to not disappoint on Christmas morning.
The fact that you ended up with a package gives me hope. Perhaps it was just an address switch-a-roo and the other party will confess especially if he/she is contacted. The tough part is the start of the Chinese New Years which will bugger up all shipping from there for a month. Best of luck. The waiting is the hardest part.
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Good luck getting it sorted out. I had ordered a low end DSLR Camera for my daughter for Christmas. It made it to within 15 miles of my house and then vanished at the FEDEX facility. By that point, everywhere was sold out of low end DSLR Camera, the original seller, Wal-Mart, was of no help other than sorry and refund my payment and I was left scrambling and finally had to fork over much more $$$ in order to not disappoint on Christmas morning.
The fact that you ended up with a package gives me hope. Perhaps it was just an address switch-a-roo and the other party will confess especially if he/she is contacted. The tough part is the start of the Chinese New Years which will bugger up all shipping from there for a month. Best of luck. The waiting is the hardest part.
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It's common for a lot of packages to go "missing" around Christmas time from UPS/FedEx and other carriers. I have had a few friends who have worked for FedEx and the stories they would tell convinced me to never order anything around Christmas time for delivery. At least you were able to get your money back
That's what I am hoping too. To track down whoever was supposed to get the one we got and ask them what they got instead, because they have to sign for it, so there will be a record of them receiving something... So we just have to find out if it was our stuff or not. Either way I'm sure they will be forced to return it...
We'll see what tomorrow brings.
Thanks for the moral support.
Did the Chinese supplier give your friend a tracking number? Does it match the DHL package you received? If it doesn't, then DHL is the one who messed up.
I hope everything turns out ok for you. I hate to hear stories like these. But I'm also an optimistic guy and I also give people the benefit of the doubt.
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Did the Chinese supplier give your friend a tracking number? Does it match the DHL package you received?
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Ya he did give us the tracking number and we tracked it all the way from hongkong to my friends doorstep. The mix up may have been when the agents fetched the package from him.
Have updated the original post with the latest news.
Have updated the original post with the latest news.
Updated again:
18 March 2011
If you are paying with Paypal or Credit card, get it refunded by them ...
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If you are paying with Paypal or Credit card, get it refunded by them ...
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We transfered to him in china.
And we can't get hold of him to ask for refund.
From all accounts the Xoom is a better tablet.
I have a ZPad and am extremly happy with it and the community work on it (pershot et al).
If I was I am buying to day it would be a Xoom and in a months time perhaps an asus based perhaps 6moths after that what ever Malata has or who every has the fastest at the time.
One thing that seems to stand out about the ZPad is that as Malata seem to manufactuer for others and the ZPad is almost their andriod reference platform*, there is an openess that one may not get from Motorola.
*from Dmesg "Machine:NVIDA Harmony Development System"
Very few HW things in the IT industry stay the best for long, even more so with emerging product lines just look at how netbooks evolved from low end devices to dual core atoms and 6hrsplus batt life in less than 6 months.
That is how I feel too.
The xoom is currently the best, and that's what I'm paying for. It isn't as open as Zpad, but it works without as much tweaking (micro SD and Host USB aside). And to be honest, that's what I really want, something stable that Just works.
I have placed my order to get the Xoom Wifi with a local company, they will get it from the US as soon as it releases, so it will ship on the 28th/29th and I should get it in at most a week from then.
Very Excited!!!
Will keep you posted. Hopefully this is where the Drama will end.
I have update the OP(original post) with the conclusion to my story.
I'm still a few hundred dollars worth out of pocket but over the moon about the outcome regardless.
Cheers
Anyone received the transformer and keyboard bundle from Amazon.co.uk?
There were rumors that they will receive stock this week, but no news since.
i ordered it 31 March and still waiting.....i hope this week they will receive stock.
I had a chat with an amazon.co.uk rep yesterday asking about an updated availability date, after telling him that ASUS UK announced last week a very large quantity coming soon to Amazon and Ebuyer. The rep said that in their system they still have an availability date of the 1st of June. He also mentioned that the date shown on their website is the only date that should be considered by customers and that they don't endorse any other availability date announced by anyone, anywhere else. So unfortunately we can't do anything else than wait... It's a real pity as Amazon is the only online retailer delivering outside of UK at reasonable prices (Micro Anvika only accepts bank transfers in GBP and charges a small fortune for the shipping).
I placed my order with Amazon recently enough (24/4) but when word was coming out that just about every other retailer had stock I sent an e-mail to Amazon last Fri asking if they had any update on their expected delivery date. I also mentioned in my mail that Asus UK had said that Amazon were due to receive a shipment last week. The response I got was non-committal to say the least. Like many others, Amazon is my only real option for delivery to Ireland. Their response is below:
"Dear Colm,
Thank you for contacting Amazon.co.uk.
Further to your email, I apologise for the inconvenience caused.
However, I have checked our website and found that the item "Asus EeePad Transformer TF101 10.1 inch Tablet PC (nVidia Tegra2 1GHz, 1Gb, 16Gb eMMC, WLAN, BT, Android 3.0) with docking station and keyboard"is listed on our website that it will be released on June 1, 2011.
While we are confident that copies will be made available, we cannot provide more precise information about the fulfilment of the order. In light of this uncertainty, we will understand if you would prefer to cancel your order. As of yet we have made no changes.
However, please be assured that Amazon.co.uk will certainly keep trying to obtain this item for you and try to source it from wherever possible.
You may cancel un-dispatched items through Your Account, located at the top of any page of our website. Simply click on the link, enter your e-mail address and password, and click "Cancel items or orders". Here, you will be able to view your order history and cancel an order for any item that has not yet entered the dispatch process.
You would then receive an e-mail from us to confirm the cancellation.
I once again appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter.We are sorry that we haven't met that goal in this case and hope that you will give us another opportunity to prove the quality of our service to you in the future.
We hope that we have been of assistance. Thank you for shopping at Amazon.co.uk.
Warmest regards,"
Copypasta bulk for the win.
I was planning to order my TF from Amazon, but I'm thinking I might just save myself the hasstle and pick one up in PC World, if they ever stock the 32GB version.
I am thinking that Amazon.co.uk have to ship on June 1st or else lose practically all preorders they have received.
If you are going to postpone a dispatch date by that long then you would want to be fairly certain that
you are going to do things right the second time.
2 more weeks and we should have it on our doorsteps or the sh*t hits the fan for Amazon.
Place your bets
I see that now the pad only version is in stock on amazon.co.uk
So if you want pad only... get it while it lasts
I need to wait a little longer for the bundle. I am dissapointed by amazon on this order.
Ok so the navy exchange is being retarded. Still thinks i have the transfprmer on order but i just got a email saying its discontinued any one else here of see that. Ill post the link when i get to work im driving to it now.
Dear Exchange Patron,
This email is in regards to your order for (X672H - TRNSFRMR TABLT DK BRN EEEPAD)
that you recently placed with us. Our supplier has informed us that the item has been discontinued. A full refund will be processed for this item. Please allow 3-5 business days for credit posting. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact customer service by phone at 1-800-527-2345 or via chat at www.shopmyexchange.com . Email replies must include your order number and contact information in order to receive a prompt response.
Respectfully,
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Maybe because the TF101G is coming out. (3g model) (it's on their support site now)
or... tf102? Transformer 2 but most likely just a buggy system message.. But I doubt transformer 2 lol, icecream hasn't even been released on the "Nexus Prime".
hmmm i edited my OP to show what i got. i orded the 32GB 2 weeks before it came out.
the way etailers are undercutting the price, I would imagine the TF101 is past the curve in its lifecycle.
I doubt it's discontinued, the transformer sells very well. So I don't see why asus stops selling it. My guess is Exchange can't provide you with the device for some reasons, but said it's discontinued.
Newegg has it (or did two days ago) bundled with the dock for $50 off the full price. unless you're getting a better price through the exchange, just order it from the Egg.
Better not be
I just got me and my girl transformers for our birthdays and she got us the docks, and unless the 3g version is free its not for me I have enough wireless dollars going out.
Might just mean that they have discontinued carrying it especially in light of all the maneuvering (Multiple orders/ cancellations) that went on after initial release
It wouldnt make sense to discontinue such a popular product
This just worries me more about buying this, now :/. I was very interested in purchasing the Transformer but if something better is going to come out really soon then I won't bother.
It's so frustrating that I've come in at the time the current TF101 is becoming out of date. That's my own fault for not being current enough, I guess. Should the people who've wondered about buying (such as myself) hold off for a little while longer, perhaps?
There's always something better coming soon. And a Transformer is a good buy.
This doesn't mean anything, because their supplier is not necessarily Asus. Most probably some other 3rd party wholesaler and they must have discontinued selling it. That doesn't man the product is discontinued.
Just keep in mind that even if a product sells extremely well, if it's a low margin product like a tablet where a seller is only making a little profit to begin with, it doesn't take a lot of returns/swaps before it becomes an item a seller doesn't want to sell. How many posts have you seen here where people had returned a transformer 2, 3 or even 4 times to get a perfect unit? Although low margins/price don't mean that a consumer shouldn't expect a good unit, as someone who works for a consumer electronics retailer I can assure you that if any product bcomes a liability in terms of cost we stop selling it. Obviously although we pride ourselves on customer service we are ultimately in the business to make a profit, so regardless of how popular a unit is it has to pay its own way. This is especially true for a company selling on the internet, since the Walmart idea of having loss leaders doesn't work - people go to your site and buy what they need, they don't often add other higher margin items.
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This just worries me more about buying this, now :/. I was very interested in purchasing the Transformer but if something better is going to come out really soon then I won't bother.
It's so frustrating that I've come in at the time the current TF101 is becoming out of date. That's my own fault for not being current enough, I guess. Should the people who've wondered about buying (such as myself) hold off for a little while longer, perhaps?
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There will always be something better. The Quad Core tablets are suppose to be arriving this fall I thought, so if you hold out until then that could be good. I got my Tablet back in June and am very happy with it.
Hell I am never satisfied though. I got a new Laptop (Sager) in May, Tablet (Transformer) in June, and now I want to build a new Desktop (custom build). If I do the desktop my wife is going to kill me!