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Brand New Gtab at Sears for $279

I just picked up my second G tab from the Sears in Scranton PA. Ordered from searsoutlet for 279. This one is a gift for my brother.
When I got to the customer pickup the lady said that "they don't get stuff from sears outlet" and that the tablet she got for me was from a pile of other tablets.
The package was unopened...and when i unboxed the tablet it looked completely untouched.
So bottom line is..I got a brand new tablet for 279.
Im not sure what the deal is with the searsoutlet but i know that tabs pop up a lot...and I don't see how they could have been sent back and forth to China for refurbishing?..? scratching head

Great price for new or like new viewsonic. Congrats!

I'm in Pittsburgh. Want to get me one? When I search, closest for me is NY
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I'm in Pittsburgh. Want to get me one? When I search, closest for me is NY
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I am in Florida, and would love to get one at that price plus shooing, and your gas money of course.

Holy crap! I'm going to return mine to Staples but I can't find the Holy crap! receipt!

I just got a return too $279.

Damn! That is some discount. I'm going to have to run by the Sears Outlet near me to see what I can find. Thanks for the tip!

I tried to price match with Staples since I ordered mine from there last week but they said they couldn't since it says it's reconditioned not new. That's a good deal but probably too much hassle for me to return it and then buy it again from Sears.

I am in Ohio, too. Where did you get yours in Ohio? Sears store or outlet store? Thanks.

Reading this again, it looks like you ordered online at searsoutlet.com then pickup at a regular sears store? Is that what you did?
Looking at searsoutlet.com now, while I can search for "viewsonic" and it shows the gtablet, it doesn't provider any further details. I'm minutes away from an Sears Outlet store that I'll stop by after work and see what they have in stock.

Can someone provide more details on this? Are we sure its a new device or is it refurb? I just got mine @ Sears for $379...

related question
What I am wondering is, are the refurbs/returns listed on the sears outlet site the only ones? So if I walk in to the nearest sears, where there are none listed according to sears outlet, do I have a chance of finding one?

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I'm in Pittsburgh. Want to get me one? When I search, closest for me is NY
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Really? I am to, and I picked mine up at Ross Park Mall in the North Hills (Sears).. They should have some left, unless they were cleaned out in less than 24 hours. Good luck!

I heard about this, checked it out online, and it said the closest available one was in Upstate NY...I am in Philadelphia.
Luckily I have family right near the store in UNY, so I had it picked up for me.
Within minutes of getting the message that it was picked up. I checked the web site, and the closest available was now in Alabama. Act fast.

Is anyone else having troubles getting the product to display on the Sears Outlet site today?
Wondering if it's just me...
Krissy

DeathCry said:
I heard about this, checked it out online, and it said the closest available one was in Upstate NY...I am in Philadelphia.
Luckily I have family right near the store in UNY, so I had it picked up for me.
Within minutes of getting the message that it was picked up. I checked the web site, and the closest available was now in Alabama. Act fast.
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there's an "appliance" outlet in bear, de but they do have some electronics,tools,etc
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?u...utlet&hnear=Delaware&cid=13372479457772742808

Myndwire,
Interesting...you seem to be using my phone too
Was the one you got in Ross Park Mall refurbished/returned?
I got mine in Beaver Valley Mall ~9 days ago just bc I was visiting family. I'm in greenfield so it's a hop skip and a jump (pray dear Lord there is no ice flood or snow)
Obviously, most of us would much rather return there ~$430-$480 purchase and buy one that costs under ~$300!! i'm gonna check searsoutlet again. maybe i'll stop at the outlet on Main Street in Lawrenceville on the way to Children's.

could anyone possibly order it for me in USA and send it over to UK (I will pay all the costs, it will still probably work out cheaper)?

I'm going to write up a separate thread on SEARS Outlet
Brain dump time.
I know all about how this works - my device was a "refurb".

@roebeet, thanks for clarifying about the refurb as that was my main question.

[POLL] Asus Transformer US Success Poll (Shipping Confirmed)

ONLY VOTE ON A RETAILER IF YOU ALREADY GOT IT, OR HAVE A TRACKING NUMBER
I wanted to create a poll to get an idea of what retailers are getting the most stock. This will also give us an idea of how many xda member have actually had success. If you ordered multiple from one store, just vote on the one, and post how many you got here. I will try to update this post summarizing all of the extras.

Walmart, delivery within 2 hours

Isn't this the exact same as the US owners sign in thread?
(I haven't gotten one yet, gonna wait till mid may probably)
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nsstrunks said:
Isn't this the exact same as the US owners sign in thread?
(I haven't gotten one yet, gonna wait till mid may probably)
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Well, if the OP put a poll in the thread, then I would say yes.

Bumping to get more responses.

Amazon and newegg
A thread on this already though but getting votes on backorders too!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1053679

dotpro said:
Amazon and newegg
A thread on this already though but getting votes on backorders too!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1053679
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Thanks, I didn't see that one. It's a little over complicated. Especially since people's statuses have changed within the past 24 hours.

timtlm said:
Thanks, I didn't see that one. It's a little over complicated. Especially since people's statuses have changed within the past 24 hours.
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hehe, yeah, 24 hours is an eternity here.

Not voting yet, as I don't know whether I can revise my answer, and Amazon is supposedly *about* to ship now too, but I have an origin scanned NewEgg order, I have a Tiger Direct order supposedly awaiting pickup, and I have an Amazon order "shipping soon" but with no ETA. Once Amazon ships, I'll vote in the poll to add all three.

Amazon
Amazon x2.
1 in hand.
1 due Monday according to tracking.

knoxploration said:
Not voting yet, as I don't know whether I can revise my answer, and Amazon is supposedly *about* to ship now too, but I have an origin scanned NewEgg order, I have a Tiger Direct order supposedly awaiting pickup, and I have an Amazon order "shipping soon" but with no ETA. Once Amazon ships, I'll vote in the poll to add all three.
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OK, Amazon has shipped out, so that's now tracking numbers received from all three companies. Amazon and NewEgg had origin scans immediately, Tiger Direct still hasn't done despite getting the tracking number first.
NewEgg was by FAR the fastest to ship, and Amazon took the longest by a good half day.
Of the three, the only good experience was NewEgg. Amazon and Tiger Direct were both absolutely terrible, required multiple chase-ups to get anything done, flat-out lied to me at some points, and likely still wouldn't have shipped if I'd not done anything to get them moving.
Although they haven't admitted as much or given me *any* real information, Amazon's issues seem largely to relate to my decision to use One Click purchase, which I'll never be using again. (Doing so appears to delay initial processing of your order by 30 minutes from the time the last One Click item was added to your account, even if it is a completely separate order with separate shipping and invoice from the other items you've purchased.
Tiger Direct's issues seem to relate to basic competence, and I have no intention of ever buying a product from them again.
The only company not to ship anything to me at all was B&H, but in fairness, they were the second-last order placed (the last one placed on launch day), and I cancelled the order with them immediately that I received my first tracking number from a competitor.

knoxploration said:
OK, Amazon has shipped out, so that's now tracking numbers received from all three companies. Amazon and NewEgg had origin scans immediately, Tiger Direct still hasn't done despite getting the tracking number first.
NewEgg was by FAR the fastest to ship, and Amazon took the longest by a good half day.
Of the three, the only good experience was NewEgg. Amazon and Tiger Direct were both absolutely terrible, required multiple chase-ups to get anything done, flat-out lied to me at some points, and likely still wouldn't have shipped if I'd not done anything to get them moving.
Although they haven't admitted as much or given me *any* real information, Amazon's issues seem largely to relate to my decision to use One Click purchase, which I'll never be using again. (Doing so appears to delay initial processing of your order by 30 minutes from the time the last One Click item was added to your account, even if it is a completely separate order with separate shipping and invoice from the other items you've purchased.
Tiger Direct's issues seem to relate to basic competence, and I have no intention of ever buying a product from them again.
The only company not to ship anything to me at all was B&H, but in fairness, they were the second-last order placed (the last one placed on launch day), and I cancelled the order with them immediately that I received my first tracking number from a competitor.
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Excuse me for asking, but why are you ordering more than one? *confused*
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js042507 said:
Excuse me for asking, but why are you ordering more than one? *confused*
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so he can sell on ebay and gouge
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so he can sell on ebay and gouge
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No, he was just trying to get one. Every time he ordered one, they would be out of stock and not ship, so he would try the again. I did the same, but was able to cancel the unsuccessful ones before they shipped. If you followed the us availability thread you would know he just plans to sell the extras at cost to other members.
Edit : someone claims to have bought one from office depot. Hmm, I haven't seen anything about them ever having it.

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No, he was just trying to get one. Every time he ordered one, they would be out of stock and not ship, so he would try the again. I did the same, but was able to cancel the unsuccessful ones before they shipped. If you followed the us availability thread you would know he just plans to sell the extras at cost to other members.
Edit : someone claims to have bought one from office depot. Hmm, I haven't seen anything about them ever having it.
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I was kidding. IM still looking for one. I returned my Acer iconia
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Yeah, I understand. Asus made a mistake with limiting their stock. C'mon Asus! I have called all of the local stores, and checked online numerous times for a darn transformer. This is getting ridiculous...seriously. I will post some info immediately if I happen to score. Two weeks, and these will be overstocked though. I have no patience either.
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Yep, timtlm's spot-on. I ordered from Amazon shortly after they went on sale, but could see they'd screwed my order up, as they never tried to charge my card or ship, and at 5AM on my supposed delivery day, they suddenly backordered me. So, I ordered from Tiger Direct when they briefly came in stock, they again accepted my order, this time my card was authorized too, and my order went to the warehouse for six hours. Then they too backordered me. In the meantime, I'd also gotten into the queue at B&H, who I knew were backordered, just in case they got stock. I knew I'd be very near the start of their queue, because I prepared very carefully to order when they opened for business.
Turns out all three of the above shipped out orders to customers behind me in the queue, and skipped me.
So I placed a fourth and final order late on Thursday, when NewEgg briefly came in stock, having seen my other orders being ignored despite calls and emails to try and fix the situation.
NewEgg shipped the following afternoon, but in the meantime I'd apparently put the fear of god into a manager at Tiger when I'd called them the previous day, and my order was the very next one they shipped. And finally, Amazon claimed to have identified a problem in my account after two hours of web chat and 3 or 4 detailed emails from me. So they started shipping too, but with no ETA.
Tiger I couldn't stop from delivering at that point, but UPS hadn't scanned my shipping tag, so I also couldn't trust them not to screw up again and print a tag then leave it sitting. (I have only a week to receive the tab before a lengthy overseas trip.) Amazon had no ETA, so I likewise had no idea if I'd sit in "Shipping Soon" for days. I cancelled B&H at this point, but I didn't dare stop NewEgg.
Turned out NewEgg shipped before Tiger scanned or Amazon gave me an ETA. Then in the next few hours, I suddenly had scanned tracking numbers for all three.
And I'm planning to sell the extra two at my exact cost, once they arrive. (Well, unless my wife decides she wants to keep one too.) I've been through hell with this launch, and I want to do the right thing by other people who are having similar issues. So I don't intend to make a single cent on the sale (but equally, not to lose any money.)
Thanks to Tim for stepping in to defend my rep, and no offense taken from anybody else. I'm thick skinned and know you were likely joking about. I just figured you might be interested to hear the whole story. (And honestly, it's therapeutic typing it.)

Another bump to collect more responses.

I ordered at about 12:05 am on release day from Amazon. sat there and refreshed the search page for at least 20 min before submitting the order.
I did see green "in stock" designation on the product page and quickly ordered the 16 gb and the dock. By the time I finished ordering all stock was gone.
there was no estimated arrival or ship date on the order status page, i just assumed i missed the initial run and would have to wait for another re-up.
forgot to check my email for a day and half, come back to my house on Saturday afternoon (ordered 4/26, shipped overnight on 4/29), only to find a carrier called "OnTrac" leaving the front of my house.
I didnt give it a second thought, I just figured they were delivering next door or my housemate got something.
good thing someone was home! I walk in and find a modest size box, look at the label, to me from Amazon. Nice.
also, i don't think the limited stock available is a function of Asus doing it on purpose or super, abnormally high demand. I do believe the reports that they had trouble sourcing different components in order to met their initial plan. there is no business case for creating false shortages to increase demand in the tech world, it's first come first serve for profits, IMHO of course.

newegg here
Ordered and got a shipping number in 3 hours. It should be here by Thursday.

Hp Touchpad Info from Best Buy

Hey guys, I work for Best Buy and I thought I would post here just to give anyone who cares a little bit of an update. As of this morning, we were told to pull all the HP product and ship it back. Then, we got an email (not sure if it was just our district or not) that said we could sell them for $99 and $149 respectively! So we did, the 16GBs sold within 2 minutes and the ~20 or so 32GBs we had were gone in less than 15 mins. What kinda sucked was that I wanted one, but you couldn't buy them if you were on the clock When we were notified that we could sell them around 4:45PM, as many employees that could took their lunch and bought them and the employees that were leaving at 5PM bought the last of them.
As of right now, we aren't supposed to get any other stock in and any shipments we would have had are getting sent back to HP. We (Best Buy) has a very good relationship with HP so they don't have a problem taking them back and selling them.
Some stores may not have gotten the notification that they can sell their remaining stock yet, but hopefully they did. You may have a hard time finding one, but good luck! If you guys have any questions on this, I will try to answer as best as I can.

remain 99 dollars?

qw_haoyun said:
remain 99 dollars?
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Sorry, I edit my post to include that. Yes, $99 for the 16GB and $149 for the 32GB.

I hope you get one viper, would love to see your rom on it when they port android to it

I tell ya...it's been a pretty convoluted event with this Best Buy B.S. At one moment they say they will ship all TPs back to HP and then the next moment they are selling them off. I actually got one yesterday morning for the full price and waiting for it to go on sale. Then Best Buy reports they won't go on sale. So I return mine for a refund yesterday after the report. The people at the store confirm they won't go on sale too. Then today they go on sale and are already sold out.
That's BB for you.

NewZJ said:
I hope you get one viper, would love to see your rom on it when they port android to it
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Well I have the Transformer now bug would love a Touchpad, my dad bought one but he doesn't know if he wants to keep it or not so I will take it off his hands if he doesn't. I tried to but one yesterday but you had to be off the clock which sucked.
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I tell ya...it's been a pretty convoluted event with this Best Buy B.S. At one moment they say they will ship all TPs back to HP and then the next moment they are selling them off. I actually got one yesterday morning for the full price and waiting for it to go on sale. Then Best Buy reports they won't go on sale. So I return mine for a refund yesterday after the report. The people at the store confirm they won't go on sale too. Then today they go on sale and are already sold out.
That's BB for you.
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Yes it was screwed up. They are sending the rest back but they were under a lot of pressure to sell what they had in stock. Even worse is that if you bought it from BB before the price drop, they won't match it. And our store told us that people could not return them if they bought them at the sale price.

Closed
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Sorry, I thought this was different enough to warrant its own thread.

[Q] Anyone able to ship me a touchpad or 3?

Hey all,
So like everyone else that has been going crazy over this firesale I've been having a hard time finding a place that has them in stock.
Bestbuy let me order 2 x 32gb and my order was processed but it says the item will ship when available, which makes me think that might be never.
I also contacted HP directly and they are fresh out and I will be emailed once stock becomes available. Which will become another frenzy as I can only imagine how many people are on that list.
I know you can order them off amazon.com but I live in Canada and amazon.ca doesn't even sell them and they won't ship outside the US.
So can anyone help out?
I can throw a little extra your way for the effort.
Thanks
Zaslav

check slickdeals.net
I ordered from there at 6 pm eastern time

Where did you click to order it?
The links are broken...
And you got it shipped to Canada?

It seems the following links have been changed and now take you to an HP sales instead of onsale.
I ordered 2 from onsale and it said in stock.
My order even gives a delivery date.
32 gig
http://www.amazon.com/HP-FB356UT-QUALCOMM-Snapdragon-Wireless/dp/B0056UOUHS/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2
16 gig
http://www.amazon.com/Smartbuy-Touc...5&s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1313968979&sr=1-3

Maybe I wasn't clear in my first post.
I know amazon.com has them...but they don't ship to Canada.
amazon.ca doesn't have them, which is what I need to get them where I live in Canada.

I may be able to hook you up. I ordered 2 yesterday from hp but i didn't expect them to ship because everyone was saying they were not really in stock. So, today Amazon has them so i order 3. Minutes later i get a confirmation from hp. So, i may soon have 5 16gb touchpads. I really only need 2 or 3 but may give one as a gift depending on how easy it is to use. So i might have 1 or 2 extra.
Dave in Des Moines

Spauldingd said:
I may be able to hook you up. I ordered 2 yesterday from hp but i didn't expect them to ship because everyone was saying they were not really in stock. So, today Amazon has them so i order 3. Minutes later i get a confirmation from hp. So, i may soon have 5 16gb touchpads. I really only need 2 or 3 but may give one as a gift depending on how easy it is to use. So i might have 1 or 2 extra.
Dave in Des Moines
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If you are willing I'd take one if you can ship to Australia, however, I am waiting for confirmation from my friends back home in Canada if they were able to get some Will let you hopefully know soon!

Hey, I have been trying all day long , buy no luck. Let me know I would love to have one.
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Spauldingd said:
I may be able to hook you up. I ordered 2 yesterday from hp but i didn't expect them to ship because everyone was saying they were not really in stock. So, today Amazon has them so i order 3. Minutes later i get a confirmation from hp. So, i may soon have 5 16gb touchpads. I really only need 2 or 3 but may give one as a gift depending on how easy it is to use. So i might have 1 or 2 extra.
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Count me in. I'm really searching for one. So hit me up with a pm.

I find it interesting that Amazon still has the price listed close to full boat.

Hey,
I get dibs this is my thread jerks!
=p
Spauldingd please pm me if you get it.
Thanks

I haven't had either order cancelled yet, but I also haven't received any yet either. Will update you if/when I get them.

I just ordered one from directdial.com it says 39 available but I am unsure if that's true.

If you click the page for real time availability it will show 0 so i dunno bro

Best Buy in Dartmouth MA got a 20+ shipment each of 16gb and 32gb last night. I picked up another 32gb for myself and gave my 16gb to my daughter. I was the only one in the store buying one. Maybe they have some left.
27 Faunce Corner Road
Dartmouth, MA 02747
(508) 984-0002

Bad news. My Amazon.com order with onsale.com got canceled along with about 90,000 others. I've heard I should get the 2 I ordered from HP SMB so that is good. onsale.com is taking a beating on their facebook page.
dave in Des Moines

Thanks gang I just had my order cancelled through best buy for my 2 32 GB.
DAMN!

I am confused...

Seriously, what the hell is going on with this tablet and it's release date?
I check these forums every day for months, and I just had to make an account to ask this. I see everyone ordering from overseas, the release date was supposed to be July 14th in USA, well what gives? It's July 25th and there is NO WORD ANYWHERE.
I am getting pretty frustrated so if anyone can give me a reason why there is no date set yet, or why Asus is being so god dam secretive about it like it is the most important thing in the world ever. Also concealing a release date offers no benefit to Asus. This is dumb as ****... /endrant
Anyone have any info yet?

A quick search of the forums will show many North American stores have been selling it since ~16th of July. You can order it online through many of the American retailers (B&H, Tiger Direct, Amazon, Best Buy).

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Seriously, what the hell is going on with this tablet and it's release date?
I check these forums every day for months, and I just had to make an account to ask this. I see everyone ordering from overseas, the release date was supposed to be July 14th in USA, well what gives? It's July 25th and there is NO WORD ANYWHERE.
I am getting pretty frustrated so if anyone can give me a reason why there is no date set yet, or why Asus is being so god dam secretive about it like it is the most important thing in the world ever. Also concealing a release date offers no benefit to Asus. This is dumb as ****... /endrant
Anyone have any info yet?
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I've had my TF700 & dock since last Thursday! I ordered it on Monday from Office Depot (online).... I guess you just weren't looking hard enough!
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Hey, I live in the US and I've had my Infinity for a week now. Got it from a domestic vendor too (newegg, specifically). It's out, trust me, just really in high demand and hard to find. I was lucky enough to place an order when Newegg just got a shipment in, and it was sold out within an hour.

continued ptedsel
Distribution of this tablet is trully wired. At the begining of June, I read that tablet will be aviable in England in late August.
I was very suprised, when I saw Infinity in shop in Poland. I did buy 64GB version with dock on 29 June without any problems.

Keep in mind we are a international community here at XDA. Mani are purchasing from outside the states sources because they are also out side of the states. You'll still have a little trouble getting your hands on one in store, but I ordered mine from amazon two days ago and it will be at my door today when I get home from work (I hope).

You can use the website http://www.nowinstock.net to see availability of the device in the US. Great resource for finding some of the hottest tech products.
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Hey, thanks for the quick responses everyone. I have been avoiding ordering this online as I have had many problems in the past ordering devices online. Looks like I have no choice then...
Amazon has always been decent to me, I would try them except it says it would ship within 2 months....More waiting yay!

roncoallstar said:
Hey, thanks for the quick responses everyone. I have been avoiding ordering this online as I have had many problems in the past ordering devices online. Looks like I have no choice then...
Amazon has always been decent to me, I would try them except it says it would ship within 2 months....More waiting yay!
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http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-TF700T-B...&ie=UTF8&qid=1343239041&sr=1-1&keywords=tf700

Can't be to hard to find. I ordered and got mine from best buy last week and decided I want one more so I called best buy here in Idaho yesterday. They said they would have 95 units in store this Thursday. If you look at LA California BB stores they all have been in stock since last Thursday.

Yes I see Amazon has the 32 gig in stock, but I wanted the 64 gig...
If anyone finds any 64 gig infinity in stock anywhere in America, I'd really appreciate you posting it here , thanks. As far as I can see, there are no 64 gb units anywhere in US.

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-TF700T-C...43255117&sr=8-2&keywords=transformer+infinity
$20 more than MSRP, but the C1 is the 64GB flavor.

I actually just ordered both the 64 gig grey pad and the dock for $750 total from Newegg. Both should be here Friday.
Get em while you can people!

so, it is available and can be bought
No need for this thread then