HP Touch Pad Still Popular ... With HP Employees
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Earl The Squirrel joins the army of Slashdot submitters, with a story that dampens my hopes to get one of the last (cheap) HP Touch Pads. He writes: "Today HP made available to their employees (via their EPP store) one last batch of HP Touch Pads. The response has been so overwhelming that if you go to the HP store right now, you'll get the 'Please try again later' page. HP employees have 'slashdotted' their own store."
Re:I'M STILL WAITING ON MINE!! (Score:5, Informative)
"ou could have dropped it to $199 and sold all your inventory, made twice as much money and not piss off customers. " based on what? WTF do you base 199 would sell out? hmm? fucking nothing, that's what. Idiot.
When I look at their sales, their sales channel, I can see exactly why they chose 99 dollars. No other 99 dollar table sells that fast, and 199 tables are even worse. But no, you don't look at the industry, and your hubris doesn't let you think "hmmm, I wonder why they chose 99 dollars?" no, you just go to 'stupid'.
Are you kidding? There is no other tablet even close to the Touchpad's specs for under $200. Dual core 1.2ghz, 9.7" multi-touch capacitive screen, 16gb, webcam, 802.11a/b/g/n, bluetooth. [wikipedia.org] Closest thing with those specs is a $500 iPad 2. [walmart.com]
They're still selling for over $200 on Ebay now [ebay.com] even though everyone knows people bought them for $99
$99 was so low that HP is being sued by stockholders for misleading them. [reuters.com]
ah you're AC! dammit i shouldn't even respond to you trolls