I (A)M

touchpad fiasco

everyone on the interwebz went nuts for the HP touchpad! why? BECAUSE IT WAS $99! (for the 16gb) and $149 (for the 32 gb).

my local futureshop and best buy had it the earliest but im not that savvy of a shopper even though i saw the engadget article minutes after it came out, by the time i got to the stores obv they were sold out. i wasn’t that miffed about it because i can never get good deals.

The next day i found out that ONSALE (via Amazon, reseller) were carrying them at discounted prices! So, even with my 10 minute hesitation, i was able to snatch up one for a really amazing $99.

Ive never had problems with Amazon and everyone knows this because i order a lot of stuff there. Whether books, electronics, or hair product. But i’ve had pretty good serviced with amazon. And pretty much everyone from my house orders books there.

And they kept rubbing that damned kindle in my face every time i logged in. I was pretty close to buying one, but now I don’t feel like it…

anyways, so my order got cancelled 4 days after the fact even though it was in “shipping soon” stage the whole time.

I wasn’t that upset because these things do happen, if the orders rush the server it might oversell but honestly i don’t think that was the issue.

Here comes the crowd mentality. i was pretty surprised to see my order wiped from my history, completely. i did not get a cancellation email simply because amazon emails my dad (he pays for everything ha!) and i still dont know if he got an official email or not. but i informed him and asked him to keep a check on his credit card.

anyways, so i went over to the tablet pages and since the thousands of people that weren’t able to get one were really pissed and started leaving negative reviews about the tablet on their amazon page. The numbers were apparently that they had an inventory of 10000 but oversold to 100000 people. So 90k people were out of a tablet! that’s not just a minor computer error. The thing was live for 2 hours after i ordered so…

the thing that was really making everyone mad was because they shipped tablets to people that order after, because due to computer error or not, so it wasn’t really first come first serve. they also do have supply left but are now shelling it out at a higher price, 3 x higher approximately. The price drop was initiated by HP so it wasn’t just a sale, it was a discontinuation of the product hence the low price.

I never got one, and the HP website said they were gonna have some but when i came back from work today it sold out as well, i just emailed them but i dont think it’ll be helpful. anyways…

if you thought that was TL: DR, then watch this Hitler’s Reaction to Onsale cancelling his touchpad order.

Crowd mentality really really played a big factor here. i wasn’t that mad but then i was because everyone was mad. But im not that type of person that can ever get DEALS! EVER! I always end up paying more, sometimes i get to buy things at lower prices but its rare that happens.

maybe HP will see this post and send me one! SEND ME ONE! i love webOS!

Also a word of warning to those that might encounter OnSale in the future. I never dealt with their customer service but apparently many people were hung up and simply disconnected. as long as my dad’s credit card wont be charge i won’t be heckling them about it. But the least of all I could do is make a rant on my blog.

now i only want it because i can’t get it!! damn this