Already have a champagne gold, but here you go:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1614910
Also, store availability:
Currently in stock* in these stores:
Florida
- Orlando, FL Limited Stock
- Tampa, FL Limited Stock
Georgia
- Jefferson, GA In Stock
Check out the return conditions. Odd.
This Product Has Limited Exchange Privileges.
For support on this product, please contact Asus at (888) 678-3688. Defective exchanges for identical item within 14 days of purchase permitted on this product with prior manufacturer approval.
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Check out the return conditions. Odd.
This Product Has Limited Exchange Privileges.
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With all the issues, bad press, RMAs, etc. maybe it's been temporarily pulled by retailers to reassess their return policy for the Prime?
Is there any evidence that the [newer?] Champagne models perform better than the [older?] Grays?
Not many people have the Champagne Models. They are very hard to find it appears. So I dont know of very many impressions of it.
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Check out the return conditions. Odd.
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How is that weird? They are the same terms they have up for all tablets.
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Is there any evidence that the [newer?] Champagne models perform better than the [older?] Grays?
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Not many people have the Champagne Models. They are very hard to find it appears. So I dont know of very many impressions of it.
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I have the 32gb Champagne. I haven't done exhaustive tests. GPS is weaker than my Atrix, but it will lock outside. Wifi seems similar to my phone's. ICS and firmware updates seemed to help.
Local store availability numbers are not that accurate.
Just spoke to my corporate rep and he said online they are sold out. He said their quantity on hand is -3 right now. Just FYI.
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I have the 32gb Champagne. I haven't done exhaustive tests. GPS is weaker than my Atrix, but it will lock outside. Wifi seems similar to my phone's. ICS and firmware updates seemed to help.
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I too live in Texas, have an Atrix, and was lucky enough to find a Champagne 32gb. Hmmm...
For what its worth. I also have the Champagne 32GB version . GPS performs poorly (wont lock on indoors, does ok outside) but that seems consistent with what I've seen reported from people with the gray version. WIFI is adequate, not quite as good as my Galaxy Nexus but not bad either.
The only real issue I have is with the stock browser. It freezes quite often. However, I doubt this issue is related to the version I have. probably a software issue or app conflict.
Edit: I got mine end of December from amazon.
I would be careful ordering from them, I ordered one the last time they had some in stock and as soon as they charged my account it was magically on back order and to make matters worse they charged me twice for one TP.
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Champagne is being released on the 24th... That seems to be why they are so limited right now right? I just pre ordered my champagne from gamestop in hopes that since they arent released that they will be fixed for issues.
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Champagne is being released on the 24th... That seems to be why they are so limited right now right? I just pre ordered my champagne from gamestop in hopes that since they arent released that they will be fixed for issues.
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This isn't true, a local electronic retailer (which some people on XDA know of) ABT has had a stock of champagne in stock. I was at their store last week and played with it.
Ironically enough, ICS locked up and rebooted while browsing the web lol.
Had two champagne 32gb, both had problems. IMO, doesn't matter with what color you get.
cancelled my gray 32gb microcenter order for this as it hadn't shipped out yet. Got overnight shipping on this and i confirmed 2 minutes ago on the phone that it's shipping out tonight. I can post on here again tomorrow night after I get it if you guys want.
It's on preorder now but when I saw that I had to call to confirm. Hopefully I don't have any issues or double charges on my credit card as a result!
SUPER PSYCHED!
Scratch that juat cancelled the order at gamestop. Seems like they wanted me to fax my personal bank information to them to verify something....hmm not going for that not to sure what there plan was...instead i think i will wait to get it. Too many issues for the amount of money. Think that may be best anyone?
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I actually ordered earlier today and called to confirm that they do have it and will be shipping it today! The rep I spoke with talked about the nightmare that is the Prime and how this has been going on non-stop.
It just came back as In-Stock, so I would grab one if you haven't yet!
SON OF A *****!!!! I just want my 64 GB Amazon pre-order from 11/22!!!
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I have an order for the 64 GB Prime (Gray) at Amazon and have not received the cancellation notification yet.
However, just to be on the safe side, I also pre-ordered from J&R.
Well, just about 5 minutes ago, J&R called me and told me that the 64 GB (Gray) will not be shipped out until January 2012 due to Asus suspending the shipment.
How is it that I keep reading on here that Gamestop would have it available on December 19 ? Why is it that Asus suspend the Prime on some store and not on others? Strange.
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January 2012 due to Asus suspending the shipment
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This seems to be the same thing that happened to the Amazon preorders.
None of the "official" ASUS preorder sites took orders on the 64GB version... I'm wondering if I just shouldn't expect this until mid-January. No date in December for a 64GB version seem to be panning out...
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This seems to be the same thing that happened to the Amazon preorders.
None of the "official" ASUS preorder sites took orders on the 64GB version... I'm wondering if I just shouldn't expect this until mid-January. No date in December for a 64GB version seem to be panning out...
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Should probably edit the title to show 64GB, not 32GB.
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Well, just about 5 minutes ago, J&R called me and told me that the 64 GB (Gray) will not be shipped out until January 2012 due to Asus suspending the shipment.
How is it that I keep reading on here that Gamestop would have it available on December 19 ? Why is it that Asus suspend the Prime on some store and not on others? Strange.
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Given that Gamestop is listed as an official preorder destination on Asus' website, and J&R is not, I don't find this all that surprising. There is almost certainly an extra middleman distributor supplying stores like J&R, Adorama, and some of the other sites folks have found to order one, but Asus' commitment is to their official preorder outlets, and making sure they have enough stock to fulfill their preorders.
I haven't received a call from J&R yet, but I figure I will. When did you order yours Earthbrain?
This seems to be the trend. Newegg still seems to be on track, as is gamestop. ASUS is funneling the supply into a more focused retail base, and seems to staying true to their main channel partners.
Certainly no doubt at this point that there is a huge shortage of this thing...what concerns me is that there was such a huge initial preorder allocation, and it isn't that they are running out of preorder slots, it's that the stock just isn't appearing in the supply chain...which in the industry usually means a manufacturing issue.
That is of course unless ASUS just grossly underestimated the demand.
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I haven't received a call from J&R yet, but I figure I will. When did you order yours Earthbrain?
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I ordered mine from J&R on Friday, December 2.
If you ordered yours after me, then you may want to call J&R to verify.
I will still keep my Amazon order since I have not received the cancellation notification yet. I ordered mine from Amazon on November 22.
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I ordered mine from J&R on Friday, December 2.
If you ordered yours after me, then you may want to call J&R to verify.
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Crap. I ordered mine on Sunday, and I got the 32GB flavor which you would think would be in even shorter supply. I guess I'll call them today.
So weird that it seems like my Gamestop preorder is going to be the one that holds up at this point.
I placed my order a while ago and got the "backordered" email, but that was explained to me that they must send it if the unit isn't available or a special pre-order. I was told it's still on target for the 15th as they hadn't received new info.
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This seems to be the trend. Newegg still seems to be on track, as is gamestop. ASUS is funneling the supply into a more focused retail base, and seems to staying true to their main channel partners.
Certainly no doubt at this point that there is a huge shortage of this thing...what concerns me is that there was such a huge initial preorder allocation, and it isn't that they are running out of preorder slots, it's that the stock just isn't appearing in the supply chain...which in the industry usually means a manufacturing issue.
That is of course unless ASUS just grossly underestimated the demand.
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I'm not sure this forum and those placing pre-orders is a good indicator for demand. The technophiles here may only represent a tiny percentage of the population. I think we'll find out when they hit Amazon or Newegg if they remain in stock.
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I'm not sure this forum and those placing pre-orders is a good indicator for demand. The technophiles here may only represent a tiny percentage of the population. I think we'll find out when they hit Amazon or Newegg if they remain in stock.
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I'm skeptical of the huge demand as well. I live in a small twin city situation with about 200,000 people within 2 towns 20 miles apart. Between the two Gamestops in my area that sell tablets (there are 3 or 4 GS's per town) there have only been two preorders. Total. Me and one other guy. I will be interested to see the initial sales numbers on this device. I think overall, to the general public, Android tablets have a bad(cheap) name. At the GS in the town neighboring mine the manager said they are about to quit carrying tablets all together due to low demand.
Don't get me wrong though. I think this tablet should be creating some demand and likely will once more normal people see it. I have just not been convinced of it's huge preorder demand as of yet.
J&R cancelled by preorder tonight. I preordered yesterday...
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This seems to be the same thing that happened to the Amazon preorders.
None of the "official" ASUS preorder sites took orders on the 64GB version... I'm wondering if I just shouldn't expect this until mid-January. No date in December for a 64GB version seem to be panning out...
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Amazon was listed as a "offical" Asus pre-order site, when I ordered my 64GB grey Transformer Prime on 11/22.... current shipping date still says January 9th, as it has since I placed my order.
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.... current shipping date still says January 9th, as it has since I placed my order.
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Must be nice. Ha. I placed it on the same day and still don't have a shipping or release day. Just says, "after December 25". ::sigh::
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I placed my order a while ago and got the "backordered" email, but that was explained to me that they must send it if the unit isn't available or a special pre-order. I was told it's still on target for the 15th as they hadn't received new info.
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i got this email as well yesterday and i pre-ordered mine on the 29th; grey 32gb + dock...
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J&R cancelled by preorder tonight. I preordered yesterday...
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sorry to hear that, but for what it's worth, good to know that their pre-orders are not open indefinitely and they have some kind of limit...
i'm still worried about getting it "on time" with the first shipments since j&r is NOT listed as one of the official pre-order channels from asus...
i thought about calling them, but heck, the reps probably doesn't know jack... hopefully i will get some more information next week...
:keeping my fingers crossed:
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i got this email as well yesterday and i pre-ordered mine on the 29th; grey 32gb + dock...
sorry to hear that, but for what it's worth, good to know that their pre-orders are not open indefinitely and they have some kind of limit...
i'm still worried about getting it "on time" with the first shipments since j&r is NOT listed as one of the official pre-order channels from asus...
i thought about calling them, but heck, the reps probably doesn't know jack... hopefully i will get some more information next week...
:keeping my fingers crossed:
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They don't really seem to know and in fact got their colors wrong on initial pre-orders. Anyway, they claim they are a big retailer and that's true so they expect first availability. I think it is encouraging that they were told a date by Asus for their in stock date.
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When my order got canceled on amazon, same day as everyone and I ordered on the 22nd also, I came and order at JR that evening using google checkout. They still haven't called me saying they've canceled. Any chance I'm going to get a 32gb champagne gold? Should I call them and check the date? I don't have much faith in this order.
Yesterday, I put in a preorder at a gamestop location. They say that they are one of the location receiving the prime and I was the first one to preorder at that location. They said that they didn't have any in stock yesterday but expecting to arrive before 19th. I think they only have the 32gb grey. I'll settle for that if I have to. Would like to get what I wanted from JR to avoid tax also, but not getting a good feeling. I've got so many stuff canceled on me this holiday I'm getting pissed.
Any good news from anyone out there. You guys been told of the date that it will be available or something that's not canceled?
My guess is that the general public don't really know or care too much about this, it's not like an apple product or anything. Yet, I'm surprise that asus still fail to supply again.
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They don't really seem to know and in fact got their colors wrong on initial pre-orders. Anyway, they claim they are a big retailer and that's true so they expect first availability. I think it is encouraging that they were told a date by Asus for their in stock date.
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yes, they are in fact a big retailer, so i have some faith in them... i have never ordered anything from j&r before, but i hope they don't drop the ball and get a decent initial shipment...
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My guess is that the general public don't really know or care too much about this, it's not like an apple product or anything. Yet, I'm surprise that asus still fail to supply again.
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absolutely... as a matter of fact, no one knows about the TP outside the usual geek crowds... i mean, there are no advertisements for the damn thing, so what do you expect, right? haha... contrary to that fact, there are all these shortages and some whack shipment schedules... some sketchy sh!t, that's for sure...
Just to reiterate what others have said, I called J&R to verify my preorder today and was told that they wouldn't receive any units until sometime early next year. I originally pre-ordered on Sunday the 4th, but it sounds like they won't get any stock until the new year, no matter when you got your order in.
I had two separate preorders for tablet & dock, and cancelled them both.
Help me Gamestop, you're my only hope!
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Just to reiterate what others have said, I called J&R to verify my preorder today and was told that they wouldn't receive any units until sometime early next year. I originally pre-ordered on Sunday the 4th, but it sounds like they won't get any stock until the new year, no matter when you got your order in.
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I just got off the phone with J&R, and she told me they expect a shipment around December 15th. I ordered a 32GB Grey on Friday the 2nd.
I wonder if the person I spoke with is misinformed? Or perhaps my order will be fulfilled by an earlier shipment than yours would have been? Now I'm a little worried, haha...
Contemplating driving down to GameStop...
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I just got off the phone with J&R, and she told me they expect a shipment around December 15th. I ordered on Friday the 2nd.
I wonder if the person I spoke with is misinformed? Or perhaps my order will be fulfilled by an earlier shipment than yours would have been? Now I'm a little worried, haha...
Contemplating driving down to GameStop...
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If it's important to you, I would hedge my bets and get in the car. The guy I spoke with made it sound as if the Primes in general wouldn't show up until the new year, not that my Prime wouldn't show up until then.
Can't hurt to hang on to your preorder, but I don't think you should count on it at this point.
News of Wifi problem delays is spreading like wildfire. However, it seems that all of the reports are based on reports by users who rec'd an email from a Canadian vendor. While it may be true...I'd like to know why we've heard nothing from Newegg, Bestbuy, or Gamestop ?
As major Asus vendors, one would hope that they are in possession of up-to-date reports from Asus. If these vendors are aware of the situation, and sitting on the bad news, is it for nefarious reasons ? (i.e. to deter us from canceling our orders and spending our money elsewhere ?). I'd like to think that they've been promised an adequate supply of "repaired" units to fill the pre-orders.
If there has been a worldwide delay, what about Taiwanese sales ? Has anyone heard anything from Taipei ?
The "official news from NCIX" broke today but who knows how long they been sitting on it.
I think its quite likely to be true. A lot of users have reported receiving emails from NCIX and Amazon. Who knows why other vendors haven't released the news. That is none of my concern. I only care when the Prime can be in my hands.
I emailed newegg about my preorder and got a response that more or less said that ASUS delayed their shipment and would not be getting them when expected. Now they are scheduled to get them on December 27,but if they get them earlier they will ship them out asap.
I think all this delay talk only affecting countries outside of u.s. Some GameStop stores already have them in stock but can't release them yet till the 19th. I guess it's the waiting game to see how this plays out. I'll call my GameStop this afternoon to make sure the 19th date is still on target.
My guess is that only some batches were affected by the delays. We all know that Anandtech and CNET got faulty wifi tablets but most other reviewers did not, although they were probably all sent at the same time, so only some of the production lines were affected and most others didn't. They would have probably tracked that tablets and got them back from the suppliers. The rest will probably be sent on time. Most probable reasons of just some sellers cancelling or delaying the pre-orders is that the batch were distributed (or planned) just among them. It's still a worldwide issue (as NCIX has stated), but not for every single retailer.
I ordered on Amazon.de on 1st december and says "after 24 Dec" (64Gb gray) since.
Best buy canada still shows the release date as december 20
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My guess is that only some batches were affected by the delays. We all know that Anandtech and CNET got faulty wifi tablets but most other reviewers did not, although they were probably all sent at the same time, so only some of the production lines were affected and most others didn't. They would have probably tracked that tablets and got them back from the suppliers. The rest will probably be sent on time. Most probable reasons of just some sellers cancelling or delaying the pre-orders is that the batch were distributed (or planned) just among them. It's still a worldwide issue (as NCIX has stated), but not for every single retailer.
I ordered on Amazon.de on 1st december and says "after 24 Dec" (64Gb gray) since.
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I agree with this. I think they probably got some bad batches out there.
My Best Buy still says 12/18.
And so far I have not found an official announcement from Asus.
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I agree with this. I think they probably got some bad batches out there.
My Best Buy still says 12/8.
And so far I have not found an official announcement from Asus.
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Yeah my BB order says 12/15.
12/8 and 12/15?!
mine says (and always has) 12/18.
i put zero stock in what bb has to say, however.
Is this the news people are talking about?
http://phandroid.com/2011/12/09/asu...layed-until-next-year-because-of-wifi-issues/
yes it is, but there are like 10 sites referencing to this one site about the so called delay. IMO, they are making a bigger deal about something that isn't truly confirmed that it's a worldwide delay.
Did you mean 12/18...rather than 12/8 ?
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I don't get it because gamestop (& I called four of them)..says the prime will be there on the nineteenth. Plus in the comment section a guy states he bout three of them from bestbuy & has been charged..& the will have them around the same time so what gives?!!
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I don't get it because gamestop (& I called four of them)..says the prime will be there on the nineteenth. Plus in the comment section a guy states he bout three of them from bestbuy & has been charged..& the will have them around the same time so what gives?!!
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you get charged ("hold") every 8 days. i've been charged twice now. monday should be the 3rd time. best buy says something different everytime i call, the last being i should just cancel the order b/c it's canceled in the system.
sigh there is already a post in this very same forum with that same letter. It is from NCIX and not directly from Asus, so it is based on what NCIX says Asus has told them. We've already touched on this subject in numerous of the threads in this forum. Asus has yet to reach out to anyone and make an official comment. Although I will say thankfully now that different sites will misquote this, it should get Asus' attention come monday.
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sigh there is already a post in this very same forum with that same letter. It is from NCIX and not directly from Asus, so it is based on what NCIX says Asus has told them. We've already touched on this subject in numerous of the threads in this forum. Asus has yet to reach out to anyone and make an official comment. Although I will say thankfully now that different sites will misquote this, it should get Asus' attention come monday.
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Newegg has said something but only if you call and ask they said "we just got an email from our department head saying that he got an email from asus saying they where having issues shipping the product to some retailers... " take it how you want it..
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I just called my gamestop. They said still on target for the 19th.
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I just called my gamestop. They said still on target for the 19th.
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Ughh it seems like everyone is the 19th! Except newegg... Hopefully that will change
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Just bought one with 3 day free shipping. They said they have 130 instock!
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When is it scheduled to be shipped?
verified and there are now 2 threads for this btw
Arrival date of 12/30/11
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Its not listed as the prime. Is that a typo?
Edit: scratch that. Just saw the tf201
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Its not listed as the prime. Is that a typo?
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It's listed as the ASUS® Eee Pad Transformer TF201 Tablet, 32GB Item # 906853, which IS the Prime.
At other times, when it was OOS, the Office Depot site kept suggesting the TF101 and kept trying to put it into your cart as a substitute. So stay alert during checkout.
Good to go. Just ordered mine. Free shipping for delivery on he 30th.
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I actually have a pre-order with them from 12/22 which had estimated delivery for 12/27. I have yet to receive it.
I e-mailed them and the response I got today was:
This is in reference to when you will receive order ********. According to our replenishment department , this item should be in stock at the distribution center by the end of this week . We should be able to ship by next week. I do apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your business.
What about the keyboard dock?
I just ordered from Office Depot. Rep promised me it would be delivered Jan 6th.
I figure I will get a second Prime (i already have one) to see if it has any defects (hopefully not). And plan to sell whichever one has the worst defects.
(current one has dust under screen, screen bleed and broken wifi, laggy performance but it may just be a software problem.)
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I just ordered from Office Depot. Rep promised me it would be delivered Jan 6th.
I figure I will get a second Prime (i already have one) to see if it has any defects (hopefully not). And plan to sell whichever one has the worst defects.
(current one has dust under screen, screen bleed and broken wifi, laggy performance but it may just be a software problem.)
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Where are you located at? I just ordered mine and it says delivery is 12/30, I am in San Jose, CA.
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Where are you located at? I just ordered mine and it says delivery is 12/30, I am in San Jose, CA.
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Located in east coast. Thats why mine is going to take a week longer to ship to my nearest warehouse.
I called and asked for overnight shipping, and I'll pay for it, but was told that its unavailable for it. WTF! Only the 3 day shipping option is available
Hmm. So I ordered one of these just now, but now I feel like cancelling.
I keep reading about all these different issues with the device that I somehow think that if I wait for my Amazon pre-order to ship, that next batch from them will be less prone to have those issues, plus I'll get the gold color, which I think looks a bit cooler.
Is it likely that when Amazon gets more in stock that they will be updated and in better shape than these first batches, or am I just as likely to get one with issues?
Also, Amazon estimates february 1st as the shipping date, is it likely this will quickly change to sooner in early January, so I wouldn't be waiting much longer?
Should I not cancel?
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Hmm. So I ordered one of these just now, but now I feel like cancelling.
I keep reading about all these different issues with the device that I somehow think that if I wait for my Amazon pre-order to ship, that next batch from them will be less prone to have those issues, plus I'll get the gold color, which I think looks a bit cooler.
Is it likely that when Amazon gets more in stock that they will be updated and in better shape than these first batches, or am I just as likely to get one with issues?
Also, Amazon estimates february 1st as the shipping date, is it likely this will quickly change to sooner in early January, so I wouldn't be waiting much longer?
Should I not cancel?
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That is a hard decision to make. I had one on pro-order from GS that is supposed to be delivered on 01/11 which is only about 11 days differentce from the one I should be getting this Friday, so chances are they are from the same lot and my chances of getting a lemo are probably 50/50 from either shipment.
But I think you might have a more valid point, if they are fixing the issues the are coming up, the later you order/get it, the better your chances of getting a unit with little to no issues.
Let me ask you something, when you are thinking about "sticking" a woman, do you go to the forums and ask them if you should. Decision is entirely yours. Never let someone's opinion influence what you buy. You would be angry if it doesn't work for you and even angrier for listening to someone when you knew better. Just know that there is a manufacturer's warranty and if you can live with the wait for repairs, then that's a start.
I own a Transformer Prime, do you?
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Hmm. So I ordered one of these just now, but now I feel like cancelling.
I keep reading about all these different issues with the device that I somehow think that if I wait for my Amazon pre-order to ship, that next batch from them will be less prone to have those issues, plus I'll get the gold color, which I think looks a bit cooler.
Is it likely that when Amazon gets more in stock that they will be updated and in better shape than these first batches, or am I just as likely to get one with issues?
Also, Amazon estimates february 1st as the shipping date, is it likely this will quickly change to sooner in early January, so I wouldn't be waiting much longer?
Should I not cancel?
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Well, the first batch of TF101 tablets had really bad screen bleed and build quality... I just bought one (TF101) last month and it was just as bad, horrible screen bleed and backing loose and falling off (and last month i ordered two and both had these same defects that the very first batch had).
One was from bestbuy and the other was from amazon. Asus isnt too good at working out the defects, so I would say yes no matter when you get your prime, it will have some sort of defect.
Just have to hope for a minor defect, or one that you could live with.
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Let me ask you something, when you are thinking about "sticking" a woman, do you go to the forums and ask them if you should. Decision is entirely yours. Never let someone's opinion influence what you buy. You would be angry if it doesn't work for you and even angrier for listening to someone when you knew better. Just know that there is a manufacturer's warranty and if you can live with the wait for repairs, then that's a start.
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True.
My main question was whether people knew if ASUS would be actively fixing these issues for their later batches, so I should have just asked that. My other questions were just thought streams that I didn't analyze before typing.
Ordered mine on 12/28, did a live chat today and this is what i was told
Irving: Thank you for your patience. I checked you order, it will most likely ship on January 3, 2012.
Michael: will that be overnight shipping?
Irving: It would be regular shipping, the estimate delivery date of your order is Thursday, January 5, 2012 between 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM.
Where do u live?
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My Amazon "Pre Order" for the 64 gig version says releasing at the end of January early February. I have had this thing on pre-order since December and I am kind of getting tired of waiting.
Is there an actual brick and mortar store I can drive to that has this thing in stock anywhere? I don't care if its 32 or 64.
heres the link from bitly. im a new user so i cant put in an actual outside link but this is what comes after the '/' z5xLve
its a link to the bby website, you should be able to have it by next week!
I was waiting for the same thing, but I don't think it will happen soon. Not when companies are selling out online in under an hour (sometimes minutes). Sorry.
I finally heard about NowInStock.net and signed up to receive email alerts (I chose only stores that had brick&mortar in my city). It only took 2-3 days for something to be made available.
Also, remember that the longer you wait the fewer the hardware defects should be (except GPS of coarse ) so thats a happy thought. Good luck dude.
SquareBare said:
My Amazon "Pre Order" for the 64 gig version says releasing at the end of January early February. I have had this thing on pre-order since December and I am kind of getting tired of waiting.
Is there an actual brick and mortar store I can drive to that has this thing in stock anywhere? I don't care if its 32 or 64.
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Yes there are local stores selling these. I bought mine from a Fry's retail location in Atlanta (Alpharetta).
forceOnature said:
Yes there are local stores selling these. I bought mine from a Fry's retail location in Atlanta (Alpharetta).
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Did they also have docks in stock?
Ordered mine two days ago and it will be here today or monday
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Did they also have docks in stock?
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They didn't have docks when I was there a couple of days ago.
There is a thread about how to special order a Grey dock by walking into Best Buy. You should be able to get a dock within a few days. I did it and it worked like a charm.
SquareBare said:
My Amazon "Pre Order" for the 64 gig version says releasing at the end of January early February. I have had this thing on pre-order since December and I am kind of getting tired of waiting.
Is there an actual brick and mortar store I can drive to that has this thing in stock anywhere? I don't care if its 32 or 64.
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Check Best Buy.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+...d=4038674&st=asus transformer prime&cp=1&lp=3
You can check store availability for the Gray Model now.
Still not in stores, but, going into a solid day 2 of availability on Best Buy's website tells me the initial onslaught has slowed to a crawl and they should start to flow from the other sources (Amazon. Abe's, etc.) and perhaps start to show up in brick and mortars.
Before this I had not seen it available for more than a few hours at a time. Also, you can now go through the "proper" searches on their web site to find it "in stock" (i.e. computers>tablets>price>bingo!) where before you had to search specifically for it (almost "back channel" it).
Can't help but wonder if the known issues arising has slowed demand to this point or if this has occurred naturally.
BTW, mine is scheduled for delivery today by EOD. Yay!
You can check Google Product Search and Milo.com as well. Prime has been showing up in few local Best Buy stores as IN STOCK.
I ordered mine from OD on Wednesday and I tracked it. it's scheduled to be here on Monday. I called and ordered it. Also I called and they said they didn't have it. Then I called back to see when they'd have it and they had it. Then I called back with my payment information and they said they were out. Then I called back to see if I backordered it if the coupon would apply and they had it and now according to UPS it'll be here Monday. So perhaps it depends on the person you get. Oh yea the automated thingie said they were OOS as well but when it sent me to the CSR they had it. weird.
I really wanted a 64GB model but don't wanna wait, and 32GBmicrosd cards are cheap enough to make me order. best buy site says it can't be picked up but shipped to me. Should I just hold out for the 64GB model?
That's the real question, when are the 64GB models gonna start showing up I'm stores, not too picky on colors
When bestbuy says ships in 3-5 days, is that TRUE?
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Best Buy should have the Grey 32 model still in stock, ordered one a week ago got it a few days ago. Unfortunately I had a dead pixel right in the middle of the screen so I had to exchange for a new one. I just called today and they are already sending me a new one so BB should have plenty in stock. Besides in a week everyone will start to have them in stock.
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Still not in stores, but, going into a solid day 2 of availability on Best Buy's website tells me the initial onslaught has slowed to a crawl and they should start to flow from the other sources (Amazon. Abe's, etc.) and perhaps start to show up in brick and mortars.
Before this I had not seen it available for more than a few hours at a time. Also, you can now go through the "proper" searches on their web site to find it "in stock" (i.e. computers>tablets>price>bingo!) where before you had to search specifically for it (almost "back channel" it).
Can't help but wonder if the known issues arising has slowed demand to this point or if this has occurred naturally.
BTW, mine is scheduled for delivery today by EOD. Yay!
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you know bestbuy's online inventory system is a joke right?
thats what im worried about, it says it ships from warehouse in a day but i dont want to end up waiting a month for this
Can't help but wonder if the known issues arising has slowed demand to this point or if this has occurred naturally.
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Well the issues are pretty minor to me. I don't quite care that the bootloader is locked. Asus is very sparing with the customization. Also I won't be using the tablet for GPS, since the only really useful GPS requires a 3G signal and my Galaxy Nexus handles that just fine.
This tablet is still top dog in my book and I am done waiting for others.
BTW, mine is scheduled for delivery today by EOD. Yay!
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Congrats!
Prime out of stock in Canada "for good" ? Updt: Now available in some stores
Not meaning to spread rumors or anything but felt like I'd share what I was told this morning by various big store employees.
My Prime is defective in many ways (including dead HDMI and wonky WIfi) so I had the choice to either get a replacement unit or get a refund. Since Asus said they were out of stock themselves back a few weeks ago I decided to simply ask a refund and purchase another PRime locally... that should have been simple enough.
Unfortunately, none of the large stores (Bestbuy, Futureshop and Staples) have Primes in stock, either online or instore. All out. Futureshop and Staples both confirmed they never had a single unit instore besides returned defective units. Best Buy didn't know if they ever did have a few but confirmed that he had no ETA on future allocation.
In other words, 3 months post launch, the 3 major canadian retailers don't have Primes and don't have any ETA. Moreover, the staff I talked to at Futureshop indicated that he doubted they'd ever get any more stock because of the numerous returns they had. In fact someone returned one at that very location for the same reason I am exchanging/refunding mine (dead HDMI and.. defective Wifi!).
Obviously the staff in those store often misinform people due to lack of knowledge but I did find it surprising that all 3 were on the same page.
Have you guys experienced anything similar? I'm now asking for a replacement unit since ASus does seem to have some instock.. after all, I don't want another tablet, I want a working Prime..
I had a heck of a time finding one in Winnipeg. Luckily the Best Buy here got like 5 in stock that morning. It has been fine (haven't tried the HDMI port yet) and so I haven't had any issues with it. Looking now none of the Future Shops here have any and you can't even check at Best Buy anymore. The Staples that I have been to looking for accessories have never had any actual Primes in stock ever. Looks like they may have given up on it. =(
The OP has a good point. I looked at Canada Computers, TigerDirect, BreastBuy, Future Shop, NCIX and Staples. It appears there are very limited quantities in Canada and especially southern Ontario. We're talking about 24 or less. Some places had nothing at all and others had less than 10. I agree, what's up with that? There is no proof that they're gone "for good" other than speculation though.
Ncix has the 64gb $599 version in stock. Also checking staples online store says available for next business day delivery
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It sucks for people that don't have one. I didn't have much of a problem finding the tablet but dock was a real pain.
I'm lucky I guess. I have a perfect Prime, can't find one flaw and a nice English-only dock.
Are you talking about canada or Canada? Ncix has in stock, futureshop says in stock in store and 64gb online. I personally got 2 in store from futureshop in january. Memory express has 64gb in stock limited quantities. Are you from the future maybe? Or the past? Can i have your autograph?
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The OP has a good point. I looked at Canada Computers, TigerDirect, BreastBuy, Future Shop, NCIX and Staples. It appears there are very limited quantities in Canada and especially southern Ontario. We're talking about 24 or less. Some places had nothing at all and others had less than 10. I agree, what's up with that? There is no proof that they're gone "for good" other than speculation though.
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Where is this BreastBuy, I would like to browse their selection?
Looking at the US right it's not much better. Can't find it anywhere, and none of my local Best Buy stores ever had any in stock.
Either Asus is getting ready to release a fixed version, or more likely, Prime will fade into history with 700.
Major win for Breastbuy
Besides that, I am talking about the CURRENT situation, not that you found one in January, December or June 2016, I mean right now.
As for Staples if you click on any link you will get an OOS notice altough it does still say "Shipping next day".. Staples is just that great yeah..
FS does say "Available in store but when I browse through the 60 closest stores (which is like 3 provinces around) none have any instock so yeah, that is equal to 0 for me. BB is the exact same.
NCIX doesn't have the 32gb in either color and does have extremely low stock of the 64gb.
It's not available at Tigerdirect either. So.. what's left in terms of larger retailers?
Think about any popular product launch and find one where the product wasn't readily available off the shelf 3 months post launch? Scarce allocation is either because there is too much demand or simply not enough offered. I doubt the demand is that insanely high at this point considering it's very much a "geek" device and not a mass hysteria popular product a la fruit company and most geek happly got theirs (I did).
So all I was saying is that I was told by 3 major outlets that they didn't expect any stock for a rather popular product that has been out for 3 months... I think it's odd that's all.
I just got my Prime today, was really hard to find.
It's sold out on all Media Markts in Germany, Conrad didnt have any (they sold the lasts ones yesterday, I saw them)
And today I found mine on Saturn, not many left there either, and they said they did not know when where they coming back to stock.
You had me at breastbuy....
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I got my grey 32gb from ncix this week. They have been getting stock but its gone just like that and the back order list grows again.
astralmind said:
Major win for Breastbuy
Besides that, I am talking about the CURRENT situation, not that you found one in January, December or June 2016, I mean right now.
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Give your head a shake. I don't care what you think I was simply stating I bought 2 in store, yes in store as in i walked into a store, a brick and morter store with walls and such on 2 separate occasions and bought a prime with real money from a real cash register with a real person and then walked out of real doors. TWICE! So don't be spreading false information.
Play nice kids….
Ya im in the same boat. Been looking locally and everyones out of stock…kinda weird.
I had no luck finding any Primes in stores.
Last month I had my hands on at least 4 Primes and they all were defective, either in the camera lens or the screen - 2 from Future Shop and 2 from Staples.
I really need to get a Prime.. my keyboard dock is sitting in its box
*hopefully Asus is going to start distributing fixed Primes
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I had no luck finding any Primes in stores.
Last month I had my hands on at least 4 Primes and they all were defective, either in the camera lens or the screen - 2 from Future Shop and 2 from Staples.
I really need to get a Prime.. my keyboard dock is sitting in its box
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I want to buy a bilingual keyboard.....where can i find it....so sad....why so hard to find....
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I want to buy a bilingual keyboard.....where can i find it....so sad....why so hard to find....
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They seem to be everywhere i cant find the English one.
Check:
Staples
Visions
Best buy
Futureshop
Canada computers
Ncix
I've been trying to get my hands on a 32gb model for two weeks and I'm getting similar results. I'm in BC. I noticed that future shop and best buy have 64gb models online for order. The only in store unit I have ever seen was a best buy display model.
I spoke with a future shop employee who said that they have never had any units in store since release and they don't expect any units anytime soon.
The keyboard dock is also quite hard to find sold out in most locations.
This is definitely odd. Can't say I can remember the last time you couldn't find a reasonably popular product in stores 3 months after launch.
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Try nowinstock.net
I was having a hard time finding one. Nowinstock tracked it and took me 1 day .
Had ita week now.. ics update the first day and only possibleissue I've had is sound isnt veryloud watchingmovies
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Automator4 said:
I spoke with a future shop employee who said that they have never had any units in store since release and they don't expect any units anytime soon.
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Im not sure why they are lying I got both my primes at futureshop and they had them on at least 3 different times.