Money-saving options for the HP TouchPad: Amazon, Costco and HP.com 38
If you're one of the many that wishes the HP TouchPad was just a bit cheaper before deciding to make a purchase, you'll want to check some online stores again to see the deals that they're offering. Amazon, Costco and HP.com are offering some savings on the tablet device, but you better jump on the deals quickly as the stock looks to be running a bit low.
At HP.com you'll be able to get a sweet instant $50 savings for ordering a TouchPad directly from the company; that's $449 for the 16GB model and $549 for the 32GB. Add on to that the $50 mail-in rebate, free next day shipping and 15% off all TouchPad accessories, and that deals gets a little bit sweeter.
Amazon looks like they're down to the last dozen or so TouchPad's in stock, and they're cutting the prices and shipping them out of their warehouse doors. You can get the 32GB version of the tablet for $529 (that's $70 off), but again you can send in the $50 early-adopter rebate to HP and bring that cost down to less than the 16GB model of the TouchPad at $479. That should be enough to make anyone consider buying it right now. You can also bundle some accessories with the device to save a bit more.
Lastly, Costco is cutting the price on their 32GB model of the TouchPad to be very low. Twitter user and PreCentral fan @sachapman tells us that he just got his TouchPad from Costco today for $479, plus getting that generic slip case for free to go with it. Unfortunately Costco's website no longer lists the TouchPad as an item for sale, but we aren't too sure why that is yet (we'll let you know if we get more details).
So there you have it, three options for getting a new HP TouchPad at more than $100 less than what most of us paid in this first month since the device was released. Keep in mind that both Amazon and Costco are showing signs that they are nearly out of stock (or completely out of stock), this is likely due to good sales of the device (since 400,000-450,000 tablets were to be shipped each month). Let's just hope those signs ring as true facts sooner - webOS could definitely use that to an advantage.
Source: HP.com, Amazon.com, Costco; Thanks, Everyone!
38 Comments
is this due to good sales and no stock or due to poor sales and trying to get rid of them?
Yep, when something is selling great, you cut prices on it to sell it even faster. Didn't they teach you that?
Kinda wondering if there was a 30-day forced carry/promote in place and it's winding up. Let's see how thing look first week of August. Or maybe they realized the first generation TP can't support future OTA's! Whatever it is, something is up. And when something is about to happen, it usually ends in tears for the devoted WebOS users.
My usually solid guess is both are getting a lot of returns. Screen cracks, not realizing how limited the app store is, buggy OS, etc. Other places have said they have around a 40% return rate on android tablets due to customers not really knowing what they're getting.
My guess is that they are trying to clear inventory for the next version.
Remember that Opal was original rumored to be in August and the same rumor was very close to correct with the July for this Topaz (10" Touchpad).
I think they are trying to clear the $499 and $599 for a Touchpad 2. In the meantime, they might as well seed the market with all the originals they can before announcing the better one. It will help sell more apps to have more devices out there.
I think it was Microsoft that sold the Xbox at a loss to compete with the Playstation.
I'm not going to complain, the price war is good for me as a consumer.
For the company that has about a dozen or two form factors of laptops out at any given time, it sounds odd that they'd try to lighten inventory on one tablet form factor in favor of a second with a different configuration.
Launching TouchPad Seven should be delayed until WebOS 3.0 has the functionality they promised on Feb 9. Putting Seven out in the market would keep them in direct competition with Digiorno, not Apple. And Digiorno makes half-baked products that people actually appreciate.
Those sales figures would be better than I expected, and if accurate, it's great news. It is very odd that Costco doesn't have it listed though? Maybe that too is good news?
It's in our Costco stores. Lots of time the website doesn't match up with the stores.
What sales figures are you referring to?
The fact that Amazon had 12 left in stock or whatever? They must have had small inventory to begin with because it's been outsold EVERY DAY since launch by Xoom, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Transformer, and iPad 2. Some days it's even been outsold by the Toshiba Thrive, Iconia Tab, and even the original Galaxy Tab 7 inch model.
I think it's due to shipping hardware equivalent to last year's iPad, but with a comparatively small software library. There are few reasons to choose a Touchpad over an iPad or an Android.
The original iPad had a dual core 1.2Ghz CPU and 1GB RAM? I had no idea!
I just called my local costco and the person I talked to said they are in fact selling the Touchpad for $579 with a $100 off special til Aug 4 and they only have 12 in stock. Isn't that how many amazon has left...
Another money saving option - don't get one...
BestBuy is in on the deals too:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+TouchPad+Tablet+with+32GB+Memory+-+Blac...
All accessories are in on it as well...
Newegg have it for 450 (16 gig) free shipping.
My wife works for Chase and she just showed me an employee discount of $300 on a $599 Touchpad. No sale.
I STILL can't see what a tablet can do for me. If it were a phone on the other hand...
Buy it and put it on Ebay. You'll collect $100 or so for your troubles.
If you're a member of HP's EPP program - a free option - the 32GB TouchPad is $507.99. Add in the $50 rebate for early adopters and its a great deal.
My interest is in direct proportion to the release of the Pre3 and it's release on Sprint. So...I may never get one. However, I would love to spend my money on both... if on Sprint.
Not $529 but $549 at amazon.
It is $529 for me. I think Amazon just doesn't like you.
There are many sellers that sell through the amazon.com site. The $529 price is from one of the other resellers, I see 'icydeals' as the seller for that price. The price that Amazon.com itself sells for is $549. Below the price, you may see a link for '26 new', click on that to see the list of all the sellers.
I believe if we want to use the "make it right" rebate from HP we have to buy it from the Amazon seller.
I ordered mine last week off Walmart.com I got the touchstone dock, portfolio case/stand and 32Gb Touchpad for a total of $693 ($559.56 touchpad, $29 case, $49 charging stand/dock and lastly $55.79 tax), plus free site-to-store delivery. Then I'll get my $50 rebate from HP for being a PrePlus owner too. I pick mine up this week and can't wait to play with it!
It's pretty pathetic, touchpad has been out less than a month and they are already dropping the prices. HP really F'd it up.
Maybe they are just aggressive because they have other products to sell every month. Products we've never heard of.
I saw somewhere on here that the development of future tablets has been sent to the HP Envy team.
I don't know, but I can't think of any other major tablet maker (asus, acer, samsung, apple, blackberry, motorola) dropping prices less than a month if you go by the soft launch or worst the hard launch which was 2 weeks ago
The drop in prices doesn't bother me at all even though I got it on the first day. Heck, I got the PS3 when it was $599. I am an early adopter of technology.
All I want is for them to move the units as quickly as possible so that potential developers will flock in to see that they can make a living off of webOS.
Thats what we are all here for. To see webOS succeed and the development of products at a rapid pace.
Nothing wrong in dropping prices to move more units. HP still makes a profit, we get cheaper goods. People complained initially that the price was too high, now others complain the price is dropping. Chill y'all
The problem is that it seems like they're discounting because of poor sales numbers. They should've started with a lower price to begin with.
Just got this on twitter from @hpacademy :
HP WebOS Touchpad showing off a limited time shiny new discount @hpacademy - How about $424 for a 16gig - $507 32gig http://t.co/hH13ZJo
Just ordered mine from HP today. 32GB, $477.99. Add the $50 Touch Inspiration and that will take it to $427.99. There is a thread showing how to do it.
I'm Ok with that.
Geesh. Everyone complained the price of the TouchPad was too high. Now many are complaining that it is a lower price. Can't win here at PreCentral.
Most of the people that are complaining are the early adopters, who paid 599 for the 32GB Touchpad or 499 for the 16GB Touchpad. Nice looking out for your early adopters, and Webos faithful HP. Now only if I already didn't mail off for that rebate I would return my Touchpad just to get the new price.
Connect to HP.com or BestBuy.com through Discovercard.com, and use your Discover Card to get an extra 5% cash back for even more savings.(That's $27.50 for the 32GB version)
Ha lol, if you bought it 2 weeks ago you are an early adopter, no wonder web OS has gone nowhere. No one is complaining about the price drop it's that the touchpad arrival has been a series of miscues: soft launch, hard launch, tablet arrives with bugs, negative reviews, OTA coming soon, price drop, etc.
Still too much for me.
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Tip from WebOS round-up: Use code "LOGICBUY30" at hp.com store. I got 32GB TP with case for $569. Ran numbers at Walmart.com and same deal was $574. Since I hate Walmart, and next day shipping is free, I went with HP. Be careful, though. It looks like you have to put the code in once when calculating the price, then again when you confirm check-out. I didn't, had to call customer service and they took caer of it. (BTW it was $27.50 off TP, $2.50 off case. Not sure how it would work if you did other accessories or not). Also, this does not get you the 15% off an accessory as the website says (only one discount per check out).