Tried sorting through the retail availability thread, unfortunately that thing is just out of control with posts and I cannot seem to find any info. Has anyone confirmed any retail stores stocking the keyboard docking station or when they may receive them? Or for that matter any websites currently offering it? I know amazon had it posted up, but they went so fast I did not have a chance. I appreciate any information anyone has.
I've dug through most that thread and the rumors lean towards amazon getting some by June. But no idea on how many or what'll be available after all the pre orders are processed. American TV has it on their website but its back ordered. Pre orders were showing ~1-2 week shipping but not sure if thats firm or not. Also some were saying Best Buy should have some in stores in the next 2-3 weeks, but again no one is 100% sure on anything.
Talked to asus product information, said retail stores should begin receiving docks and tablets next week by end of week. Let's hope this is true.
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Talked to Best Buy computers manager this morning, he told me that they are expecting tablet and dock to be available Sunday May 15th to coincide with ad week. He is very knowledgeable guy so hopefully he is right, can't wait to get this keyboard!
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The best thing I would do is use Amazon: http://amzn.to/j8E6yJ
and sign up for the alerts... Also, bookmark the page so you can come back to it quickly.
Woops sorry, posted in the wrong thread. Ignore.
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So I have pre-ordered my Flyer here state-side at Best Buy (seeing that I work at one)... And just checked the inventory system today and it appears that the tablet is showing an in-stock date of 5/22/11 or this upcoming Sunday!
So I hope that my store gets one, because I'm the only one that has pre-ordered
P.S. This would be the 16Gb WiFi only version of course!
And sorry if someone already posted this!
I hope they come in Friday!
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So I have pre-ordered my Flyer here state-side at Best Buy (seeing that I work at one)... And just checked the inventory system today and it appears that the tablet is showing an in-stock date of 5/22/11 or this upcoming Sunday!
So I hope that my store gets one, because I'm the only one that has pre-ordered
P.S. This would be the 16Gb WiFi only version of course!
And sorry if someone already posted this!
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Any update, or more information?
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So I have pre-ordered my Flyer here state-side at Best Buy (seeing that I work at one)... And just checked the inventory system today and it appears that the tablet is showing an in-stock date of 5/22/11 or this upcoming Sunday!
So I hope that my store gets one, because I'm the only one that has pre-ordered
P.S. This would be the 16Gb WiFi only version of course!
And sorry if someone already posted this!
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Update please!
Sorry
I haven't been back to work since posting, I return on Friday, however I will have a friend check the SKU for me if he works tomorrow to see if any are on the Truck coming for the weekend!
Sweet, look forward to the update, glitz.
If they are on the truck I will see if I can pick on up on Sunday.
I was hoping the the pre-order folks would get them on or before the 22nd...
Wonder if it would be possible to convert my pre-order into an in store pickup if they are on the shelves Sunday.
The just officially announced availability on Sunday, May 22nd in Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores.
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The just officially announced availability on Sunday, May 22nd in Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores.
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I can't post links yet...
"Wi-Fi HTC Flyer Tablet Launches May 22 Exclusively at Best Buy
Best Buy today announced that the Wi-Fi only version of the HTC Flyer™ tablet launches on May 22. All Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile standalone stores, as well as BestBuy.com, will have the tablet exclusively at launch. The HTC Flyer is a fast, portable, light-weight tablet that integrates the immersive and highly intuitive HTC Sense™ experience and enables content including videos, music, games and more to be easily accessed and enjoyed. The addition of the HTC Flyer to our tablet lineup gives Best Buy further opportunity to help connect customers with the mobile technology that best meets their needs."
Is there any word on how much each Best Buy is getting?
I wouldn't mind jumping the border this weekend to get one if theres no shortage.
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So yeah as jwiskowski posted it is official 22nd is the launch date! So I have some rather interesting news, my store has 3 Flyers on order. However they are not listed as in-transit (meaning they will be on the next delivery truck). So it appears that they will probably be drop-shipped just how they did with the iPad 2. So basically that means the UPS delivery person will bring them with regular store deliveries, and being that UPS doesn't ship to us on Sunday... I think it'd be safe to say the stores will have them by Saturday, but clearly they can't sell them until Sunday!
F0l3ert the only way to check this would to be to call the nearest store to you state-side, give them the Flyer SKU (2390524) have them plug that into RSS (the inventory system) and see what they have on order. If they are nice they shouldn't have a problem doing that haha
Oh and the stores on order number is usually excluding their demo unit so that should be an accurate on-hand count (meaning ones they can sell).
Hope to see y'all soon with your Flyers!
Oh and here is a link to the Engadget article outlining the launch details - click here!
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F0l3ert the only way to check this would to be to call the nearest store to you state-side, give them the Flyer SKU (2390524) have them plug that into RSS (the inventory system) and see what they have on order. If they are nice they shouldn't have a problem doing that haha
Oh and the stores on order number is usually excluding their demo unit so that should be an accurate on-hand count (meaning ones they can sell).
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Thanks for the tip. I called a few stores around my area and they are all getting about 8 units each. They said it was going to be a free for all on Sunday.
I also called to check if I could change my online pre-order to a in-store pick-up, and they couldn't do it since it wasn't actually shown in-stock at the stores.
Might be an interesting Saturday night / Sunday morning to figure out how I can pick one up before my trip next week.
Can you provide the sku for the pen?
I visited two BB's today (Friday 20th)... both of them had physical possesion of their allotted Flyers... but alas, neither would sell one to me. Told me to wait until Sunday.
I tried.
Best Buy just called me!!!! I am picking up my Flyer today!!!
Flyer is for sale now. Street date of 22nd was lifted and stores were instructed to sell on arrival today. Go get em
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I just got mine. They apologized for not calling but apparently just unpacked them. I would say they had 40-50 at my store. (Orlando, Fl)
They had 10 pens out on a rack near tablet/phone accessories. No Flyer specific cases were present. Just generic one-size-fits-most zippered neoprene cases.
I will inbox and review ASAP.
I was at one 90 mins ago. They would not sell me one. Told me to come back on Sunday.
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Flyer is for sale now. Street date of 22nd was lifted and stores were instructed to sell on arrival today. Go get em
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Tell them to check their employee news...
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In the box:
No pen (as expected) and no case (should have known, since no pen) and not even any earbuds.
Just wall charger (with attached mini-USB cable) and a separate USB to mini-USB cable for syncing).
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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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Newegg says Eta of the 27th
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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.
xXxDieselxXx said:
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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I really looked EVERYWHERE, Bestbuy, Amazon, TigerDirect, Newegg. Does anybody know any other site in which the grey dock is in stock? I do not want to resort to ordering an overpriced $200 Grey Dock to fulfill that void in my soul
Just pre-order one from Best Buy. The shipping date is only like 1-2 weeks. Unless they aren't accepting any more orders.
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You just have to be patient and wait for these little windows of opportunity. If you just go ahead and place an order with Best Buy or Amazon, you WILL get a dock within a week or two. They only show up as "available" for a very short amount of time and then the stock is gone. I could have put a grey dock in my online cart at Best Buy a day ago and it would have "left warehouse in 3-5 days". Now it says 1-2 weeks. That is when they think they will get their next shipment.
What I'm trying to say is.....you might not find them IN STOCK at all. But they are getting them in. So if you place an order, it will get filled when they get it in stock again. Are you not able to add it to a cart?
Use this site to monitor the status.
http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/tablets/asus/accessories/
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NowInStock wasn't that reliable for me. Items that came in stock for only a few minutes didn't show up on the site nor did I get a notification. Refreshing the item page on the store's website 24/7 was more reliable
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Just pre-order one from Best Buy. The shipping date is only like 1-2 weeks. Unless they aren't accepting any more orders.
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I wouldn't say this is the case at all. I preordered a grey case in November and it still hasn't shipped.
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NowInStock wasn't that reliable for me. Items that came in stock for only a few minutes didn't show up on the site nor did I get a notification. Refreshing the item page on the store's website 24/7 was more reliable
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Lol for those who don't have enough time to do this. Nowinstock.net works great for those who don't I wish I had enough time to check all the time.
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There's a topic floating around here somewhere, you go into best buy, ask for an OMS order and give them the sku. Few days later pick it up. Thats what I did. I even surprised the best buy employee for knowing this and he was unaware of this ordering. Got the dock today and the bb employee even ordered a prime and one for himself as well.
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What is the sku # for the dock may i ask
I ordered online on Best Buy last friday (01-06-12), and is schedule to delivery tomorrow. I guess I'm lucky.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21000092
Go there. That's the original topic with sku and how to do it.
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If you are Indianapolis I got mine at Fry's last night
So the prime is released in the UK, and with the hoopla going on with online orders (can be seen in the other uk online orders thread), I thought it would be a good idea to setup a thread to shop bricks and mortar sales.
So where people got there prime, shop and location and if possible stock levels.
Please don't come on and say you got the display model last week as that isnt helping anyone.
what really isn't helping anyone is the creation of another uk thread.
there is a sticky stating no more pre-order type threads.
lets try and keep this place tidy
Sorry zoro but this isn't a pre order thread.... other thread is for online orders and this for people picking it up in a shop. If mods deem the thread inappropriate then fair enough.
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So anyone know of any shops in the uk that have any primes in stock, or is the launch day just a load of nonsense.
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I think most of the stock out there is going out to pre-orders at the moment - most of those also seem to be delayed.
Carphone Warehouse seem to be doing the best on those at the moment, some of their stores might be the best to check.
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what really isn't helping anyone is the creation of another uk thread.
there is a sticky stating no more pre-order type threads.
lets try and keep this place tidy
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bad form. this isn't a pre-order thread. this is dealing with specific stock in the uk. and considering how tidy the UK ordering has been in relation to how many US threads were started to have only 2 UK threads on stock levels is pretty disciplined, 1 for online, 1 for shops is perfectly fair IMHO.
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I think most of the stock out there is going out to pre-orders at the moment - most of those also seem to be delayed.
Carphone Warehouse seem to be doing the best on those at the moment, some of their stores might be the best to check.
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I rang CPW this morning after their screw up with my online order. I got them to check store stocks. No UK stores are showing stock in store today and she would not give me projected expectations when bricks and mortar stores will get them either.
good thread - subscribed.
Ok guys
anyone wanting to pick up a prime in west Yorkshire
comet at Wakefield have one in stock.
As I have just returned mine for a refund.
If you're quick grab it
No issues at all apart from the poor gps which you all know about as all primes pretty much have this issue.
I have been trying to return since delivery but had to wait til it was officially available
i.e today (12th)
Had to lie about switching it on but I did a factory reset so they couldn't tell, all the plastic film packaging is still on everything as I didn't want to jeopardise a refund if I changed my mind
I returned primarily as I don't like the screen size
I prefer the ipad 4:3 ratio
So go grab it if you want one.
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I spoke to a PCW/Currys person this morning and they said that the megastores in Bristol (Cribbs Causeway), Bath, Swindon and Weston Super Mare had one each... Don't know if it's true, but that's what she said. Another poster on the pre-order thread said yesterday that there were none in the South West...so you can take your pick.
I picked up display model from my local PCWorld this morning ... just asked ;-)
Any news if atp is actually available in stores at all? Can't believe this launch fiasco...
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Is it really a fiasco? Which option would you prefer - delaying the launch so Asus could build up a bit of a stockpile (a la Apple) or releasing them when stock becomes available? I concede that their provision to online retailers has been far too erratic but the fact that you can't walk into a shop and buy one hardly makes this a fiasco.
It does. It is a fiasco. It's pathetic how people preorder it months in advance and then someone like me just orders one on 11th and gets it in 19 hours, when people who preordered are still waiting. Then another order from JL, them stating that they have stock, and still nothing, they didn't even charge my cc.
While Asus is doing great by releasing as many tablets as they can, retailers are really screwing it up.
So while its not , or only partially Asus fault, still, launch is a fiasco.
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Is it really a fiasco? Which option would you prefer - delaying the launch so Asus could build up a bit of a stockpile (a la Apple) or releasing them when stock becomes available? I concede that their provision to online retailers has been far too erratic but the fact that you can't walk into a shop and buy one hardly makes this a fiasco.
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It is a fiasco because
- either ASUS have massively underestimated demand and produced 100,000 units for global distribution but then they shouldn't have been making so much hype around the launch.
-or its retailers that are too cautious and only buying from ASUS little shipments and then it's their fault that it is near to impossible to buy it more than a week after "official" launch in UK and possibly month after "unofficial" launch in US.
I tend to lean towards first possibility as it seems that none of retailers here or in US are able to get their hands on larger amounts of the tablet. Its not like I want John Lewis to have 5000 in their ware house but the way things are looking they perhaps have only got 100 (via their supplier which is not directly from ASUS by the way).
So the moment they got 500 orders on Friday they should have spoken to MicroP and in turn to ASUS - can we have 1000 more on Monday morning as we have high demand. And I suspect this is the problem that there's no availability from the manufacturer.
Got email today from best buy, today I was supposed to pick up my prime from the store, asking if I want a refund or wait to see if another prime is coming out. They apologized for the inconvenience. Getting this news coupled with some websites posting about prime being discontinued on other threads, i'm not sure what to think is going on.
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I think some retailers are abandoning the Prime for the amount of returns and don't want to deal with it so far Asus has been on the board here saying the Prime as of now will not be discontinued.
They are not being discontinued, and they aren't being pulled OFF shelves, and they haven't even gone ON shelves yet and retailers are running out of stock.
Did they say why your order was Canceled???? If it was because they oversold then it's probably good just reorder. I would call back and talk to a supervisor - the Primes can be ordered, and guess just have to get to the right person at the right time.
I can't imagine retailers abandoning a product that is selling so fast they can't keep them in stock.. If you do a little research, and this forum is pretty much the only place anyone is complaining.