I just ordered the new transformer prime, I also just got the original transformer and keyboard dock...
Should I keep transformer 1 or sell it/return it? What do y'all think? I cannot decide, I'm going tablet crazzy over here!
That is a rather weird question. Unless you like to keep old electronics sell it. There's no use for the old one once you get the newer and better Prime.
give it to someone for christmas?? Otherwise sell it
Already got everyone a kindle fire for xmas lol, I'm an electronics nut.. I suppose your right I should sell or return it, guess I thought maybe I could show it to grand kids one day lol!
Guess I will return it and be without a tablet till prime arrives
What are people getting for used TF and docks? If it is under a $200 I might just keep mine.
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What are people getting for used TF and docks? If it is under a $200 I might just keep mine.
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One guy on another thread said he just sold his on eBay for $450.
He didn't specify which model it was, or if he included the dock, may want to ask him.
Here's the post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19777764&postcount=17
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One guy on another thread said he just sold his on eBay for $450.
He didn't specify which model it was, or if he included the dock, may want to ask him.
Here's the post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19777764&postcount=17
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Thanks for the pointer. I just sent an email. If I could get $450 for my TF (32 GB) with dock I would be very happy.
I'd sell it unless you have a family member that could use it. I just sold my Galaxy Tab 10.1 to get this. Bought it off of craigslist for $400 and sold it for $400. Think it will be tougher to sell (Galaxy Tab or Transformer) once this puppy actually drops in the stores.
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Just wanted to make sure you guys know first . . .
HP is currently clearing out their inventory. You can get a Touchpad now for $99. I'd jump on it before they all disappear.
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3220862
Now if some enterprising developer would just port Android onto this thing!
im thinkin about buying 1 too
did you buy it in the hp website? and does it have an expandeble memory lol
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Hell ya! Am trying to buy one asap. doesnt matter if we couldn't get a honeycomb on it, the community(we) cud surely mod it somehow.
Worth the price as of now.
Is it available in Europe?
As far as europe, the EU should wait until the fire sale is officially announced, which by then all the major retailers including amazon should have slashed their price. The sale is tomorrow, people here in the US got the slip though and snuck through
I guarantee tomorrow best buy will be advertising these for cheap, they have a massive unsold stock that they don't know what to do with, HP told best buy they won't take them back, so they HAVE to sell them for cheap to get rid of them
Thanks crashingout! I will be on lookout.
The hardware is too awesome to miss it, even for poor bastard like me (who thought he can't afford a decent tablet, haha... ).
fpu
ATTENTION GUYS, If you want a touchpad for dirt cheap you are going to have to be quick and resourceful. If you want one here is the latest info on where you can find them, as well as the real sale info:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391460,00.asp
go there if you want to get one, and remember, there are a lot of people out there are that are probably thinking $100, thats ****ing cheap!
i just picked up mine (32gb 149$)
Staples.ca has them 16gb 99.99$ and 32gb 149.99$
THEN!. i started googling.. ahhha ..
too good a price to miss..
it WILL run linux or android.. or even just a rooted webos.
and worst case scenario my mom has a new gadget
/Kyndal
If anyone has a touchpad left over let me know... I desperately want one!
Costco has the 32GB Touchpad.
Just picked mine up today for $479.99 for 32gb Model w/Carry Case. Buy now, price match later. Either way, Costco has a 90 day return policy.
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I'm temped to buy 10 of these things on the hope that they can be ported. Wait till they are gone and sell em for $250 on ebay. PROFIT.
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That's one thing I'm actually wondering about. What will be the ebay price after every retail shop sells these babies out?
I hope demand won't be big enough for these to sell at 250$. We'll see!
fpu
Waited to long. Everybody is sold out. Does anyone have a valid site to buy?
nlinecomputers: try this - http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3220862
This post seems to be quite up to date. If you read it you'll find out that HP should have a lot of them soon, from BestBuy unsold stock (they give it back to HP rather than sell at 100$).
Grab me one while you're at it
fpu
Pricematching with Wal Mart seems like a good idea to try, assuming they have any in stock.
I get into town Monday morning, so I'll try to stop by with a print-out of HP's plan and give it a try.
Yeah I've been watching that site but they have nothing working.
Edit. Datavis says they have one but the site isn't loading for me. Seriously slashdotted.
Hey guys, this was included in slickdeals topic but for some reason removed later.
http://shopping1.hp.com/is-bin/INTE...E3Kg&JumpTo=OfferList#ProductLinkCrossSelling
There may be website errors when you're trying to checkout. That's due to overload and after you try a few times, it should eventually get you through.
Good luck
fpu
Anyone know if there's anywhere in the UK that's doing the fire sale? And as for porting Honeycomb over, that would make it insane
We just got one from HP's small business page.
Took about 1.5 hours since I had a lot of HTTP 500 errors and 'page not found', but I figure HP is getting slammed by people trying to buy one.
I just got the 32GB model... idk when I'm going to get it. I bought it from HP.
What will happen to the returns from dissatisfied customers?
Sold as "Open Box" Items?
Sold as "Used" Items?
Returned to ASUS to be resold as "Refurbished" Items?
Returned to ASUS to be destroyed so that the price for a Prime is not jeopardized?
It is going to be interesting, and I think that waiting a month or so might be economically the thing to do.
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Look how much the original transformer still cost. I don't think it's going to be that drastic in a month.
This tablet is going to be the same price for a year or longer and there will never be a fire sale for this tablet the returned once wall get fixed up and sold again you will have to pay a the full price or check ebay to get one cheaper
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This tablet is going to be the same price for a year or longer and there will never be a fire sale for this tablet the returned once wall get fixed up and sold again you will have to pay a the full price or check ebay to get one cheaper
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With it still being launched, Asus would be insane to even put them back out as refurbs. Most likely they'll be refurbed and offered to Asus employees and perhaps friends and family at a discount. Any excess would just be stock piled and released much later in the year. The few bucks they'd pick up selling them now wouldn't be worth tanking the new retail price.
Prime/Asus is in no comparison to the failure of the touchpad. Transformer Primes are selling like hotcakes and still very hard to come by. much later down the road you might be able to find a refurbished one. plus it would piss off all people who paid regular price for it..lol. I would've rather waited also if that was gonna be the case b save me some money
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With it still being launched, Asus would be insane to even put them back out as refurbs. Most likely they'll be refurbed and offered to Asus employees and perhaps friends and family at a discount. Any excess would just be stock piled and released much later in the year. The few bucks they'd pick up selling them now wouldn't be worth tanking the new retail price.
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That's exactly what they will do and when the tablet gets old they start selling their returned ones for lower prices like 350 but that won't happen for atleast a year. The
As a matter of fact I don't think the transformers are ever sold as open box items, or refurbished. I have never seen the originals as open box. They probably are required to be sent back to ASUS so there component parts can be reused in new assemblies.
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Prime/Asus is in no comparison to the failure of the touchpad. Transformer Primes are selling like hotcakes and still very hard to come by. much later down the road you might be able to find a refurbished one. plus it would piss off all people who paid regular price for it..lol. I would've rather waited also if that was gonna be the case b save me some money
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These are going to be back ordered til mid February then stock will build up and they will continue to sell until their next tablet he'll the og transformer is still selling
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As a matter of fact I don't think the transformers are ever sold as open box items, or refurbished. I have never seen the originals as open box. They probably are required to be sent back to ASUS so there component parts can be reused in new assemblies.
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i got my tf101 as an open box from newegg, $100 off. and then they screwed up in the inventory and sold me an open box 32gb instead of a 16gb, so i got a 32gb opebbox tf101 for $300.
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i got my tf101 as an open box from newegg, $100 off. and then they screwed up in the inventory and sold me an open box 32gb instead of a 16gb, so i got a 32gb opebbox tf101 for $300.
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dang! that's a great deal. I wanted the OG transformer when they had it at best buy for only $249 on the black Friday sale. those things were gone immediately..lol. so that ended up leading me to the prime I own now
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dang! that's a great deal. I wanted the OG transformer when they had it at best buy for only $249 on the black Friday sale. those things were gone immediately..lol. so that ended up leading me to the prime I own now
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it was a great deal, and i happened across is extremely randomly but i'm quite happy with my prime now, just waiting on the dock to be shipped from amazon and gamestop to get some replacements in for my light leak one.
but it's already so fast, i can't wait until ICS and then development gets going on this thing, it's going to be a BEAST.
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dang! that's a great deal. I wanted the OG transformer when they had it at best buy for only $249 on the black Friday sale. those things were gone immediately..lol. so that ended up leading me to the prime I own now
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I had one of those vouchers, along with the $200 Sharp 42" 1080p HDTV. But got screwed at the check out.
But oh well, I probably would have been disappointed if I had the TF101 now seeing that the next generation is far superior.
First of all, let me just say that I have a prime with a working gps (accuracy down to 5 feet) and I absolutely love my prime. The only way I'm going to replace my prime is if I can get my hands on the infinity.
I just called 4 different best buys to ask if they have a prime. I've been looking for one as a gift for someone. All 4 told me the prime is discontinued. And to prove that this is not just another rumor thread, here are the individual best buys I called.
350 W Army Trail Rd
Bloomingdale, IL 60108
Phone: 630-582-1070
GEO: 41.937950, -88.110245
1561 S Randall Rd
Algonquin, IL 60102
Phone: 847-458-5768
GEO: 42.156265, -88.333092
1830 Towne Centre Drive
North Aurora, IL 60542
Phone: 630-906-5889
GEO: 41.79631, -88.36679
1876 S Randall Rd
Geneva, IL 60134
Phone: 630-845-1986
GEO: 41.867233, -88.342552
Asus has to stop selling their Prime if they want to sell their Infinity at all, unless they expect to sell their Infinity 32GB at lesat $650. That's without the keyboard. So you are talking about $750 for a tablet. I never thought I would ever see prices on a tablet in my life go towards this much but that's the only way Asus could sell both of them together. They can't lower the price on the Prime because of course they already have the 300 in there. Just another company releasing too many products on top of one another without making one perfect. Too bad. The potential "was" there.
I was in a best buy last weekend that had the 201 and 300 both on display. They were even on an end cap prominently displayed with signs and everything. Also had a demo guy walking around with a 201 showing it to people.
Amazon has them and the dock is $108.
I got a refund for my prime purchased on Feb. 3rd and had no problem finding a prime at Best Buy. I did a search this morning on their website, found 2 stores in Austin that said in stock, went in an hour ago and walked out with a new gray tone prime. On Friday I did a search and none of the stores had them in stock. They must have gotten a shipment in this week. Sales guy said they sold one yesterday also.
I will say sales rep was pushing the t300 hard. Mainly for the cost of it. Get the keyboard dock with it and it would have been $50 more than the prime. It really is a good deal but I'm hoping the C4 I got will perform better than the C1 with wifi/bt. I also already have a case I like for the prime and the gps dongle. I didn't know if they would be compatible and have 30days to test out this model for issues.
You can try calling the stores here in Austin and see if they will ship you one from their location.
Its pretty cool that Best Buy is now in charge of ASUS manufacturing. Especially democratic of them to let the idiots who can't tell me the difference between DSLR and point and shoot cameras decide what the consumer wants.
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Best buy is the worst place to buy one anyway (and worst place to buy most anything else too).
Even if you need it right away, Amazon is a better place to buy. With my Amazon Prime membership I could get two day shipping for free and overnight for just $4.00 more. When I got mine a couple of weeks ago now, the device itself was $25 less than retail/best buy and as mentioned the keyboard/dock was $108 rather than retail. Then throw in no sales tax.
Even without the prime membership you could probably get two day shipping and still pay much less than best buy.
If its isn't discontinued, it is going to quietly disappear soon, especially with the Infinity being around the corner.
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I know the feeling you have. I live in IL as well, the bestbuys around me plus the ones in other towns I go through for my work all say "the prime is discontinued".
Which seems to be a regional thing cause I've heard of them being sold in other states, but it seems IL just wants to sell the TF300 - no offense to it but I dont see why they released it, it's less powerful. But then again thats a different kettle of fish.
I hope you find one for sale. If you cant I would recommend amazon, thats where I got mine at - I'm very happy with it! Got it with the dock as well, and again no problems with it!
So what? The TF201 is discontinued. Its not like product support will end. The Transformer TF101 will be supported for awhile and the TF201 even longer.
I love my Prime and it works great. The Infinity replaces it.
If only there was a way to get the $105 dock to Australia, can't seem to find any docks around here.
Do we REALLY need another one of these threads?
Bestbuy reps usually have no idea wtf is going on.
Know that saying only a fool takes a fool's advice? well....
Also, what company do you know of that has ever announced its discontinued a product line? Ever?
We already know the prime had limited availability pretty much worldwide. Far too much demand, not enough supply. IF you hit a store when they got a shipment you were golden, if you were too late you had to wait around for another shipment.
My local BB and FS stopped stocking the prime, they are selling it as a web only. They can order it to the store if you ask a rep that knows how, otherwise they try to sell you something else saying its "just as good".
You could have done a quick search and gotten the answer to this:
"discontinued" on best buy's system isnt asus discontinuing the prime. its a code that comes up when the SKU is searched. It just means best buy is no longer ordering that particular thing for restock. it has nothing to do with asus manufacturing.
the reason, im just is that logically the prime has no place in the asus ecosystem anymore. peole that want a midrange tablet can get the 300, people that want the upscale can get the 700 for $500, the same price as a prime. theres no upshot for them to continue ordering old models that serve no purpose.
fwiw HMV in the UK has Primes in the stores again.
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Heh...the guy at the local Best Buy said the TF201 was discontinued because of the legal issues surrounding the Transformer Prime name lol
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fwiw HMV in the UK has Primes in the stores again.
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In the US they are still readily available from Amazon.com....but the price has gone up about $60. I bought mine a couple of weeks ago for $475 with free prime shipping. The same thing today is $534. I have to wonder if the supply is drying up?
At the same time their pricing on used ones has dropped from $415to $360..
Anyway it seems to me that the only way they could keep selling the prime would be to drop its price to no more than $400 - but then they would have to drop the TF300 down to about $300. So you would end up with a three device lineup at $300, $400, and $500 (TF300, TF201, TF700). Wonder how much they have to get for them to actually make money? Seems like they would come out ahead by just discontinuing the prime and leaving the 300 priced as it is.
Still - I think I got mine at a good time
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In the US they are still readily available from Amazon.com....but the price has gone up about $60. I bought mine a couple of weeks ago for $475 with free prime shipping. The same thing today is $534. I have to wonder if the supply is drying up?
At the same time their pricing on used ones has dropped from $415to $360..
Anyway it seems to me that the only way they could keep selling the prime would be to drop its price to no more than $400 - but then they would have to drop the TF300 down to about $300. So you would end up with a three device lineup at $300, $400, and $500 (TF300, TF201, TF700). Wonder how much they have to get for them to actually make money? Seems like they would come out ahead by just discontinuing the prime and leaving the 300 priced as it is.
Still - I think I got mine at a good time
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It went up because Amazon is out of stock on that particular model, so it lists a market reseller whom is trying to make a little more.
Note that Amazon has the champagne model listed today at 479 and free shipping. Must have dug a few up.
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I just called 4 different best buys to ask if they have a prime. I've been looking for one as a gift for someone. All 4 told me the prime is discontinued.
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These stores could simply mean that their specific Bestbuy stores are no longer carrying the Prime. Or it could mean that Bestbuy in general is no longer going to carry the Prime.
This could be because they are preparing for the Infinity to reach stores in the next month or so and don't want to buy inventory of a tablet very similar to the Infinity and which is due for a price drop. Or it could be because they already offer the TP300 and are getting the Infinity and see no need to offer 3 very similar tablets rather than stocking products from other vendors.
In any case, Asus has said that they are still manufacturing the Prime and new stock keeps showing up at Amazon and other retailers. Given that Asus manufactures the Prime I would trust Asus to know more about the manufacturing lifespan of their product over any retailer.
With Asus and the TF700 don't count your chickens before they hatch! With Asus's track record the TF700 may fall into their normal black hole of device release delays! Or even worse than that is that they will release 100 the first week, 200 the second week, etc... and then rave about how they can't keep them on the shelves!
My local BB still had 3 in stock and a few keyboards too.
I get my Prime back on Wednesday from RMA and will not want to keep it if I cannot re-unlock. I see the tablet and dock listed on CL for just under $500. Are they actually selling at this price? Seems a little high to me but would be great if I could get this. I would be interested from hearing from anyone who has recently bought or sold one on Craig's List. Thanks!
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I get my Prime back on Wednesday from RMA and will not want to keep it if I cannot re-unlock. I see the tablet and dock listed on CL for just under $500. Are they actually selling at this price? Seems a little high to me but would be great if I could get this. I would be interested from hearing from anyone who has recently bought or sold one on Craig's List. Thanks!
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I just bought a prime yesterday from cowboom for 299. Shipped. So $500 is a bit steep. and looking at a docking station on ebay for 75. So out the door 375 shipped. If you are interested in getting rid of the prime let me know I may be looking to get a second one
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I just bought a prime yesterday from cowboom for 299. Shipped. So $500 is a bit steep. and looking at a docking station on ebay for 75. So out the door 375 shipped. If you are interested in getting rid of the prime let me know I may be looking to get a second one
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Appreciate your reply. Yep, I saw that site - that's what made me surprised about the CL price and I was wondering if you could actually sell a Prime for a little under $500. I get the Prime back tomorrow. I will hit you up by PM if I cannot unlock, although I am hoping against hope that the Unlock app actually works for me...
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I get my Prime back on Wednesday from RMA and will not want to keep it if I cannot re-unlock. I see the tablet and dock listed on CL for just under $500. Are they actually selling at this price? Seems a little high to me but would be great if I could get this. I would be interested from hearing from anyone who has recently bought or sold one on Craig's List. Thanks!
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I can say for sure they are moving nicely for $400-$450 on CL. In fact, I've had mine posted since yesterday afternoon... http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/ele/3144382828.html and I have about 7 hits, all very reasonable. Since I will also consider trades, some examples are Galaxy Tab 7.0 plus and $150 and just a few minutes ago a 16GB white iPhone 4 mint condition ( AT&T unlocked ) not jailbroken plus $200 cash. As for straight cash, lowest offer was $400, and the deal that is most likely to happen, possibly tonight or early tomorrow, is $430 cash. So, hope that helps.
EDIT: I've just recently heard of Cowboom, never even visited the site. I hope for my sake people looking for a used Prime haven't heard of it either, and go to CL or eBay
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I can say for sure they are moving nicely for $400-$450 on CL. In fact, I've had mine posted since yesterday afternoon... http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/ele/3144382828.html and I have about 7 hits, all very reasonable. Since I will also consider trades, some examples are Galaxy Tab 7.0 plus and $150 and just a few minutes ago a 16GB white iPhone 4 mint condition ( AT&T unlocked ) not jailbroken plus $200 cash. As for straight cash, lowest offer was $400, and the deal that is most likely to happen, possibly tonight or early tomorrow, is $430 cash. So, hope that helps.
EDIT: I've just recently heard of Cowboom, never even visited the site. I hope for my sake people looking for a used Prime haven't heard of it either, and go to CL or eBay
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That Cowboom site is going to kill the price of Primes if people get wind of it. I am thinking I probably should sell this sooner rather than later if I cannot unlock. $400-450 does seem good at this point. I saw your ad - good call on the Nexus 7. I got mine yesterday and it has been a real breath of fresh air so far.
Yea I wanna give the N7 a shot. I really doubt anyone is gonna trade me one, so I'll just end up buying one new. The plan is to get the N7 and then either upgrade the cell phone, or get a last gen 10" tablet ( Galaxy Tab, Xoom, etc for $200-$250. I miss having both 10" and 7" tablets at the same time.
Hi All
I am thinking about buying a used prime or a tf300 from amazon for around $300 and I was wondering if anyone has bought one used from the same place and how did it work out.
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Hi All
I am thinking about buying a used prime or a tf300 from amazon for around $300 and I was wondering if anyone has bought one used from the same place and how did it work out.
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Just FYI, brand new online from officedepot for $399 till tomorrow: http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/906853/ASUS-Eee-Pad-Transformer-Prime-TF201/
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Just FYI, brand new online from officedepot for $399 till tomorrow:
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Thanks for the info but it will be unlikely that I be able to buy one in time.
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I am thinking about buying a used prime or a tf300 from amazon for around $300 and I was wondering if anyone has bought one used from the same place and how did it work out.
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I don't think my question was clear enough I was wondering it anyone had bought a used asus transformer tf201 or tf300 from amazon and did you think it was worth paying less for it, how was the condition of it.
dont buy get the tf300 or the tf700. we get crap wifi along with several problem..... I will sell you mine for 300..... Atleast you know you will get a descent prime with ok wifi
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I am thinking about buying a used prime or a tf300 from amazon for around $300 and I was wondering if anyone has bought one used from the same place and how did it work out.
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I've actually just lited my TF201 and keyoard on amazon, as for me I can say that mine is in great shape with no issues at all,I'm just needing to sell a device as I've got to many at the moment. It's listed under the user name of Todds67. If your interested at all in it let me know and I'll be happy to answer any questions or send pictures.