So is there still any validity to Newegg's release date? - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230217
still says the 8th

spalding1028 said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230217
still says the 8th
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Easiest thing would be to call their customer service. However I had good luck with the TF101 getting one when Newegg was selling them at launch and I have faith in them now. I keep checking my Pre-Order and my email as well as the sight for any updates. I've seen them update the Asus tablet page and remove the other tablets and put them back. Unless they wait until the last minute to update the page we may luck out and get it early. Otherwise they can always fallback on the fact that it says ETA and not actual release date.

For what it's worth, since I am a Campus Rep for ASUS, I can tell you all that the company has pretty strong ties with Newegg as that's who we use for our official campus store. If any company gets them on release date my bet would be with Newegg.
Just my two cents

GarJones27 said:
For what it's worth, since I am a Campus Rep for ASUS, I can tell you all that the company has pretty strong ties with Newegg as that's who we use for our official campus store. If any company gets them on release date my bet would be with Newegg.
Just my two cents
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Not wanting to read into it but is 12/8 the actual release date? Since thats the date most retailers had initally before they changed it to the following week or two afterwards. If so then I definitely expect Newegg to have it on the date listed especially since every other retailer has been covering themselves and changed their dates while Newegg hasn't.

Cordy said:
Not wanting to read into it but is 12/8 the actual release date? Since thats the date most retailers had initally before they changed it to the following week or two afterwards. If so then I definitely expect Newegg to have it on the date listed especially since every other retailer has been covering themselves and changed their dates while Newegg hasn't.
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According to the event held in Taiwan on December 1st the Prime is supposed to be released in the US on the 12th online and 19th in stores.

GarJones27 said:
According to the event held in Taiwan on December 1st the Prime is supposed to be released in the US on the 12th online and 19th in stores.
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my Bestbuy.com order status still says it gets released 12/18. I would love to get that one wrong!

Who was the source in Taiwan. Do we have someone on record as saying that? I know all of the media outlets were stating those dates on the day of the conference but I was never sure of an actual source.
What are they telling you as campus sales rep. When will you have one (or more) in hand?

skeptikal said:
Who was the source in Taiwan. Do we have someone on record as saying that? I know all of the media outlets were stating those dates on the day of the conference but I was never sure of an actual source.
What are they telling you as campus sales rep. When will you have one (or more) in hand?
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I was skeptical for the same reason because no source was ever mentioned, no picture of any date was shown, nor was any video of the conference recorded.
My job is not as a sales rep... Just a Campus Rep. I'm supposed to promote the awareness and benefits of the products on campus by holding demo events, Q&A's, and reviewing new products. I'm going to contact my boss to see if I can get some more details.
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I talked To a person they said they are getting them in the warehouse on the 8th and should be shipping in 1-2 business days after that! Unless they receive them early then they will start processing early...
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GarJones27 said:
I was skeptical for the same reason because no source was ever mentioned, no picture of any date was shown, nor was any video of the conference recorded.
My job is not as a sales rep... Just a Campus Rep. I'm supposed to promote the awareness and benefits of the products on campus by holding demo events, Q&A's, and reviewing new products. I'm going to contact my boss to see if I can get some more details.
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Thanks that would be great. Sorry that I erroneously added 'sales' into your title. Not sure why I made you a salesman. I think it would help your cause on campus to be able to definitively state when the product is available. Here's to hoping your boss has an answer!

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I talked To a person they said they are getting them in the warehouse on the 8th and should be shipping in 1-2 business days after that! Unless they receive them early then they will start processing early...
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A person as in a Newegg customer service rep?
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Thanks that would be great. Sorry that I erroneously added 'sales' into your title. Not sure why I made you a salesman. I think it would help your cause on campus to be able to definitively state when the product is available. Here's to hoping your boss has an answer!
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Sending an email now. I'll post when I get a response.

It would really make my weekend if they shipped it out on the 8th!! Anyone know if it is possible to change shipping address on a newegg order? Their customer rep said I couldn't change since the order was "on hold". Will be hard for me to time it right so I can change the shipping address right after they receive it, but before they ship it out...
I forgot to put my office address in there and don't want them to leave it outside my house, or worse yet - take it back to the UPS hub on the day of delivery.

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It would really make my weekend if they shipped it out on the 8th!! Anyone know if it is possible to change shipping address on a newegg order? Their customer rep said I couldn't change since the order was "on hold". Will be hard for me to time it right so I can change the shipping address right after they receive it, but before they ship it out...
I forgot to put my office address in there and don't want them to leave it outside my house, or worse yet - take it back to the UPS hub on the day of delivery.
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I was able to change the shipping option from 3 days to next day saver and change my credit card information, with a newegg customer service rep. My pre-order # did not change and still says "ordered on 11/25" on the pre-order status of "hold"..

GarJones27 said:
According to the event held in Taiwan on December 1st the Prime is supposed to be released in the US on the 12th online and 19th in stores.
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My Best Buy pre-order says the 18th, but I was told I'd have it on the 13th. Maybe that date is for the in store date? Hoping so!

I love Newegg, but I have had some bad experiences with their pre-order stuff. Normally the release date is wrong, it comes later than the real release date, and once I got the incorrect product. I would hope they have gotten better, but when I made my preorder I stuck to Best Buy that had a physical presence so I could return or exchange without a hassle (hopefully) if there is a problem.
However, the official release date is the 19th for the US. There have been a lot of rumors and Asus officials have no been in sync with the information, but this finally seems official.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/11/as...ts-official-release-date-for-8th-of-december/
Nevermind the 8th in the title, this article was updated. So the Best Buy date of the 18th is probably correct because that is when they will ship it. I just hope they have enough stock.

UmbraeSoulsbane said:
I love Newegg, but I have had some bad experiences with their pre-order stuff. Normally the release date is wrong, it comes later than the real release date, and once I got the incorrect product. I would hope they have gotten better, but when I made my preorder I stuck to Best Buy that had a physical presence so I could return or exchange without a hassle (hopefully) if there is a problem.
However, the official release date is the 19th for the US. There have been a lot of rumors and Asus officials have no been in sync with the information, but this finally seems official.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/11/as...ts-official-release-date-for-8th-of-december/
Nevermind the 8th in the title, this article was updated. So the Best Buy date of the 18th is probably correct because that is when they will ship it. I just hope they have enough stock.
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First time doing a pre-order with Newegg personally but I've bought lots of items from them in the past and have always been really good service. Of course service will always differ from one experience to the next. The way I see it is if they do get them on the 8th and ship them then thats a plus. If they get them on the 8th and ship the following week it falls in line with that 12th date that was thrown around with the 18th. And if it's not until the 18th then well it's the same as everyone else. All that matters at this point is when we all recieve the device. Unfortunately the site you linked to doesn't have anymore concrete information than any of the other sites. They reference the launch trailer we all saw as having the date and I watched it again to make sure I didn't miss something and there is no date in that trailer. So again we are all just playing the wait game until these merchants recieve and ship out our devices.

UmbraeSoulsbane said:
I love Newegg, but I have had some bad experiences with their pre-order stuff. Normally the release date is wrong, it comes later than the real release date, and once I got the incorrect product. I would hope they have gotten better, but when I made my preorder I stuck to Best Buy that had a physical presence so I could return or exchange without a hassle (hopefully) if there is a problem.
However, the official release date is the 19th for the US. There have been a lot of rumors and Asus officials have no been in sync with the information, but this finally seems official.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/11/as...ts-official-release-date-for-8th-of-december/
Nevermind the 8th in the title, this article was updated. So the Best Buy date of the 18th is probably correct because that is when they will ship it. I just hope they have enough stock.
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when i ordered the OG transformer from them it was an open box 16gb on their website for $300, i ended up getting a 32gb open box in the mail though, so sometimes those little snafus are a good thing!

infinitemethod said:
My Best Buy pre-order says the 18th, but I was told I'd have it on the 13th. Maybe that date is for the in store date? Hoping so!
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Who told you that?
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yeah i called about a week ago and they told me 18th to 23rd and i asked they clarify what that meant. As in day shipped or day received and the lady said 18th would be earliest day i would have it in my hands and 23rd being the latest. This was at best buy but i should also note it sounded to me like she just read off the computer a generic product shipment statement. No real knowledge when it came to the prime. This was at best buy. For anyone wondering i ordered the 27th champ. 32gb no dock. I wanna know why u think the 13th too before i get my hopes up...
**edit- I figured i should also note for people wondering this was for standard free shipping. i was talking to her about upgrading shipping and once she told me 18th to 23rd i decided to leave it alone.

Just browsing Asus's product site, I noticed that the "preorder" list had been removed (unless I'm looking at the wrong page: http://eee.asus.com/en/eeepad/transformer-prime/features). I went to the "where to buy" tab and looked through some of the sites listed - a couple of places that weren't on the initial preorder list have them up now - J&R as we all know, but also allasus.com and PC Mall. I went ahead and called PC Mall to check on delivery time and the rep told me Dec. 12th. Now, of course, I doubt that is accurate, but it's news at least.

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J&R Electronics also delayed the Transformer Prime

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...
ModestMuse23 said:
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.
Earthbrain said:
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.
tdrussell said:
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.
Ectoplasmic said:
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...
ModestMuse23 said:
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::
htowngator said:
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:
dnaL0R said:
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...
nxp3 said:
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!
fraeone said:
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...
RedFoxDude said:
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.

[Q] people who got shipping notices from amazon

On your orders page, did it say that it will arrive after the 25th, or did it say something else before you got the notice?
Everyones said " Asus will not ship to you because you are a preorder sucker...jokes on you!"
Mine said it would be delivered after the 25th ever since I preordered. But I just got the email saying it would be delivered the 19th.
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yesterday I received a message from Amazon:
We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on November 22, 2011 (Order# 002-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx):
"ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-B1-CG 10.1-Inch 32GB Tablet (Champagne)"
Estimated arrival date: December 22, 2011 - December 29, 2011
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Mine said it would arrive after the 25th the entire time. Then I got the shipping notice yesterday. Should arrive Monday.
Mine is already in transit, got shipping number. Used one day shipping. Amazon sent it by FedEx. It will arrive on the 19th.
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Mine is already in transit, got shipping number. Used one day shipping. Amazon sent it by FedEx. It will arrive on the 19th.
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It was just delivered to my girlfriends office in Manhattan.
I. can. almost. reach. it.!!!
kaares said:
It was just delivered to my girlfriends office in Manhattan.
I. can. almost. reach. it.!!!
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sorry..dont mean to start up any firestorms..but if you've already received it..you wont mind posting the tracking number so we can verify it?
Too many people looking for attention i'm finding on these boards of late...and everyone so far who's said "i've received it" actually..well..havent.
so..for anyone else who's received it and is brave enough...post your tracking number to back up the claim. (I know what the responses are going to be from those people.."whether or not you believe me..i got it..so stfu" )
just sayin
I received mine at my doorstep. 100 percent truth. Called my apartment complex to pick it up and put it in the apartment because I'm not there right now.
I don't like posting anything remotely personally, so no tracking number. But I promise, this is no joke.
Maybe someone else will post pics/ tracking number.
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sorry..dont mean to start up any firestorms..but if you've already received it..you wont mind posting the tracking number so we can verify it?
Too many people looking for attention i'm finding on these boards of late...and everyone so far who's said "i've received it" actually..well..havent.
so..for anyone else who's received it and is brave enough...post your tracking number to back up the claim. (I know what the responses are going to be from those people.."whether or not you believe me..i got it..so stfu" )
just sayin
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I prefer not to post anything personal, but here is some info on the path it took to get delivered: http://goo.gl/GQ8x6
I bet a lot of people must have gotten it by now.
I will not get my actual hands on it until thursday since I'm in Europe, so I'm still reading the forum for any info. (there's a updated review on anandtech today btw.)
tbns said:
I received mine at my doorstep. 100 percent truth. Called my apartment complex to pick it up and put it in the apartment because I'm not there right now.
I don't like posting anything remotely personally, so no tracking number. But I promise, this is no joke.
Maybe someone else will post pics/ tracking number.
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nothing personal is in a tracking number even when viewing a received one. sorry...
second...correct me if i'm wrong..but does Amazon truly ship out a expensive and highly sought after piece of hardware and not require a signature? ...again..sorry.
I'm not trying to bust anyone's balls here...I have my beliefs...people who've said they received them have theirs..and until i see the facts backing up the "on faith" i call it as i see it.
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nothing personal is in a tracking number even when viewing a received one. sorry...
second...correct me if i'm wrong..but does Amazon truly ship out a expensive and highly sought after piece of hardware and not require a signature? ...again..sorry.
I'm not trying to bust anyone's balls here...I have my beliefs...people who've said they received them have theirs..and until i see the facts backing up the "on faith" i call it as i see it.
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Now you're just being paranoid. Of course it needs to be signed for. That is why I had it sent to my girlfriend who signed for it. You do know you can choose to send orders on Amazon to other people?
As for the tracking info being anonymous - that it just plain wrong. That includes the name of the person signing for the package.
*I forgot to mention: this is the 32gb champagne version

amazon preorder back on at midnight

Freaking amazon just emailed me and said that I can preorder the prime again tonight midnight pst. At first I thought it was for ordering...but it said pre-order. No telling when I'm going to get that ****. After they screw me over....Would I still check it out....damn it...I would. I'm desperate right now. Gamestop better have that **** tomorrow. Oh and they said sorry and would give a 10$ gift in a few days or so for my cancelation. Hell I already got 30 bucks from them, 10 more would be nice.
same here got the same email, i also notice that the 64gb gold is also available to preorder
same deal, except I actually cancelled my preorder deliberately the first time. but I've had a change of heart so I'm back on with the preorder. this time I'm getting the gold/champagne color.. I didn't realize the amethyst was so purple..
Just looked again after ordering and shows out of stock.
Like I said, must just be for we cancelled folks.
And I am betting we get it in a day. Hopefully Tuesday.
I posted this in the other amazon thread:
Praveen:Hello, my name is Praveen. I'll be happy to help you.
Me:Hello
I was wondering about the ship date of the Asus Transformer Prime (TF201) that I just ordered
Praveen:Josh, I am really sorry as the item is temporary out of stock not able to confirm you that when we able to ship the item However You will receive an e-mail when we have an estimated date.
Me:Okay then. So you don't know if it will ship before Christmas or not
Praveen:I am sorry not able to confirm you the date,
Me:Ok. Thank you
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Contacted an Amazon rep about an estimated date
i preordered too.. when the hell this will ship. who knows.. torn whether i should hold my pre order at gamestop
BiGMERF said:
i preordered too.. when the hell this will ship. who knows.. torn whether i should hold my pre order at gamestop
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If you don't get your gamestop orders by today, or the latest 23 then cancel it. No point in paying TAX for it when amazon has no tax. Unless you live in california I suppose.
is ordering from the item out of stock page considered pre-ordered?
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If you don't get your gamestop orders by today, or the latest 23 then cancel it. No point in paying TAX for it when amazon has no tax. Unless you live in california I suppose.
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thats exactly what i am going to do.. gamestop just called me s a matter of fact telling me the 23rd
By the way on amazon, if you go to you account an d click order details you will see. It says your item will arrive after Christmas
I re-pre-ordered from amazon last night I just did it quick and did not really pick a shipping. I just changed my shipping to 1 day shipping and it gave me free 1 day shipping so everyone who as not selected 1 day shipping may want to give it a shot could be totally free.
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Freaking amazon just emailed me and said that I can preorder the prime again tonight midnight pst. At first I thought it was for ordering...but it said pre-order. No telling when I'm going to get that ****. After they screw me over....Would I still check it out....damn it...I would. I'm desperate right now. Gamestop better have that **** tomorrow. Oh and they said sorry and would give a 10$ gift in a few days or so for my cancelation. Hell I already got 30 bucks from them, 10 more would be nice.
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some one yelled at them and got 100 you need to do the same, drain those mofo's.
i never ordered from them, but they got plenty money.
Talking to an Amazon CSR rep now, they are telling me they won't get more in until February. WTF!?
nxp3 said:
If you don't get your gamestop orders by today, or the latest 23 then cancel it. No point in paying TAX for it when amazon has no tax. Unless you live in california I suppose.
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We also get taxed in NY.
I only have orders with Amazon and Newegg but I really want the gold one (not so much the purple)
Well, I'm pretty sure the CSR is wrong here. February is far-fetched I would think. I also placed an order last night for the 32GB Grey, hoping that either Amazon or Best Buy will get me one soon, as this was supposed to be a Christmas present for my parents.
HuskerWebhead said:
Talking to an Amazon CSR rep now, they are telling me they won't get more in until February. WTF!?
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Hard to get more, when you hadn't gotten any 32gb gray yet. Those are the ones that were canceled, and now allowed to re-pre-order.
They are admitting to screwing up: "We wanted to let you know your order for Transformer TF201-B1-GR (10.1-Inch Screen) Tablet was inadvertently canceled by our system. We're very sorry about this. "
Bring me the head of the one who inadvertently canceled our orders, yea verily.
Btw, check your original order number (from Nov 22/23), and you'll notice that it's the same order number from this morning - if you re-re-re-pre-ordered...
Just got finished with CSR:
Could you please give me an estimated date of when you may be able to ship this item? I would very much appreciate your help.
Amazon.com order number: XXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXXXX
I understand the item is in high demand currently. I was just really hoping for some type of information.
Ranndy:Hi Xxxxx. I'll be happy to help you with this order
Me:thank you Ranndy
Ranndy:Yes, it has a high demand and it is currently out of stock unfortunately. Please bear with me a second, I'll try to get further information
Me: ok, thank you
Ranndy:Thanks for waiting, almost done
Me:thank you for looking further into this for me
Ranndy:You're very welcome
According to our supplier, we're scheduled to get more on December the 30th, Xxxxx.
Then we said bye. So, I don't if this helps, but he was not typing for about 5 minutes at one point, which I guess indicates he was actually looking, he then said almost done, and I waited about another 4 minutes for his response.
NoTanFightFan said:
Just got finished with CSR:
Could you please give me an estimated date of when you may be able to ship this item? I would very much appreciate your help.
Amazon.com order number: XXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXXXX
I understand the item is in high demand currently. I was just really hoping for some type of information.
Ranndy:Hi Xxxxx. I'll be happy to help you with this order
Me:thank you Ranndy
Ranndy:Yes, it has a high demand and it is currently out of stock unfortunately. Please bear with me a second, I'll try to get further information
Me: ok, thank you
Ranndy:Thanks for waiting, almost done
Me:thank you for looking further into this for me
Ranndy:You're very welcome
According to our supplier, we're scheduled to get more on December the 30th, Xxxxx.
Then we said bye. So, I don't if this helps, but he was not typing for about 5 minutes at one point, which I guess indicates he was actually looking, he then said almost done, and I waited about another 4 minutes for his response.
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That's better than the ETA of February lol
Bimboy said:
Hard to get more, when you hadn't gotten any 32gb gray yet. Those are the ones that were canceled, and now allowed to re-pre-order.
They are admitting to screwing up: "We wanted to let you know your order for Transformer TF201-B1-GR (10.1-Inch Screen) Tablet was inadvertently canceled by our system. We're very sorry about this. "
Bring me the head of the one who inadvertently canceled our orders, yea verily.
Btw, check your original order number (from Nov 22/23), and you'll notice that it's the same order number from this morning - if you re-re-re-pre-ordered...
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My original order number from Nov 22 was 102-934xxxx-xxxx
My new order number is 102-1020xxxx-xxxxx
So I do have two different order numbers and I re-pre-ordered the same 32GB gray one...
Amazon know they got screwed by asus.
they're putting the money where their mouth is by offering free overnight.
Asus is oddly silent about this whole thing.
jptech said:
Amazon know they got screwed by asus.
they're putting the money where their mouth is by offering free overnight.
Asus is oddly silent about this whole thing.
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ASUS isn't silent at all. Here's what they said to Engadget:
ASUS started filling the inventory pipelines this past week for our new Eee Pad Transformer Prime and will continue to do so on an expedited basis for the foreseeable future. We will reach normal inventory levels in January for the North American market based on current orders and forecasts. Based on forecasted supply schedules to our valued partners we expect pre-order allocation fulfillment to occur shortly and online or in-store availability in the very near future. We will continue to work closely with our partners to fill customer orders as quickly as possible.
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Got the reminder email. Still says feb 17th.

***personal info edited out***
Dear COMPLETE BADASS,
Thank you for your recent purchase from the AT&T Premier Online Store. We're pleased that you chose AT&T as your service provider.
We wanted to confirm that your order for Samsung Galaxy Note(TM) (Carbon Blue) on 04-FEB-2012 00:00:00 is still scheduled to be delivered as early as February 17, 2012.
As a reminder, you will receive an email from the AT&T Premier Team confirming shipment along with the carrier information and tracking number to track your shipment on-line.
Your web order number: over 9000!!!!!!!!
Your order will be delivered to the following address:
Really expensive house with hot babes everywhere
If you purchased other devices with this order, you will receive your complete order starting February 17, 2012.
We appreciate your business and look forward to having you as a customer.
Thank you for choosing AT&T,
The AT&T Premier Team
Niiiiiiiiiice
Same email here. I noticed the delivery wording changed from first email. Went from on or before the 17th, to "as early as 17th" hmmmmmmmm......
canecbr600 said:
Same email here. I noticed the delivery wording changed from first email. Went from on or before the 17th, to "as early as 17th" hmmmmmmmm......
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I wouldn't read that much into it. Just like we got a "backordered" email, it just fills dates and stuff in. I'd expect it to ship by the 15th.
canecbr600 said:
Same email here. I noticed the delivery wording changed from first email. Went from on or before the 17th, to "as early as 17th" hmmmmmmmm......
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Yeah, the previous wording made me think we might get them earlier in the week, but now it looks like the 17th is as early as possible.
I guess its just one more reason to look forward to Friday
When i ordered mine today it said they should ship by the 16th.
Five minutes later i got an email saying it was sent to the warehouse for shipping.
I have a feeling some of us will be getting them early.
Maroon Mushroom said:
I have a feeling some of us will be getting them early.
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its bound to happen
My order confirmation on the "5th" simply said your order will ship on Feb/16.
No "reminder" emails yet.
Assume it's 2-3 day fedex but don't really know.
andrawer said:
My order confirmation on the "5th" simply said your order will ship on Feb/16.
No "reminder" emails yet.
Assume it's 2-3 day fedex but don't really know.
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I think we all got different notifications based upon the avenue in which we purchased or upgraded. I upgraded through Premier and I'm supposed to get my phone by the 17th and it is supposed to be shipped Fedex overnight. I don't think we can assume what AT&T will do until we start getting shipping notifications and tracking numbers.
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Maroon Mushroom said:
I have a feeling some of us will be getting them early.
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i know a guy on a forum on the internets who works at the att & we are buds so i will get it early
(check's in the mail Maroon!!)
Mine
Thank you for ordering from AT&T. Your device has been reserved and is expected to be delivered on February 17th. At AT&T, we promise to ship our products in the order in which requests are received*.
I ordered from a store on the 5th. I was the first (and probably only) person to order from them that day, considering people were preparing for the Superbowl. They had to dig around online for the model number. I assume they'll ship on Tuesday, to ensure that it gets to as many people as possible by Friday.
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I ordered mine from ATT on Monday at lunch. They couldn't find it in system Sunday.
So, I went back Monday with the ATT SKU #. I told them to ship to store, 'cause I leave for Asia on the 18th and if it's not there by 17th my salesman said it would be held there under my name.
So, here's to hoping the "store" gets their shipments first, and mine gets thrown in with their stuff.
I go to Hong Kong and China regularly so I'm very familiar with the Int'l Note, but didn't want to spend 700+ for one in HK or China with no warranty except thru my friends there that I'd have to ship it back to for service.
Plus, getting it for 300 sans Exynos I figure is an even toss up for the cost savings.

Amazon Pre-order discussion

Thought I'd make a thread for people who pre ordered through Amazon instead of clogging other threads.
I just ordered mine today and its back ordered but says est delivery on May 21st
Also here's how to get free one day shipping! Thanks purock!
purock said:
To get free overnight shipping just email amazon and ask nicely. Include your order #. They were really cool about it.
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Just ordered mine and Del date is 5/22. Ships 5/18.
I think it says back order because its a pre-order? Not sure?
But release is not until 5/18 so.... I hope it ships that day because I have 5/22 off from work.
It says free activation for new lines... but when I ordered as an upgrade it said Sprint would charge me $36 activation. I called Sprint retention department and complained about their lack of lte, etc and got a credit to my account and a promise to waive the activation fee
To get free overnight shipping just email amazon and ask nicely. Include your order #. They were really cool about it.
The $36 fee waiving is for new lines only, not upgrades.
And don't worry about the backorder note, Amazon told me that's just a placeholder type deal. They told me that that all pre orders are on track to ship by 5/18.
My estimated delivery date is the 5/21.
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I purchase everything via Amazon, but I couldn't wait (too excited) to pre-order so I went with Sprint.com, I should have waited.
I made a promise to myself to never do that again, so my next HTC phone will definitively be via Amazon for sure.
I was opposite. I ordered through Sprint, canceled, ordered through Amazon to save $62.
I too am an Amazon fanboy. I have no problem waiting a few extra days.
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They didint say **** about Activation waiver. They told me to expect it.
But they did throw in a free charger and a $10.00 Google Wallet Credit.
As far as Shipping. I would prefer it be on Tuesday as that is my day off! Woooot and I work all weekend. Perfect timing!
purock said:
To get free overnight shipping just email amazon and ask nicely. Include your order #. They were really cool about it.
The $36 fee waiving is for new lines only, not upgrades.
And don't worry about the backorder note, Amazon told me that's just a placeholder type deal. They told me that that all pre orders are on track to ship by 5/18.
My estimated delivery date is the 5/21.
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Thanks man, I'm going to try this out! I just hope to get it before Memorial day weekend since I'll be out for almost a week. Hopefully my preorder is on track since I ordered a few hours ago lol
Edit: Can confirm this works!
I just cancelled my order from Wirefly and placed one with Amazon. I was in early with Wirefly on 5/7, but they would never give me a straight answer of when or if it would ship soon.
Amazon did say I should have it by 5/22. Not sure whether I believe that or not, but at least they are giving me a date. I also noticed they gave me a free car charger once I placed my order. That was a nice surprise.
Not sure how this customs thing is going to affect it if it is true.
mpmz71 said:
I just cancelled my order from Wirefly and placed one with Amazon. I was in early with Wirefly on 5/7, but they would never give me a straight answer of when or if it would ship soon.
Amazon did say I should have it by 5/22. Not sure whether I believe that or not, but at least they are giving me a date. I also noticed they gave me a free car charger once I placed my order. That was a nice surprise.
Not sure how this customs thing is going to affect it if it is true.
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Yep they are giving a free car charger to everyone. Can never have enough of those generic USB chargers.
In all honesty, I doubt the Customs thing is going to affect pre-orders that much. Most of those phones have probably been in the country for at least a few days.
Those customs batches are for units not yet sold, I suspect.
When I click the free charger link it 404's lol
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I preordered from Amazon on 5/11 before it went to 'backordered' and my status still shows as shipping 5/18, so I decided to email Amazon today and got the following response:
Hello,
I'm Ron - thanks for taking the time to write in on this matter. I do apologize if this issue has caused any concern.
We are actually aware of this issue, it has been reported to the appropriate department and we are not anticipating any change to your current order.
Your order is still planned to be shipped on May 18th, 2012 with an estimated delivery date of May 22nd, 2012.
If you have any further questions or concerns, our customer service associates can be reached at 877-429-8502 every day between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. Central time. You can also reach us by e-mail at ******.
Again, sorry for any misinformation and thanks for your patience while we work to get your order to you.
We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Best regards,
Ron E.
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Hi,
I placed a pre-order for the Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE on 5/11, but last night
I heard there was some sort of delay for this phone due to US Customs. My
account page still shows my order as estimated delivery date of 5/22 with
the shipping date as 5/18 as it originally was when I placed the order. I
wanted to confirm if this was still accurate and if the delay has changed
anything for my account? Also are there any options to possibly get this
shipped faster with another method?
My order number is ******************.
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So I'm crossing my fingers that Ron from Amazon knows what he's talking about.
Same thing for me; I'm curious if anyone who requested the overnight shipping has seen a change on their order status. (IE: Arrival Date: 5/21)
coolblue830 said:
I preordered from Amazon on 5/11 before it went to 'backordered' and my status still shows as shipping 5/18, so I decided to email Amazon today and got the following response:
So I'm crossing my fingers that Ron from Amazon knows what he's talking about.
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Amazon often plays by its own rules. So I wouldn't be completely shocked to see them ship out preoders if they were able to get their batch. I know Sprint would prohibit them from doing this, but how effective could they be?
brennen.exe said:
Same thing for me; I'm curious if anyone who requested the overnight shipping has seen a change on their order status. (IE: Arrival Date: 5/21)
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I had it change a while ago. My status still says this when you go to view order:
Shipping Estimate: May 18, 2012
Delivery Estimate: May 21, 2012
Shipping Speed: FREE One-Day Shipping
Interesting because I got a completely different response!
Thank you for emailing in about the possible delay of the HTC EVO LTE 4G Android Phone. There are reports that the phone is delayed at customs and I'm sorry we don't have a time line when they will be released.
We look forward to seeing you again soon.
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Just got my response back for the change in shipping. My order has been updated and says it will ship on the 18th and be received on the 21st. I figure Amazon will join the delay alongside everyone else, but they are taking their time getting that info to their customers, so I wonder if they will do anything about that... they are generally good with their customer service. I don't mind waiting if it comes to that.
Yeah I'm trying to keep my expectations low so I don't get disappointed but I'm hoping they already had some stock onhand before it went to backorder status and are still sending those who had preordered their phones on time.
On a related note, I did email again and requested for one-day delivery instead of the free two-day shipping that they automatically give you and score!
Hello from AmazonWireless,
I was able to upgrade the shipping on your order to one day. The new estimated delivery date is 21 May 2012.
Best regards,
Bryan T
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Hi,
Is it possible to request one-day shipping on this order?
Thank you.
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Anyone hear anything more?
Hello [Crowordove],
I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you, but the truth is we just don't yet know how this customs issue with the Evo LTE phones will affect our ability to deliver your new phone to yet. Of course, we'll keep you informed via email as we find out.
For now, we still expect to ship your order in time for delivery on May 22, 2012 .
We'll send you an e-mail when your order is shipped with your tracking number.
You can track your order status online on Your Account
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That's what I was given yesterday. However my OG EVO can last a bit longer if I need it to.
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Well hopefully with this news of 5/23 being the new date we'll get our phones next week! Thanks to some awesome one day shipping
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