i found me a preorder, thanx all.
There are many preorder sites threads that you can look at and see which one still has availability. I would suggest to go there and start searching those to find your answer
I ordered from expansys.ca, mainly because they have it available in gold and not just grey. Anything you order from expansys Canada will come from the states, the difference being that they'll take care of things like duties if you order from the Canadian website.
The good thing about it is that they won't charge you until you confirm that you want it AFTER they get enough stock to accommodate you. And there are no cancellation fees.
But it's a big list. I was number 140 on it, just yesterday morning.
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hbk19 said:
I ordered from expansys.ca, mainly because they have it available in gold and not just grey. Anything you order from expansys Canada will come from the states, the difference being that they'll take care of things like duties if you order from the Canadian website.
The good thing about it is that they won't charge you until you confirm that you want it AFTER they get enough stock to accommodate you. And there are no cancellation fees.
But it's a big list. I was number 140 on it, just yesterday morning.
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thanx, do you think if i preorded from there now, i would get it on or before the 19th? or even faster then amazon.ca?
I'm not sure about that. I doubt it though. They have no ETA, and you'd be at least number 141 on the list, so probably not before the 19th.
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I'm not sure about that. I doubt it though. They have no ETA, and you'd be at least number 141 on the list, so probably not before the 19th.
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well if anyone could give me an estimate, i would just be happy to know i could get it before amazon.ca does... how many asus's are sent to stores? 200? 50?
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well if anyone could give me an estimate, i would just be happy to know i could get it before amazon.ca does... how many asus's are sent to stores? 200? 50?
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At this point I feel like the only people getting anything on or around the 19th are Best Buy, Best Buy.ca, and Gamestop. Maybe Amazon and Newegg but i don't think those are looking too good at this point either. I could be way off but that is how it is feeling so far. From the rumor mill it at least appears all of Canada is pushed back except bb.ca.
You can always try pre-ordering from Frys.
I did last night for my wife.
http://www.frys.com/search?cat=-68332&pType=pDisplay&fq=100319 Android_Honeycomb_3.2-m10099998 ASUS
They also ship to Canada so you never know.
no one knows...
Hold on, let me just grab my crystal ball....
....But seriously, unless someone here works for Asus (in an in-the-know capacity) and spills the beans, you can "assume" anything you want, it will not make the release/availability date any less of a guessing game.
It's true that no one knows but you can make some educated deductions to find that it at least appears so far that GS and BB are the most likely to meet the 19th & 20th estimates. And also that Best Buy Canadia is the best bet in Canada.
i found a site, but the name is prob a typo.
is this the right product numbers?
TF201-B1-GR
TF201-DOCK-GR
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btw the dock is 115 dollars... why so cheap? i know the sites legit, and i called them and they should be getting some in stock in a few days (estimate) this sites my best chance to get it by the 19th... BUT WHY SO CHEEEAAAP!?!
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now i found the old one for EVEN MORE then the new one... 572.00 the other one is 500... i googled the product numbers and it has to be the right pad... WHY!?
on my way to preordering it right now (1 click away lol)
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It's true that no one knows but you can make some educated deductions to find that it at least appears so far that GS and BB are the most likely to meet the 19th & 20th estimates. And also that Best Buy Canadia is the best bet in Canada.
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That's the thing...its not EDUCATED. Anything past 1st Dec Taiwan release is conjecture at best. What makes GS or BB more likely to meet the 19th and 20th dates?
you want the tablet quicker? send me $550 and i promissee you will get one asap!
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you want the tablet quicker? send me $550 and i promissee you will get one asap!
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funny stuff.
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That's the thing...its not EDUCATED. Anything past 1st Dec Taiwan release is conjecture at best. What makes GS or BB more likely to meet the 19th and 20th dates?
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Listen, I'm not going to argue with you. I have read every post in this forum and I am guessing just from all of the conjecture and the few facts that I have read that Best Buy and Gamestop are the most likely to meet the 19th release. I'm educated and that is my guess. I've never come close to stating that it was a fact.
And for the sake of transparency I have paid Gamestop in full for my preorder. So I suppose there is some hope dashed into my edumacated guesses.
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Listen, I'm not going to argue with you. I have read every post in this forum and I am guessing just from all of the conjecture and the few facts that I have read that Best Buy and Gamestop are the most likely to meet the 19th release. I'm educated and that is my guess. I've never come close to stating that it was a fact.
And for the sake of transparency I have paid Gamestop in full for my preorder. So I suppose there is some hope dashed into my edumacated guesses.
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I suppose time will tell.
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Listen, I'm not going to argue with you. I have read every post in this forum and I am guessing just from all of the conjecture and the few facts that I have read that Best Buy and Gamestop are the most likely to meet the 19th release. I'm educated and that is my guess. I've never come close to stating that it was a fact.
And for the sake of transparency I have paid Gamestop in full for my preorder. So I suppose there is some hope dashed into my edumacated guesses.
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well... i hope to god your right, i got a private message from some awesome badass, telling me about a site that has 0 preorders and 6 on the way.
so i should be getting mine around the 19th. they guess it will get to them by the 16th.
Awesome. I hope that is true. I really hope everybody gets them opening day. I was really hoping the 12th would pan out for those that had that as a release date at some point.
im a little worried though... why does my dock only cost 115 dollars..
its supposed to be 150... arnt those set prices? I checked the product number 6 times, and its the proper product, i even called them and they said that the product numbers are always correct.. can someone explain this to me.
What site are we talking about? I'd be curious to look if you have already become the first to preorder there and it won't jeopardize your chances of getting it there.
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Just received an email from memory express who I have my preorder with.
You’re receiving this email because you’ve expressed interest in the Asus Transformer Prime, Asus next-generation quad core high performance tablet. We just received word this morning directly from Asus Vice President for North America Sales and Distribution that the production on the Transformer Prime has been temporarily delayed. Asus focus has always been on high quality and with the Transformer Prime being their flagship tablet product they’re spending some additional time and resources to ensure that the Transformer Prime reflects that at launch. We have also been informed that the gold version will not be available in Canada at launch.
At this current moment we don’t have a solid ETA on when pre-order stock will be arriving, as Asus updates us I will forward the information your way.
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Wonder if there really is some sort of delay/problem or they just decided to screw over memory express and using that as an excuse?
UPDATE:
emailed memory express for clarification on the delay.
Originally we were supposed to get them on the 6th of December. According to Asus they are shipping on the 15th which means in theory we should have them on or after Christmas day.
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memory who?
but really, i'm almost expecting gamestop to pull out on like, the 18th or something.
Canadian electronics store in the west
If I don't have my tablet in hand by the 19th I am cancelling my pre-order.
Wow. I would really be upset if that was the case.. I got everything set up (skin, microsd card with movies and music, screen protector and notebook case) its hard enough waiting until just the 19th for this device through gamestop online preorder..
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Actually, if this is true, then I'm tempted to cancel my pre-orders, period. I certainly don't want a unit that has manufacturing/design issues, which would explain the delay.
Could the few that ship have been hand-picked to not have the problem, or are they initial units that simply slipped through the cracks?
i would think news like that would spread like wildfire on the internet. I've seen nothing of the sort. Ever since my pre order I watch the web constantly for prime news!
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i would think news like that would spread like wildfire on the internet. I've seen nothing of the sort. Ever since my pre order I watch the web constantly for prime news!
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I've been surprised that there's no reporting whatsoever on all of the confusion. I think maybe the original Amazon pre-order cancellation was reported on a few sites, but since then, nothing. I mean, this whole story is newsworthy (at least as far as the sensationalist tech media goes)...
I GOT AN EMAIL TOO! From NCIX (Canada)! I asked if I was on the first shipment with my pre-order and this is what they sent me:
Yes your should be, but we got more bad news yesterday. Apparently the wifi signal was very weak from these units so they have delayed this even further. We will be mass emailing everyone shortly with a temporary solution for the holiday season.
Best Regards,
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SOOOOO my guess is that there are wifi issues with the first batch... They might not send them out, they might. By the sound of this email it seems like they MIGHT ship the bad units out anyways and give us a "temporary" fix, OR by temporary fix they mean "we'll delay it and give you something so you don't cancel over the holiday season and buy an iPad 2 instead".
I'm guessing they're really delaying the devices past Christmas. Sucks...
Oh and in the meantime on the ASUS Twitter page, everything is perfect! Yay!
MSNBC having WAY too much fun with the @ASUS #TransformerPrime: http://goo.gl/dyOku
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Were the cancellation/notice of "wifi issues" from official launch partners? (Sorry, I don't know who the Canadian launch partners are)
If not, then I'd expect this is the justification they were given for there not being stock for non-official launch partners and what they're passing on.
The wifi thing, though, does make sense. I remember at least one review (the link evades me) where the guy was having serious wifi issues, and then got a replacement tablet which didn't have them.
So my guess is there's some sort of production issue seen on SOME tablets, and they're catching it in QC and sending them back, meaning the stock they have to ship for launch is cut way down (which would also jive with the Amazon excuse for their cancellations).
...then again they may be shipping them all and letting the early adopters do the QC, like what I seem to remember hearing with the original transformer. But that seems a bit unlikely given the excuses/stock underruns that have been going around.
Edit: Ahh, it was the Anandtech review -- http://www.anandtech.com/show/5178/an-update-on-transformer-prime-battery-life-wifi-issues
yes both NCIX and memory express were listed by asus as places to preorder the prime
I'll let you guys know what's up when they send out the mass-email. I'd be interested in knowing what kind of release date/window they give me with this whole delay thing. Oh and PRAYING for a free dock or something.
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Oh and PRAYING for a free dock or something.
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease... if this isn't an across the board delay a bit of complaint might get you something, if not quite your wildest dreams.
At least B&H seems to be unaware of this or their support just does not know.
Chris : Hey! Do you know anything about Asus notifying sellers about technical problems with upcoming Transformer Prime? Apparently launch partners of Asus in Canada stated that they got a message from Asus yesterday: "We got more bad news yesterday. Apparently the WiFi signal was very weak from these units so they have delayed this (release) even further." Has B&H gotten such delay notification? Thanks!
Mark S: Hello Chris. My name is Mark, and I will be glad to assist you. Please give me a few moments to begin working on your inquiry.
Chris: According to forum post this notification came from 'Asus Vice President for North America Sales and Distribution'.
Mark S: We have not received similar notices from ASUS
Chris: Alright, thank you.
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Interesting how this is happening with the preorders in Canada but the device has been selling in Taiwan (Wasn't the release date 1 of December there, I think a few people have already got their hands on the Prime in Taiwan).
I would have expected the production issues to be present everywhere, including on the Taiwanese Primes.
Well to be honest I don't think we'd hear too much about problems with this device in Taiwan... For all we know there's a recall going on right now. Where would we even get that info?
I don't think this effects the u.s. Batch.. Seems to inky originate from Canadian preorders.
Hmm I will have to check my order with NCIX also
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Interesting how this is happening with the preorders in Canada but the device has been selling in Taiwan (Wasn't the release date 1 of December there, I think a few people have already got their hands on the Prime in Taiwan).
I would have expected the production issues to be present everywhere, including on the Taiwanese Primes.
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well it is possible it was one specific batch that came out bad and what they decided to do was screw over a few retailers completely and ship to other retailers as opposed to being short with everyone.
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well it is possible it was one specific batch that came out bad and what they decided to do was screw over a few retailers completely and ship to other retailers as opposed to being short with everyone.
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It might have been only one color but that's bull if they do that!
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they just sit there staring at each other.
Asus: Do you want money?
Amazon: No.
Asus: Good, me neither.
Amazon: CANCEL ORDER!!!
ASUS: DELAY ALL ORDER!!!!
silence. fin
You really have nothong better to do?
Dude, I know... your bored. You need your Prime. Your frustrated. There's a lot of that going aoround. You are part of a large club. I wrote a huge post yesterday, only to look at it and realize, it was completly meaningless, useless to anyyone else, and added zero value to xda-developers. Then I left it up. Like I said, a LOT of this going around. Come one ASUS Partners... give us something to write home about.
Sigh.
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they just sit there staring at each other.
Asus: Do you want money?
Amazon: No.
Asus: Good, me neither.
Amazon: CANCEL ORDER!!!
ASUS: DELAY ALL ORDER!!!!
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And seriously, do you really think this is even remotely close to what happened? My golly, the Prime's launch was delayed due to a manufacturing issue. That's it. By a few weeks, even.
In the real world, we even have a saying for this: "**** happens." Most adults recognize that fact and move on with their lives.
Clearly everyone is frustrated but honestly, I can't see how any re-seller would be culpable at this point with the apparent lack of communication from ASUS.
Amazon probably doesn't want the hate mail from misquoting ship dates and if they had solid information, they wouldn't have any reason to withhold from us.
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they just sit there staring at each other.
Asus: Do you want to piss off camelontherun?
Amazon: Yes.
Asus: Good, me too.
Amazon: CANCEL ORDER!!!
ASUS: DELAY ALL ORDER!!!!
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fixed.
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So this is rather good news, which probably isn't true, but I hope it is, but probably isn't.... but really hope it is.
So I got a Amazon gift card yesterday, and Thought I sure would like to apply this to my 64 GB Prime tablet, as it hasn't be charged yet, and is still in a "holding pattern". So I got on Amazon chat support for the unteenth time this week, but instead of going through the normal customer service, I went through the billing side, b/c I wanted to apply a new gift card to an existing order... well, after they applied it, I had one more question for them...
Mek, thank you. One more question if you don't mind. Do you have any updated info. on a possible shipping date for the order?
Puneet:You are welcome and It will be ship very soon
Me:Really, because as of yesterday, Amazon customer support told me they had no other info. on the item and still had not yet received any supply from the manufacturer??? My shipping date on the order still says Jan. 9th, 2012... is this date just a place holder for the item, as I have assumed; as it has been the same date since I ordered on Nov. 22.
Regardless, your system says that the ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-C1-GR 10.1-Inch 64GB Tablet (Amethyst Gray) will be shipping very soon? That's good news if indeed true.
Puneet:I would like to tell you that the date which we give to our customer is the maximum time, but we try to deliver the package asap, and yes it is true
Me:Thanks for the info., you may have just made my day. =)
Have a good day.
Puneet:Its my pleasure to help you.
Is there anything else I can do for you today?
Me:No thank you
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Clearly everyone is frustrated but honestly, I can't see how any re-seller would be culpable at this point with the apparent lack of communication from ASUS.
Amazon probably doesn't want the hate mail from misquoting ship dates and if they had solid information, they wouldn't have any reason to withhold from us.
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I don't know. Usually this is retailers over-estimating supplies and taking more pre-orders than can fulfilled. If this is a traditional relationship then Amazon, Best Buy, etc. had no idea how many units would be available. The are simply taking orders and possibly reporting this number to Asus as an idea of how many they need to supply; however, that does not mean Asus is capable of producing the amount to demand.
A good retailer will limit the amount of preorder to something reasonable; however, a lot just keep taking orders until they get the manufacturer says "Whoa too many" then start cancelling or pushing off to the next shipment. Most smaller retailers are not even in this mix at all and take pre-orders without even a chance of getting or actually ordering a single unit.
In Amazon's case, I bet they kept taking orders until they got an idea of how many they were going to get, then cancelled the overage. Many times retailers will blame the manufacturer, but this is usually an estimation error on the retailers side. Over taking orders is a good thing for retailers as most people will just pick a different product at the same retail (especially when they give out credits or coupons for your "inconvenience"), so its a win win especially since they can just say so and so didn't make enough.
Of course, there can sometimes be contractual agreements on volume to be provided, which is probably why Best Buy and Gamestop did not cancel orders. They probably estimated correctly or had agreements for so many units and only pre-ordered that many. Of course, this would limit supplies to other retailers without agreements in a low supply situation.
I honestly don't see anything here that would be Asus' fault. Maybe there was a hardware issue that limited supply, but there is always something with new devices going through new production procedures. So honestly I think this is just an "out" used by the retailers to offset blame for them over-committing pre-orders. The wifi issue was detected in preview units and there was plenty of time for Asus to fix production issues before the "officially" announced launch.
^ I work in distribution so I'm trained to blame the manufacturer. What you posted makes perfect sense though. I'm just throwing out WAGs in between checking my email.
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they just sit there staring at each other.
Asus: Do you want money?
Amazon: No.
Asus: Good, me neither.
Amazon: CANCEL ORDER!!!
ASUS: DELAY ALL ORDER!!!!
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Amazon's selling a million Kindle Fire's a week. Asus is projecting total tablet sales of 1MM in all of 2012. Who needs who?
Enough already. I think the phrase "beating a dead horse" describes recent messages ?
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Amazon's selling a million Kindle Fire's a week. Asus is projecting total tablet sales of 1MM in all of 2012. Who needs who?
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Yeah, but it looks like the Fire has a high return rate which is expected to negatively affect their financials for the year.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/312394-kindle-fire-returns-could-hit-amazon-s-earnings
It really sort of matters how many people keep your device and not how many you sold. And I expect a larger number of returns in Jan/Feb.
Anybody can sell a lot of crap. Lets see what Asus finally delivers before we know who need who. Although, honestly, Amazon doesn't need anyone, so not sure its a fair comparison.
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Dude, I know... your bored. You need your Prime. Your frustrated. There's a lot of that going aoround. You are part of a large club. I wrote a huge post yesterday, only to look at it and realize, it was completly meaningless, useless to anyyone else, and added zero value to xda-developers. Then I left it up. Like I said, a LOT of this going around. Come one ASUS Partners... give us something to write home about.
Sigh.
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its a joke big guy. humor. google it.
So I'm of of the late people to order the prime (12/26) and just wondering how many of us are out there? Anyone got any idea when that second batch is coming to amazon?
I'm also an Amazon late buyer. Hoping our patience pays off with more polished machines.
I'm also in this boat. I'm honestly not expecting to get mine until February. I'm hoping that by the time it ships it will have ICS pre-installed.
Ordered from Amazon 64GB Champagne today After Return
I returned my TP yesterday to GameStop for a full refund. They had none in stock so refunded in cash no less. My reason for returning was a completely dead GPS. I never once got any lock of any type trying all the tricks on the GPS threads. Everything else worked flawlessly and I really hated parting with it but if I'm paying 500 bucks for a device it better work. I did notice a few people with later shipments having better luck than I did and so am rejoining the great TP Egg Hunt
P.S. From my own personal experience of two weeks playing with the TP if they get the GPS issue worked out this will be one badass tablet !!!
From the rumors i hear, the second batch of TP on amazon is due to ship during the first half of January so lets all hope that we get our tablets then and they are without problems
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From the rumors i hear, the second batch of TP on amazon is due to ship during the first half of January so lets all hope that we get our tablets then and they are without problems
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wasn't a rumor...had a re-pre-order from amazon and it was scheduled for delivery between Jan 26th-Feb 6th (i think).
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I returned my TP yesterday to GameStop for a full refund. They had none in stock so refunded in cash no less. My reason for returning was a completely dead GPS. I never once got any lock of any type trying all the tricks on the GPS threads. Everything else worked flawlessly and I really hated parting with it but if I'm paying 500 bucks for a device it better work. I did notice a few people with later shipments having better luck than I did and so am rejoining the great TP Egg Hunt
P.S. From my own personal experience of two weeks playing with the TP if they get the GPS issue worked out this will be one badass tablet !!!
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Man this just kills me.. I really don't understand why people need GPS so badly. I really can't think of a single time I would use it. My Galaxy Nexus is a MUCH better navigation device than a 10" tablet could ever be. As long as it can get my current city from wifi for searches, what other possible use is there?
It's probably been discussed in other GPS threads, but I haven't seen any real reason that I should worry about GPS on a wifi only tablet.
If you do a search on Amazon right now, the 32 GB Primes are only available from Amazon partners at highly inflated prices. There is a 64 GB available from Amazon, but no 32's.
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Man this just kills me.. I really don't understand why people need GPS so badly. I really can't think of a single time I would use it. My Galaxy Nexus is a MUCH better navigation device than a 10" tablet could ever be. As long as it can get my current city from wifi for searches, what other possible use is there?
It's probably been discussed in other GPS threads, but I haven't seen any real reason that I should worry about GPS on a wifi only tablet.
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Yeah, this bugs me too. People exchanging their otherwise perfectly working Primes because of GPS.... People should research enough to know that no amount of exchanges at this time is going to solve the issue.
Back on topic, I also ordered on 12/26 from Amazon (Grey 64GB)
Yeah, I posted about this yesterday. I ordered on Dec 19th, 64gb grey. One person in my post stated they ordered it on the 18th and it was delivered on the 30th. Not sure what size and stuff. I've also heard of some from the first round not getting theirs yet. I'm hoping that we get them in the next week or so.
I preordered my 64 champ. on the 22nd, had an est. of jan 24th-feb 7, and 3 days ago, changed to "we will notify you" and hasn't given me a new date yet
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Yeah, this bugs me too. People exchanging their otherwise perfectly working Primes because of GPS.... People should research enough to know that no amount of exchanges at this time is going to solve the issue.
Back on topic, I also ordered on 12/26 from Amazon (Grey 64GB)
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It's not even that, I just don't know what they are even using the GPS on a wifi tablet to do... As I said, android phones are much better navigation devices than big tablets. If they removed GPS function completely, I'm not sure what I would miss out on...
Just got off the phone with amazon about the 64gb champ. gold model. Csr told me that they are expecting to start shipping out this week, and have more coming the week after that, and the week after that.
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Just got off the phone with amazon about the 64gb champ. gold model. Csr told me that they are expecting to start shipping out this week, and have more coming the week after that, and the week after that.
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lol So, essentially, they told you nothing you didn't already know? Why can't they be definitive!?!?! Good luck. Hopefully yours comes in soon.
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lol So, essentially, they told you nothing you didn't already know? Why can't they be definitive!?!?! Good luck. Hopefully yours comes in soon.
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well, I originally had a shipping estimate of jan 24-feb 7 and they changed it to "we will notify you when we have a date" and I called to ask why, and he basically told me that it will be shipping sooner than expected
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well, I originally had a shipping estimate of jan 24-feb 7 and they changed it to "we will notify you when we have a date" and I called to ask why, and he basically told me that it will be shipping sooner than expected
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Ah, I see. Well mine still says Jan 24-Feb 7. What number did you call?
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Ah, I see. Well mine still says Jan 24-Feb 7. What number did you call?
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I went through the help link on their website
Just got amazon to give me a 100 dollar gift card for the delay by complaining
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Just got amazon to give me a 100 dollar gift card for the delay by complaining
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I smell a troll... proof, or it didn't happen
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I smell a troll... proof, or it didn't happen
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How would i even prove it.... and honestly i don't care if you don't believe me lol
First and foremost....I got my Prime today. Its perfect. No light leakage...No WIFI issues, GPS works, No loose screen, Update took 5 minutes and had no issues. Keep the faith people...There are good primes out there...We just see a majority of the issues here on the forums.
Now to the order of business. I am a seasonal Best Buy employee (Senior at Purdue University who works here during christmas...mainly for the sick employee discount). You CAN CURRENTLY get the Grey dock at ANY Best Buy store. They are still not available to order online and you will not find the device in the store that day, but they are obtainable. The process is as follows.
1) Simply walk into said Best Buy.
2) Head to the computer department and find someone who does not look stupid.
3) Tell them you would like to do an OMS order for the Asus transformer prime dock.
4) They will say they cant do it and cant find a SKU.
5) Give them this sku: 4175048
6) They will be able to OMS ship either to that store...or to your house.
7) Wait a week or so, depending on when you order...(Our trucks come from the Chicago warehouse every Thusday night so it totally depends on when that store gets shipments from its warehouse)
8) Recieve your dock ahead of schedule.
This does work as I have done it for myself and have a dock on our truck due this Thursday the 5th.
Just as a quick update on the units themselves...I have just today started to see them moving through RSS (our investory software). Only 2 of them were shipped to the largest store in central Indiana which I bet are OMS or some sort of .Com orders. You are not able to OMS the actual tablet.
-Quix.
I will try this tomorrow. If it works, you are awesome. Thanks!
Wtf, why not. Ups usually doesn't arrive till about 5 pm so I have some free time thanks!
Ill kiss you if this works. Tired of missing online stocks that run out in <20 minutes.
Is this able to be done over the phone with your local Best Buy store? :O
Thanks for this appreciate it but I do hate to inform you your GPS may work from a technical standpoint( like everyone's) but will not work as a real world practical turn by turn navigation device.
You should indeed be able to do this over the phone assuming you are ok giving them your credit card information over the phone as well.
-Quix
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Ill kiss you if this works. Tired of missing online stocks that run out in <20 minutes.
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I owe you a kiss. On the truck for the 10th. The guy was pretty adamant about them not having anything at any best buy. I told him to check the sku for ****s and giggles and he told me there were actually 128. dont know if that was for the store or all of bestbuy, but its one less now. Thanks for the heads up.
Worked for me. Estimated delivery date Jan 9 - Jan 12
And you guys are sure they are sending you the Amethyst one and not the Champagne one?
hollywould said:
And you guys are sure they are sending you the Amethyst one and not the Champagne one?
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Almost guranteed:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+...218459198234&skuId=4175048&st=TF201&cp=1&lp=3
SKU 4175048 is for the gray/Amethyst one.
Quixion2008 said:
2) Head to the computer department and find someone who does not look stupid.
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That in itself could be more challenging then finding a KB dock in stock
Great...now if I could just get the blasted tablet....
As of 8 minutes ago I have a transformer prime, although I'm at work and haven't seen it (in person) yet. @OP any word when they will have them instock at the stores because I am leaving at the end of the week. If I would do this today would they have it by Friday? Or am I better of to wait and do it next week?
lmm112190 said:
As of 8 minutes ago I have a transformer prime, although I'm at work and haven't seen it (in person) yet. @OP any word when they will have them instock at the stores because I am leaving at the end of the week. If I would do this today would they have it by Friday? Or am I better of to wait and do it next week?
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Depends on when they get their weekly inventory shipments in. Usually less than a week, but they can tell you if you call. My bestbuy is on Tuesdays, Quix says Chicago's is Friday, etc.
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hollywould said:
And you guys are sure they are sending you the Amethyst one and not the Champagne one?
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Yeah, unless they are blatantly lying:
ASUS TRANSFORMER TF201 KEYBOARD DOCK-GR
SKU: 4175048
thanks a lot, i just walked out of the store, it worked exactly the way you said it was gonna be. Igot my order with a fulfilment date as 01/07/2012.
Impatiently waiting now!!!!.
hollywould said:
And you guys are sure they are sending you the Amethyst one and not the Champagne one?
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SKU 4175048 brings up the gray dock on best buy online
What is oms stand for? Lol newbie here ,ill try this at mu local bestbuy
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Omg, it worked! This magic word "OMS", it's amazing! Shipping to my house by next week. Thanks!
Quixion2008 said:
You should indeed be able to do this over the phone assuming you are ok giving them your credit card information over the phone as well.
-Quix
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How would one go about doing this on the phone? I ordered my prime over the phone, because I had to do financing, because for some reason I couldn't find out how to do it online. I was transfered about 4 times to different departments until I was connected with someone who ordered my prime and let me do financing.
So if I want to get the keyboard, and use the "magic OMS word," would I call the 1-8xx number? (I don't know it off the top of my head) And once I call, who do I ask to talk to?
I purchased my Prime from Office Depot online in January. Based on the returns Best Buy is allowing I called Office Depot and they are not accepting them back, manufacturers defects or not.
The tech I spoke with did say he spoke with his manager and he said I need to call ASUS as they are recalling the Primes.
Needless to say the ASUS website has no phone listed, or operable, in the US. Anyone have phone number for ASUS?
ASUS Product Support Toll Free: (888) 678-3688
Interesting.. keep us posted
Gooooogle
http://www.service.asus.com/infopage.aspx?rid=7#!Contact Us/cw8z
[just like the poster above posted]
clockwork58 said:
Gooooogle
http://www.service.asus.com/infopage.aspx?rid=7#!Contact Us/cw8z
[just like the poster above posted]
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Thanks, but I tried that earlier and got an oops....try again. ASUS way of saying, don't bother.
Should be no different from a car maker recall for a bad tire or bad brake, Asus should have done this as soon as the GPS and Wifi problems were identified and confirmed. The FCC should be initiating this policy to protect the consumers but they seem to be pretending asleep as the wheel while collecting fees for certification! That really sucks doesn't it?
Asus is doing a recall?? Are we positive on this news?
If so, I hope they email everyone who purchased this stinker.... I'll gladly take my refund.
Or is this just retail vendor recall??? sigh...
Been on the phone for 20 minutes and all they want to do is issue an RMA so they can look at it.
E techie said they have not been notified of a prime recall. Waiting on a supervisor.
Per supervisor no recall has been issued. All they can do is issue an rma to return it.
Feeling so violated, Office Depot and ASUS...never again.
shinzz said:
Asus is doing a recall?? Are we positive on this news?
If so, I hope they email everyone who purchased this stinker.... I'll gladly take my refund.
Or is this just retail vendor recall??? sigh...
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There is no recall. Just hopeful rumors. Like other poster said, they will offer to RMA it.
demandarin said:
There is no recall. Just hopeful rumors. Like other poster said, they will offer to RMA it.
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Bummer
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yeah, I emailed ASUS last week and never got a reply. I wanted it out of my site so I traded it for a couple iPod Touch 32GBs. Took a bit of a hit on it, but I agree, never again on ASUS. I am not an Apple "lover", but the iPad 3 I got hasn't been put down since I got it. Now, iPhone I will never own.
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Gooooogle
http://www.service.asus.com/infopage.aspx?rid=7#!Contact Us/cw8z
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Did you click your link? Try it. Oops....
demandarin said:
There is no recall. Just hopeful rumors. Like other poster said, they will offer to RMA it.
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Your opinion.
It may be rumors, but it was the excuse Office Depot supervisor used for sending me back ASSUS. Fact!
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There is no recall. Just hopeful rumors. Like other poster said, they will offer to RMA it.
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Are you going to tell me "Prime is discontinued"... is still a rumor as well....
If I remember correctly, since April... there hasn't been any new "version" of Prime...but of course, Asus (and you) kept telling us that Prime won't be discontinued, will continue to be produced, and will sell next to Infinity.
So much for that... although... they... are.. sort of selling Prime next to Infinity through online, although most online vendors are starting to take Prime out of their system and replacing it with TF700. But yea.. so much for Asus & their promise/statement.. or whatever.
As for recall... could just mean "inventory" recall from all vendors. Now, the hopeful rumor is recalling "all" Primes for refund/exchange. =/ I prefer the hopeful rumor....
You guys know as well as I do there's not gonna be no recall.
If you really had enough with your 201, take it with no receipt to you know where and make something up if you really want an Infinity or something else before its too late. Multiple reports already of no receipt given credit... you can either complain to us who agree but know Asus will do nothing or you can try to get rid of it, read on page 2 of that thread nobody else had tried it without ADH before I went, I had just had enough of the wifi/bt on my Prime. If the first store I went to had told me no (and I had receipt) would have just went to the other ones around here til somebody gave me credit for it
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You guys know as well as I do there's not gonna be no recall.
If you really had enough with your 201, take it with no receipt to you know where and make something up if you really want an Infinity or something else before its too late. Multiple reports already of no receipt given credit... you can either complain to us who agree but know Asus will do nothing or you can try to get rid of it, read on page 2 of that thread nobody else had tried it without ADH before I went, I had just had enough of the wifi/bt on my Prime. If the first store I went to had told me no (and I had receipt) would have just went to the other ones around here til somebody gave me credit for it
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I would if mine is from Best Buy... but mine is from Gamestop. =/
That exchange works for Best Buy only so far.. it seems.
shinzz said:
I would if mine is from Best Buy... but mine is from Gamestop. =/
That exchange works for Best Buy only so far.. it seems.
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Like I said, there has been several reports in the thread as long as you have your box and charger, take it say it was a gift you dont have the receipt and they can still exchange for store credit if the customer service employee will do it. Is BB that far away, what do you have to lose if your Prime is that bad?
I already tried to take my gamestop prime to best buy. I failed big time. I talked to the manager too. Plain and simple, they will not take it without being able to find the transaction in their system. I regret buying it from gamestop and I will never step another foot in their stores.
I have called Asus and gamestop a number of times and have gotten no where. I have also pm Gary for a refund. My last resort will be my squaretrade warranty but I doubt Asus will be getting another $500 from me.
Asus has awesome products on paper but their quality and customer support sucks major butt. They haven't come through on anything that was communicated to us on this website except for that stupid dongle.
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Having no receipt no matter where you bought it from may work. My best buy here went into "green screen" or something and determined I didn't have a receipt through them. but others may not be so determining.
Well there ya go depends how lucky you get I guess wont know until you try .. I had the receipt so wasn't an issue .. sorry guys
I'm kinda glad best buy didn't take my gamestop prime back since now I don't have to feel guilty screwing them over due to gamestop and Asus lack of care for their customers. They both have a take the money and run attitude.
I always wondered why people like apple so much even though their products blow and r always behind the 8 ball. It's all about the customer service. My wife has no complaints about her iPad.
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