Is anybody here doing the in-store purchase over pre-order?
I checked the retailers in my area and they said they should be receiving the Transformer Primes by Monday night.
Oh I can't wait, I got enough to get the tablet and the dock keyboard.
Hmm, in which area and which retail store? Best Buy perhaps? I missed out on pre-order from other stores after Amazon cancelled mine from their backorder. This feels like one crazy scavenger hunt for Asus Transformer Prime... =/
I missed out on the pre-order as well so I'm gonna be trying to get one in store. I think my best bet is with best buy or gamestop. Except for every time I go into either store I get a new story of when they will have them... real PITA but I'm crossing my fingers for Monday or Tuesday!
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Took a trip to my local Best Buy. They aren't expecting shipment to store til next year. Manager of the store didn't even know when they will receive it next year. This is turning out to be one crazy scavenger hunt & can't figure out which source or person to believe. This has to be one of the worst launch for a gadget...
I actually called a local bestbuy yesterday to ask about the release, and they had no record of the Amethyst 32gb SKU in their system. I'll call again today and ask a bit more generally.
Now that my pre-order from BestBuy is on 'back order' I'm sure I'll be checking if any local stores have it in stock this week.
However, I am guessing this thing is going to be hard to find for quite some time.
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I'm not preordering, and to me that just means im going to get it the day of release.
I was wondering what your guys views on the matter was.
Do you think there will be plenty in store? or is your only chance a preorder?
From what I've heard and talked to people at Best Buy, they won't even be in stores until after the New Year. I pre-ordered because I've been burned in the past thinking that they'd have them in store on release day and so far that has never happened.
infinitemethod said:
From what I've heard and talked to people at Best Buy, they won't even be in stores until after the New Year. I pre-ordered because I've been burned in the past thinking that they'd have them in store on release day and so far that has never happened.
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theres a best buy thread that says that only the grey ones won't be in until after new year.
the guy i talked to at future shop said he would probably have some in store.
edit: yea best buy wont have **** in store for awhile.
blaziner18 said:
I'm not preordering, and to me that just means im going to get it the day of release.
I was wondering what your guys views on the matter was.
Do you think there will be plenty in store? or is your only chance a preorder?
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Oh and NO 64GB IN STORES! Last I checked they were only available from a few online retailers, which totally sucks. Oh and waking up early to go pick it up to save shipping costs is a pretty good deal. If you want a 32GB, stores are the way to go.
I have never pre-ordered any computer hardware before, I thought getting old means being more patience... maybe not this toy.
Anyone has experience with Bestbuy preorder? Do they send it off a few days before official release date so it arrives to you on the day of release?
SHRED said:
I have never pre-ordered any computer hardware before, I thought getting old means being more patience... maybe not this toy.
Anyone has experience with Bestbuy preorder? Do they send it off a few days before official release date so it arrives to you on the day of release?
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id like to know this as well, hell if any site did that.. give me a link and ill preorder it right now.
the main advantage to preordering is to ensure you have one at release, going by asus' track record for the OG transformer, not getting one of the initial shipment could mean you're going to have to do a lot of hunting and waiting to get a hold of one.
although, gamestop might be your best bet to picking one up at launch.
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the main advantage to preordering is to ensure you have one at release, going by asus' track record for the OG transformer, not getting one of the initial shipment could mean you're going to have to do a lot of hunting and waiting to get a hold of one.
although, gamestop might be your best bet to picking one up at launch.
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i live in canada and i don't have an gamestop anywhere close to me, i do have an EB games tho.
I'm wondering if i ordered one online, could i cancel it if i was able to find one in stores? and what i heard about the last asus, was that they had some in stores they just went out of stock right away, am i right?
I talked with a Best Buy manager this weekend and he said they don't expect to see the Prime in the store until sometime in January.
Another Best Buy post on this site: [Updated 12.04.11]Transformer Prime and Dock on BestBuy.com | New information! is by an employee of Best Buy and he is saying that even when they are carried in the store they will only be the gray version. Gold will on be available online.
As popular and as much hype surrounding this tablet goes, I doubt any will be available in any stores. Especially release day and you haven't preordered yet. All stocks will go to preorders first. Then if any left of someone backs out, then u might luck up and find one.
I just did mines at GameStop. Put $50 dollars down on preorder on 32GB version and I'm guaranteed to get it on Dec. 19th. For in store pickup. Just pay difference when you go in to pickup. You really can put down as much as you want but $50 is the minimum. Also of for some reason you have to cancel, you can get all your money back as long as you hold the receipt. They also said you can come a day or 2 after the 19th. To pick it up if you can't make it that day of release and it's still guaranteed to be held for you.
I think GameStop preorder is the best way to go if you want to have device guaranteed before Christmas or on the 19th. Which is like 2 weeks away! Plus for the same price others charging, GameStop gives you about $42 of pre installed software. I believe it's like 8 games or something that are optimized for tegra3. You can find out exactly which ones they are on GameStop website. These games normally cost about $6 a piece if you get them from TegraZone or android market. So I thinks that's especially cool. That glow ball game is really amazing, as far as graphics n looks go.
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As popular and as much hype surrounding this tablet goes, I doubt any will be available in any stores. Especially release day and you haven't preordered yet. All stocks will go to preorders first. Then if any left of someone backs out, then u might luck up and find one.
I just did mines at GameStop. Put $50 dollars down on preorder on 32GB version and I'm guaranteed to get it on Dec. 19th. For in store pickup. Just pay difference when you go in to pickup. You really can put down as much as you want but $50 is the minimum. Also of for some reason you have to cancel, you can get all your money back as long as you hold the receipt. They also said you can come a day or 2 after the 19th. To pick it up if you can't make it that day of release and it's still guaranteed to be held for you.
I think GameStop preorder is the best way to go if you want to have device guaranteed before Christmas or on the 19th. Which is like 2 weeks away! Plus for the same price others charging, GameStop gives you about $42 of pre installed software. I believe it's like 8 games or something that are optimized for tegra3. You can find out exactly which ones they are on GameStop website. These games normally cost about $6 a piece if you get them from TegraZone or android market. So I thinks that's especially cool. That glow ball game is really amazing, as far as graphics n looks go.
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cool, but i dont have a gamestop near me, maybe ill go for a road trip or something... i thought gamestop was only for selling consoles and games and stuff, just like eb games.
edit: just looked at gamestop.com... its only for america, i don't have a passport, that sucks!!
Used to be pre-order was the way to go because you were guaranteed one. Now a days It's a diff story! I don't want to face the lines and risk of them not being in the store.
I'm starting to see that the possibility to in-store purchase this product or arrange a pre-order for future shipment is becoming a lost cause.
For me I had to wait until I 3 weeks for the arrival of my new debit card from a bank I set up on Black Friday to come before I could do any pre-ordering for the Transformer Prime, a tablet I laid my eyes on shortly after experiencing a blackeye on Friday getting burned by Best Buy when they're ****ty Telecheck service declined my personal check for the Door Buster $249 Eee Pad Transformer and $200 SHARP 1080p HDTV. By the time I received my new a debit card I noticed that Best Buy had taken away the pre-order option off BestBuy.com and replaced it with a 'Coming Soon' picture and there was news pouring from the country up north of supply shortage due to faulty units.
I still thought my luck would turn and that I still might be able to get one from the nearby store on the Prime's launch date but the tech gossip news of recall and defects seem to only got worsen as the official US retailer launch date of the prime approached yet the folks at the local Best Buy retailer were still confident when I called-in, they say that they were still getting their shipment by midnight of 12/19. Yet when the 19th came and passed their story changed to unsure, uncertainty, some stating that Asus was pulling recalling their shipment orders.
Today I decided to pop-in instead of calling (which they rarely answer) the Best Buy in my area, I decided to go in and speak with someone directly which is here at the Best Buy in Greenwood, IN.
When asked about the availability of the Prime and it's accessories the retail clerk to my disbelief, pretty much used the same system I've been using all this time: BestBuy.com as I heard him mumble the "coming soon" message.
I asked if they had received any shipment of the Prime since it's release, he said they haven't.
Now that's pretty sad. I already know none of the Gamestop's in my area don't have it either, it was this past weekend I asked a Gamestop clerk about the Transformer Prime and he gave me a blank stare and said "What is that?"
At this point I'm thinking of crossing off Best Buy as my retailer for the Prime and will have to start looking else where, but hey maybe someone else here had better luck with in-store purchase from Best Buy for the Prime. Please share your experience.
i'm hoping someone around the area might be able to point me to the right direction. live in vancouver canada, and heading down to bellvue washington next weekend. im hoping to get a ASUS Eeepad Transformer Prime TF201 Keyboard Champagne color.
any suggestion where i can start looking that i may have better luck of finding one?
Thanks
I had my Prime and the keyboard ordered from Amazon on the same order. I finally got tired of waiting so long and deleted the keyboard from my order yesterday. Today they're showing a HUMONGOUS improvement on my shipping estimate for the Prime, but now I've nowhere to get a dock!
Lol, I think I'll be happy at least getting my Prime in, but now that I deleted the dock I don't see it anywhere. I'm in the US, if that matters. Have all retailers just completely dropped the product-line?
I was able to buy my TFP from officedepot.com a week ago, and it came in 3 days. I ordered my dock from bestbuy.com, had them ship to store this week, and I got it in 3 days.... I don't see why its been so hard for others to get them... Im in the US, Northern California to be exact.
Check frys.com , I think they have one in bellingham, not sure though...
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Best Buy currently has them.
http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/tablets/asus/accessories/
Thanks! I'll wait until the tablet actually gets here (curse Amazon) and then order the same day. Hopefully they'll still have them >.> Frys it is.
Guess the major online retailers just jumped ship then? Consider BB brick&mortar and we've none nearby.
I ordered a keyboard dock the day after Christmas for Amazon and it still says ships between 1st and 15th of February. It's funny how Best Buy keeps getting them in but Amazon is so slow. They must have sold a ton of pre-orders. I'd switch to someplace else but I paid for most of it with Amazon Gift Cards from Christmas.
I'm looking to buy the new transformer prime and couldn't find them any where at the local stores, Bestbuy, Brandsmart, etc...What's going on? They're out of stock everywhere. where did you get yours?
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I'm looking to buy the new transformer prime and couldn't find them any where at the local stores, Bestbuy, Brandsmart, etc...What's going on? They're out of stock everywhere. where did you get yours?
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They should have been readily available in your local stores since January, but for some reason Asus have been only producing a few here and there so your best bet is online here is a link you can go to what online store has the prime available at the moment:
http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/tablets/asus/transformerprime/
Remember always verify first about their return window, so incase you buy a substandard prime you can easily get an exchange or get your money back with ease.
check Gamestop stores. the ones that carry tablets. I know the brick n mortar store in my area has them in stock now. I called the other day looking for a keyboard dock. they said no docks but plenty of the actual tablet.
The nowinstock link will def. help you find one, that's how I got mines
I got mine at a local Best Buy. Every local store - of every possible chain - reported them as out of stock when I checked online. I listened to some advice my wife gave me....i called and checked. I was lucky enough to get them to hold the last one they had in stock for me.
Just got about 1000 in Dixon's Retail in the UK. Only the second delivery since launch. I think they are slowly coming out.
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I had the same problem but wasn't going to spend almost $100 extra by going through amazon. I waited for the price to go back to retail for over a month but no dice. Finally I checked out an old faithful; Newegg had mine to me (Tallahassee, Florida) in a couple days. No tax. Perfect Prime. Amazon was great for my accessories.
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I had the same problem but wasn't going to spend almost $100 extra by going through amazon. I waited for the price to go back to retail for over a month but no dice. Finally I checked out an old faithful; Newegg had mine to me (Tallahassee, Florida) in a couple days. No tax. Perfect Prime. Amazon was great for my accessories.
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I got mine from Amazon for 500. You finding them for 400?
I got mine from a best buy mobile
I got mine from Amazon, but have seen them on display at my local Staples. not sure if they actually had any in stock though.
Just ordered mine from gamestop online - they have them in stock
Best Buy was my retailer of choice because I had a faulty Xoom still under their extended warranty. I had a couple months till expiration so I waited, hoping Asus' production would mature and supply increase, which didn't really happen as well as I expected.
If you choose Best Buy, use their app too. Search at least daily for TF201 and then click to show the locations they have it in stock. That and nowinstock.net worked for me. Call BB to verify they actually have it and reserve it if they do.
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It seems Best Buy's online site has taken down the Prime. Chapagne version says "Coming Soon" and Gray says "In Store Only." However, I have checked nearly every store in Florida and they all say "Unavailable" for the Gray version.
Thought it had been discussed that Asus would continue to make the Prime even when the Infinity launched?
Also, has Best Buy decided to return all of its Prime stock in aticipation of the Infinity's arrival? Strange becuase I thought the plan was to price reduce the Prime $100 or so. Weird.
I think they just said that to keep up the illusion that the Prime was a viable and technically sound machine (for why would you retire it otherwise?). It was rumored months ago that the 32 GB Infinity would start shipping as soon as stocks of Primes ran out. If they would continue selling the Prime, that criterion would never have been satisfied, now, would it?
At the price the TF700 is currently selling, no one is his/her right mind would take the plunge with a Prime and run the risk of WiFi issues, in addition to the well-known dysfunctional GPS.
But that might just be me. And my $0.02.
Maybe there waiting to sell it with Jelly Bean right out of the box. That would appeal to a lot of people.
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I'm hoping to pick mine up at Best Buy...
EDIT: Strange, I'm looking at it on the Best Buy website and it says the store closest to me (where I'm staying for vacation) doesn't have any. Yet, I was there yesterday and played with one. They did have a sign up that said "New Tablet Coming soon." I was wondering what would be there...but they had the Prime and the 300 there, so I'm not sure if they would display the Infinity or the Nexus 7 in that spot.
I called my local Best Buy, and they said they won't have the Infinity until the end of the month. She acknowledged that it is being released tomorrow, but they still won't have any until the end of the month.
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I called my local Best Buy, and they said they won't have the Infinity until the end of the month. She acknowledged that it is being released tomorrow, but they still won't have any until the end of the month.
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I'm going to call the Best Buy here too, see what I can dig up. Where do you live?
EDIT: Just called. The lady had no idea. I don't think she knew what I was asking about...she was looking it up on their website I think. I'll have to wait until monday probably.
KilerG said:
I'm going to call the Best Buy here too, see what I can dig up. Where do you live?
EDIT: Just called. The lady had no idea. I don't think she knew what I was asking about...she was looking it up on their website I think. I'll have to wait until monday probably.
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I live in the south Chicago suburbs. She told me that "The computer manager told her they won't be in until the end of the month."
Might I suggest you check out CowBoom which is Best Buys refurbished site. It's where I bought my Prime. Even registered it with Asus and got the GPS accessory.
I took a look and they had quite a few in stock for $299. You can also check online for coupons to use.
Here's the link: http://m.cowboom.com/index.cfm?page=details&contentID=913078
As always do your due diligence when buying a refurbished item.
Prime are beta tester.
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