Prime available at Officedepot.com - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Ordered mine last night and will be here tomorrow! Get it while its Hot! Free 1 day shipping folks!
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/906853/ASUS-Eee-Pad-Transformer-Prime-TF201/
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Good luck. With the QC issues with this tablet you are brave ordering it online. I bought mine a best buy about 2 hours ago and it wouldn't even turn on. I swapped it out on site.
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kingsway8605 said:
Good luck. With the QC issues with this tablet you are brave ordering it online. I bought mine a best buy about 2 hours ago and it wouldn't even turn on. I swapped it out on site.
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** Hope you read in the forum about how you have to charge it first before it will actually turn on, if you received it DOA. My 2nd Prime was dead when I received it. I charged it for 2 hours then it finally turned on.**
No choice. I live in Eugene, Oregon. There is no prime in sight. Closes one is in Salem. Then Portland. I'm not that desperate. This will be my 3rd Prime though. Hopefully this will be the last. The first one I got from GS. It had little bleeding but that was about it (Kind of wished I had kept it). Second Prime had more issues with dead pixels, more light bleed and your on going wifi/BT issues. I really hope I'm done with it this time around. Please let this be the money shot!!!
Otherwise love the Prime

jjdevega said:
** Hope you read in the forum about how you have to charge it first before it will actually turn on, if you received it DOA. My 2nd Prime was dead when I received it. I charged it for 2 hours then it finally turned on.**
No choice. I live in Eugene, Oregon. There is no prime in sight. Closes one is in Salem. Then Portland. I'm not that desperate. This will be my 3rd Prime though. Hopefully this will be the last. The first one I got from GS. It had little bleeding but that was about it (Kind of wished I had kept it). Second Prime had more issues with dead pixels, more light bleed and your on going wifi/BT issues. I really hope I'm done with it this time around. Please let this be the money shot!!!
Otherwise love the Prime
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I guess when you get this powerful of hardware for this price, you have to deal with some qc issues.
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jjdevega said:
** Hope you read in the forum about how you have to charge it first before it will actually turn on, if you received it DOA. My 2nd Prime was dead when I received it. I charged it for 2 hours then it finally turned on.**
No choice. I live in Eugene, Oregon. There is no prime in sight. Closes one is in Salem. Then Portland. I'm not that desperate. This will be my 3rd Prime though. Hopefully this will be the last. The first one I got from GS. It had little bleeding but that was about it (Kind of wished I had kept it). Second Prime had more issues with dead pixels, more light bleed and your on going wifi/BT issues. I really hope I'm done with it this time around. Please let this be the money shot!!!
Otherwise love the Prime
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It was the physical switch, you could "feel" the defect.
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After seeing all the QC issue, I'll pass. Waiting for the next gen Galaxy tab. Retina display any one?

Got mine today from office depot. Perfect. No flaws or issues. Minus the gps being weak because they all have that issue. Ive got a serial number now WOOT WOOT
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I'll pass on the quality issues and will also be waiting for 1080 displays.
Some silver lining to Amazon cancelling my November pre-order

racerex said:
I'll pass on the quality issues and will also be waiting for 1080 displays.
Some silver lining to Amazon cancelling my November pre-order
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I am waiting for 4k displays
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jjdevega said:
Ordered mine last night and will be here tomorrow! Get it while its Hot! Free 1 day shipping folks!
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/906853/ASUS-Eee-Pad-Transformer-Prime-TF201/
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Ordered one, thanks for info

MT4G_Slave said:
After seeing all the QC issue, I'll pass. Waiting for the next gen Galaxy tab. Retina display any one?
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Waiting is all fine and well. But man I do not like the waiting game. Especially when there is something like this out now! Prime will be just fine for me. It does more then what I will use it for. It may have it's issues (just like any tablet you will come across in its infancy), but it's all being worked on and Asus is a great company.
You can wait but be prepared for issues as well when you do get that future tablet. While I will be enjoying my Prime time.

I ordered my prime from office depot on the 19th. They were the only retailer who had it in stock, online or otherwise. At the time they were offering free 3 day shipping and during the checkout said I would have it by the 23rd. Once it was finally shipped on the 21st, UPS said I would not have delivery until the 26th. Which was Ok but not really acceptable. By the 25th there had been no movement with UPS tracking for 4 days. I called UPS and asked them if this was normal and they said no, that the package is scanned at least every 24 hours. They told me to call Office Depot and they would need to initiate a trace on the package.
I called office depot and they said they would escalate my concern and I would hear something by the end of the day. In the mean time I got a notice from nowinstock.net that BestBuy had them in stock and I checked their website and my local store even had them on hand. While doing this I received an email from Office Depot regarding my package that was essentially lost:
Your order is scheduled for delivery 1/26 with UPS.
Scheduled For Early Delivery On:
Thursday, 01/26/2012, By End of Day
Originally Scheduled For Delivery On:
Friday, 01/27/2012, By End of Day
Here is your tracking number
Tracking # UPSG ***************
Thank-you,
Michael Duran
Phoenix Group
Customer Resolution Associate
Office Depot
602 S. 63rd Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85043
T: (623) 907-2410 ext 6195
F: (888) 907-9072
Since they failed to address my issue at all, I canceled my order and drove to Best Buy and bought my Prime. Love it. No issues that anyone else has reported at all. (Shadowgun THD is awesome).
Fair warning to anyone thinking about ordering from Office Depot. Their logistics seem off.

berdo said:
I ordered my prime from office depot on the 19th. They were the only retailer who had it in stock, online or otherwise. At the time they were offering free 3 day shipping and during the checkout said I would have it by the 23rd. Once it was finally shipped on the 21st, UPS said I would not have delivery until the 26th. Which was Ok but not really acceptable. By the 25th there had been no movement with UPS tracking for 4 days. I called UPS and asked them if this was normal and they said no, that the package is scanned at least every 24 hours. They told me to call Office Depot and they would need to initiate a trace on the package.
I called office depot and they said they would escalate my concern and I would hear something by the end of the day. In the mean time I got a notice from nowinstock.net that BestBuy had them in stock and I checked their website and my local store even had them on hand. While doing this I received an email from Office Depot regarding my package that was essentially lost:
Your order is scheduled for delivery 1/26 with UPS.
Scheduled For Early Delivery On:
Thursday, 01/26/2012, By End of Day
Originally Scheduled For Delivery On:
Friday, 01/27/2012, By End of Day
Here is your tracking number
Tracking # UPSG ***************
Thank-you,
Michael Duran
Phoenix Group
Customer Resolution Associate
Office Depot
602 S. 63rd Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85043
T: (623) 907-2410 ext 6195
F: (888) 907-9072
Since they failed to address my issue at all, I canceled my order and drove to Best Buy and bought my Prime. Love it. No issues that anyone else has reported at all. (Shadowgun THD is awesome).
Fair warning to anyone thinking about ordering from Office Depot. Their logistics seem off.
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Sorry you had issues with the whole delivery thing. That really sucks.
My experience so far with OD is a positive one. I've already ordered from them online with my 2nd Prime and arrived as schedualed. This latest one is arriving today....
Glad your enjoying your Prime

I think it helps you that you are so close to the warehouse they were shipping from. But in the end, I got what I wanted. Just wish it would not have been such a big ordeal.

Yay just received mine No bright spots like the previous. So far no issues. Updating now. Didn't get the C1 serial # though. Still BC.

I got mine too, its perfect.
Wifi works great (On par with with my galaxy nexus)
and GPS has no issues

Hello,
My friend has received the one he ordered for me from officedepot on the 1/02/2012; but I don't have the S/N yet...
has anyone received a C1 SN from Office Depot yet?
Edit : I received the invoice from my friend this morning. The S/N is BCOKAS13xxxxx I hope it is a good serie....

Keep in mind Office Depot's notoriously bad return policy, especially with the poor qc from Asus on this product.
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I received one from officedepot.com on Dec. 22 and returned it in early Jan due to the wifi,GPS, random reboot problems. If Asus ever gets it together I may try another.
Yesterday I saw two in stock at the local OD store, even though they didn't show online. I couldn't bring myself to try it again yet!
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Ordered mine from Office Depot on Friday. Still shows processing under the order status. Despite checking daily, it seems the only brick and mortar store in all of MN that carry's the TFP is Microcenter (despite there being tons of BB's and BB having their massive headquarters here). Last time MicroCenter had them in stock they sold out in less than a half hour, so online is my only option. I hope I'm not making a huge mistake buying this as a Valentine's present for my GF and I, especially buying online.
It looks like Office Depot has a 14 day return policy. Hopefully that gives me enough time to determine if my unit needs to be swapped out. Considering I placed my order on the 3rd, that leaves only 11 days at this point (provided their return period begins when you place the order.) With shipping, I'll be lucky to have a week to determine if it's good to go. I got to play with a friends TFP, absolutely loved it, but damn does this purchase have me on edge. Especially with my horrible Asus history...
Here's to hoping my experience goes as smoothly as some of yours.

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Best Buy Pre-Orders Only.

It's now the 8th of December. I am curious to everybody who had a pre-order from best buy, does yours still say 12/18/2011 sa the release date and also, does it say "in process"?
Have any of you spoken with Best Buy in the last day or so? I spoke to someone on Monday night and they said as far as they can tell, I am good to go.
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Still says "in process." Dated 12/18/11
Yeah mine is the same.
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Mine still says the same, ordered mine Dec 2, after amazon deep six'd my preorder...
Wru 64gb version Bestbuy? :-(
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Mine still says the same, ordered mine Dec 2, after amazon deep six'd my preorder...
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Ditto, hopefully we won't get screwed again!
Ordered Dec 2 after Amazon cancelled my order. Best Buy still shows 12/18/2011.
posted this in the other thread:
i just found out today that the place a "hold" on your debit card every 8 days, despite what the email says about not being charged until the item shipped.
I ordered on 11/25 and was charged $531 twice since then. Caused a bunch of stuff to bounce and caused me to be charged over 200 bucks in overdraft fees. If I'd have known this was going to happen, I could've moved some money around to cover. My fault for not checking, I guess, but I was some pissed.
When I called the other day (the 2nd time I was charged), she said it was because it was in the warehouse and shipping was imminent. When that charge was removed (like the first one; this is when I found out they do it every 8 days) I called back. Today, the supervisor I spoke with said I should just cancel my order, as the SKU is no longer in the system and orders will be canceled. I told her not to touch it, as I wasn't trusting anything anyone was telling me.
I'm pretty pissed about the whole thing, but can't cancel b/c this is what the old lady wants for Xmas. We'll see, I guess.
p.s., I ordered the champagne one.
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Bought mine on the 26th and I have the same "In Progress" and 12-18-2011 date.
Ordered on 11/3 and still shows 12/18 in process.
My temp charge was removed today and BB CSR told me they have no information on availability, other than the stated 12/18/11 release date.
Mine says same ...
Order date 12/4, Release 12/18 (that's different from ship date), champagne tablet only.
try searching the sku for the champagne one on BB website. It's gone. silver one is there still (i think).
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The supervisor said that, huh? I think I'll call again just to see if I can get anymore information.
Ordered 32g Grey on 11/28 and still showing "In-Process" with a release date of 12/18.
When I called Best Buy a couple of days ago, they said that I should expect mine to be shipped so that I have it by 12/18 (not sure how they would do that since 12/18 is a Sunday). Here's hoping that I have it on 12/16 or 12/19 at worst. I also paid for next day shipping.
Ordered 32GB champagne and dock on 12/1. Mine still says 12/18 for TFP and 12/31 for dock.
Mine is the same, ordered a 32gb Champagne 11-29. My dock ordered the same time shows 12-31.
Ordered on 12/2, still shows release date of 12/18. (edit: it's for a 32gig gray model)
I also PMed a member of these forums who works for BB and he looked up my order number and said it lists the "fulfillment date" of 12/13 which he took to mean it should be in my hands on that day (although I'm taking it to mean they'll ship on 12/13)... so we'll see. I at least feel confident that it won't be cancelled.
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Ordered on 12/2, still shows release date of 12/18. (edit: it's for a 32gig gray model)
I also PMed a member of these forums who works for BB and he looked up my order number and said it lists the "fulfillment date" of 12/13 which he took to mean it should be in my hands on that day (although I'm taking it to mean they'll ship on 12/13)... so we'll see. I at least feel confident that it won't be cancelled.
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Yeah, he told me the same thing. I wonder how he is getting his info. compared to a rep. you call?
Best Buy is making me crazy (and poor)
I got beat at Amazon with a Prime IN MY CART on the 23rd. I let it sit for an hour, knowing my debit card might take the full hit if I hit "Purchase" When I finally hit the button, it was too late. Went from "Pre-order" to "We will email you" Best thing ever happened to me. 1st: My Prime was a 32 gb Amethyst Grey: same model that was on all those cancellations. Who know if I would have got hit. AND: I complained in a series of escalating emails, and got: $100 credit toward anything Amazon sells and ships instead of the $20-30 most folks got. HA!
Went to BestBuy, next biggest retailer, right after the pre-order link went back up (was down on December 1st for half a day- said "Not Available" Pulled the trigger Dec 2nd - Tablet only (figured I'd get Dock at Amazon when stock came back, using my credit. When BB debited my account in 15 seconds (I had my bank account open in another tab) I panicked and canceled the order. Then freaked again, when I realized the pre-orders were limited (and they were) so I called "The credit will show up in 24-48 hours" I was told, so I placed a SECOND Order. Guess what: Both debits are still on my account. My bank said 3 days from when credit is issued. Well, BB must be holding back - it's 7 days now, and I am out $1130 - no credit for the canceled order (though it shows that way on BB site.
As for my valid order: same as everyone:
"In Process"
"Order Status: 1 item(s) preordered, release date is 12/18/11"
I have called: 3 times, and gotten 3 different answers: We are getting them on the 18th, should ship out soon after that"
"We are getting them on the 19th"
"We are getting them on the 16th, and should start shipping same day.
All supposedly read right off the BB system....
Oh, and if they tell you your order is "Verified"? That means the MONEY is verified, and BB knows they have you money, all set, no problemo, we are getting PAID, by you, so we are all set! oh... you want to know about YOU? Shipping? Stock? Release? Policies? (We have policies galore, in fact, we come up with new variations all day long!)
I just want the damn thing, and if they ship on 18th or within a day or two, cool.. (19th is a Sunday folks, so even if they package on 19th, nothing is going out that day) Oh... and Mr. BestBuy sir... where is my $#@& CREDIT!!!!?????
PS: I ordered a dock from GameStop of all places, as they were the only place left today that had a dock with an actual release date: Frys:"Unknown" J&R: "Unknown" Gamestop: December 13th ! Whee, I can type on it and pretend I have a tablet (my TF101 is gone, shipped back for refund)
Only issue: Freaking Gamestop will NOT state the freaking COLOR of the freaking DOCK!!!
Thank you for contacting GameStop.com.
We apologize however we cannot determine the color or design preference on this item as all of the colors and variations are under the same Sku.
If there is a specific color you would like to purchase, please visit one of our local stores for further assistance regarding this purchase.
Please be aware if you do not receive the color that you would prefer, you may also exchange this at a store level.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to respond to this email.
Even though the combined Pre-Order Thread here shows it as a GREY dock. sigh. Don't think I will be getting too much envy at work with a 2 tone, freaky looking mismatched TF Prime in Amethyst-Champagne GoldGrey

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Amazon pre order fail, expansys pre order fail, missed the Office Depot by a minute, Best Buy pre order fail it looked hopeless to get one before Christmas and I needed one for Dad too.
So there is 16 Gamestops that sell tablets within 120 miles of me here in Baltimore and after 100 phone calls later and calling them all week in which they all told me to try back Friday the 23rd because that's when they are getting their shipments I decided to start calling again yesterday at 12pm every single store only had 1 available to sell to non pre orders (If that) and it started to seem like a hopeless cause so I expanded my searche a few more miles out...........I happen to talk to a nice Gentleman at Cherry Hill mall in NJ that said he literally just opened their shipment and only had 1 available to sell so I asked him nicely if he would be willing to hold it I will leave and be driving up from Baltimore right now and can get there in about 2 hours he started laughing and said "Normally we dont hold anything but if your willing to drive from that far I will do it for you"
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Later that evening I was calling a store in California MD throughout the day and the guy knew he had his shipment but was saying he was too busy to open the box to see how many they had and if they had any to sell throughout the day well I finally talked to him around 8pm last night and he said they only have 1 available to sell I asked him if he would be willing to hold it for me if I head out now and will be coming from Baltimore 2 hours away and for the same reasons as the other guy he hesitated and said he would!!! After driving through a storm for 2+ hours and just making it there 5 minutes before the store closed at 11 pm.
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That's some dedication man! I work a few minutes from the Cherry Hill Mall on the PA side and would have loved to get in on something like that. unfortunately my pre order was billed on Monday 12/19 and I couldn't cancel. I'm not supposed to get it until Wednesday 12/28!
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That's some dedication man! I work a few minutes from the Cherry Hill Mall on the PA side and would have loved to get in on something like that. unfortunately my pre order was billed on Monday 12/19 and I couldn't cancel. I'm not supposed to get it until Wednesday 12/28!
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They only had 1 to sell anyway I cant believe how most gamestops only got 1-4 in stock.
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Amazon pre order fail, expansys pre order fail, missed the Office Depot by a minute, Best Buy pre order fail it looked hopeless to get one before Christmas and I needed one for Dad too.
So there is 16 Gamestops that sell tablets within 120 miles of me here in Baltimore and after 100 phone calls later and calling them all week in which they all told me to try back Friday the 23rd because that's when they are getting their shipments I decided to start calling again yesterday at 12pm every single store only had 1 available to sell to non pre orders (If that) and it started to seem like a hopeless cause so I expanded my searche a few more miles out...........I happen to talk to a nice Gentleman at Cherry Hill mall in NJ that said he literally just opened their shipment and only had 1 available to sell so I asked him nicely if he would be willing to hold it I will leave and be driving up from Baltimore right now and can get there in about 2 hours he started laughing and said "Normally we dont hold anything but if your willing to drive from that far I will do it for you"
Later that evening I was calling a store in California MD throughout the day and the guy knew he had his shipment but was saying he was too busy to open the box to see how many they had and if they had any to sell throughout the day well I finally talked to him around 8pm last night and he said they only have 1 available to sell I asked him if he would be willing to hold it for me if I head out now and will be coming from Baltimore 2 hours away and for the same reasons as the other guy he hesitated and said he would!!! After driving through a storm for 2+ hours and just making it there 5 minutes before the store closed at 11 pm.
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I woke up yesterday hopeless that i wasn't getting one, missed the pre orders. What sucks the most is my whole family got tabs this year and i was going to have to wait until who knows when to get mine..
I looked on xda and seen a thread about abt electronics having them and then the update saying they were gone.. I called them and the salesman offered me the two day old display for (32 champagne) for 449.99 It was about a two hour drive for me so i took next day air shipping and its on the truck for delivery today. The best part i paid 507.55 after taxes and overnight shipping, and the joy of actually getting my tablet in just the nik of time!!
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I woke up yesterday hopeless that i wasn't getting one, missed the pre orders. What sucks the most is my whole family got tabs this year and i was going to have to wait until who knows when to get mine..
I looked on xda and seen a thread about abt electronics having them and then the update saying they were gone.. I called them and the salesman offered me the two day old display for (32 champagne) for 449.99 It was about a two hour drive for me so i took next day air shipping and its on the truck for delivery today. The best part i paid 507.55 after taxes and overnight shipping, and the joy of actually getting my tablet in just the nik of time!!
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i would never get a display model. Well if its good for you then thats great.
ive been up like all night, it will be 10 am soon and ill call all my local stores.
Curious if anyone else was able to get one from a Gamestop without a pre order I feel like lightning striked twice in the same place yesterday!
Well after many calls and calls.they told me at a gs an hour away from me that they were taking preorders for the second wave to be released on Jan 6 so I put and other on 12/20 but keep calling around and all gs including the one I preordered said they were only getting the ones from first wave.so I gave up.but like at 4pm I had a call from gs to pick up my tablet,went yesterday at 7pm and now have my prime
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I got one also. See post 1344 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20619439#post20619439
I called both gamestops nearby and out of two one nearby had 1 in stock twenty minute ride and it was mine. Called and cancelled my newegg order.couldn't believe i found one aand saved my Christmas.
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I got one also. See post 1344 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20619439#post20619439
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Nice am I the only one able to get gamestop employees to tell me the truth about having 1 to sell over the phone and then hold it for me? Two times is pretty unreal but I have been calling 18 stores all week every day at noon
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YEP, same here... Gamestop OceanSide, CA. Called and asked, they said they didnt have any extra. I offered to pay an additional $100 and they said they would hold one for me.
I was in the store 30 minutes later and they wouldnt take the extra $100. The manager was who I had spoke to and he said that he just felt like doing something nice.

Looking for a prime? Look here!

I will share with you a awesome little tool that helped me snag my tfp and should help you. It shows you who has it in stock and you can have it send you a txt message when it comes in
http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/tablets/asus/transformerprime/
Enjoy
haha thats how most people on this board got their primes
old news.....thanks
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old news.....thanks
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Just wanted to make sure everyone knew
cool site... thanks!
I got my Prime at Fry's
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cool site... thanks!
I got my Prime at Fry's
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The think with Amazon is that they don't charge tax
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The think with Amazon is that they don't charge tax
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I agree but at the time of purchase, Fry's was selling it at $499 and Amazon for $650!!! for almost $700 (tax included), I got both they keyboard and the Prime where Amazon would have been $800 more.
Plus, no wait.
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I agree but at the time of purchase, Fry's was selling it at $499 and Amazon for $650!!! for almost $700 (tax included), I got both they keyboard and the Prime where Amazon would have been $800 more.
Plus, no wait.
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I went into shock when I saw that too
You just have to wait for amazon to offer it as a official seller (how I got mine).
But I get next day shipping for 3.99 with my free 6 months of amazon prime.
Where can I find a champagne keyboard?
!!iisensation4geezyii!!
chivas228 said:
I agree but at the time of purchase, Fry's was selling it at $499 and Amazon for $650!!! for almost $700 (tax included), I got both they keyboard and the Prime where Amazon would have been $800 more.
Plus, no wait.
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Actually, Amazon has never sold the Prime for anything more than its retail price ($499 for 32GB, $599 for 64GB). Those inflated prices are by people just using Amazon as a storefront. Worse than the inflated price, maybe, is that you don't likely get the same return policy as with Amazon. Basically, buying from those people is pretty much exactly like buying off of eBay.
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Where can I find a champagne keyboard?
!!iisensation4geezyii!!
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http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/tablets/asus/accessories/
chivas228 said:
cool site... thanks!
I got my Prime at Fry's
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I got the last one Fry's has on any of their stores in So. Cal. a couple of week ago. I drove from O.C. (Santa Ana) to Oxnard in Ventura county to get it but luckily I had work to do there so my company (I drive a company car) paid for the gas to go there and get it. My gps doesn't work but I was aware of the problem when I purchased it, that is why I still use a Garmin Nuvi 660 for my gps navigation.
Cool site thanks
Jesse6749 said:
I got the last one Fry's has on any of their stores in So. Cal. a couple of week ago. I drove from O.C. (Santa Ana) to Oxnard in Ventura county to get it but luckily I had work to do there so my company (I drive a company car) paid for the gas to go there and get it. My gps doesn't work but I was aware of the problem when I purchased it, that is why I still use a Garmin Nuvi 660 for my gps navigation.
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While a phones GPS is good in a pinch, i love my nuvi too
Got mine from gamestop w/ this.
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coachcory said:
Got mine from gamestop w/ this.
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How long did yours take to receive. I was gonna order one from Gamestop for my GF.
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http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/tablets/asus/accessories/
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LOL, he didnt even read the OP...
Vcolassi said:
How long did yours take to receive. I was gonna order one from Gamestop for my GF.
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I ordered mine from Gamestop online. It's Going to be here Tomorrow (2/20). I ordered it Wednesday (2/15). It would of been here Friday (2/17) Originally, paid $24 to overnight it. Since I never purchased on Gamestop.com with that expensive of a order & different shipping address from Billing address, the system put it on hold till I called from my Billing phone number (Never received email they said they sent). That was Thursday (2/16). Next day called up, to find out cause still never got my shipping notification email. something happened where kicked that error up again, this time the rep said to ship it's verified. Later that day Friday (2/17) i received the email saying there was a issue to call this phone number. This point I am getting way beyond pissed, so called yet again, lady said no it's all set that she just sent emails out. It will be here Tuesday. So I said that's it, I'm NEVER shopping at Gamestop again. I buy all my games and accessories for all my consoles there. I have PSP, PS3, WII, XBOX 360. Plus I purchase their powerup subscription. She was very apologetic for all my issues, explained why everything happened. Then she have me the overnight shipping for free.
On Wednesday before I ordered I wanted to make sure they had it available,.only one they had was the grey 32GB Bundle. It comes with a Bluetooth controller (Looks like a aftermarket PS3 controller). He said that there was a few hundred left of that, but are going fast.
Link is here: www.gamestop.com/tablets/asus-transformer-prime-32gb-grey-tablet-bundle/98405
So if you order before Noon, have no hold ups, and overnight it will be there the day after next. (example order on a Tuesday, should receive on that Thursday.) As I said if there is no "hiccups". The last person I talked to was great, took care of it & said she will over see my order, do everything in her power to get it to me on Monday, but still said probably be Tuesday, and anything else pops up she would personally call me. Few hours later I got email with tracking number I go on UPS to check, sure enough it said Monday.
Hoped that helps, sorry for the book.
Again call up to check if they have in stock before you order.
Also Amazon said they should have them available on the 24th, that includes prime membership as well. Believe it's the 64GB grey model for the normal price $599
GOOD LUCK!
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not so great for canadians but for US its awesome. For me i just bookmarked the Bestbuy, futureshop, visions, and memoryexpress websites to check every day if they had them in stock and i got lucky. Easy as that!
tomcat420m said:
I ordered mine from Gamestop online. It's Going to be here Tomorrow (2/20). I ordered it Wednesday (2/15). It would of been here Friday (2/17) Originally, paid $24 to overnight it. Since I never purchased on Gamestop.com with that expensive of a order & different shipping address from Billing address, the system put it on hold till I called from my Billing phone number (Never received email they said they sent). That was Thursday (2/16). Next day called up, to find out cause still never got my shipping notification email. something happened where kicked that error up again, this time the rep said to ship it's verified. Later that day Friday (2/17) i received the email saying there was a issue to call this phone number. This point I am getting way beyond pissed, so called yet again, lady said no it's all set that she just sent emails out. It will be here Tuesday. So I said that's it, I'm NEVER shopping at Gamestop again. I buy all my games and accessories for all my consoles there. I have PSP, PS3, WII, XBOX 360. Plus I purchase their powerup subscription. She was very apologetic for all my issues, explained why everything happened. Then she have me the overnight shipping for free.
On Wednesday before I ordered I wanted to make sure they had it available,.only one they had was the grey 32GB Bundle. It comes with a Bluetooth controller (Looks like a aftermarket PS3 controller). He said that there was a few hundred left of that, but are going fast.
Link is here: www.gamestop.com/tablets/asus-transformer-prime-32gb-grey-tablet-bundle/98405
So if you order before Noon, have no hold ups, and overnight it will be there the day after next. (example order on a Tuesday, should receive on that Thursday.) As I said if there is no "hiccups". The last person I talked to was great, took care of it & said she will over see my order, do everything in her power to get it to me on Monday, but still said probably be Tuesday, and anything else pops up she would personally call me. Few hours later I got email with tracking number I go on UPS to check, sure enough it said Monday.
Hoped that helps, sorry for the book.
Again call up to check if they have in stock before you order.
Also Amazon said they should have them available on the 24th, that includes prime membership as well. Believe it's the 64GB grey model for the normal price $599
GOOD LUCK!
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Thanks man. Oddly it is saying my local Game Stop at the mall has stock "been checking for days" lol & swore i checked today. But sure enough it says tonight after they are closed they have some. Gonna call first thing in the am. If they don't i'll order one. I hate waiting, even for 1 day .
They sent me a email saying after i requested one on hold.....
Dear Vincent,
We received your request to [email protected] for the following item on 2/19/2012 at 11:20 PM.
Here's what happens next:
We will search and track down the item you wanted at the store(s) you selected.
You'll get another email from us with our search results. Hang tight.
So yea we shall see. Does your power up card work for the 10% discount? That would be sweeeeeet!

Amazon UK no longer stocking Transformer Prime

Today I requested a return from Amazon UK. I am on my second Prime.
The first one had terrible light bleed, low Wifi, non existent GPS and to top it off the HDMI stopped working.
I received the replacement a few days ago but the screen started flickering and rolling after two days of use.
I chose to replace it, as it was in stock at the time. Several hours passed and I had not received email confirmation of a replacement order. I decided to give Amazon customer service a call.
They told me that they would only be able to provide a refund as they have decided that from today they will no longer stock the Prime until ASUS can assure them that the build quality has been improved, as they have had too many returned with faults.
Needless to say I am very disappointed right now. I'm now thinking that I'll wait a month or so before thinking about buying another one.
Alsybub said:
Today I requested a return from Amazon UK. I am on my second Prime.
The first one had terrible light bleed, low Wifi, non existent GPS and to top it off the HDMI stopped working.
I received the replacement a few days ago but the screen started flickering and rolling after two days of use.
I chose to replace it, as it was in stock at the time. Several hours passed and I had not received email confirmation of a replacement order. I decided to give Amazon customer service a call.
They told me that they would only be able to provide a refund as they have decided that from today they will no longer stock the Prime until ASUS can assure them that the build quality has been improved, as they have had too many returned with faults.
Needless to say I am very disappointed right now. I'm now thinking that I'll wait a month or so before thinking about buying another one.
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Lol, less than 1% defect rate huh?
That's weird, I ordered one from Amazon UK today
kaiserpc said:
That's weird, I ordered one from Amazon UK today
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Probably last one in stock
Good news. Amazon is a major seller, maybe that will force Asus to improve their QA. Expect long delays before new stock now anywhere in UK me thinks.
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kaiserpc said:
That's weird, I ordered one from Amazon UK today
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They told me they would fill orders made today but that would be it.

The Hell ASUS?

ASUS #1 Customer Service
1) Bought TFP.
2) Non existing GPS, super weak wifi (barely connected to router upstairs that even my 3 year old phone could connect to)
3) Called ASUS, guy said that the Prime actually has AGPS but not the GPS they advertised. So I complained and they offered me a refund.
4) I sent Prime in with expresspost and my own money hoping I could get my refund ASAP.
5) 3 days after Prime delivered, my RMA number still doesn't work. So I called them and they told me that they will escalate the issue and the RMA number will work within 1 week.
6) 1 week later. Surprise! Still doesnt work. Called them again. Guy gave me a new RMA number (which never worked). Told me that they are gonna repair my Prime and send it back. *Facepalm*. They told me that GPS can actually be fixed, I told them that that is stupid and I was promised a refund and that I already bought something. So then the guy said they will refund it.
7) Told me to wait for a email telling me to send in my invoice.
8) 2 weeks later. Guess what? No invoice BUT!! Surprise! They emailed me telling me that my Prime is being shipped back to me.
9) YAY! More dealing with ASUS.
So basically, now I wasted $50 shipping my Prime to RMA, $30 on a screen protector, $40 on a case, hours of calling ASUS and I still have not gotten my refund. It has been almost 2 months.
If anyone from ASUS reads this can you just give me my money?
UPDATE:
10) Called ASUS and asked why the hell they're shipping the tablet back to me. Told me I will get contacted within 48 Hours.
11) Get email two days later saying that they will buyback my Prime. Told me to email them my invoice and address to mail cheque. Finally I though.
12) Then later I get an email telling me to send my Prime in. WTF? It has been there since March 14.
13) Call ASUS again and ask WTF again. Say it is file and they will escalate the issue.
14) RMA numbers still don't work so I have no way of finding out what the status is.
15) Email ASUS and ask them why they sent me an email telling me to send my Prime in and that my Prime is already in their RMA center.
16) Get an email back from the same guy saying that they attached the shipping label for me to send my stuff back. =.=
Seriously ASUS. Do you feel any shame about your customer service? I can attach all the emails and the 2 RMA numbers that never worked and the shipping confirmation if you want.
I don't think I am ever buying from ASUS ever again.
Why do people contact Asus directly and expect them to fix everything and give you money back.. Maybe it works different in USA than in Sweden.
- If I buy a product and have problems I contact the store were in bought it.
- If the product don't work as expected I go to the store were i bought it and return it.
And why do people think that there will be a magical fix. Have been well known that the GPS isn't the best and that the WIFI is little weaker.
This things you notice after some days and you can make one of following decision
A.- Keep it and accept how it works
B - Return it and get something else that meet your needs.
I don't use the product for several weeks and spend most of the time complaining on the Internet how stupid Asus and everybody is that have "stolen" my money.
Asus Prime & Tapatalk
xGary said:
ASUS #1 Customer Service
1) Bought TFP.
2) Non existing GPS, super weak wifi (barely connected to router upstairs that even my 3 year old phone could connect to)
3) Called ASUS, guy said that the Prime actually has AGPS but not the GPS they advertised. So I complained and they offered me a refund.
4) I sent Prime in with expresspost and my own money hoping I could get my refund ASAP.
5) 3 days after Prime delivered, my RMA number still doesn't work. So I called them and they told me that they will escalate the issue and the RMA number will work within 1 week.
6) 1 week later. Surprise! Still doesnt work. Called them again. Guy gave me a new RMA number (which never worked). Told me that they are gonna repair my Prime and send it back. *Facepalm*. They told me that GPS can actually be fixed, I told them that that is stupid and I was promised a refund and that I already bought something. So then the guy said they will refund it.
7) Told me to wait for a email telling me to send in my invoice.
8) 2 weeks later. Guess what? No invoice BUT!! Surprise! My Prime has been shipped back to me.
9) YAY! More dealing with ASUS.
So basically, now I wasted $50 shipping my Prime to RMA, $30 on a screen protector, $40 on a case, hours of calling ASUS and I still have not gotten my refund. It has been almost 2 months.
If anyone from ASUS reads this can you just give me my money?
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What an awful story. I can feel your frustration through your post. I really hope Asus or Gary can set things right for you.
Andreas527 said:
Why do people contact Asus directly and expect them to fix everything and give you money back.. Maybe it works different in USA than in Sweden.
- If I buy a product and have problems I contact the store were in bought it.
- If the product don't work as expected I go to the store were i bought it and return it.
And why do people think that there will be a magical fix. Have been well known that the GPS isn't the best and that the WIFI is little weaker.
This things you notice after some days and you can make one of following decision
A.- Keep it and accept how it works
B - Return it and get something else that meet your needs.
I don't use the product for several weeks and spend most of the time complaining on the Internet how stupid Asus and everybody is that have "stolen" my money.
Asus Prime & Tapatalk
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Perhaps it does work differently over there. Because ASUS had promised that they would fully refund if people thought that their GPS feature was false advertising. And this is barely complaining. I simply listed what I am going through with ASUS right now. Perhaps after reading what Ive gone through you perceived that it was a negative experience and that ASUS stole my money. The fact is that my Prime has arrived in their facility since last month and I have gone through 2 RMA numbers that never worked and 4 phone calls to ASUS.
Andreas527 said:
Why do people contact Asus directly and expect them to fix everything and give you money back.. Maybe it works different in USA than in Sweden.
- If I buy a product and have problems I contact the store were in bought it.
- If the product don't work as expected I go to the store were i bought it and return it.
And why do people think that there will be a magical fix. Have been well known that the GPS isn't the best and that the WIFI is little weaker.
This things you notice after some days and you can make one of following decision
A.- Keep it and accept how it works
B - Return it and get something else that meet your needs.
I don't use the product for several weeks and spend most of the time complaining on the Internet how stupid Asus and everybody is that have "stolen" my money.
Asus Prime & Tapatalk
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What he said.
Have you contacted Gary with your serial number and information? Others have done this and Gary has managed to help them very effectively.
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xGary said:
ASUS #1 Customer Service
8) 2 weeks later. Guess what? No invoice BUT!! Surprise! My Prime has been shipped back to me.
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My question is since they said they can fix the GPS..... did they when you got your prime back?
junrider said:
My question is since they said they can fix the GPS..... did they when you got your prime back?
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What I meant was that they sent me an email telling me that my Prime has been shipped to me. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
xGary said:
What I meant was that they sent me an email telling me that my Prime has been shipped to me. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
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I just got my RMA email from support... Reading your email makes me real nervous about sending my TP in for service (broken connector\charger port).
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Andreas527 said:
Why do people contact Asus directly and expect them to fix everything and give you money back.. Maybe it works different in USA than in Sweden.
- If I buy a product and have problems I contact the store were in bought it.
- If the product don't work as expected I go to the store were i bought it and return it.
And why do people think that there will be a magical fix. Have been well known that the GPS isn't the best and that the WIFI is little weaker.
This things you notice after some days and you can make one of following decision
A.- Keep it and accept how it works
B - Return it and get something else that meet your needs.
I don't use the product for several weeks and spend most of the time complaining on the Internet how stupid Asus and everybody is that have "stolen" my money.
Asus Prime & Tapatalk
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I agree that you shouldn't complain to high heaven about your, but I do expect a company to stand by there product... that means repair, replace and if necessary refund if the customer isn't happy.
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go2mo2 said:
Have you contacted Gary with your serial number and information? Others have done this and Gary has managed to help them very effectively.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
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Yes, and when you contact Gary, do it via email (not PM), include your contact info in the email, and be polite. The old saying holds true here: you catch more bees with honey.
I think part of the problem here in general is that ASUS has no formal process for managing returns like this. They don't sell to end users, and so giving refunds is probably a manual process within a pretty complex organization. While it seems to have gone (fairly) well for some, there are bound to be instances where the system breaks down.
I understand the frustration--I'd be pretty upset myself. All I can say is, I do believe that ASUS is trying hard to do the right things. It's just that this whole thing is being handled well outside of their usual processes, and that always causes problems with companies like ASUS.
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I believe by March they had already taken GPS out of their list of features. That was done back in January. Sorry you are going through troubles with the refund though.
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