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.
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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.
Hey all, just another post about the dock... anyways, i stopped by my local office depot today and picked up my dock. it was the last one, but just thought id share this info with you. So anyway stop by your local office depot and check if they have one, and maybe, just maybe they'll have a couple in stock. btw, im posting this using my new dock! I think im in love!
I stopped by my office depot and picked one up as well.. last one as well..
I got mine at BB today, apparently one came in on the truck last night. BB gets stock every Thursday the kid working there told me.
Make sure to tell people which color they have.
As a champagne user it was very frustrating reading post like this knowing that it was probably a gray, but still holding out hope that it might not be.
What color was the the dock at office depot?
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Went by my local Office Depot (San Angelo, Texas) today and they had the gray dock in stock. Unfortunately, I have the Champagne
On another note, Bestbuy HAD it in stock earlier today, but it sold out before I got there. Additionally, they are now carrying the prime in store.
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Make sure to tell people which color they have.
As a champagne user it was very frustrating reading post like this knowing that it was probably a gray, but still holding out hope that it might not be.
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Yes mine was the grey, I asked the guy and he said they haven't seen any champagnes at all yet, might be safe to assume unless you specifically find a champagne, all BB shipments will be grey.
Fry's in my area had 8 champagne docks yesterday but no gray.
Just picked up 2x docks from a local Best Buy and they had 2x left over. (All Gray)
i have gray so i did not look for champagne... also the prime is not available in any store in south Florida as far as i can tell.. so makes it harder to know who would carry what..
at the two best buys closest to me they had about 30 gold prime keyboards 0 grey keyboards 0 primes i asked the guy to see why they only had gold docks, he said we get what they give us
they had a grey prime on display for you to play with aswell, with a sign saying "coming soon, asus transformer prime" with some nvidia advertisements
I want the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201 but the prices are all over the place,I seen them on ebay new $999.00 with keyboard ( ASUS Transformer Prime with Keyboard Dock TF201 WIFI 32GB Amethyst Gray Brand New and it don't come with no warranty. ) to 499.00 + 44.95 warranty.
And used on ebay 660.00 w/keybd and still 2 days left of bidding what am I missing here.I no there #1 or 2 on most top ten tablet sites.
I need to no what the going price is these tablets.
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I want the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201 but the prices are all over the place,I seen them on ebay new $999.00 with keyboard ( ASUS Transformer Prime with Keyboard Dock TF201 WIFI 32GB Amethyst Gray Brand New and it don't come with no warranty. ) to 499.00 + 44.95 warranty.
And used on ebay 660.00 w/keybd and still 2 days left of bidding what am I missing here.I no there #1 or 2 on most top ten tablet sites.
I need to no what the going price is these tablets.
THANK'S
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Don't pay any more than $499 there for the TF201 32Gb. You can always try checking insock site ever so often.. http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/tablets/asus/transformerprime/
Try Newegg.com daily, office depot.
Looks like office depot has them in stock.
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/906853/ASUS-Eee-Pad-Transformer-Prime-TF201/
or staples.com
At this rate you will be able to buy one for $299 soon enough what a bomb asus dropped with this defective device.
Saw one at Springfield, VA Best Buy today.
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dont pay more than retail prices $499.00 for the prime and $149.99 for the dock). they are starting to show up in stores they previouly did not. i found mine at a place i would have never guessed. i found mine at "best buy mobile" (a stand alone store from best buy). i found my dock at "gamestop".
Surf some forums and online retailers for deals and competitive pricing... because in most cases you can insist on Best Buy offering you a price match guarantee if found within reasonable means.
Usually, they will match it, especially if you're showing serious interest in the product.
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dont pay more than retail prices $499.00 for the prime and $149.99 for the dock). they are starting to show up in stores they previouly did not. i found mine at a place i would have never guessed. i found mine at "best buy mobile" (a stand alone store from best buy). i found my dock at "gamestop".
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So why are people paying 150.00 to 200.00 more on ebay.I thought I was missing something,like a gpld bottom or something.The best price I found was 489.00 with a one warranty.The warranty I seen was 109.00 for 2 years.I no I am rolling the dice on getting one that has no problems but they look to good to pass up now.
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So why are people paying 150.00 to 200.00 more on ebay.I thought I was missing something,like a gpld bottom or something.The best price I found was 489.00 with a one warranty.The warranty I seen was 109.00 for 2 years.I no I am rolling the dice on getting one that has no problems but they look to good to pass up now.
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Because its in such high demand and is the hottest tablet out right now. Being the most powerful by far of any.
Sam's Club has them in stock right now, $494. There's a $40 membership fee, but you can cancel the membership at any time if you don't get value from it and get a full refund of the fee.
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Firstly stay off of fleabay. There is no fleatailer that is an authorized distributer so there is NO warranty or at best the warranty went into effect when they bought it. If you look closely there are but one or two listed there where they actually have them. Oh yes they list them as in stock but read the shipping details where they all pretty much say the same thing. Back in Jan. they all said ships in APPROXIMATELY 4 weeks, now they all give an APPROXIMATELY Feb 9th. They are doing a pre order and slamming folks with a rediculous price. Every time new technology of any kind hits the markets the same thing happens. I see it all the time with cameras and lenses. They buy up the inventory on pre order so folks that just want one cant find one then sell them far above retail. Before they pubished get rich quick on Ebay it used to be a decent place to find decent deals, not anymore as the pages are flooded with overpriced items and mostly not even a bid situation but buy it now! Just keep searching and find a REPUTABLE retailer where you get a full warranty and it doesnt cost you more.
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Firstly stay off of fleabay. There is no fleatailer that is an authorized distributer so there is NO warranty or at best the warranty went into effect when they bought it. If you look closely there are but one or two listed there where they actually have them. Oh yes they list them as in stock but read the shipping details where they all pretty much say the same thing. Back in Jan. they all said ships in APPROXIMATELY 4 weeks, now they all give an APPROXIMATELY Feb 9th. They are doing a pre order and slamming folks with a rediculous price. Every time new technology of any kind hits the markets the same thing happens. I see it all the time with cameras and lenses. They buy up the inventory on pre order so folks that just want one cant find one then sell them far above retail. Before they pubished get rich quick on Ebay it used to be a decent place to find decent deals, not anymore as the pages are flooded with overpriced items and mostly not even a bid situation but buy it now! Just keep searching and find a REPUTABLE retailer where you get a full warranty and it doesnt cost you more.
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thanks for that info,if I do decide to get one and thats a big if with all the problems I have been reading about here on this forum I will buy it from brandsmart or best buy and get the warranty for sure.
I read a post where a guy took his apart because the wifi had a bad connection and the gps did not work.
Can't figure that one out yet.
Thank Again
DO NOT PAY over retail. These are popping up everyday in stock at different stores.
I got mine off Amazon. Perfect. $499 for 32GB Grey. Never ever pay more than max retail on any device.
In 1 month, there will be a pile of these things everywhere. Don't buy into the rush.
I waited almost 2 months and spotted it on Amazon, free shipping. Got it in 2 days. So far so good. However, I still like my Xoom more.
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I got mine off Amazon. Perfect. $499 for 32GB Grey. Never ever pay more than max retail on any device.
In 1 month, there will be a pile of these things everywhere. Don't buy into the rush.
I waited almost 2 months and spotted it on Amazon, free shipping. Got it in 2 days. So far so good. However, I still like my Xoom more.
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If your not in a wifi area you will not pick up the internet with the prime and that was my first pick,is that correct.
Same with the sony s and I liked both of them.I need the web so I am looking at the zoom because I have verizion and for $20.00 a month I get 2 gigs
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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First of all, let me just say that I have a prime with a working gps (accuracy down to 5 feet) and I absolutely love my prime. The only way I'm going to replace my prime is if I can get my hands on the infinity.
I just called 4 different best buys to ask if they have a prime. I've been looking for one as a gift for someone. All 4 told me the prime is discontinued. And to prove that this is not just another rumor thread, here are the individual best buys I called.
350 W Army Trail Rd
Bloomingdale, IL 60108
Phone: 630-582-1070
GEO: 41.937950, -88.110245
1561 S Randall Rd
Algonquin, IL 60102
Phone: 847-458-5768
GEO: 42.156265, -88.333092
1830 Towne Centre Drive
North Aurora, IL 60542
Phone: 630-906-5889
GEO: 41.79631, -88.36679
1876 S Randall Rd
Geneva, IL 60134
Phone: 630-845-1986
GEO: 41.867233, -88.342552
Asus has to stop selling their Prime if they want to sell their Infinity at all, unless they expect to sell their Infinity 32GB at lesat $650. That's without the keyboard. So you are talking about $750 for a tablet. I never thought I would ever see prices on a tablet in my life go towards this much but that's the only way Asus could sell both of them together. They can't lower the price on the Prime because of course they already have the 300 in there. Just another company releasing too many products on top of one another without making one perfect. Too bad. The potential "was" there.
I was in a best buy last weekend that had the 201 and 300 both on display. They were even on an end cap prominently displayed with signs and everything. Also had a demo guy walking around with a 201 showing it to people.
Amazon has them and the dock is $108.
I got a refund for my prime purchased on Feb. 3rd and had no problem finding a prime at Best Buy. I did a search this morning on their website, found 2 stores in Austin that said in stock, went in an hour ago and walked out with a new gray tone prime. On Friday I did a search and none of the stores had them in stock. They must have gotten a shipment in this week. Sales guy said they sold one yesterday also.
I will say sales rep was pushing the t300 hard. Mainly for the cost of it. Get the keyboard dock with it and it would have been $50 more than the prime. It really is a good deal but I'm hoping the C4 I got will perform better than the C1 with wifi/bt. I also already have a case I like for the prime and the gps dongle. I didn't know if they would be compatible and have 30days to test out this model for issues.
You can try calling the stores here in Austin and see if they will ship you one from their location.
Its pretty cool that Best Buy is now in charge of ASUS manufacturing. Especially democratic of them to let the idiots who can't tell me the difference between DSLR and point and shoot cameras decide what the consumer wants.
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Best buy is the worst place to buy one anyway (and worst place to buy most anything else too).
Even if you need it right away, Amazon is a better place to buy. With my Amazon Prime membership I could get two day shipping for free and overnight for just $4.00 more. When I got mine a couple of weeks ago now, the device itself was $25 less than retail/best buy and as mentioned the keyboard/dock was $108 rather than retail. Then throw in no sales tax.
Even without the prime membership you could probably get two day shipping and still pay much less than best buy.
If its isn't discontinued, it is going to quietly disappear soon, especially with the Infinity being around the corner.
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I know the feeling you have. I live in IL as well, the bestbuys around me plus the ones in other towns I go through for my work all say "the prime is discontinued".
Which seems to be a regional thing cause I've heard of them being sold in other states, but it seems IL just wants to sell the TF300 - no offense to it but I dont see why they released it, it's less powerful. But then again thats a different kettle of fish.
I hope you find one for sale. If you cant I would recommend amazon, thats where I got mine at - I'm very happy with it! Got it with the dock as well, and again no problems with it!
So what? The TF201 is discontinued. Its not like product support will end. The Transformer TF101 will be supported for awhile and the TF201 even longer.
I love my Prime and it works great. The Infinity replaces it.
If only there was a way to get the $105 dock to Australia, can't seem to find any docks around here.
Do we REALLY need another one of these threads?
Bestbuy reps usually have no idea wtf is going on.
Know that saying only a fool takes a fool's advice? well....
Also, what company do you know of that has ever announced its discontinued a product line? Ever?
We already know the prime had limited availability pretty much worldwide. Far too much demand, not enough supply. IF you hit a store when they got a shipment you were golden, if you were too late you had to wait around for another shipment.
My local BB and FS stopped stocking the prime, they are selling it as a web only. They can order it to the store if you ask a rep that knows how, otherwise they try to sell you something else saying its "just as good".
You could have done a quick search and gotten the answer to this:
"discontinued" on best buy's system isnt asus discontinuing the prime. its a code that comes up when the SKU is searched. It just means best buy is no longer ordering that particular thing for restock. it has nothing to do with asus manufacturing.
the reason, im just is that logically the prime has no place in the asus ecosystem anymore. peole that want a midrange tablet can get the 300, people that want the upscale can get the 700 for $500, the same price as a prime. theres no upshot for them to continue ordering old models that serve no purpose.
fwiw HMV in the UK has Primes in the stores again.
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Heh...the guy at the local Best Buy said the TF201 was discontinued because of the legal issues surrounding the Transformer Prime name lol
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fwiw HMV in the UK has Primes in the stores again.
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In the US they are still readily available from Amazon.com....but the price has gone up about $60. I bought mine a couple of weeks ago for $475 with free prime shipping. The same thing today is $534. I have to wonder if the supply is drying up?
At the same time their pricing on used ones has dropped from $415to $360..
Anyway it seems to me that the only way they could keep selling the prime would be to drop its price to no more than $400 - but then they would have to drop the TF300 down to about $300. So you would end up with a three device lineup at $300, $400, and $500 (TF300, TF201, TF700). Wonder how much they have to get for them to actually make money? Seems like they would come out ahead by just discontinuing the prime and leaving the 300 priced as it is.
Still - I think I got mine at a good time
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In the US they are still readily available from Amazon.com....but the price has gone up about $60. I bought mine a couple of weeks ago for $475 with free prime shipping. The same thing today is $534. I have to wonder if the supply is drying up?
At the same time their pricing on used ones has dropped from $415to $360..
Anyway it seems to me that the only way they could keep selling the prime would be to drop its price to no more than $400 - but then they would have to drop the TF300 down to about $300. So you would end up with a three device lineup at $300, $400, and $500 (TF300, TF201, TF700). Wonder how much they have to get for them to actually make money? Seems like they would come out ahead by just discontinuing the prime and leaving the 300 priced as it is.
Still - I think I got mine at a good time
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It went up because Amazon is out of stock on that particular model, so it lists a market reseller whom is trying to make a little more.
Note that Amazon has the champagne model listed today at 479 and free shipping. Must have dug a few up.
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I just called 4 different best buys to ask if they have a prime. I've been looking for one as a gift for someone. All 4 told me the prime is discontinued.
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These stores could simply mean that their specific Bestbuy stores are no longer carrying the Prime. Or it could mean that Bestbuy in general is no longer going to carry the Prime.
This could be because they are preparing for the Infinity to reach stores in the next month or so and don't want to buy inventory of a tablet very similar to the Infinity and which is due for a price drop. Or it could be because they already offer the TP300 and are getting the Infinity and see no need to offer 3 very similar tablets rather than stocking products from other vendors.
In any case, Asus has said that they are still manufacturing the Prime and new stock keeps showing up at Amazon and other retailers. Given that Asus manufactures the Prime I would trust Asus to know more about the manufacturing lifespan of their product over any retailer.
With Asus and the TF700 don't count your chickens before they hatch! With Asus's track record the TF700 may fall into their normal black hole of device release delays! Or even worse than that is that they will release 100 the first week, 200 the second week, etc... and then rave about how they can't keep them on the shelves!
My local BB still had 3 in stock and a few keyboards too.