Dad just bought a VERY EXPENSIVE touchpad! - TouchPad General

My father liked my touchpad he bought one for himself... for £230! Whoever sold it to him had added CM9 (thx!) and it seems to work well, but it seems to me to be a little expensive - the person who sold it has stuck on CM9 but effectively charged more for CM's work...
Can't quite believe he paid more than double what I paid for mine! Is that really the going rate?

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If its a 32GB touchpad the going rate does stick around 185-230 so it isn't a million miles off.....some have looked after them very well and others (like me) are including accessories like case/touchstone/keyboard whatever so you haven't been conned, just should've searched around. But still not the worst buy i've seen
its because the demand is so good, thats why the price is that high, once it all dies down then there's nothing to stop the price going down down.

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ace 9988 sorry if this is irrelevant, but your sig got me so bad i thought a little cockroach was trapped in my big monitor!!

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ah good! thx for that - yes, it came with a case.
and he's really pleased with it so thats what counts!

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nesx87 said:
ace 9988 sorry if this is irrelevant, but your sig got me so bad i thought a little cockroach was trapped in my big monitor!!
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Well if this is right, 230 euros is equivalent to 356 US dollars.* If thats the case, that was way too much. My 32 gig Touchpad that came with a case was 230 US Dollars. Which is 183 Euros.*
*According to google
That is a euro sign right? lol

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ha its a british pound - land of the queen, where tv was invented, rolls royce, rover and all that lol.

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badfelafel said:
ha its a british pound - land of the queen, where tv was invented, rolls royce, rover and all that lol.
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Well I think it equals the same. 356 US Dollars. Mine was 230 US dollars.

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i like your avatar by the way!

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jsgraphicart said:
Well I think it equals the same. 356 US Dollars. Mine was 230 US dollars.
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UK has huge taxes hike compared to things in america (not many states in america have sales tax?), and no point importing them cuz we pay import duty depending on the cost which ends up making the same price. Thats why nobody from europe in their right mind would want to sell anything across the pond.

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badfelafel said:
My father liked my touchpad he bought one for himself... for £230! Whoever sold it to him had added CM9 (thx!) and it seems to work well, but it seems to me to be a little expensive - the person who sold it has stuck on CM9 but effectively charged more for CM's work...
Can't quite believe he paid more than double what I paid for mine! Is that really the going rate?
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£230?!!! OMG !!!

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I bought mine for £220, and that's for a 16GB version. These things have got expensive since the fire sale but it's still a far cry from the original price of £400 something and they're better than a lot of tablets at this price point too

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I got mine for about 150 for a 32 gig plus an extra 50 for the case. That is in Canadian dollars
proud owner of a Touchpad and Galaxy Nexus

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Lol I paid 155 us dollars for mine with nice case for $5
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Is it just me or people just don't understand economies outside of america?

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230 pounds = 285 euros
it kinda feels like a steal

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FYI, the electronics in the USA are much cheaper than in Europe, mainly because of the VAT and the import price.
If you can buy an used Touchpad 16GB for the average of $150 in the US, but in the UK you can buy one for £160 on the average.
So, OP, your Touchpad was not expensive, it's a perfect price for unopened product.
Source:
US
UK

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Varemenos said:
230 pounds = 285 euros
it kinda feels like a steal
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if anybody wants mine its cheaper =P