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Universals on E bay

Why are there so many for sale - advertised new and going for about 70 euros.
Is there a problem with them.
Do they need to be unlocked.
I was going to buy one at that price as a spare/to try mods on.
Steve

I have one for sale if you are interested, it has been opened, but all items are still sealed and un used. £380 (Boxed & Mint condition) if you are interested, I live in Bedfordshire, the unit is unlocked and contract free.

Sound suspiciously 'Nigerian' no me.
If it's too good to be true & if it's on ebay.....
say no more, don't be a mug UNLESS YOU'RE 10,000% SURE!
Andy
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Put it this way, you won't get a BUST one for under 140 quid (and i'm NOT including the marked up postage costs). Without a box in good working condtion, £300. Boxed & Mint, >£400, so go figure at 70E.
I got mine Bust for £80 - dozy tosser mislisted it - ha my bargain. 1/2 hour later fixed the damn thing. Friggin mint condition t'boot.
BTW, I'll bet my bottom dorrar that the seller is Chinese....
And I'll place another bet, I bet the listing will won't last long....

hollytree said:
Why are there so many for sale - advertised new and going for about 70 euros.
Is there a problem with them.
Do they need to be unlocked.
I was going to buy one at that price as a spare/to try mods on.
Steve
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A new universal for 70 euros... mmmm i'll have ten units please; unlocked or not...
It is probably a scammer selling these 'items' under someone elses account.

I got mine on Ebay for 420 pounds. I'm in australia and you'd be lucky to get it for 600 pounds here. works like a charm. of course AFTER i upgraded with the JasJar ROM and burnt O2's software

I bought one on eBay for GBP 414, but the seller reneged -- he said he could not get the phone from his supplier. I quoted him eBay policy on selling items that are not already in possession of the seller. He was apologetic, and said this is the first time it's happened (his feedback shows previous Universal sales which were successful). He has a 99.7% feedback rating, with 358 positives and 1 negative from long ago. He said he's going to refund me, but has to wait for a bank transfer to clear PayPal, since he already transfered the money out of PayPal. Sounds suspicious. But I have PayPal buyer protection (for what it's worth), and I used my credit card. I will give him time, and if he still doesn't refund, I'll go through the non-selling seller process.
So I bought from a different seller for GBP 431, and I am waiting for it.
So many of these Universal auctions say "opened only to inspect" or "opened only to test", that it sounds suspicious.
Also, many of them say "unwanted upgrade", as if they were mailed a free phone and just want to get rid of it. Does O2 mail free Universals as upgrades?
Don't buy Universals on eBay unless the seller has 99+% feedback > 100, and the auction is covered under the "Free PayPal Buyer Protection". Look at their feedbacks, and what they bought/sold earlier. Pay with PayPal, and use a credit card as the funding source.

'free' at £75/month, min term 18months.
So if you consider £1400 free, then yes, they're 'free'.
Anyway, rules of ebay are:
1) It's a sellers market
2) Don't be greedy or you'll get a deserved bite in the ass
3) Supply & demand rules the roost.
4) research research research
5) READ FEEDBACKS & APPLY A BIT OF NOUNCE!!!
Hunt around for mislisted items - takes time but jeeeez the bargains I've scooped! Hence:
6) You put the effort in, you get the rewards out.
Andy

I had a look at those 70Euro Universals.
Seller from overseas? Check
Selling price way too low? Check
Seller doesn't take paypal? Check
1 day auction? Check
Seller's username appears randomly generated? Check
New seller account with feedback of around 10? Check
Feedback comments all left in a very short time interval? Check
Feedback comments brief and unlike genuine feedback? Check
Feedback left by 10 feedback, randomly generated usernames? Check
Initial bid from 10 feedback, randomly generated username? Check
So it rates 10/10 on the scammometer! But what the hell - bid on it anyway!

ROFL! :lol:
Yep, came across one of these & was about to flag it as a scam & as I was looking, it got removed!!!
Andy

spv-m5000 unlocked
gd day all i have them for you shippin via ems from israel to worldwide
spv-m5000 brand new unlocked
450 gbp + 15 gbp shipping
send me a private message if you want

Tried to sell mine on ebay a couple of times now , each time some idiot ruins the auction - so not sure who to trust now

I see these posting all the time for all sorts of high priced electronics. They are so easy to spot really if you follow the guidelines people posted above.
leek said:
So many of these Universal auctions say "opened only to inspect" or "opened only to test", that it sounds suspicious.
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IMO neither of those are suspisious. It means i have a better chance of getting a working unit. And just because someone got a free upgrade and does not state it does not make the listing any more legit.
I sold a spare XDA Exec on ebay which i acttually got as a cheap upgrade but not free. My wife prefers her existing phone. I knew it had a good chance of going out of the UK so for me to not check it would be madness. I wanted to list it as Sim Free i could not do that without physically checking. Plus i could not list it as working if i did not know that fior sure.
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Also, many of them say "unwanted upgrade", as if they were mailed a free phone and just want to get rid of it. Does O2 mail free Universals as upgrades?
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Yes this does happen a lot. O2 want to keep your business so at the end of your contract you are eligble for an upgrade to tie you up again for 12 or 18 months. They look at your history and if you have spent a lot of money with them on calls you get lots of offers. The more you have spent the better the offers. A lot of people are happy with there existing phone but know they could make a lot of money selling the new one.
zoidster said:
Tried to sell mine on ebay a couple of times now , each time some idiot ruins the auction - so not sure who to trust now
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Yes this is another bad problem with ebay. You have the option to remove bidders and to cancel the auction early to the highest bidder. You can only do this up until 12hrs before the auction ends. When i sold mine i waited to just before the 12hrs deadline and accepted the highest bidder i considered genuine based on their location and feedback that had an agreeable price for me. I was not out to make as much as i could get but just a fair price.
This worked well for me.

Dingo said:
I see these posting all the time for all sorts of high priced electronics. They are so easy to spot really if you follow the guidelines people posted above.
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See what postings?
So many of these Universal auctions say "opened only to inspect" or "opened only to test", that it sounds suspicious.
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IMO neither of those are suspisious. It means i have a better chance of getting a working unit.
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But it could be being used to sell a unit as "new" while hiding that it was "used".
And just because someone got a free upgrade and does not state it does not make the listing any more legit.
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???
(You probably meant "any less legit", but it still doesn't make sense. I said that they do state that they have an unwanted upgrade, something which sounds suspicious because it seems to be hiding something else. "Oh, I'm just selling this because it's an unwanted upgrade. I won't tell you anything else about it though.")
I sold a spare XDA Exec on ebay which i acttually got as a cheap upgrade but not free. My wife prefers her existing phone. I knew it had a good chance of going out of the UK so for me to not check it would be madness. I wanted to list it as Sim Free i could not do that without physically checking.
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All Execs are unlocked AFAIK.
Plus i could not list it as working if i did not know that fior sure.
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I always offer refunds on DOA equipment. Be sure to write down the serial number and put it in the auction, or someone might trade their defective unit for yours.
zoidster said:
Tried to sell mine on ebay a couple of times now , each time some idiot ruins the auction - so not sure who to trust now
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Yes this is another bad problem with ebay. You have the option to remove bidders and to cancel the auction early to the highest bidder. You can only do this up until 12hrs before the auction ends. When i sold mine i waited to just before the 12hrs deadline and accepted the highest bidder i considered genuine based on their location and feedback that had an agreeable price for me. I was not out to make as much as i could get but just a fair price.
This worked well for me.
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You're missing out on the sniper bids by ending early, but as you say, you weren't out to make as much as you can get.

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All Execs are unlocked AFAIK.
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I believe the german market units are providor locked. But don't quote me...
Richard

Hi,
I got my Vodafone V1640 for 330 GBP on eBay.
The seller accepted PayPal but anyway I spent a few days worried about not getting the phone.
It took 4-5 days till I received it.
Unfortunately it is locked to Vodafone UK and I want to use it with Vodafone Portugal.
No luck till now for the unlock code...
Cheers

I have over 900 + feedback on ebay and I always buy from those who have Buyer protection if its over £100. Bought my exec back in dec/jan this year from a guy who had 2 for sale for £385. The first had a screen calibration problem as if it'd been dropped. Sent him an email and he promptly sent me his other one just as soon as I sent him the first back. Since then absolutely no problems.
Also I always mention when selling that any1 with less than 5 + feedback will have their bids removed. I make sure I'm logged in for the last minutes of the auction in case I get sum1 with less then 5 feedback messing around. And I sure have had to cancel a few bids in the last few minutes. HTH

Consider this
£378 will buy a XDA Exec direct from O2's site brand new.
This is £150 for the XDA & 12 * monthly cost of £19
(which includes 50 anytime mins per month.)
Puts some of the £400-£500 Buy it Now deals in perspective.
Well in the UK at least.

Where'd you get your TyTN

Hi, I really kind of hate askin questions like this, cause so many opinions can vary, but I am trying to get a few ideas on reputable dealers, since I have never dealt with any of them before, I was planning on getting one through Smart-Mobile-Gadgets, they were just mentioned in a few reviews/posts I read in the beginning and seems like a good dealer, but I see so many other places offering TyTN's now.
If you have bought a TyTN and recieved a US charger without the UK adapter, or have had to send your unit back for warranty and recieved good customer service or know of places with good warranty contracts/extended service, or just know of a very reputable dealer, any info you might share would be greatly appreciated.
Also if you happen to know any dealers that have been shipping the 630 serial models.
Thanks

I used phonesource-usa via eBay w/o any issues at all. When Christian replaced my original TyTN, the new one came through with an HT630 serial number. He offered a 3 day return policy on eBay. I'd also check his website to see if it's the same there or not.

I have heard good things about phonesource, but MMB (Mad Monkey Boys Gadgets) I have dealt with personally and he is excellant. Recieved a USA Charger with mine and the 630+ Ser #. excellant communicaitons as well.

I went through quite an exercise on my quest for a TyTN:
1. I went to Smart-Mobile-Gadgets, and pre-ordered an early shipment from him in late July for an August ship date. Unfortunately, he ended up getting a bad shipment (all MTeORs and no TyTNs), but I'm happy to say he promptly refunded my money. (Overall experience: no phone but still an "A")
2. I went to PhonesourceUSA. I bought a TyTN (628-series), which he promptly shipped to me overnight (I paid extra for that). (Overall grade: "A+")
3a. After about a week with the TyTN, I experienced the stupid stylus silo problem. I arranged to have the device replaced as a DOA. In support of this, I shipped the device out for Saturday delivery, with the expectation that a replacement would be shipped back to me the following Monday. I would have preferred that he ship the replacement before he received the bad unit, but I could live with this arrangement. (Interim experience: "B+")
3b. Well, it didn't ship on Monday... and it wasn't until Tuesday when I called to complain that he did ship a device... but he shipped it 7-day Ground! Unfortunately for me, this happened around the Labor Day holiday, and a full 10 days passed without my replacement TyTN. Suffice it to say I was IRATE... especially after having paid the premium for overnight the first time around and specifically requesting that he send it as quickly as possible (I needed my phone back). Bottom line, I did get my new device earlier this week (630-series), and it seems to be working fine, but the shipping fiasco turned what had been a very good sales experience into a very disappointing one and soured my opinion of this vendor. (Overall grade: "C-")
So the moral of the story: go with the vendor that's going to do right by you on the support front. Given the opportunity to do this all over again, I think I would have bought from MadMonkeyBoy. Although his website is the toughest to use, he's got the scale and the track record to back up what he sells.
Of course this is just my personal experience/opinion and YMMV....

madmonkeyboy all the way.
Bought my HTC Prophet from him....
And now my HTC TyTN.
I keep telling myself not to get the Trinity when she comes out but I'll most likely get that from David as well.

My TyTn
I bought my TyTn at my local dealer !
Fox-Computer in Paris http://www.fox-direct.com
With the GPSlim 240 Holux.

MMD too

www.itmagasinet.dk
I wouldn't recommend for anyone else though; they don't live up to their responsibilities concerning RMA.
Luckily I'm getting more and more happy with my device, so I'm not going to return it anyway ;-)
/Martin

MadMonkey Boys if you are in the states. Not a big bells & whistle web site, but offers fast, reliable service, and stands behind his sales.

john1027 said:
MadMonkey Boys if you are in the states. Not a big bells & whistle web site, but offers fast, reliable service, and stands behind his sales.
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I'd rather David spend his time on Customer Service and fast shipping than a website.

Brought mine from mobileshop.com - placed the order about 2PM, arrived 9AM the next day! Didn't even pay a dime for the device or shipping. £35/18months. Magic.

Ordering from Clove UK

I was attempting to use another thread but...I'm a little pressed for time. Question:
I'm ready to hit confirm at Clove.co.uk, is this device in WWE? Some mentioned a Telecommunication form....can I fill that out early? Lastly, the site says a two year warrant with the device, is that true?
Sorry if these questions are redundant....but I have never order from across the seas (live in US). I have shipped but never ordered.
Thanks in advance for the reply!!!!

why don't you decrease the stress level by ordering from expansys in the us? it's in stock.
i myself orderd from clove last thursday and waiting for it to come today or tomorrow. It's a UK store, so it's naturally to assuse that ship the wwe. the 2yr warranty is offered by HTC, not clove.

Because I thought that expansys didnt offer the warrant. I thought maybe it would only be through clove.
But you sayin that HTC is offering the warrant? Doesnt it matter where you purchase it?

i heard it through a review that the 2yr warranty if offered by HTC. I guess the only way to confrim is to call clove and or expansys to inquire about the warranty.

Hey thanks copualt3. I appreciate it. I will call expansys and see if they offer it. Then call clove to see if its a company warranty or an HTC.
Thanks buddy!

Kenjari said:
Hey thanks copualt3. I appreciate it. I will call expansys and see if they offer it. Then call clove to see if its a company warranty or an HTC.
Thanks buddy!
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I have known Chris Love (owner of Clove Technologies) for more years than I can remember) and can vouch for his professional conduct and integrity towards his customers.
Funnily enough I have been in contact with him only this morning (sorting out an issue with the developers of CoPilot Live 7 (ALK Technologies).
If you have the slightest concern Chris and his wife Jill will be very happy to answer any concerns.
Beards

Thanks Beards. Its really good to put a personality behind the corporate names!!!!

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Thanks Beards. Its really good to put a personality behind the corporate names!!!!
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My pleasure Kenjari.
If you have the slightest of concern or query please do let me know and I will ensure it gets passed on to Chris personally.
Beards

Waiting and Waiting from Expansys!!!

I'm a little frustrated with waiting on expansys to re-stock. I ordered my device monday Nov 10th. After verifying the credit card mess they updated my status to "waiting to for re-stock". But whats crazy is that Expansys-usa.com says that they have some in stock. When i called and inquired about it, they said that its at thier central location and not thier usa location. Their just waiting for their next shipment.
I just want to order the device and it be on its way.
Sorry for venting, I just dont know where to order at and it actually gets shipped without any delays. I have tried searching via google and the websites dont look to promising. I know of Clove Technologies....but i thought that might be the same situation.

Kenjari said:
I'm a little frustrated with waiting on expansys to re-stock. I ordered my device monday Nov 10th. After verifying the credit card mess they updated my status to "waiting to for re-stock". But whats crazy is that Expansys-usa.com says that they have some in stock. When i called and inquired about it, they said that its at thier central location and not thier usa location. Their just waiting for their next shipment.
I just want to order the device and it be on its way.
Sorry for venting, I just dont know where to order at and it actually gets shipped without any delays. I have tried searching via google and the websites dont look to promising. I know of Clove Technologies....but i thought that might be the same situation.
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I just order today and now Expansys says that only have a new stock at 6 of December...

I ordered mine from Expansys HK, and they luckily had one piece in stock remaining, and i got it today, at my friends place in HK! (still gotta wait for it to come to my country! argh!)
I saw that Expansys UK has good stock, i mean, couple of days back, they had around 59 in stock, and were ready to ship it to HK if i wanted. (Coz expansys-hk had the last piece, so didnt order from expansys-uk)
i suggest call them up (UK) and find out of the stock position, dont go on what they say on the site!
Expansys US showed 1-5 in stock, and when i called, they told me they are out of stock! buggers!

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I ordered mine from Expansys HK, and they luckily had one piece in stock remaining, and i got it today, at my friends place in HK! (still gotta wait for it to come to my country! argh!)
I saw that Expansys UK has good stock, i mean, couple of days back, they had around 59 in stock, and were ready to ship it to HK if i wanted. (Coz expansys-hk had the last piece, so didnt order from expansys-uk)
i suggest call them up (UK) and find out of the stock position, dont go on what they say on the site!
Expansys US showed 1-5 in stock, and when i called, they told me they are out of stock! buggers!
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Dear Friend,
How much you got it from expansys? And also how much did the indian customs charging you? i am all set to buy from Clove, is it a good decesion?

Expansys are shady, they told me when I ordered from them everything was in stock and would be dispatched same day (twice). However they didn't have stock, also was real nice to inform me as well. Cancelled my entire order with them (which was a few things inc an HD) and went elsewhere. Still waiting for them to put the money back in my bank account too....
Also in the UK they are actually a bit more expensive than other sites.

askadc said:
Dear Friend,
How much you got it from expansys? And also how much did the indian customs charging you? i am all set to buy from Clove, is it a good decesion?
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Hey there,
Dont even think of importing it via courier, else the Indian customs will levy a heavy duty on it, and even stall it for a couple of months!
I got it delivered to my friend's place in Hong Kong itself, and he will be bringing it along with him when he comes here in a week or 2.
Bought it for HK$6205 - VALUE PACK! (Around INR Rs.41,000/-)
Contains:
1x HTC Touch HD
1x HTC Original Car Charger
1x HTC Original CASE for Touch HD
1x HTC BT M200 Bluetooth Headset (i exchanged this with a JABRA one)

Possible solution
Well now I get. So here is my solution. I still have my order with Expansys. They do not have any in stock. I just called them an hour ago. They said they wont have any til late November.
So I ordered from Clove Technologies. Does anyone know if they have it in stock? I'm going to cancel my order with Expansys as soon as I know Clove have shipped it. Hopefully they have it in. Another user here informed me on how well they are with orders. Hopefully I can here something from them today.
Last, I know there will be some customs form I have to fill out....any idea on the added delay with that?

www.devicewire.co.uk have it in stock and they cost only £514 inc VAT. Hurry, they are flying of the shelves quick! I also have a £10 expansys voucher for the first person to ask!

"Over 30 In Stock" Yet Truly Out Of Stock
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www.devicewire.co.uk have it in stock and they cost only £514 inc VAT. Hurry, they are flying of the shelves quick! I also have a £10 expansys voucher for the first person to ask!
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Just got off the phone from Expansys UK. They have got a back-order of over 300 to fulfill. Just to let you know if you are thinking of ordering. This is with the website saying "OVER 30 IN STOCK. IF YOU ORDER TODAY YOU WILL GET IT TOMORROW".
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It seems a tricky way of representing actual stock to the innocent buyer. Again that teaches us to CALL FIRST & confirm. Asking the key questions and not just go by what you read on the site. I'm sure they've got it all covered on small-print somewhere. You can cancel at any time though, they did say that. </rant>

Expansys lying on delivery date
As most of you have ordered my HTC HD from expansys Hong Kong at the time they were saying it should be delivered with 6 days. Since them the delivery date has been postponed and postponed. Therefore I have cancelled my order because the device will be available in any Hong Kong shops at the time of their delivery.
I am lucky enough to have my office close to their Hong Kong office. Therefore I cannot resist to go there to explain what I thing about their lies.

I ordered one from Clove and they dispatched the second day..
I'm from China and the phone's already arrived at Hong Kong today.
I should get it tomorrow

Just to throw my 2 pence in about Clove Technologies - I ordered my HTC Touch HD from them last Saturday, and the phone arrived on Wednesday. It would have arrived on Tuesday, but they had to do an extra security check to ensure I was the cardholder (which I respect quite a lot). So all in all, a very positive experience with them.

It's a shame that the price from Clove is £539.33 including VAT though....

maddie said:
I ordered one from Clove and they dispatched the second day..
I'm from China and the phone's already arrived at Hong Kong today.
I should get it tomorrow
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I ordered from clove too. very fast service. btw, i have ordered mind in expansys and they keep delay the order, the worst part was that when i ordered it showed in stock and once i placed the ordre they told me it will be delay... end up cancel and order from clove.

i ordered mine from Clove.. i live in California, USA. i payed for the extra 5GB for shipping so it shipped FedEX..i ordered on.. Wed? i was suppose to get it on Friday morning but stupid fedex took to long and the phone missed the flight. so i have to wait the weekend. getting it tomorrow or else im going to yell at them.. the total price was about 482GB but thats not inc VAT since im from the USA.. it was about 720USD + 20credit card fee for being international (LAME).. but yea.. it was good transaction. EDIT sry but the price has gone up on clove since i bought it.. >.> like 15GB i think it was.. 20UDS?
BTW... gget ready to send a statement of some sort to them to verify your addres.. + fill out a form to FedEx or whoever is shipping it so they know its legal to bring it here..
ALL YOU NEED:
date:
quantity of item: 1
device name/type: BLAC100
trade name: HTC Touch HD
FCC ID: NM8BKNV
Description: PDA Phone
Manufacturer's name and adress:
HTC Corporation
No. 23 Xinghua Rd.,
Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
Consignee's Name: (THATS YOU!!!) name and adress
Importers name and address: the person you bought it from and their address
Print your name..
Signature
Date
Part 2:
"X" on number 7 (most likely) for personal use item.
would like to share it cuz no one really mentioned it in the forum and i was surprised but it went okay..
now to hope the phone is okay..
anything else? hahahah
ill probably be posting pics and everything.. even of the accessories .. cuz im new to HTC and i didn't find good pics..only of the phone.. i want more..
im new to WM too...
and nothing big on the subject..
WM been out forever but there are NOOBIES out there..
like me!
thanks for reading... also.. just to let you know.. apparently the gloss paint chips.. but iono? im going to use the phone and see if its good but leave it in the box until invisibleSHIELD comes out with a cover... they said 1-2weeks.. i need to talk to them again.. they were suppose tto get a phone from someone but not confirmed ..

i ordered from Clove as well with 2-day FedEx international shipping. all i had to supply FedEx was the FCCID to get it through customs. happy as can be with my device!

[INFO] ****ing Best Buy

Bought the Transformer and chose ship to store.
Got an email telling me it would be available for pickup from the 12th to the 22nd.
I called BestBuy to confirm and got a confirmation.
Got an email yesterday saying it would be available for pick up the 8th.
Got an email today saying it wouldn't be available for pickup.
Called BestBuy again, and the guy told me that it wasn't available anywhere and canceled my order.
I am pissed, waiting since the 26 and now no more tablet...Just going to go pick up an Iconia instead...
Did anyone else have this problem?

Well I don't shop at Best Buy anymore. I have been lied to by their sales people about their extended warranty. They lied to me saying if I bought their warranty, they will replace an item if it broke. When it broke, guess what? They didn't replace it and they took a month to fix it.
Note: Use your American Express or Visa Signature card and get a free one year warranty on top of a one year warranty. You don't even have to register the product.
If you don't use the credit cards above or want a longer warranty, use Squaretrade. Make make sure you google an online coupon code for around 30% off. A 3 year warranty for the Asus Transformer is $40 with a 30% off coupon code from Squaretrade.

grenademasta said:
Well I don't shop at Best Buy anymore. I have been lied to by their sales people about their extended warranty. They lied to me saying if I bought their warranty, they will replace an item if it broke. When it broke, guess what? They didn't replace it and they took a month to fix it.
Note: Use your American Express or Visa Signature card and get a free one year warranty on top of a one year warranty. You don't even have to register the product.
If you don't use the credit cards above or want a longer warranty, use Squaretrade. Make make sure you google an online coupon code for around 30% off. A 3 year warranty for the Asus Transformer is $40 with a 30% off coupon code from Squaretrade.
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Yeah I bought a tv from them with extended warranty. When the screen had a warped image they couldn't confirm the problem because they refused to plug an antennae into it. If they wouldn't do that then what did they do for diagnosis.

Shigster said:
Bought the Transformer and chose ship to store.
Got an email telling me it would be available for pickup from the 12th to the 22nd.
I called BestBuy to confirm and got a confirmation.
Got an email yesterday saying it would be available for pick up the 8th.
Got an email today saying it wouldn't be available for pickup.
Called BestBuy again, and the guy told me that it wasn't available anywhere and canceled my order.
I am pissed, waiting since the 26 and now no more tablet...Just going to go pick up an Iconia instead...
Did anyone else have this problem?
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what is BestBuy?.......?
I stopped shopping there longtime ago....I thought they went bankrupt.....oh I think they are in line at bankruptcy court. (behind other BB).
Sorry to hear man.

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what is BestBuy?.......?
I stopped shopping there longtime ago....I thought they went bankrupt.....oh I think they are in line at bankruptcy court. (behind other BB).
Sorry to hear man.
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Pretty sure they are the biggest electronics store chain in the US and are nowhere near going bankrupt.

I stopped by Frys and bought an acer iconia...not sure when the transformer will be available...i would love to own a transformer but I am done waiting
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Shigster said:
I stopped by Frys and bought an acer iconia...not sure when the transformer will be available...i would love to own a transformer but I am done waiting
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tried iconia myself.....with a higher price tag, its screen is not as good as the transformer and I heard its battery life is really poor...plus you'll miss the docking station (which is the killer feature for me)

magicpork said:
tried iconia myself.....with a higher price tag, its screen is not as good as the transformer and I heard its battery life is really poor...plus you'll miss the docking station (which is the killer feature for me)
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With the Dock it comes out more expensive than the Iconia itself.
I bought a leather case for it with an integrated keyboard off ebay. Works well and now that I rooted and froze the bloatware that can't be uninstalled I got 20 hours of battery with moderate use (WIFI on all the time)
back on topic. It seems that a lot of stores are canceling orders or just pushing back the orders saying it is out of stock.

No problems with BBY here. The ****ing (as you put it) Best Buy website was amazingly quick. I ordered yesterday in the 24 minute rush and it had 0-1 days to process. This morning it still said InProcess, so I called them to change the shipping from free ground to overnight. ****ing Best Buy told me no, there is no way to change it. It turns out it isn't ****ing Best Buy, it was due to the fact that they had already shipped it and UPS had not passed back the tracking number yet.
So **** this and **** that, I'm getting my ****ing tablet very ****ing fast through the ****ing Best Buy website. **** yeah.
... and once more. ****ing Best Buy. I won't say rocks, but they did their ****ing job, thanks BBY.

Bought my tablet from Best Buy on launch day. Ordered it online at 530ish and got it two days later couldnt be happier. Took it a week later to best buy to see if itd fit a netbook case for it and all the more techie employees wanted to check it out excited for when they could finally get it in stock at the store themselves. Shocked even by how much better it was over the acer. I ended up getting the netbook case I liked. And not getting the million other accesories i couldve bought for it. yes i know best buy computer accesiories are overpriced but they have a large selection of everything and hire so many people. If you don't like it don't shop from them but i've never had a problem with their service.

OK, **** Best Buy. After my call to Best Buy this morning when I was informed that my tablet was out of shipping it was then change to back-ordered. Bastards.
I called them and supposedly BBY is getting shipments from Asus daily and adjusted my shipping to overnight to compensate. We'll see.
If luck is with me, overnight will beat the free 5-8 day ground shipping.

Ordered from Best Buy morning of 4/26 for p/u in store (16g) on 5/11. Received the email that it wouldn't be available for p/u on 5/10 (day before I was to p/u). Called and was told there was NO estimated time I could get it. Ordered a 32g from Tiger Direct yesterday morning and it's in transit to me as we speak, I should have it tomorrow. Cancelled the BB order today. But I'm not even entirely convinced I would have ever received the BB order anyways. Who knows... sounds like some people have had some luck.

Well, it seems luck favors the bold. I was willing to tempt fate and take the Best Buy people at their word when they told me shipments were coming in frequently, multiple times a day even.
I have a tracking number as of a few minutes ago and I am impatiently waiting on them to get the physical box on the way. Way to go ****ing Best Buy.

cozylies said:
Ordered from Best Buy morning of 4/26 for p/u in store (16g) on 5/11. Received the email that it wouldn't be available for p/u on 5/10 (day before I was to p/u). Called and was told there was NO estimated time I could get it. Ordered a 32g from Tiger Direct yesterday morning and it's in transit to me as we speak, I should have it tomorrow. Cancelled the BB order today. But I'm not even entirely convinced I would have ever received the BB order anyways. Who knows... sounds like some people have had some luck.
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Ordered from Tigerdirect as well. Really glad I did, mine should be in hand tonight! Thank god, I really didn't want to have to resort to getting an Iconia instead.

darkhawkff said:
Ordered from Tigerdirect as well. Really glad I did, mine should be in hand tonight! Thank god, I really didn't want to have to resort to getting an Iconia instead.
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Yeah Iconia wasn't an option for me. Glad to report TD has come through!! UPS delivered my 32g Transformer to me @ work a few hours ago. Step 1 complete - now I need to get the dock.

darkhawkff said:
Ordered from Tigerdirect as well. Really glad I did, mine should be in hand tonight! Thank god, I really didn't want to have to resort to getting an Iconia instead.
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I'm excited to get one soon but is it really that serious? I mean I'm glad yours is almost there but I don't understand everybody's lack of patience. What did everyone do before it came out?

mine was available on walmart for 5 minutes
i got it just in time

I got mine from BB on May, 9 as they promised. I have no problems with this store, they keep their words always.