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Item Number #566488
Price $589.99 (already knew this)
Arrives March 24th
On sale March 27th
What does this do for you? You can now call your local costco and ask them if they have that item on order. As of right now they are saying no free case in store. Yes this item number is different then online, it always is.

If you order online, does it ship from a central US warehouse? Or from a local store? I'm wondering if I can miss sales tax by ordering online.

martonikaj said:
If you order online, does it ship from a central US warehouse? Or from a local store? I'm wondering if I can miss sales tax by ordering online.
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Unless Costco doesn't have any presence in your state, you'll have to pay sales tax regardless of where it ships from. And they'll charge your tax based on your shipping address.

wynand32 said:
Unless Costco doesn't have any presence in your state, you'll have to pay sales tax regardless of where it ships from. And they'll charge your tax based on your shipping address.
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Ouch. Super lame. Maybe worth the wait for a free gel case I guess? lol.

UPDATE:
In store will come with the free case also.

bwcorvus said:
UPDATE:
In store will come with the free case also.
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Shweet. No need to wait to get it from online then.

What about pricing info on Sams? I'm between Sam's and Amazon. I do like Sam's return policy Cant be that!

Knether said:
What about pricing info on Sams? I'm between Sam's and Amazon. I do like Sam's return policy Cant be that!
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Sorry don't work there

bwcorvus said:
UPDATE:
In store will come with the free case also.
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Not too bad....
I was at the Chino Hills, CA Costco yesterday. The guy said they have the XOOM WIFI on a pallet in back already and can't bring it out until March 27th. Not sure if he was confused with 3G version or not, but that is what I was told.

Knether said:
What about pricing info on Sams? I'm between Sam's and Amazon. I do like Sam's return policy Cant be that!
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what's sam's club's return policy? Costco is 90 days.

bwcorvus said:
UPDATE:
In store will come with the free case also.
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It doesn't state anywhere which color case you get online... do you just get a black one?

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what's sam's club's return policy? Costco is 90 days.
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It's 90 as well

Black case only.
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Pre-order now and it will begin shipping March 27, 2011.

Thank you for shopping costco.com. Your current order status is: Shipped.

Just picked up my Xoom from my local Costco warehouse. I got there when they opened. Nothing in the aisle display or on the actual box indicated that it would come with the free gel case, so I asked the person in merchandise pickup. They said I could open the box to see if it was inside it, and sure enough it was.

Our costco says free gel case on the sign and has price of 589. They had a large display with demo. Not many sold at our costco in NJ, maybe 4 or so at noon time.
I picked one up to try it out and see if it can do everything I need it to do.
The case is in the box under everything and is black. There is an insert that says thank you your free accessory is included.

Picked up the xoom wifi from my local costco store. Looks like they have plenty in stock and the free gel case comes with the box.
Staples also had in stock, but best buy was sold out. Wondering if best buy has fewer stock or they are selling really fast

kirdroid said:
Picked up the xoom wifi from my local costco store. Looks like they have plenty in stock and the free gel case comes with the box.
Staples also had in stock, but best buy was sold out. Wondering if best buy has fewer stock or they are selling really fast
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Probably more people aware of going to BestBuy to pick it up, and fewer people who have a Costco membership who will actually want one of these.

kirdroid said:
Picked up the xoom wifi from my local costco store. Looks like they have plenty in stock and the free gel case comes with the box.
Staples also had in stock, but best buy was sold out. Wondering if best buy has fewer stock or they are selling really fast
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Today Costco had 20-30 cards to take to the register.
Yesterday one Staples store said they would have 4 in stock today.
Today one Best Buy store said they got 2 for today.
Honestly, Best Buy having two is not surprising at all. Three of them around me have their Xoom 3G tucked away toward the back, whereas the iPad and everything Apple has its own kiosk. Obvious partnership much?

BestBuy not shipping until the 17th :(

Contacted BestBuy today in regards to shipping the Galaxy Tab 10.1
They are not shipping the unit until the 17th, therefore I probably won't get it until the 20th or later.
I'm seriously thinking of canceling my order and just going to BestBuy to get it at my local store on the 17th. Hate to pay for shipping and get it later than expected.

are you sure it's even going to be in stores on the 17th? it is not even in the weekly ad

vanitymustdie said:
are you sure it's even going to be in stores on the 17th? it is not even in the weekly ad
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That is the national release date...

Since they were able to launch it at the one store in NY on the 8th, I was hoping they would have it setup so that those of us who pre-ordered would have it on the 17th. It would be a let down to see people going to Best Buy on the 17th & posting on the forums how great the device is, while those of us who pre-ordered are at home still waiting a few days for it to arrive.

cdf3 said:
It would be a let down to see people going to Best Buy on the 17th & posting on the forums how great the device is, while those of us who pre-ordered are at home still waiting a few days for it to arrive.
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Isn't that always the case for pre-ordering unless the item is hot and will sell out in stores instantly? My experience with pre-ordering is sometimes you get it early but most times you get it later than expected.
I don't think GTab is that hot.

cdf3 said:
Contacted BestBuy today in regards to shipping the Galaxy Tab 10.1
They are not shipping the unit until the 17th, therefore I probably won't get it until the 20th or later.
I'm seriously thinking of canceling my order and just going to BestBuy to get it at my local store on the 17th. Hate to pay for shipping and get it later than expected.
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Don't even waist your time with Best Buy. I ordered mine off of Amazon and it has a delivery estimate of June 21st. Plus you don't have to pay shipping or sales tax. save yourself $42, plus amazon has a way better and easier return policy.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00519RWI8/ref=ox_ya_os_product

Definitely think I will be canceling my best buy order. Happy to not have to give them my business now.
Does anyone know local / national retailers who will be selling at midnight?

DensoYamaha41 said:
Don't even waist your time with Best Buy. I ordered mine off of Amazon and it has a delivery estimate of June 21st. Plus you don't have to pay shipping or sales tax. save yourself $42, plus amazon has a way better and easier return policy.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00519RWI8/ref=ox_ya_os_product
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Amazon sounds like a much better deal. I would definitely go that route, but I have BestBuy gift cards tied to my order. So I will have to stick with BestBuy. Otherwise I would go through Amazon.

is it too late in the game for a pre-order?
what are my chances of strolling into a BB store on friday morning (within 10 minutes of them opening their store) and snagging a tab?
more importantly, what is BB's return policy?
I'm torn between this and the ipad2 for my dad and need to make a decision within 5 days since I have to send it overseas with a relative.
does BB charge a restocking fee for galaxy?
I already have an ipad2 so I know it's behavior.
my reason to buy the tab for my dad is so that it's easy for him to sync his media between his home and office PC's, updated gmail and youtube client, ability to play xvid and avi files and the ability to drag and drop files from ANY pc to the tablet (he's not going to go for that apple iTunes sync with 1 pc crap though there are ways around it...)

When I returned my ipad 2, they didn't give me a refund. They said that they could only give me a gift card with the amount of my purchase. The ipad 2 was also un-opened. I'm using the gift card balance to purchase the Tab 10.1

gordita said:
is it too late in the game for a pre-order?
what are my chances of strolling into a BB store on friday morning (within 10 minutes of them opening their store) and snagging a tab?
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99.9-100%.
Seriously, folks. Just because you are excited about this device (as am I) doesn't mean its a line-up-at-door-at-3am blockbuster product. Demand for the 10.1 Tab will be good, but not sell-out good. The only thing that would make a retail outlet sell out would be low supply, which is unlikely since the production device went final weeks and weeks ago.

If the order status still says "In Process" by Wednesday, I will cancel & just grab one at the store on Friday.

Just ordered mine off of Amazon...$499 + $3.99 one day shipping. Best part is saving $50 on tax. I got my email receipt and it says estimated delivery is 20th but hopefully it ships on 17th, Amazon has shipped things earlier before.

Berner said:
99.9-100%.
Seriously, folks. Just because you are excited about this device (as am I) doesn't mean its a line-up-at-door-at-3am blockbuster product. Demand for the 10.1 Tab will be good, but not sell-out good. The only thing that would make a retail outlet sell out would be low supply, which is unlikely since the production device went final weeks and weeks ago.
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I'm not as optimistic. I worry the national launch was delayed from the 8th to 17th because of supply issues. And look at the ASUS Transformer, it's still hard to find in stock over a month after launch.
Samsung is making this tablet super thin and using a new Super PLS display, manufacturing issues could be a concern.

Only way this is going to sell out is if there are like three in the store, which i think might be the case

relax folks, look what happened to launching in NY. its only one store and there still left over after 24hrs.. this is national launching and i bet you have a lot of BB around you

Yeah, I don't think this will be on high demand... There is more Honeycomb tablets to choose from.
FYI
I returned my ipad 2 at bestbuy and got my money back on my card. Full refund. They do give you a 14 day return policy, I think.

foethalove said:
Just ordered mine off of Amazon...$499 + $3.99 one day shipping. Best part is saving $50 on tax. I got my email receipt and it says estimated delivery is 20th but hopefully it ships on 17th, Amazon has shipped things earlier before.
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Right, I canceled my order at BB and got it at amazon. The 16GB was $540, estimated delivery after the 21st, with amazon I got the 32GB at $604, with one day shipping (I couldn't resist), estimated delivery the 20th!
Folks, I am dreaming it at night!!!

gordita said:
is it too late in the game for a pre-order?
what are my chances of strolling into a BB store on friday morning (within 10 minutes of them opening their store) and snagging a tab?
more importantly, what is BB's return policy?
does BB charge a restocking fee for galaxy?
I already have an ipad2 so I know it's behavior.
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BB has a 14 day return window for in-store purchases (not sure about online purchases). No restocking fee, and really no questions asked when I returned my XOOM, waiting for the Samsung device.
I do like Amazon return policy, but really no where near as easy as driving down to BB with the device in-hand and exchanging with a human being. No return label and carrier pick-ups to deal with.

zaures said:
Only way this is going to sell out is if there are like three in the store, which i think might be the case
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You think the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is going to be less popular than the ASUS Transformer?

Where are people in the United States ordering the phone from?

I see a lot of people in the UK ordering the Note from the german amazon site, what places are people in the United States ordering the phone from and for what price? I wanted the nexus prime but this looks like it may be an overall better device, not to mention its available now and has a sd card slot which I wanted.

Negri Electronics, ~$800 US with 2nd day shipping and $35 off promo cert.
I initially wanted a prime too, but it was more for the hardware than the software (which the Note will get eventually), and the note's got better goods.

I'm always wary of ordering from Negri, plemix..etc. I just wait for it to get to Amazon.com or Newegg.com at least they have return policies on the devices. If you order from one of those NY web retailers your pretty much SOL on returns.

looks like its on backorder on negri, I thought I saw people paying $700 for the phone? I would love for it to show up on amazon.com

Handtec, paid $723, they shipped it overnight

PolishDude said:
looks like its on backorder on negri, I thought I saw people paying $700 for the phone? I would love for it to show up on amazon.com
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Yes and also on BO in mobilecityonline

inurb said:
I'm always wary of ordering from Negri, plemix..etc. I just wait for it to get to Amazon.com or Newegg.com at least they have return policies on the devices. If you order from one of those NY web retailers your pretty much SOL on returns.
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Negri has a return policy right on their website...
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I love Negri...bought 3 high end phones from them over the last 3 years. Not a single problem with returns, etc. Sorry I waited a day late to get my order in.
I found 2 places locally (Chicago area) who "said" they are getting them by Friday...we'll see!

I just bought through handtec @ $776 Canadian. US and Canadian dollars are pretty close right now, might be like $769 USD. 2-4 day shipping with Fedex to North America. They are getting more stock and shipping Friday the 4th, apparently.

Unlocked Mobiles.com
I just ordered mine last Friday, Oct 28th from Unlocked Mobiles.com and they shipped the same day. Total Cost £504.15 = $807.72! Very good about tracking and notification. Tracking shows my phone in New York, I should have it by Friday this week!

I ordered from Negri on Monday, its suppose to be in texas tomorrow. But the guy stated it was shipped Tuesday but did not have tracking number. But I kept asking and it looks like he was on back order but shipped today for tomorrow delivery. Even though I paid for 2 day delivery so he kept to his promise of the date for delivery.
Spent more than I wanted but thats fine if shows up. I had previously ordered with Expansys and they played a lot of games with my order so I canceled with them and went to Negri. But I just got an email from Expansys stating they have them in stock ready to ship. But somehow I do not believe them. There were others that received units from them. Use at your own risk.
Negri seems to be on the up and up, As well it seems there is one person that I kept dealing with on chat and email. So it might be a single guy running the site. So far he has kept to his promise and that means a lot when trusting a unknown website.

inurb said:
I'm always wary of ordering from Negri, plemix..etc. I just wait for it to get to Amazon.com or Newegg.com at least they have return policies on the devices. If you order from one of those NY web retailers your pretty much SOL on returns.
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They have return policies, that said I've never used them before, so I've never had to return anything to them. Generally I'd agree with you, the big web stores feel better, but lots of people here have used negri before with positive feedback.

Handtec seems to have the cheapest price I've seen. Anyone order stuff from them? Any bad experiences?
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/5504/samsung-galaxy-note--16gb--sim-free-unlocked-

mclife said:
Handtec seems to have the cheapest price I've seen. Anyone order stuff from them? Any bad experiences?
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/5504/samsung-galaxy-note--16gb--sim-free-unlocked-
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i ordered from handtech yeterday...hoping for nov 4th ship date.

[Q] Who preordered from Best Buy?

I've been checking the status every since I saw that thread about ABT and TD shipping before the release date and I noticed that my order status says 1 item(s) Status Not Available.
Is this normal?

I preordered from BB.
I've been told repeatedly that it will not be there til 10/10.
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Han Solo 1 said:
I preordered from BB.
I've been told repeatedly that it will not be there til 10/10.
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lol did you try and see if you could use the fact that people on here have already gotten theirs as a way to get yours sooner too? I'm just worried that there is a problem with my order. But I guess it saying that the status is not available doesn't necessarily mean there is a problem... right?

I'm not familiar with Best Buy's pre-order process, have they already charged you? If they have, I wouldn't be worried.

dtsd said:
I'm not familiar with Best Buy's pre-order process, have they already charged you? If they have, I wouldn't be worried.
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It shows up in my transactions as a pending charge. They said they would charge the card once the order was shipped, but I've just signed in and I don't even see the pending charge in there anymore.

Definitely worth a call

Ugh... This sucks... they say there doesn't appear to be a problem, but I'm being told that they won't even ship it out to me until the 10th.. Why would I preorder on line if I can just go to BB when it opens on release day and pick one up?? I knew I should have just ordered from Tiger Direct...
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I canceled my order with BB. Tiger Direct just got one more customer.

Was in best buy today and peered in the cage in the Samsung area of the store and what did I see? Boxes of note 2014s... Right there in plain site. Asked the sales guys about it and they said no, we don't have them. Took them over to the cage and said what is that... Oh man we can't sell those until the 10th so we better hide them. Wouldn't sell me one but they did open the cage and put them out of sight. I mentioned they were already shipping from other retailers but they wouldn't budge. Oh well, wait for the preorder shipment.
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Cancel my best buy pre order Earlier this week and ordered through Tiger. I am Already playing with note since friday.
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toanau said:
Cancel my best buy pre order Earlier this week and ordered through Tiger. I am Already playing with note since friday.
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When you ordered was the product information page listing it as available for pre order or available for shipping?

Available for shipping. I believed it is pre ordered status now on Tiger
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toanau said:
Available for shipping. I believed it is pre ordered status now on Tiger
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Well hopefully I'll still be able to get it on before the end of the week (Thursday or Friday). I usually go home on Friday afternoons to visit my parents and I'd really like to be able to set up the device over the weekend so I can have it ready for school on Monday.

I preordered from Best Buy only because I didnt have any funds available on my other credit cards. That might be a plus since BB's protection plans have always done me good so I got that for my note too. My order says "in progress" and when I click on the actual note line item, it tells me status not available. When I made the purchase though it did tell me it wouldnt ship until the 10th.
But now it makes me wonder if I should just change the method of shipping to pick up at the store.

Riaora said:
I preordered from Best Buy only because I didnt have any funds available on my other credit cards. That might be a plus since BB's protection plans have always done me good so I got that for my note too. My order says "in progress" and when I click on the actual note line item, it tells me status not available. When I made the purchase though it did tell me it wouldnt ship until the 10th.
But now it makes me wonder if I should just change the method of shipping to pick up at the store.
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Yea I placed an order with Tiger Direct, and I'll speak with them tomorrow or Monday. If they can't promise me a tablet by Thursday then I'll cancel my order with them and just call my local Best Buy and do an express check out. For some reason I don't have the option to place a pre-order for in-store pickup. Hopefully Tiger Direct will ship mine early, but I'm not expecting much. I'm prepared to just go to BB right when it opens to purchase on in the store. I've learned my lesson. I won't fool around with pre-orders anymore. Better off just picking up in store.

Idk how you guys pre ordered yours from best buy. But I went to store. Put 50 bucks down payment on device. So basically they hold one for me till whenever I walk in store and pay remainder once there in stock. Officially

Ordered from BB
I never had a problem pre ordering from BB, they just can't sell it until the release date. I got the Black 32gb. We will have it on the 10th, sometimes the email comes a day earlier also.

louvass said:
I never had a problem pre ordering from BB, they just can't sell it until the release date. I got the Black 32gb. We will have it on the 10th, sometimes the email comes a day earlier also.
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I usually get all my devices in white (in this case white 32GB) but thinking I should have gotten the black. The back part getting dirty is starting to get to me since I'll be using it every single day for hours on end. Here's hoping they ship today. I'm using this tablet for college and it would be great to have the opportunity to have the weekend to get it ready for next week.
That's only if my anxiousness doesn't get to me and I don't cancel the preorder to pick up at the store. ^^;;

Best Buy preorder
Just got my confirmation email that my tablet will be available for pick up tomorrow. Yeaaaa

Me too! Available to pick up tomorrow at Best Buy.
Sweet!!!
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Awesome :good:
I'm hoping to just go in and pick one up off the shelf. Didn't preorder.
I like the white but I think I'll buy it in black. I'm afraid the white stylus might show wear/dirt over time.

Black friday: $35 sale

While there is a 2-unit limit, the Amazon Fire is now $35 bucks. Get it while you still can!

I did not know there was a 2 unit limit. I presume the limit holds true even if they are shipped to different addresses? My friend ordered me one since they have prime.

Cyber Monday Woche (specific deal ends in 12 hours)
49€ http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00ZDWLEEG/ref=gw_tabl_202579147_1?pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

Moogagot said:
While there is a 2-unit limit, the Amazon Fire is now $35 bucks. Get it while you still can!
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Do you guys know if it's being enforced? I ordered 2 in one order and one in the next one. Hope they don't cancel it.
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I was looking if they had the buy 5+1 free offer, but saw it was gone.
But I did order the one I was waiting for.

I just ordered two more. From the mobile app I didn't see the 2-unit limit.

Most of the alternative cases which were about $9.99 have gone up to around $14.99.

just sign up for a free prime 30 day trial and you can order another 2 per account.

damn, we only had the 49 Euro's ( 51 USD ) deal in germany yesterday. Orderd mine yesterday and got it yesterday, love the new same day delivery for free.

£35 in the uk today. Ordered!

I was able to make three purchases of two each to get 6 total. When I was submitting the third and final order, it said I had just made a similar order and did I want to continue. I told it yes and it went thru. 'Course, now I won't get em until 21st or 22nd of December, but that's OK.
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alfick3 said:
I was able to make three purchases of two each to get 6 total. When I was submitting the third and final order, it said I had just made a similar order and did I want to continue. I told it yes and it went thru. 'Course, now I won't get em until 21st or 22nd of December, but that's OK.
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If anyone is looking to get the Fire in the US, ordering it from Best Buy online for in store pickup is the best way to go. I ordered it this morning and it is already in store whereas amazon has it backordered until December 17th+. You could probably cancel your orders and buy it this way instead.

rjmxtech said:
If anyone is looking to get the Fire in the US, ordering it from Best Buy online for in store pickup is the best way to go. I ordered it this morning and it is already in store whereas amazon has it backordered until December 17th+. You could probably cancel your orders and buy it this way instead.
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Thanks for that info. Is it $35 there as well?

alfick3 said:
Thanks for that info. Is it $35 there as well?
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Yes. Same price. Much more convenient IMO.

UPS says mine arrives on Monday. I don't think I've ever been so excited to get a $35 gadget, haha.

Picked one up in store yesterday at Best Buy. Open box special.
Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but the price was too good to pass up.

One of mine arrived yesterday, the other should come around the 30th.
Anyway, this is a pretty good device so far. I made sure to replace the Fire OS with CM12.1 and now it really flies compared to the original Kindle Fire. At first I was concerned with the resolution, but now I'm fine with it not being 720P. I mean for $35 I can't really have it all.
Also I would suggest using the Supertool posted in the index.

jak341 said:
Picked one up in store yesterday at Best Buy. Open box special.
Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but the price was too good to pass up.
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Did you know it was at Best Buy already or was I of assistance to you with my post in the thread?

I actually was researching this tablet because of price and read your thread to get some impressions.
The open box special was just a good finding.

I got mine
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