16GB HP TouchPads Selling for Up to $325 on eBay

[soulfringe]

I see a lot of people calling the people who are selling them at double the price or more, Idiots.

If they are actually succeeding in selling them at those rates, and I am sure they are, how are they idiots? It's a basic principle of economics. Supply and Demand. At $100 a pop, the demand was far to overwhelming, and those who bought many, knew this would happen and have capitalized off of it. People who buy them for $200 are still getting a tablet at a great price, they are happy, mean while he who "ripped them off" is getting a good profit and he is happy.

The guy who bought it for $200 likely knows that they were $100, but he can't find anymore of them anywhere else, so he is still much happier to pay $200 for one, than the poor smug who paid $400-500 prior to last week.

I could just be biased and not give nearly as much a damn as I managed to order 2 of them. One for myself, and one for my dad who has been obsessing the last 3 months over wanting to save up to buy a tablet.



Anyways, I am going to go bitch at my local pizzeria for selling me a pizza for $15 when it only costs them about $3 to make it. Capitalist pigs!!

 

[dave_in_cincy]

I've been checking HP's shopping cart since this began. Today's status on the 32GB TouchPad shows as:

Coming soon
Please check back soon

Could have sworn it used to say:

Out of Stock
Please check back soon

If so, perhaps a major retailer is returning unsold stock to HP and there may be a small window of opportunity to snag one of these at the original fire sale price???

I noticed the devices disappeared completely from most Retailers' web sites yesterday.

Stay tuned.

 

[zak_mckraken]

I hope they started a trend to lower tablet prices. I haven't realized I wanted one until I saw the $99 price tag!

 

[candrwhite]

Anyone who pays more than $150 for one of these, EVEN off of eBay... is an idiot.

 

[candrwhite]

[citation][nom]soulfringe[/nom]I see a lot of people calling the people who are selling them at double the price or more, Idiots. If they are actually succeeding in selling them at those rates, and I am sure they are, how are they idiots? [/citation]

They're not... but the people actually paying that much for them are.

 

[keczapifrytki]

Soulfringe, if these ebayers bought the $99 tablet to resell it later for $200+ they are idiots. There are people like me who wanted to get one at $99 for my wife but now I can't because all these schmucks bought out the entire stock.

 

[Guest]

Call me evil but those that purchased a few thinking they will sell it for quick profit, should burn in Hell!!!!! Its these ppl that genuine buyer cannot get hold of even 1 touchpads. Hope they get into trouble paying the credit card bill. I would never buy it on CL or ebay from these unscrupulous sob.

 

[dave_in_cincy]

2011-08-25

Back to simply:

Out of Stock (without the "Please check back soon")

...on HP's shopping site now. Oh well, time to move on...