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Rumor has it that Office Depot and Gamestop will have the Nexus 7 as soon as this Thursday. Is anyone else going to be as outraged as me when these things get to stores first before people's doorsteps? I preordered from the Play Store within minutes of the IO announcement and my order status hasn't changed. Man I am pissed.
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Jul 11, 2012 01:45
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BoyBlunder posted:Rumor has it that Office Depot and Gamestop will have the Nexus 7 as soon as this Thursday.
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Jul 11, 2012 01:53
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Don't get pissed and outraged over consumer electronics. Get over it.
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Jul 11, 2012 01:53
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Don Lapre posted:Don't get pissed and outraged over consumer electronics. Get over it. It's not getting pissed about consumer electronics; it's about placing a preorder for something - which one would assume would give you first dibs on the device on release day, give or take a day for postage - then finding out that you could have wandered into your local store on release day and picked one up. It's about a lack of service, not a lack of item.
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Jul 11, 2012 01:58
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Rohaq posted:It's not getting pissed about consumer electronics; it's about placing a preorder for something - which one would assume would give you first dibs on the device on release day, give or take a day for postage - then finding out that you could have wandered into your local store on release day and picked one up. +1 On top of that, Google is no longer cancelling Play orders for the Nexus 7. The only way to cancel an order is refuse the UPS delivery. If you're not around, and they drop off the package, you'll need to drop it off at a UPS center to return to sender. Very frustrating.
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Jul 11, 2012 02:03
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BoyBlunder posted:Rumor has it that Office Depot and Gamestop will have the Nexus 7 as soon as this Thursday. loving hell, is this true? I have to review them for a major news outlet and missing day 1 on this would be bad news bears. 
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Jul 11, 2012 02:06
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BoyBlunder posted:Rumor has it that Office Depot and Gamestop will have the Nexus 7 as soon as this Thursday.
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Jul 11, 2012 02:06
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Do we know we are not going to get our N7s on Thursday? Or at least by Monday (assuming they ship Thursday and it's 2 day shipping)? All the evidence I see is that it will be in stores on Thursday, but not that us pre-orderers won't get it then...
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Jul 11, 2012 02:07
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BoyBlunder posted:On top of that, Google is no longer cancelling Play orders for the Nexus 7. The only way to cancel an order is refuse the UPS delivery. If you're not around, and they drop off the package, you'll need to drop it off at a UPS center to return to sender. Very frustrating.  they'll drop a $200-$250 package on your doorstep without a signature?That's weird; I'd always have to pre-sign/pre-authorize anonymous delivery (which I won't) for no-signature delivery to get just about anything over $50 delivered without someone there to sign for it.
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Jul 11, 2012 02:12
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One benefit of the pre-order is the $25 play store credit and Transformers movie.
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Jul 11, 2012 02:13
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http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/10/3149867/nexus-7-when-and-where-can-you-get-one According to The Verge the sell date is separate from the retail shipping date and has yet to be set. Vagrancy fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Jul 11, 2012 |
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Jul 11, 2012 02:14
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IT Guy posted:One benefit of the pre-order is the $25 play store credit and Transformers movie. Staples and Gamestop will both be offering this. I called 2 local Gamestops earlier tonight to confirm this info, so YMMV with your local shops (regarding the date of availability). Office Depot Source?: http://www.droid-life.com/2012/07/10/office-depot-expecting-to-have-in-store-nexus-7-stock-by-july-12/ edit: Jesus reading all these Nexus 7 shipping stories brings me back to CDMA Galaxy Nexus stories from Verizon BoyBlunder fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Jul 11, 2012 |
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Jul 11, 2012 02:20
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IT Guy posted:One benefit of the pre-order is ... the Transformers movie. That's not a benefit.
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Jul 11, 2012 02:30
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Neither is the $25 play store credit.
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Jul 11, 2012 02:31
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right arm posted:Neither is the $25 play store credit. I don't know if that's completely true. You could use this on anything in the store, movies, music, apps, magazine, etc. AFAIK, there's no expiration.
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Jul 11, 2012 02:34
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Google's help pages do not say anything about the $25 play store credit being contingent on a pre-order. http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2670129 It does depend, however, on adding a credit card to your Google account so you're more likely to spend money later. edit: BoyBlunder posted:I don't know if that's completely true. You could use this on anything in the store, movies, music, apps, magazine, etc. AFAIK, there's no expiration. kitten smoothie fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Jul 11, 2012 |
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Jul 11, 2012 02:35
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GonadTheBallbarian posted:loving hell, is this true? I have to review them for a major news outlet and missing day 1 on this would be bad news bears. ThermoPhysical posted:http://androidcommunity.com/nexus-7-could-hit-retail-stores-this-thursday-20120710/ Yeah, I posted this a page ago. However, Staples has said they won't ship before July 13th as per Google's instructions so maybe Google told others differently? Also, I called that particular Office Depot and they did confirm it as being true.
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Jul 11, 2012 02:39
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ThermoPhysical posted:Yeah, I posted this a page ago. There will be movies made about my sojourn on Thursday. Thanks for the link.
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Jul 11, 2012 02:43
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kitten smoothie posted:Can't use it on devices, but you can on everything else. The credit does have an expiration. I activated my Nexus 7 on June 28 and Google sent me an email five minutes later telling me I have a credit. The email said the credit expires June 30 2013. So I assume maybe the general rule is that the credit's good either till next June, or for 12 months from the end of the month in which you activated the device. Interesting, this is great to know. Thanks!
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Jul 11, 2012 02:45
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Update for the wifi TF101 just came out, where on the Asus site can I go to get a changelog?
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Jul 11, 2012 02:55
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BoyBlunder posted:+1 I called them since I'm going to be away for several days and I don't want the package to sit on my doorstep. They said they can file a UPS intercept and UPS will just return the package to them instead of shipping it.
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Jul 11, 2012 02:57
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Actually, has anyone else confirmed Best Buy in the US will have the Nexus 7? I just realized the articles i read about it were referring only the Best buy CANADA.
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Jul 11, 2012 05:08
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Mister Fister posted:Actually, has anyone else confirmed Best Buy in the US will have the Nexus 7? I just realized the articles i read about it were referring only the Best buy CANADA. Right now, that looks like the only Best Buy to be carrying it. So far the stores seem to be: Staples GameStop Best Buy (Canada) Fry's Electronics Office Depot Ebuyer Dixons UK Abt Future Shop Adorama B&H and Google Play 8GB seems to be a Play exclusive variant and everyone else will be carrying the 16GB variant. http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/10/3149867/nexus-7-when-and-where-can-you-get-one I hope that the 8GB variant will be sold in brick and mortar stores. If not, then there's no point to trying to go against the Fire. Most people will look at that extra $49 on the 16GB Nexus 7 and pick the Fire anyway.
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Jul 11, 2012 05:45
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ThermoPhysical posted:I hope that the 8GB variant will be sold in brick and mortar stores. If not, then there's no point to trying to go against the Fire. Most people will look at that extra $49 on the 16GB Nexus 7 and pick the Fire anyway. It's likely the profit margin on the 8GB is too small. The retailers aren't going to sell it if they don't get to make any money.
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Jul 11, 2012 05:47
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:It's likely the profit margin on the 8GB is too small. The retailers aren't going to sell it if they don't get to make any money. Profit margins on most hardware is small to miniscule to sometimes nothing at all. Most computers, phones, tablets, etc are sold at near-cost. Where retailers make money is through extended warranties and accessories. There's a reason Best Buy charges you $20+ for a USB cable to hook up your new $20 printer and $100 HDMI cables to hook up your $400 TV.
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Jul 11, 2012 05:49
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Any chance anyone here has recently sold or bought a TF-101? I'm curious if there is a market for them at all anymore, I'm thinking of selling mine and picking up a Nexus 7 once it's for sale in Canada, they look really cool. (It's 32GB + docking station.)
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Jul 11, 2012 06:24
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BoyBlunder posted:+1 As far as I know they never allowed cancelling Play orders for the Nexus 7. I ordered the 8GB model the same day they started taking orders, and the next day I decided to cancel the order and get the 16GB instead. Today I called them because I was worried about still not having gotten any response from them for my cancellation; and the guy on the phone told me that the distributor (Google Canada) was supposed to have sent me an email telling me that they cannot process cancellations for hardware.
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Jul 11, 2012 06:26
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Konjuro posted:As far as I know they never allowed cancelling Play orders for the Nexus 7. I ordered the 8GB model the same day they started taking orders, and the next day I decided to cancel the order and get the 16GB instead. Today I called them because I was worried about still not having gotten any response from them for my cancellation; and the guy on the phone told me that the distributor (Google Canada) was supposed to have sent me an email telling me that they cannot process cancellations for hardware. If they don't clearly state that they are doing this can't you sue them for that? Seems like a really shady thing to do. Every other business allows you cancel a sale before it actually ships. If it isn't clearly stated before you click finalize sale, they shouldn't be allowed to do that.
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Jul 11, 2012 06:40
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You can easily cancel a Google play order... or at least I was able to cancel mine about 2 weeks ago with no issue. There is a number on Google's website where you put in your phone number and they will call you right back. Took about 3 minutes to do.
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Jul 11, 2012 06:46
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ThermoPhysical posted:I hope that the 8GB variant will be sold in brick and mortar stores. If not, then there's no point to trying to go against the Fire. Most people will look at that extra $49 on the 16GB Nexus 7 and pick the Fire anyway. Meanwhile, outside NA, the nexus 7 is competing against poo poo like archos, disgo & kobo on price point, there is no kindle fire & trustworthy sounding brands are three times the price.
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Jul 11, 2012 07:33
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Hamelekim posted:If they don't clearly state that they are doing this can't you sue them for that? Seems like a really shady thing to do. Every other business allows you cancel a sale before it actually ships. If it isn't clearly stated before you click finalize sale, they shouldn't be allowed to do that. I think he may have meant that they should have responded to my cancellation request, and that it is now too late to cancel. Either way its annoying since they haven't shipped. At least I have a friend who might be interested in buying the extra off me.
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Jul 11, 2012 07:44
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hotsauce posted:You can easily cancel a Google play order... or at least I was able to cancel mine about 2 weeks ago with no issue. There is a number on Google's website where you put in your phone number and they will call you right back. Took about 3 minutes to do. I called this morning and they said they can't cancel it. They suggested I call back when it arrives and they can process a return, which is funny because the guy on the phone had no idea when it was even shipping.
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Jul 11, 2012 10:20
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CLAM DOWN posted:Any chance anyone here has recently sold or bought a TF-101? I'm curious if there is a market for them at all anymore, I'm thinking of selling mine and picking up a Nexus 7 once it's for sale in Canada, they look really cool. Before the I/O (before the Nexus 7 announcement) I sold my TF101 16GB w/ dock for $400 on Kijiji. I would say some dummy will still buy it.
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Jul 11, 2012 13:46
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http://allthingsd.com/20120711/googles-nexus-7-costs-152-to-make-ihs-isuppli-teardown-finds/ iSuppli says that the 8gb Nexus 7 costs $151.75 to build while the 16gb model costs an additional $7.50. I think this easily explains why B&M stores aren't carrying the 8gb model, the margin just isn't there. $249 for the 16gb gives a little more wiggle room.
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Jul 11, 2012 14:59
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bull3964 posted:http://allthingsd.com/20120711/googles-nexus-7-costs-152-to-make-ihs-isuppli-teardown-finds/ Well looks like the previous estimate posted was that off the mark.
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Jul 11, 2012 15:21
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IT Guy posted:Before the I/O (before the Nexus 7 announcement) I sold my TF101 16GB w/ dock for $400 on Kijiji. I would say some dummy will still buy it. Sweet, I was just hoping to recoup $250 for the 16gb Nexus 7 so that's great news. Thanks!
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Jul 11, 2012 16:30
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Small update on my TF101's battery woes... I fully charged both the dock and the tablet over night and left the tablet powered down and detached from the dock while I went to work. Came home and checked them, the Tablet lost 1% battery, the dock lost 34% and it wasn't even in use. When I attach them the dual battery widget shows the dock's battery icon as charging and the tablets icon as not charging. Isn't it supposed to be the other way around?
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Jul 11, 2012 17:39
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Pinny posted:Small update on my TF101's battery woes... They swapped the icons in the last update. Click on it and it'll tell you. I think you can swap them back.
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Jul 11, 2012 18:05
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Any of you tried the Wingray/Stingray JB builds for the Xoom on XDA? Wondering if I should just wait for the official Wifi rom to be released and flash my Verizon Xoom on that... I never use Verizon data so it might as well have the wifi rom on it.
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Looks like the Nexus 7 has a magnet sensor to turn off the screen. Makes me hope that is how the branded cover in the play store stays closed/wakes the device.
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