Why is Amazon charging $100 over MSRP? This thing is SUPPOSED to be $499 -- WTF?
1855951
Maybe I missed it, but I've never seen Amazon selling the tablet directly for over $499.99. It's still $499.99 right now, but ships in 1-3 weeks.
1855952
Don't buy it here you can get it elsewhere 100 dollars cheaper. I'msure Amazon will get the correct price point later but just to let you guysknow there is another ASUS tablet in the horizon so you guys might just want to skip these tablest....big mistake on ASUS part I think youcan google for it should be coming out in the summer, worth the wait.
1855953
I want to get 2 of these for me and my wife but I think we'll just wait on the next series coming out in the summer...still great tablet
1855954
I ordered mine for $499 through Amazon on 4/20/12 (currently waiting for shipment to come in). I see 3rd parties are selling the same TP for more.
1622621
Whatever stock Buy.com had is gone now. The Amazon "Not yet available/Pre-order" message is back up at the MSRP. Can't believe I caught this a a 33% discount. Hope I'm not getting scammed and these were early release units to generate some interest and reviews??!
1178045
It appears that the $159.99 is the MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price) and that Newegg was running a promotion at the time that you asked the question.
450522
I can give some discount - Amazon's commi9sssions are so high it 'kills me' as well! Let me think how best to do this, and I'll get back to U within an hour. Thanks!Steve
1927065
I saw it, too. But this morning, the price was back to >300. And Amazon price trackers (like Ookong.com) don't register the lower price. But i swear that I saw it.
55289
The price is not amazons. (you can see the store name above the add it to cart button).Amazon allows private sellers to list on there, whether it is a store or just someone selling it from home. Amazons fees for listing a product are so high, that's why i think they listed it for so much. I would check on ebay, they are selling for $49.99 on there right now.
187541
I do believe on Amazon it is 49 dollars. Your right it is absolutely ridiculous!!!! I paid 17 dollars for the same thing.
203286
Yeah, I'm also interested in doing this - but I too am really worried about the $250 charge. Amazon hasn't come out and flat out said that they would charge $250, but they seem to intimate that they will. But, if Monsieur Romer has done it.... (when did you buy it?)
2091114
I've seen the price at 19.99 here too. I think Amazon was selling it for the MSRP, but other sellers are trying to take advantage of the current high demand. If I buy it here, I'm going to wait until the price goes back down again.
1552373
Seriously... Amazon needs to drop the price! I'll buy a second one if they give a 50% discount (cuz that's the price I got my first unit - $215 last year).
546016
Amazon Merchants are free to price items as they wish. We currently sell this item at MSRP, as per our contract with GHD, but merchants who are not under contract with the manufacturer may be offering it at a lower price.
1782161
That's a recent development - it's been in stock until recently. So, where is the right location to raise this? Apparently not customer service, who punted to the 'product staff', who never responded. I posted here out of frustration. I understand the economics. I also understand the stated Prime policy, which should have precedence. But I'm done with this - I bought some other speakers elsewhere. Amazon Prime is great -almost- all the time, and despite this incident, I still think it is an excellent bargain.
1865232
Amazon has been showing various prices over the past two weeks or so. At the moment it is full price but, for a period, they showed a price of $249.99, slightly higher than the pre-order price of $243.99. I pre-ordered and posted the original comment in this thread. To update my situation, Amazon delivered my unit last Friday (8/28/09). It sounds great and was worth the wait.
657039
shipping prices is the main reason. Shipping from the manufacturer $25 then shipping to you another $25 makes it hard. The prices on Amazon are actually still about what the old MSRP was even though the price has gone up.
2236415
That's just the way Amazon works sometimes. Not everything makes sense. They may be very overstocked on the cheaper one.
1620392
That is a fourth for me. I would snap this up immediately if the $100 coupon were applicable. Otherwise it is too much of a jump for the DDR3 RAM. Any chance amazon will offer this?
154355
Amazon does not always have the best price... I have watched the price on this item for a while. FYI, if you live near a microcenter, they have this laptop for $1199 - $200 (instant savings) = $999.... Its an in-store only special, but you can find more info on their website http://microcenter.com ... I have e-mailed Amazon to see if they would lower their price, but I am still waiting for a response... I also would prefer to buy from Amazon to use "prime".