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OK folks - panicked and ran to best Buy - I had to tell them about the sale - checked the kiosk - no more 64g's to be found, however the 16g is on sale for $199 I forget the 32g price sorry -
however as I was looking at it the price went back up to retail the sales person however was able to find the $199 sale price - so I grabbed their last one
Better hurry they can back order if they are out of stock at this price. As we watched the "sold out online" flag came up, same on the website now, the sale prices went away. SO better hurry
Since I already have one this will be considered my protection plan. It will sit on the shelf to protect my shelf from dust... or...
Highest bidder after 2.0 comes out!!
By the way nobody there has heard that the playbook is being discontinued.
also, the playbook was happily charged up in its cradle and showing the demos!! software OS was current, which I partially take credit for because of my polite complaints (suggestions actually - complainers should learn from me).
yay! fanboys save the playbook from best buy!!
Actually the sales people were great - not condescending, nothing at all like Staples, who generally suck magnets.11-20-11 03:27 PM - After buying my playbook I quit cruising the tech stores and took the time to enjoy my purchase. No regrets. Today I stopped by Best Buy to checkout their latest tablet offerings. Most of the tablets were not displayed in what I would consider a good manner. The Playbook was the worst of their offerings. It was barely functioning and still had the old os running. I closed up all the open apps and erased photos and got it working. The sales rep was slightly interested in making a sales pitch to me and told my if you sign up for a two year wireless mobile contract you can get a Playbook for ninety nine dollars. $99.00- If I was in a position to do so I would buy another one for the$199.00 price. After the sales guy left I updated the Playbook to the 1.7 . I have read Best Buy is having problems financially, wonder why? RIM would be smart to implement some kind of policing of the display of their products. Who would even consider buying one if the display was not functioning correctly? My interest in this device dramatically increased once I was able to play with one and figured out the swipe. Marketing makes or breaks a company. Word of mouth is definitly important but the hands on experience has got to be satisfying. Would you buy a nonfunctioning auto? probably not. When the new cell phone line comes out RIM needs to compliment it with an all new approach to display and demonstration of their products. This little Playbook is still the best small tablet. I tried all of them and got them all working pretty good before I left for home.
11-20-11 04:45 PM - Absolutley spot on.After buying my playbook I quit cruising the tech stores and took the time to enjoy my purchase. No regrets. Today I stopped by Best Buy to checkout their latest tablet offerings. Most of the tablets were not displayed in what I would consider a good manner. The Playbook was the worst of their offerings. It was barely functioning and still had the old os running. I closed up all the open apps and erased photos and got it working. The sales rep was slightly interested in making a sales pitch to me and told my if you sign up for a two year wireless mobile contract you can get a Playbook for ninety nine dollars. $99.00- If I was in a position to do so I would buy another one for the$199.00 price. After the sales guy left I updated the Playbook to the 1.7 . I have read Best Buy is having problems financially, wonder why? RIM would be smart to implement some kind of policing of the display of their products. Who would even consider buying one if the display was not functioning correctly? My interest in this device dramatically increased once I was able to play with one and figured out the swipe. Marketing makes or breaks a company. Word of mouth is definitly important but the hands on experience has got to be satisfying. Would you buy a nonfunctioning auto? probably not. When the new cell phone line comes out RIM needs to compliment it with an all new approach to display and demonstration of their products. This little Playbook is still the best small tablet. I tried all of them and got them all working pretty good before I left for home.
I've noticed that nobody even looks at it if its not turned on - they head for the ones that are. I cant believe how stupid RIM is in this regard, especially with all the testimonies filtering into Crackberry..about screwed up displays. Best Buy doesn't make much money off of these things so I doubt that's the reason for financial suffering, but still...11-20-11 07:32 PM - I get the magic email from Blackberry telling me the $199 special is on today. So I google it and low and behold Wal Mart has them for $198. I venture to Wally World and ask them about the Playbook, and they have no clue what it is. After researching it on her computer, she tells me that they don't carry it and can't get it for $199.
So I venture to Staples. I show them the email from Blackberry and they refuse to give me the device for $199. I insisted that the price was valid today.
So I go to Best Buy. The guy is very helpful. They had a device, and an "As Advertised" tag on it, but no price. So I ask this guy if I can get the $199 deal and show him the email. He gets all excited like he was a raped ape. He grabs keys and runs all over the store trying to find the Playbooks. He finds a stash of about 15 of them in a drawer where probably no one in the store knows exists. He runs over to the computer and punches the code in and WAL-AH...........$199!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I said "Ill take one". I walk out with a new Playbook. I told the guy that if they would just put a nice tag on that display, they would be sold out of them by the end of the day.
Now, I'm setting my device up.11-20-11 08:28 PM - Before even seeing the news on crackberry this morning, I was at BestBuy to buy a PlayBook. Was surprised to see them on sale.
Bought the LAST 64GB for $229 today at my store and wondered how it was even possible they were selling it cheaper than the 32GB.
No one bothered to question it. It was the last one and with no hassle walked out pretty excited11-20-11 10:02 PM
