yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jschmier:
I looked and it is was reporting 17, then 14, then out of stock again. I too saw 305 and then out of stock prior to this. Perhaps they are in the process of scanning additional inventory into their system.

I purchased my dock from them on 5/12 with an in stock ETA of 5/16, then 5/18, and then 5/20. When I contacted them yesterday I was given an ETA of 5/29 for stock. I was pleasantly surprised that they received some stock today. Due to difficulties in actually finding stock of this item, I was willing to wait. And $115 shipped is hard to beat.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] marketermac:
Wouldn't surprise me if one of those ppl selling them for $250 on amazon bought a ton so they could keep selling them..
[Eee Pad Transformer General] KnightCrusader:
You guys should check out Amazon's link to them now... its $119 through a seller called "The Price Pros". I've never heard of them, but the feedback was good for them so I took the plunge! After $20 LivingSocial card I had from a few months back + shipping, I got my dock for $107!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Havoc6266:
Just went to Amazon and Price Pros is selling the dock for $119. I just called and confirmed with their sales and they have it in stock. I just placed my order 2 day shipping.

Edit: you beat me to the post. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] KnightCrusader:
Whoops! :D

I'm glad someone else seen it. I just randomly, out of the blue, decided to check out the thread links and there it was on Amazon... $30 cheaper than retail! I about gave up looking for now.

I should know to listen to the little voice in my head by now, especially after it told me to look up the truck I wanted for almost a decade and I found one nearby. lol
[Eee Pad Transformer General] durbanite01:
I was too cheap to pay $48 for 2 day shipping so I'll have to wait for mine.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] KnightCrusader:
It was $28 for 2 day shipping for me, so I can live with a day or two extra for just $8 shipping.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] moopile:
Mine arrived today !!! Ordered from Newegg on 5/20.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] pogul:
This is exactly what I was thinking.. I saw they had 500+ "in stock" so I didn't bother jumping on it.. Then they all evaporated.

FYI - my in stock alert just went off for Walmart..
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gandda12:
Frys has it on stock for store pickup if you live in Chicagoland area. I just ordered it and will pick up tomorrow.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] californiarailroader:
Walmart is sold out now too, man, this is like trying to get a cabbage patch doll on the first day :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] p0k3y:
I ordered mine from them on 5/4, and it still hasn't shipped. How could they show 303 available today? Now I am pissed. They are a bunch of scammers!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] pogul:
My InStock alarm just went off for Target (thru Amazon): http://amzn.to/jUeBZp

It shows "shipping within 5 days" though..
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lie_ui:
Cost Central

Man.. I hope they will ship out those orders soon.. I ordered one from them yesterday...

Anyone that receives a shipment/tracking number from them please let us know..
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Blades:
Anyone order thru buy.com (which goes thru tigerdirect) and get anything but 'processing' for order status?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] theparanoid:
Target.com also had it. I place an order via there website since it had free ground shipping. It also said shipping in 5 days. Mines suppose to be here between June 3 to June 7.

I wonder if they taking order then getting from asus.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] confusedwind:
Still in processing for me.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Blades:
This is going to be some painful bull****. I hate middle men.

This is just so funny..

and then...

Thats some dedication... its the equivalent to "psst gimme your credit card, I'll order it for you".
[Eee Pad Transformer General] trmiv:
I ordered mine from cost central as well, and I haven't gotten any tracking. I'm not really counting on it either, something seems fishy there.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Blades:
Just contacted Tigerdirect. Got my tigerdirect invoice (for the buy.com order). backordered. AWESOME. Great job Buy.com. I suspect its the same for you. Email them and ask for the order # thats in their system.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] richB7:
Called them today. They said my 2 day shipping from yesterday would go out overnight today. Said they were having a hard time getting out all the orders. Still no tracking number though.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lie_ui:
the one you called was Cost Central right?

Ok, at least there is someone responded. Let us know if you receive yours tomorrow, so we know Cost Central indeed send out something.

I selected the free shipping (I guess most of us do), so now I wonder when we are going to get ours..
[Eee Pad Transformer General] richB7:
Yes it was Cost Central.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] trmiv:
Darn, I knew I should have done the two day shipping. I had it selected and then cheaped out at the last minute. Darn my selective frugality! $515 total for a gadget? Sure. Extra $20 for quick shipping? Are you mad????????? :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ConstantineXVI:
UPS says mine should be at my doorstep sometime this afternoon :)

Living by the UPS hub is so handy for online shopping...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] confusedwind:
Just received the "on back order" email. Good thing I used paypal, going to cancel it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sunsetbay:
Thanks Blade for that info. I did a buy.com order AND a TigerDirect direct order yesterday(overnight). Then tried to cancel the buy.com order, what a mess trying to get around the website.

End up calling Tigerdirect and the only order they could find is their's-the one I wanted because of the faster shipping option. Had to cancel that, didn't get the cancellation notice that was supposedly sent, but a e-mail today they didn't send the one I cancelled???

No notice yet on the buy.com being backorder and off to do as you suggested and e-mail if I have anything in their system(s). Finally, found I can cancel buy.com through my Amazon Payment - whew....I just want a keyboard(s).

Thanks because I thought it'd be leaving in a day or so...maybe not.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Blades:
One week. I don't trust that bs either.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jschmier:
I just received an email from CostCentral stating that they received over 600 orders within an hour and additional time to process all of the orders will be required. Due to this, shipments will be delayed.

:mad:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nutsacjac:
Got the same e-mail. Oh yeah, I'm salty.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] richB7:
Hummmm, I didn't get that letter. Maybe there claim earlier today that my two day shipping from yesterday would be honored via an overnight tonight... I can hope.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Havoc6266:
Just called The Price Pros to check the status of my order. Seems they made a mistake and don't have any in stock and are cancelling my order. Damn. Now I need to find one to order.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ice9mike:
Also got the cost central email. I am not surprised, that was a feeding frenzy. I appreciate their honest update, and I'm willing to wait a bit for the great price I paid. Better than the Buy.com fiasco I had to deal with where there was a no updates and a fat lie about any being available at the time of purchase.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jschmier:
While I do understand that the "feeding frenzy" has added additional delay, I am still a bit annoyed because I placed my order several weeks ago and was told that it would be shipping yesterday.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ice9mike:
I can understand your position. That's just plain stupid on their part. I was part of the frenzy so I don't mind waiting a little while, but you can be sure that I will cancel in a New York second if I find it elsewhere for a similar price..
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kktk:
My order from buy.com to be filled by tigerdirect got cancelled as well.

Apparently tigerdirect no longer carries that product anymore ;)

buy.com still thinks my order is active! Now for the run-arounds.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Blades:
They have it, it just won't turn up in a search for asus tablet dock or something similar. You have to use their stock# something that starts with a50- i forgot exactly what it was
[Eee Pad Transformer General] trmiv:
Yea, I received that same email from cost central. Not sure if I'm going to cancel or not.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gary13579:
Tried cancelling from TigerDirect through buy.com. Was easy enough, was offered a $20 credit but turned it down because I don't think I'll be ordering from TD again (Newegg guy myself).

I paid through Google Checkout, and have not received a refund yet. It hasn't even started. Kinda annoyed at how long these things take...

Edit: and I could have ordered from Walmart yesterday if TD didn't **** this order up massively. So annoyed.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Havoc6266:
After getting my ordered cancelled I started looking again. I noticed that Fry's is not listed on the nowinstock.com website. Turns out they had it in stock in my Austin area Fry's. Had them reserve one for me and I just picked it up. Checked on the site and they have it in stock at all 4 Dallas area Fry's also. Turns out they also have stock of the tablets in store also. I'm a happy man!!! :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] telhunter:
I just happened to stop in to Datavision in Manhattan NY to look for usb charger. On my way out I see an Asus Transformer dock box sitting on the counter. I shouted out "you got those in stock, give me one now!!!!!!" typing this on it right now and I must say its mighty sweet. neeedless to say I called up Tigerdirect and canceled my backordered dock.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dmarden:
No email from Cost Central regarding delay or cancellation... perhaps the delay is delayed.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] trapper700:
Ordered thru Buy.com (TigerDirect) the other day and my order still says "Processing: Marketplace Seller is processing your order in their warehouse" which probably means that it's backordered and out of stock.

So I managed to get in for one at Target.com, though, just a few minutes ago. And $10 cheaper, haha. I'll just cancel my buy.com/TD order a little later. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] EMINENT1:
My dock placed on American yesterday shipped today!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] richB7:
Still no delay email and still no tracking number from Cost Central. I'll be calling them in about an hour when they open their lines if a tracking number doesn't appear very soon.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] RueTheDay:
How did you find out it was cancelled?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] trapper700:
Apparently my buy.com/Tiger Direct order was shipped today, which was kind of surprising, because I didn't order it till around 2:30am. And now I can't cancel that one or the Target order I made. Oops. haha
[Eee Pad Transformer General] richB7:
Spoke with Cost Central this morning and they advised me that due to an error the promised overnight shipment did not occur but it will certainly ship overnight tonight. I'll give them to this evening to provide a tracking number before I cancel.

Anyone get information that Cost Central has any stock at all or is this a scam?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] quint9:
Fry's Electronics in Arlington, TX had them in stock this morning. I was able to order one for in store pick-up. Good Luck all.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ewingr:
I had that problem. Called them and they said they show nothingcoming soon. I cancelled the order.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] pogul:
What's getting REALLY annoying is that now the scalpers on Amazon are showing:

Only 20 left in stock--order soon.

or

Only 10 left in stock--order soon.

Meaning that now these douchebags are also monitoring sites like NowInStock, but instead of just buying ONE dock at a time to flip, they're buying 5, 10, 20 etc..

Then again, if EVERYONE ELSE would stop buying from them - and paying 50% - 100% OVER retail, they would stop too.

:rolleyes:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lie_ui:
richB7, please let us know tomorrow if you receive yours or not.

At least at this moment, you are the closest one getting yours from them.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] akashhhhh:
The unit I ordered from Price Pros via Amazon for about $120 yesterday just shipped. Cool.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] KnightCrusader:
Yeah, mine did too... but then they e-mailed me and said mine was damaged and had to refund it because they don't have any more. Wonderful.

I guess its better then getting it damaged and sending it back, but its still a bummer!!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] :
Fry's actually had the dock set aside for me! Now to rma the other to NE.

Sent on my tf101 tethered via bluetooth using wmwifi router on samsung omnia2.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kktk:
Got an email from TD saying they couldn't complete the order.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] richB7:
Finally have a tracking number. Fedex overnight. Looks like they may have come through.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] akashhhhh:
Got cancelled too. There's no way the stock got "damaged," dude. They clearly never had it. I called them out on it and they admitted it was a stock error or something.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ilgadets:
i ordered when there were around 560 supposedly in stock. never received the "oops we got too many orders" email though maybe it was because i went through google checkout.

just check my credit card and it was charged on the 24th and yet when i check my order status it says "no shipping or tracking info is available".

so much for "your card will not be charged until your order has shipped".
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Hakeem5:
Just completed an ORder from American TV, said it was IN STOCK before and after i ordered and they charged my credit card with the QUICKNESS so lets hope its not a BS tactic to get my money in advance.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Anonnie:
Received mine From Tiger Direct today, on the doorstep.

Didn't go through buy.com, bought it direct from TD with the model # I posted earlier.

+1 win.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] blazablaz:
Wow, i received the same email today also. Shipped, than cancelled. upset to say the least.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Blades:
Same here. I got 2nd day air... because I'm a huge dumbass. (Hint - tomorrow is friday). Im going to see if I can change that.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] RueTheDay:
My BUY.COM/TD dock just updated to shipped with a tracking number. UPS says it will be delivered tomorrow.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ewingr:
Interesting. I had it on order, and when called, they said they had none. But, I had seen that they had some for sale...marked up. Did you pay normal price? Maybe I got blown off because I had purchased at normal retail.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jschmier:
I saw my card had been charged as well so I contacted Cost Central's customer service to request tracking information and was told that my card was charged because my order was sent to the warehouse. The warehouse is sorting out the orders and getting them ready for shipment. As long as it ships soon and I receive it within the "approximately 10 business days", I will try to refrain from complaining. After all, I definitely can't complain about the $115 shipped.

So much for "your card will not be charged until your order has shipped" indeed.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] richB7:
Refunded the 2nd day shipping so I got the dock for what? $114 in 3 days.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] RueTheDay:
Paid the normal $149.99 + $7-something for shipping.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Hakeem5:
Dont feel bad, i did the same then forgot... oh UPS is DUMB so there is no weekend Delivery lol, ahh i hate that company with a passion. in the past 3 months they are 2/5. I only got TWO of my packages and the other THREE the dumb driver just leaves OUTSIDE at the front door if i don't answer the phone so one of my neighbors always gets to steal/enjoy my packages. Hopefully signature confirmation is required or else IM SCREWED since I may be at work when they come :eek:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hitekredneck:
Signature Required means nothing here, the driver still leaves packages requiring it, on the front steps for all to see. That really pisses me off.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Blades:
Keep in mind that Monday is Memorial Day. No sat delivery ups from AmericanTV either.. its a good thing I didn't assume overnight meant sat... I would've paid overnight price for basically ground delivery time. I'll probably get it on Tuesday.. if I'm lucky.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lie_ui:
Can we confirm you do receive yours from Cost Central?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] tomgillotti:
AmericanTV.com has them in stock... called one of the stores to verify. Placed order on website, got confirmation email that stated will ship tomorrow.

Hope this works for you.... and me.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] richB7:
Dock delivered before 10:30 as promised. Typing this reply with it actually. Kudos to Cost Central, faltered at first but at least they came through a day late but refunded shipping to make up.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ewingr:
I just went there and ordered. It didn't say in stock, or out of stock, and took the order. I presume they have them We'll see.

[EDIT]

I just checked status, and it says estimated ship date of 5/31.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lie_ui:
Lucky you! They charged my card but no shipping/tracking number yet.

"Rest assured that your order will be processed and shipped as soon as

possible and that your card will not be charged until your order has

shipped." Oh, yeah...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gary13579:
This isn't the place to try to scalp your docks, especially at obscene markup. This is the second thread you've done it in. Please do not continue.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] RueTheDay:
UPS just delivered my dock.

I can't complain about the Buy.com/TD service at all. Ordered it on 5/23 at like 10PM, well after the Nowinstock alert popped, it shipped yesterday 5/26, I received it today 5/27. So their "Ships in 1-2 days" claim was accurate since Buy.com probably didn't pass the order on to TD until some time on 5/24.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gary13579:
Wish I hadn't cancelled my buy.com order. Feel like an idiot now :(.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ewingr:
I don't know. I called them before cancelling, and they said they didn't have any to fill my order with, so I asked them to cancel.

Just got an email a bit ago from American, with an estimated ship date of 5/28. Sounds like I'll have one on teh way. Ordered earlier today.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] akashhhhh:
Amazon has had them in stock for a while now (at least 30 minutes or so):

http://www.amazon.com/Transformer-T...8628/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1306596385&sr=8-3
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ilgadets:
got one. sure i'm paying retail, but it's from a trusted seller with hassle free returns should something be wrong and i know it will ship (free 2 day shipping with prime as a bonus).

this vs my costcentral order fiasco where my credit card was charged on the 24th and it still hasn't shipped.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gary13579:
Great thing about Amazon is they will not charge your card until it ships, and cancelling is dead easy. On top of the great return service and prime shipping, like you said... I dropped the $5 for one day shipping, just to make sure it gets here asap (even though monday will probably screw me over).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] y2jdmbfan:
I've got a whole package available. Tablet + Keyboard + Case...It's going back to the store unless someone is interested in all 3.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] geoffreywolter:
All 3 Fry's Electronics in the Houston area had them in stock yesterday. I had one on backorder from TechonWeb and was very pleased to find it locally after they pushed the estimated shipping date from 5/25 all the way to 7/15. I got the hook up on mine so the price was actually lower than what I found online, bt that isn't the norm, expect to pay full MSRP of $149.99. You may want to call and confirm availability before you get in the car, but they don't seem to be selling out of them all that quickly.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] confusedwind:
Amazon has em. Snagged one.

Sorry I cant post links yet.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gbcue:
http://amzn.to/kvCBZS
[Eee Pad Transformer General] confusedwind:
Thank you.

Amazon lists them as: "Back-ordered. Due in stock May 30 -- order now to reserve yours "

But at least it's Amazon and far easier to deal with than most vendors.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gbcue:
May 30 is like 2 days away, not bad.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gbcue:
OOS, that was fast!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Blades:
Back in stock on amazon. At least on the mobile site
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Shigenobu:
Still in stock at Amazon.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dammit_jill:
just ordered on amazon finally! YAY
[Eee Pad Transformer General] narynan:
Seem to be all gone from amazon. Shame too. I have a boatload of credit waiting to use on one.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] commandersafi:
Thanks for the tip. Picked up the last Dock in stock at the Fry's in Webster :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] californiarailroader:
They're in stock, but the cheapest they have it for is $219.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] richB7:
so i feel pretty good with $114 including shipping.... overnight.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] geoffreywolter:
Awesome, glad to hear you were able to snag one up too.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] narynan:
Amazon Marketplace isn't so much Amazon.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] marketermac:
I called up CostCentral to ask if changing my shipping (from ground to something like overnight) would speed up the 'processing' of my order, and was told that it would remove me from the queue and place me in the back of the line for getting one. She also could not give me an estimated date of shipping based on my position in this queue (I ordered when they had like 560 in stock, so I imagine I'm pretty close to the front of the line).

I just want my keyboard already...geez.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] FierceDeityLink1:
Ugh, Fry's Electronics said it was available, so I placed an order for in-store pickup. Drove an hour to the store, turned out that they only had one dock available and won't be getting any more for 2-3 weeks. You'd figure if the computer said that there's only 1 in stock, it would only let one person order it for pickup. Of course, I got the email saying it was out of stock after I arrived at the store. :mad:

Oh well, guess I'll wait and see if Amazon gets any more.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lie_ui:
I contacted them last week and they said it should be shipped this Wednesday/Thursday (which is tomorrow).

I believe they did not have the stock to begin with. I told them if they had 600 like what they claimed in their stock list when we ordered, they should have shipped everything out in a few days. How difficult it could be to print out 600 mailing labels with tracking number and then box everything and let them out? Its a matter of time, but it should not be this long. You will only have problem if you do not have the items in your hand and wait for them to arrive.

All of their emails cannot be trusted anymore. Rest assured that we will not charge your card before shipping it out, we will ship it as soon as possible.

That's not what's happening. I will give them 2 more days, and if it does not shipped yet, then bye bye.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] whiskeycoke:
I was going to see if anyone had shipping updates from Amazon orders over the weekend. I just now received the shipping confirmation email that it's leaving the seller facility in Fernley, NV.

Finally
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gbcue:
600 boxes with padding, label, and tape takes some time. If they have a 1 or 2 person shipping department, it could take a few days!