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[Eee Pad Transformer General] htowngator:
Yea I skipped the keyboard for now as I figured I can get that later for not much more money if I wanted.

I just hope my order doesn't get cancelled.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gr8Danes:
I agree. I've been eyeing up the keyboard also, but don't want to hassle in order to get it now when I can get it other places for the same price.

The price of the tablet though......steal.

Edit: Just got an email from Best Buy that the item is on backorder now. I guess it may be a couple weeks before I see it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] htowngator:
No email about back order yet for me, but I got in relatively early so I hope that's not the case for me.

Why back order it though? I am surprised they didn't just cancel you.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gr8Danes:
Probably because their website was so screwed up, they are going to hold up their end to my ability to order it online at the time. Would only be the right thing to do . ;)

Overall, I really like Best Buy. Have spent quite a bit of $$ there, and they have always treated me right.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] etawful:
That sucks. I must have lucked out, I had an e-mail this morning with a tracking number.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] htowngator:
Got my shipping email this morning so its on the way.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] maxvsmith:
New member here but been following these forums for quite a while.

I was really curious about the whole TF101-A1 over the whole TF101-X1 thing.

It does sound very suspicious. I generally try to get electronics from places like best buy to avoid cheaper parts. I went to best buy last night and flat out asked the clerk why there are different serial numbers. He told me sometimes during black friday that they cannot sell the items early so something about the stocking and inventory thing causes issues if they use the same serial number. So they have to create or use a new one. He also said sometimes they can mean the same as the other models. Can't be in this case though since the 101B is the 32GB.

He did tell me that these are in very high demand and that people keep asking about the tablet being the one on sale for black friday. There were a bunch of people gathered around it as well and he told me refers most people looking at android tablets to the transformer. I do the same myself when at best buy.

He did say that although they will have the TF101-X1 every transformer in stock will be part of the black friday promotion. In other words, if you are sketchy about the X1 and you are fortunate enough to find a best buy where every transformer isn't sold out you can simply ask to look at the serial number and get an A1 and even try to get a B60 or the other end of the model number. I might have mixed up those two if I did please excuse me.

I have been wanting a transformer tablet since I first read about it on engadget and have waited and waited for a price slash and knew it would happen on black friday. Even if the X1 turns out to be crappy cheap parts you can always take it back to best buy and trade it out for another one. I think they still have the buy back program too which is paying $50 to allow you to trade in your current electronic device for the newer ones. You get the most money within the first 3-6 months.

So I will be one of those crazy people trying hard to get the TF101-A1 on black friday. And I will post on here when I get it on the TF101-A1 or X1. I will make sure I get one that is rootable. My first android device ever I'm so excited! :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] demandarin:
From what I've been reading so far, all versions are rootable now. Especially newer versions with that razorclaw apk. Or whatever it's name is. Either way, $249 for a tablet of this caliber is too good to pass up.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jblah:
i'm in the same boat as you..my 1st tablet. it will be nice to get the transformer this friday. i hope that not a lot of people wants to get that tablet here but who knows. i know hhgregg is also selling it for $300 so if i can't get it at best buy maybe i will try at hhgregg even though its $50 more. i wonder what the 32GB will be selling for.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] demandarin:
Good IDea. If you can't get it from best buy, then just grab it from hhgregg. $300 is still a great deal also compared to normal price of $399 for this exact same model. I'm still on the fence of getting this or waiting for prime, Ahhhh! Lol
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jblah:
same here. but this is what i'm thinking:

Buy TF1 $250/$300 + tax + dock $100 - $110 = $350 - $425

Buy TF2 6 months later $300 + dock $100 = another $400 - $425

CEO of Nvidia said that tegra 3 tables should be $300 by middle of the year next year ..that is where i'm basing my claim for $300 TF2.

Total of: $750 - $850

OR

Buy TF2 now: $500 + dock $150 = $650 + tax.

So essentially you are spending about $100 - $200 more to get 2 tablet 6 months from now or spending $100 - $200 less now to get one tablet.

I've been debating this for the past few days and don't know what the better option is. I'm leaning towards option 1 of getting 2 rather than 1.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] htowngator:
In 6 months there will be something better.

It's always silly to assume the same price anyway in 6 months unless you like paying Apple prices.

---------- Post added at 03:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:04 PM ----------

Mine shipped/posted on Monday night, but didn't get picked up till Tuesday night (stupid UPS) and now shows delivery of next Wednesday?!? What kind of ground service is that? It's coming from a location that is 4 business days for ground and even with Thanksgiving it should be here Monday or Tuesday at worst.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] blackinjun:
Best Buy Black Friday policies

OK I will clear a couple things up from past experience.

The tf101-x1 is the same as a tf101-a1 the poster who mentioned the different stocking number was correct.

You can buy it earlier and return it for the difference but it will depend on 2 things. You have to get them to sell you the tf101-x1 (sku 3669574) which will be the same price as the tf101-a1. They will generally be locked up in a different case but sometimes you can get someone to give it to you, and when you return it for the difference try to be subtle about it, sometimes a manager will try to give you a hard time but there is nothing they can really do about it. Also it must be done on Black Friday.

If you are a Reward Silver member you could order it early I ordered one monday for my wife which is being delivered today. While trying to order you must flush your dns cache a number of times during the process or you will never make it to checkout.

Lastly if you have a Microcenter in your area near Bestbuy 25miles take the ad in and get them to match the 50.00 off any tablet over 299.00 thats how I got my 32 gb for 399.00 from BB

BTW the reason I know about the returns is that I have done this the past two years getting a laptop once I got the sku number from the Black Friday ad
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jblah:
what is a "reward silver" member from best buy? does it cost $ to be a member?

as for the micro center, you are saying i can take the $250 asus transformer add in for black friday and they will match it today?

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true..but as you can see..i'm not interested in the latest and greatest at this time nor 6 months later.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] htowngator:
Reward Silver is a one-year thing that you must spend $2500/yr to keep. They gave it to me free this year because I have been a member for over a decade. I hope they keep giving it to me as I'm not spending 2500/yr on electronics.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] blackinjun:
@jblah reward membership changes to silver after you spend 2500 in a calendar year. Only two things on it are worth it to me. you get more points when you buy (certificates) you can shop early on somethings (like black friday) and the biggest one is everything is on a 45 day return policy including tablets.

On the microcenter thing that would only be good for getting 50 dollars off the regular price. Helpful if you miss the black friday or cyber monday pricing. Keep in mind they will probably drop the price soon anyway with the prime coming out. In fact they have already done so in the UK
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
You can pretty-much guarantee the clerk at Best Buy or any major electronics retailer has no idea what they're talking about, and knows nearly-nothing about the products they're selling. There are occasional exceptions to the rule, but by and large they will invent whatever story gets you to buy a product, as soon as possible.

The TF201-A1 is almost certainly reserved for a 16GB version of the Prime which has not yet been announced. The only question is whether they're only intending to ship it in some markets (perhaps those which won't bear the higher-cost 32GB TF201-B1 and 64GB TF201-C1 models), whether they're planning to introduce a low-cost 16GB version everywhere once the TF101 stock sells out, or whether they're just hedging their bets and making it so they can introduce a 16GB version later if they need to compete on price better.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dynamikd:
I was told that the only difference between the X1 and the model I'm using was the gorilla glass and potentially the CPU.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
A nice demonstration of the fact that sales clerks, by and large, don't have the first clue what they're talking about and should be ignored entirely. All Transformers -- both TF101 and TF201 -- have Gorilla glass. All first-gen Transformers have an identical Tegra 2 processor. All second-gen Transformers have an identical Tegra 3 processor. There are a LOT of other differences between first and second-gen Transformers.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ckoadiyn:
Are you talking about different build numbers? Usually the changes are small stuff inside arnt they just like cells have hwr 2,3,4
[Eee Pad Transformer General] david032766:
249 at best buy

Anyone who recently purchased thinking of exchanging? I am thinking about returning this one and my dock and rebuying at a 200 savings.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] demandarin:
Better make up your mind fast as this can only be done on sale day. Plus no guarantee u will will be able to get your hands on one as supplies are limited. Hhgregg has similar midnight sale of same model for $299. That's still a great deal also if you can't get the one at best buy.

Edit update: I'm pissed off..lol. Stood in line hhgregg for like an hour n a half. Got in there only to find out they ONLY had 7 damn transformers n they were all gone. no one ever let anyone know in line. Plus the guy with tickets never came around. So I figured they had plenty. I was wrong. Thing is , I messed around with the display one and I really liked it. The UI was very slick and swiping the pages was fast. I really liked it. The guy was like well we have some other great tablets like the archos or aced iconia or kindle fire..lmfao. I'm like he'll nah, I need something more powerful and high need. Not no cheapo tablet. They did have the galaxy tab 10.1. It was really nice and the display is high quality. But for the price they charging, I might as well get the Transformer prime when it finally comes out in stores. They also had the new Sony tablet in there. The one with the design like a folded magazine. That if u set it on its back, it'll already be on an incline. Now this tablet was very cool n high quality looking also. Interface moves very fast. Has 10.1 in. Screen and Tegra 2 processor. But for the price they wanted, might as well wait n get the best, being Transformer prime. It must've been a sign to save my money and get what I truly want. I could've bought those other tablets but I know I would've been disappointed on an impulse purchase. I can't see paying $399 normal price for first generation transformer when the new one is only $100 more. Unless I can catch another sale of 1st generation $300 or cheaper, I'm getting the Transformer prime. My iPad has been good to me all this time so I can hold off. I must say though, that Transformer was nice to mess with. I see why it won so many awards and considered best android tablet at there.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] skeeterpro:
Yep. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
[Eee Pad Transformer General] david032766:
I think ill try buying one first then take this one back for refund
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dynamikd:
So you have to look at the number to see if you have a first Gen or second Gen?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jblah:
the line at best buy is already so long. i might have to just go to hhgregg and get it for $50 more...or wait and get the transformer prime...but thats $250 more for the tablet + the dock.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Kris.J:
"Black Friday" is so stupid.

I just bought my first tablet - a TF101 16GB - at my local Best Buy yesterday, 23 November. For $400.

Screw it - I want something, I go buy it.

That, and I refuse to put up with the scum and sheeple that throw their humanity in the gutter on the day after Thanksgiving.

Tomorrow I'll be staying home: fiddling with my new Transformer and cleaning my guns.

I love my TF101 - I'm looking at rooting and ROM options in another tab right now.

I don't know about serial number prefixes yet - I see references to them all over here though. Mine is B80KAS######.

My other Android is an EVO 4G - running Deck's latest gbread ROM.

My first impression of Honeycomb: I sure am looking forward to Ice Cream Sandwich, where I will have the same OS on my phone & my tablet.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] demandarin:
Wish me luck. About to go to best buy for the deal. If they run out or too packed, then going to hhgregg for their deal. Either way I plan to have an android tablet before I go to sleep..lol
[Eee Pad Transformer General] demandarin:
Well best buy is too crazy. The line so long its ridiculous. So I went to hhgregg. In line now. Line long but not bad. Not like best buy..lol

Edit update: I'm pissed off..lol. Stood in line hhgregg for like an hour n a half. Got in there only to find out they ONLY had 7 damn transformers n they were all gone. no one ever let anyone know in line. Plus the guy with tickets never came around. So I figured they had plenty. I was wrong. Thing is , I messed around with the display one and I really liked it. The UI was very slick and swiping the pages was fast. I really liked it. The guy was like well we have some other great tablets like the archos or aced iconia or kindle fire..lmfao. I'm like he'll nah, I need something more powerful and high need. Not no cheapo tablet. They did have the galaxy tab 10.1. It was really nice and the display is high quality. But for the price they charging, I might as well get the Transformer prime when it finally comes out in stores. They also had the new Sony tablet in there. The one with the design like a folded magazine. That if u set it on its back, it'll already be on an incline. Now this tablet was very cool n high quality looking also. Interface moves very fast. Has 10.1 in. Screen and Tegra 2 processor. But for the price they wanted, might as well wait n get the best, being Transformer prime. It must've been a sign to save my money and get what I truly want. I could've bought those other tablets but I know I would've been disappointed on an impulse purchase. I can't see paying $399 normal price for first generation transformer when the new one is only $100 more. Unless I can catch another sale of 1st generation $300 or cheaper, I'm getting the Transformer prime. My iPad has been good to me all this time so I can hold off. I must say though, that Transformer was nice to mess with. I see why it won so many awards and considered best android tablet at there
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gilpdawg:
I got a ticket. Going back to pick it up later. Line was long but it seems that this wasn't a very popular item at my small town Best Buy. So I'll be posting in this section soon. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ckoadiyn:
Good to hear hopefully same in my town
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
Good gravy, people, no. I'm talking about the Asus Transformer (TF101-A1 and TF101-B1), and the Asus Transformer Prime (TF201-B1 and TF201-C1).

From the point of view of the end user, there is no difference between any TF101 model and any other TF101 model, except whether it is 16GB or 32GB, and whether it can be rooted in particular ways. (There's also the G models which add mobile broadband connectivity, but you'd know if you were getting one of those.)

From the point of view of the end user, there is no difference between any TF201 model and any other TF201 model, except whether it is 32GB or 64GB.

And there is no such thing as an Asus Transformer without Gorilla glass.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Noodles5666:
So I walk in with the intentions of buying a Nook Tablet and walk out with an ASUS Transformer for the same price. Apparently they were a "Doorbuster" item and you needed to be there early to get a ticket to receive one and I walked in w/o one and my friend talked the guy into getting me a ticket.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] demandarin:
Lucky. Mofo..lol glad to hear you came off on a great deal. I'm sure you gonna love the transformer.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jriv:
Just got mine I was ticket number sixteen

sent from a guy living in a van down by the river
[Eee Pad Transformer General] :
I just got mine for 250. My first and absolutely my last Black Friday experience. I kept thinking, 'these people are nuts!' Then I realized I was one of them.

Definitely a good deal and so far, amazing tablet. Looking forward to spending time in the development section.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ksnexusone:
I am the happy new owner of a transformer via bestbuys midnight blackfriday sale. this is my first tablet. got one for me and my daughter. so excited to see the transformer is actually on xda. cant wait to get started.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jblah:
went to best buy here..there were like 2000 people in line! went in..they were sold out obviously, when to hhgregg, they had it but it was $300..still a good price but i decided i'm just going to wait and get it later on cyber monday or get the prime.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Nivek91:
Just got mine. Loving it so far. I would have waited for the Prime but i just could not pass up the $250 price tag for a tablet like this.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] KaliS-Pugilist:
hey all, I'm also a new transformer owner. I was looking at the galaxy tab and thinking to wait for it to go on sell, but then saw the best buy add for the transformer. did some research, then 30 minutes later I went to BB. no long line really at all, but they did the tickets were gone already.... a sales dude said to come back at 4am and they will sell to whoever is first. waited an hour, came back and got it.

I have the keyboard too and also bought a 320g portable hard drive for $30 to make up for the lack of space. all in all, I think I made out good for a guy who didn't stand out in the cold and just went down to BB on a whim. I never even heard of the transform a few hours ago, lol.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] xTMFxOffshore:
Same here, I just picked mine up from Best Buy along with one for my Lady. It's pretty slick so far. Now to dive into rooting it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nellycruzz:
yeah

Same here,the bestbuy was packed. Went to the mall,saw bestbuy mobile,went in,had zero lines and had one tf and 3 toshiba thrives. Bout the t
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Juroid:
Just came from best buy. Had to wait over an hour to get to the register. $250 is a great price and I just could not pass up.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] shibby80:
Picked one up for $250 last night no ready to check it out.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] thebaron862:
I was going to try to pick one up, but the line by us was already massive by the time we got there, so I figured I didn't have a chance.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sureway:
I walked in bestbuy around 8 in the morning. The store had one but preinstalled with a screen protection, which costs 30 bucks. So I got it at 280, without spending hours waiting in the middle night.

Now I am testing the device.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jwl12345:
Just got one at 8 in the morning, walked into the one by Grand Central and straight up bought one.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] munsterrr:
Congrats everyone on the purchases. Hope to see a bunch of new faces around here.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jriv:
This thibg is awesome i cant 1believe i got it for only 250
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jordanjay29:
I picked it up at my Best Buy last night, too. I got ticket #5, even though there were probably 100 people in front of me by the time tickets came out (damn people who act as placeholders for their friends!). I went in, went to find the docks (no tickets for those) and found them gone off the shelf. I figured, no big deal, it's only $50 off, I can get it on Amazon just fine. Then I went to pick up the tablet, and the guy was pointing to the picture of the dock on my ticket, recommending it. I told him I wanted it, but it was gone off the shelf. He walked back over to where they stored the ticketed items, and came back with a dock as well!

So I got my tablet and dock last night for $350 total. I feel good about this, time to look up some rooting options and have fun!

As a side note, I don't know if I'd ever go for a Black Friday event again, unless I had a friend. The people in line were nice (at least the immediate people I waited around), but it's hard to sit around for 7 hours after the Thanksgiving meal without a bathroom break. :(
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nanobutter:
Was at bestbuy since Wednesday just got it last night! Loving it!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] TheMuffStuff:
Got my tablet, I was ticket #20 and all the way in the back, and still got it. Woot. Didnt buy a dock tho, probably should have :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] xTMFxOffshore:
So from the schooled guys. We have any good kernels?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] shibby80:
I've only played with this thing for a hour and love it so far
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Zytryx:
Got there four hours early and got the last ticket so I was happy! So far happy, rooted already just have to find a better keyboard.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Eddie Bombay:
Bought 3 of them, but waited 3 hours in line w/ some family, totally worth it. Also bought a Samsung laptop for 300 bucks, fkn bargains man it was hella crazy. The news was there and I was on tv for like 2 seconds lol.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] xTMFxOffshore:
Had any issues with force closes on your XDA app?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] shibby80:
Not yet.only problem i have is my music junk app keeps saying network error
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Diversion:
I feel cheated by Best Buy.. they had a TON of left over 16gb Transformers.. but they weren't the "same sku" so they wouldn't sell them for $250.. they wanted $399 for the regular 16gb models (identical damn hardware). And i'm a premiere silver member and they wouldn't honor the price for me.

So now I have to return my $99 keyboard dock since I refuse to pay $399 for the same exact model that was sold for $250 (in a different SKU'd box). I understand the tactics and WHY Best Buy does this.. it gets you in the store and hopefully you'll end up buying a lot more crap because it's on sale too. Sniff.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] xTMFxOffshore:
Okay cool Man. Thanks. I will have to toy with it more
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dunemessiah:
oops wrong thread
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sureway:
Now i've got the TF for hours. Pretty happy about it, as most of my needs are met.

Preordered a prime several day ago, now i m thinking to cancelthat one.