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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
I just want to share my BAD experience with staples.ca. I placed an order on their website everything seemed fined!

But in the morning (yesterday) got an e-mail from telling me the item was out of stock! They accepted MORE pre-order than the stock they had. The bad about this is that I missed an order at Future Shop or Amazon.ca: both side had stock at the time I placed my order. :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] captain67:
I will never buy electronics from Staples. Last time I bought a defective item there I took it in for a refund less than a week later and they refused to take it back, accusing me of causing the damage despite it being an obvious defect.

I don't like Best Buy or Future Shop much because of their prices, but their customer service is definitely better.

Sent from Silent Earth 3
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] anthonyalberto:
So even the second tablet has some light bleeding, not as bad though.

Must be a common problem on these.

Also, playing a video in the stock player and resuming the play later on creates image retention on both the tablets, I guess it's a bug of this app under ICS, didn't occur under Honeycomb.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Torob:
I gave memory express a call the other day to ask about my pre-order. (November 26)

I was told that it might get shipped next week, but they don't have an ETA since they have yet to receive a shipment at all from manufacturer. I was told their warehouse is empty and they haven't received any units, the roll out to users who ordered are going to be done in the order they received them. -- that includes people who chose "in-store" pickup on the web pre-order page.

I'm getting impatient now that everyone has theirs or they can walk in and grab them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] killermojo:
Yeah I got a courtesy call from the SE store manager in Calgary. He said they had preorders from 6 months ago (I don't really believe that) and that there was over a thousand in queue. Said they had filled 100 preorders, and that they'd be doing them chronologically. They hope to have them filled by end of the month.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hbk19:
Order from a-power.com. Last I checked, they had the 32GB CBIL Champagne in stock. If NCIX hadn't already delivered, I'd have one of those on the way right now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hbk19:
Just rechecked. They have a total of 7 units right now. I'd get on that if I were you.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lil-devil:
nope no more stock when i checked~

nevermind checked it wrong theres still 7 left

Just ordered one :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] HungryEel:
Canadacomputers have some Champaign Gold ones in stock.

They called me this morning to tell me my pick up was ready (I was pleasently suprised) Picked it up around 6pm and have been playing with it all night
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lil-devil:
i'd stick with canada's computer but recently they have been pissing me off a lot so i gave up on CC but i'm glad you got tablet! :)

ps are you in the whitby area? cause i saw CC had 4 there and i was wondering :P
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
So 6 left... But where can I order one of these?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hbk19:
a-power.com

I mentioned it not even like 10 posts ago.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pyroshroom:
I placed an order last night at a-power, but the confirmation email said it would take 1-3 days minimum to process; the stock as updated since then though, with only 3 units in stock now. Hopefully, the unit I ordered was reserved. :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lil-devil:
that was prob cause i ordered one after i posted :P

and i just got a email saying its back ordered so i won't get one for at least 1~2 weeks =[
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] luckyjj:
Been lurking for a while, but just signed up to let you guys know about a horrible experience to me I had with Staples ca.

I ordered immediately when the prime became in stock on Saturday. Well, my girlfriend ordered and set the delivery to my house. So all was fine and it was supposed to come in tuesday. It doesn't show up. I get frustrated and call them, they told me they can only ship to the credit card's address (??? why give me the option to do so when I order it on the website ???).

This makes no sense to me but I go along with it. They tell me they have my prime on hold, waiting to ship once the order has been corrected. They tell me it will now arrive today (Thursday) at my girlfriend's house. So she patiently waits for the prime to arrive...

Here we go... so the delivery guy arrives, and essentially tells her to check in stores in the coming weeks. SERIOUSLY... I'm not going to go nuts expressing my rage here, I'm sure you could understand it.

I could have ordered from futureshop after they goofed the order the first time but they assured me mine would be delivered thursday. I guess not, they shipped mine to someone else, and now everywhere is out of stock again.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] micaman:
I would be extremely careful buying one from CC. If you end up buying a dud with problems out the box like light bleed or no serial # etc.. be prepared to put up a fight in order to return it with no restocking fee. They are going to want you to return it to ASUS for RMA on your dime. You are best to pick one up from BB or FS who will give you a 14 day return policy.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vaanhoot:
Mine also started the whole freezing up and rebooting issue today out of the blue. It was super stable and zero issues since I have gotten it, now I am lucky if it doesn't freeze up and reboot on me in an hour.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
Not a lot of stock and more and more "bad stories"... Hope I'll be satisfied once I'll be able to get one.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vaanhoot:
Pretty sure mine is software or app related though. I have confidence that it will get fixed soon. This tablet it very good. I just have a software glitch somewhere.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] anthonyalberto:
Im very happy with mine, so far so good ! Asus is working on ICS fixes too, its just a matter of time ... just sucks that customers have to do QA for ASUS !
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SonicTab:
Canadians... Are you able to access the Asus support site TF201 android files ?

Soon as I search for tf201 android files it returns an error, been happening for a day or so.

I have an unknown serial need to manually update but cant do that now either...

Can someone else try in Canada?

http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201&p=20&s=16
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BongoBong:
i got a problem loading page when trying that link
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] micaman:
Update notification just arrived, check your tablets for the same.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] itti_sam:
So finally after missing the Staples delivery for two days, I called them and asked them to ship it to a store rather than my house.

I got it yesterday, and after doing all the updates and installing ICS, I can say that this tablet is simply AMAZING.

Hope you all get your orders ASAP to enjoy this masterpiece!

cheers!

Sam
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BongoBong:
hmmm still not seeing it on mine. My check updates is acting weird too. I will click check update, and it looks like nothing is happening, then a minute later it says there is no update but the circle loading animation starts at this point and keeps going with no end
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vaanhoot:
Try a restart. For some reason mine also said there was no update but when I rebooted it, it installed an update. Never had any download or new update notification.

Sent from my I896 running ICS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] luckyjj:
So after my staples fiasco, I just today saw the 64gb's in stock at NCIX. Within one hour of ordering I got the shipping email and tracking info!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BongoBong:
Tried rebooting already but ill give it another shot

edit. rebooting didn't help (at least not right away) but after a bunch of tries the update is found!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pyroshroom:
Alright, so A-power actually processed the order in under a day and I managed to pick up the tablet last night. The tablet works wonderfully, very minor screen bleed along the edge (almost unnoticable), the wifi is good, only it has that bt/wifi fallout problem with streaming low quality YouTube videos while using my laptop as a speaker stopping the video from completely loading. GPS has also been completely unable to lock onto any satellites (but it has been cloudy/rainy all of last night and today). That's all acceptable for me though since I don't use Bluetooth headphones or planning on using my tablet as a GPS. :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] asicman:
Managed to grab a US english-only dock from CC. I tried the CBIL version and the shift key kept messing me up.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hbk19:
Is that the Gray or the Champagne? I'm trying to find the Champagne dock, but it doesn't look like anyone will have it until sometime in February.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] asicman:
Its the gray.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SonicTab:
What is CC where are they I didn't like the cbil keyboard either.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] asicman:
CC is canada computers. The product I am talking about is:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_692_933&item_id=043920
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lil-devil:
hey if any body is in the west coast area, it seems like a store called vision electronics has stock not sure which colour tho and its pick up only

http://www.visions.ca/catalogue/cat...537&sku=TF201B1&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

gl =]
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] captain67:
Visions is a company that claims to have $1 items on sale and conveniently "doesn't have any left in stock" every single time, despite the fact that they don't get a lot of customers. I've heard they're really bad about returns and exchanges too.. I wouldn't trust them.

Sent from Silent Earth 3
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] corman1:
I have purchased at visions many times and have never had any issues with returns. If they had the prime at the time i bought , I wouldn't have bought it at futureshop. Visions is a very good company so don't worry .
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
I just got mine from pointe-claire micro bytes. It was the last one, they had 19 of them.

Finally, it's a champagne, but i would have called it gray.

But i have a calendar bug: it synched the first time, but not anymore. :-(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lil-devil:
hey guys just a quick update,

i just got a email from a-power that they shipped my transformer champagne gold 32gb :D

and i checked their site and it seems like they have 10+ transformer champagne gold 32 gb and 64gb of the grey one

so who ever wants get them quick!~ :)

https://www.a-power.com/search.php?keyword=transformer+prime&sort_method=2

Edit:

Tiger direct also has the docks in stock fyi~~
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hbk19:
I saw this in another thread. I was able to snag one, rep told me it should arrive by next week, maybe even this week!

Here's a link at Tigerdirect.ca. It's still in stock as of 6:59 PM EST, 24/01/2012. Rep said they got in 100 docks, so it might run out fast.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zanzee:
My order for a Gold 64gb with matching dock just went though with them. Free shipping on the tablet so $7ish in shipping total.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dotnerdify:
Just ordered mine on bestbuy.ca

they had 18 units 10 minutes ago now only 8.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
They are selling fast!

Micro-Bytes Pointe-Claire (Montreal) told me they received 19 of them last friday, I got the last one yesterday at 11:50AM. All gone in less than 4 days.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hbk19:
So my dock has apparently been shipped and I have the tracking number. Now I'm just waiting for UPS to actually have the tracking information available. Any other shipping company would at least have some sort of information to show.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lil-devil:
actually i don't know about you but it usually takes a day before places like Canada post to have any information... but even then usually by the time they update enough information, i would have already received the item xD
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] itti_sam:
Future Shop has stock online!

Hurry!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] queenbeez:
I ordered the 32gb champane from Tiger Direct Canada on Jan 18th after I found out they had stock. It is showing as backordered still as of today. Now their site indicates it is not available.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] poniard:
Ordered a gold 16 gb from memory express on Dec 12. They phoned me and told me only grey would be sold. Called me Monday to say my doc and tp was available to pick up. I picked both up ... when I got home, realized the box on the tp was already opened. Looked inside, they gave me a gold 16 gb ... and a grey keyboard. Returned both and asked them to call me when they get my order right. They were polite and helpful. Said they opened all boxes due to Asus having issues with labels. The box I had stated grey on the label, gold on the side. Seems like Asus is having issues.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
Humm... There is no 16gb tf201, only 32 or 64gb.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mikers99:
You need to go there a lot to verify the status as it goes up and down all the time.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] IUH1991:
To all those who've received their transformer primes, have you experienced the wifi/gps issues that seem to be plaguing a lot of users?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rchristy:
Futureshop listed CG version with New and Out Of Stock this afternoon but remove it now. Do you think it will be listed again?

I really want to buy the CG from FS or BB due to the better return policy if I got unlucky weak wifi unit. I had chance to have one CG version from Microbytes today but gave up because they do it as final sale, no refund at all. Don't want to take risk.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lp_stealth:
the cg was in stock on futureshop i think it was yesterday afternoon.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] anthonyalberto:
GPS is not great, if you're planning to use it as your main GPS where there's no Wifi, forget about it.

Wifi has been great for me so far, no problem at all at work and at home.

Overall it's a great device, the screen is so bright compared to my laptop !

I barely use my laptop now :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] queenbeez:
This is why I am buying a tablet now too. Its lighter, and with longer battery life than my laptop currently provides.

update: TD has shipped my order as of Jan 27th so should be getting it early next week. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
On mine, I've yet to lock the gps. But I only tried it twice in not very good conditions.

Wii is fine. Good speed. No connections loss.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wifesabitch:
In stock Amazon right now, go go go!

http://www.amazon.ca/ASUS-Transform...0XBM/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1327873936&sr=8-7
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dotnerdify:
Got mine

Really enjoying it. Wifi is working great, 25mbps (100% of my bell internet speed) measured on speedtest.com about 3-4m and 2 drywall walls away from the router.

Haven't tested GPS yet and I don't think I will be using a whole lot if it.

I'm not 100% satisfied with the browsing experience though... it's sluggish on JavaScript intensive webpages and flash ad freak websites.

But it definitely replaces a notebook for my needs. And Android apps are really fun :-P

I do believe that someone living on a larger home (I live in a 750 sq ft condo) may have issues with connectivity. Unless they tweak the router or network in some way.

Anyway, love my new tablet. Couldn't be happier.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wifesabitch:
Yup, don't think you'll get a great browsing experience with any tablet compared to a desktop. Give Boat Browser a try, I think I've tried every browser on the Market and that's the one I like best.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dotnerdify:
Yeah I am well aware of that. I think the sentence you quoted would be directed to android browsing experience (I cannot give any opinion regarding those tablets from the fruit brand as i don't intend to try one out). Thanks though for the tip on Boat.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] anthonyalberto:
Try configuring the browser to Enable plug-ins on Demand. This way it'll only load flash ads when you click on it. Pages are loading faster, plus you're skipping a lot of ads :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aly19:
anyone able to find this in Calgary yet?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lp_stealth:
I picked mine up at futureshop a couple weeks ago, you just have to keep your eyes out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] itti_sam:
NCIX has stock. You will get it in 2 days!!

http://ncix.com/search/?categoryid=0&q=transformer+prime
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aly19:
Yeah I will keep checking at BB and FS, I would prefer getting it from one of those two places because I am worried that I might get a model with all the issues everyone is having with wifi and gps. If I get it from FS or BB returning or exchanging it will be much easier.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] luckyjj:
I got my NCIX one on Friday 27, ended up getting a 64GB grey. This thing is amazing :D

I think there are two stuck(? no color really just lets a tiny amount of light through) pixels upon close inspection. But I need to use like 110% mega focus to barely see it on a black screen. So it is no problem for me. Backlight bleed is barely there, so it seems very good. WIFI perfectly fine. Literally everything I expected a good prime to be.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Trevorhimself:
Hey guys for anyone who hasn't had to deal with Memory express be aware when the have "stock" it really doesn't mean they "have stock".

I ordered a TP last Thursday morning while they were showing online stock, called today to find out that my ordered was taken as pre order. They told me the number was the amount they were receiving before pre orders were filled...crazy! Long story short I canceled and am now waiting for the freeze to be removed from the funds so I can order from another business.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zanzee:
I got my Gold 64gb from tigerdirect today, it seems to get the same wifi strength that my atrix gets and locked to within 30m while in my basement. So maybe the Gold 64gb have an update?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lp_stealth:
bestbuy shows in stock around town right now
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aly19:
yeah I checked, hopefully it isn't an error in the system or something, I am not too sure how reliable checking the stock on the website is
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cybik:
You can rely on it.

I did for québec and lookie here: gotz one
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aly19:
nice! I guess I will be heading out now :P
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] willoxx:
You got it at 459$ ???
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Trevorhimself:
Got mine from Sunridge Bestbuy today (In Calgary)! good luck :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SalsaForte:
You got it for cheap! Lucky you!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tupo05:
Hi there,

I'm planning to get a prime soon from Canada. Either from Calgary or Toronto ? what stores are selling it ? And does it come with the keyboard or it is sold separately ?

Thanks in advance
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rdenis:
1) WiFi was identified as a potential issue on a number of pre-retail units that were sent out to reviewers. Reviewers complained about poor signal strength in a number of these units.

2) Asus agreed there was an issue but they needed to investigate the cause - Asus did not believe it was a design issue but rather a production issue. As a result, Asus pushed back the initial release dates out of an abundance of caution.

3) Asus confirmed internally last week it was in fact a production issue and not a design issue. The Prime has two WiFi antnennas and Asus discovered production issues on the line with respect to the physical connection of one of the antennas. This is why Asus has stated there are no issues with WiFi and no changes in plans to distribute to the US on 12/20.

4) Asus recalled all retail shipments for inspection of the antenna connections and correction if necessary.

5) Asus has reallocated all stock to its primary US partners to fulfill US pre-orders. As a result small US retailers and Canada have been notified there is a good chance of delay in getting them stock, however, pre-orders will be a priority and there will not be instances where US retailers have stock on shelves while Canadian pre-orders have not been filled.

6) There is a good chance some Canadian pre-orders will get filled on the 12/20 date as planned - at this point Asus does not know how many as it will depend on the ultimate takeup by its US partner pre-orders.

That's all I can share at this point.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hbk19:
Pretty much the same information I deducted after perusing all the news on the Prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xGary:
All I know is that I emailed the North American Market PR contact a week after the NCIX rumour started and she told me there is no delay. Now days after the launch almost every retailer has confirmed the delay. Apparently NCIX knows more about ASUS than ASUS themselves.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SS2006:
who are you exactly?

thanks for the info
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MrGiggles:
Good to know. Thanks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vaanhoot:
So I got a $25 Best Buy e-certificate for my order being delayed. Thought I would use it to buy a memory card for the prime but I can't figure out how to use the e-certificate code to get the $25. Does anyone know what to do with the code they send you?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BongoBong:
Did you try putting it in the "promotional code" or "gift card" area's during checkout?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vaanhoot:
Yeah I did, didn't work though. Guess I'll call Customer Support and ask them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
Just talked to a person at best buy today who said that some people had already gotten their pre orders filled... he said that some stores already received some stock and released a few early

I don't believe the story just thought I'd let you guys know what I heard
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] chaztech:
Asus Transformer Prime

Asus, who I just called laughed at me when I was expressing my concerns as to the delay issue! He said they will indeed release on the 18th...

Go to bed girls:cool:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vaanhoot:
Yeah they told me they had mine in stock previously and would be shipping it on the release date. Then when I called them they told me it was recalled. So maybe the person you talked to at Best Buy didn't know it was recalled yet. It was in stock but not any more.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xGary:
Either YOU are referring to the U.S. and you are in the wrong thread or the CSR was referring to the US and/or he had no idea what he was talking about. First of all, Canada's release date was never the 18th. Second of all, I got the email yesterday telling me about the delay which I also called 3 times to confirm. They even sent people a $25 coupon. You think if the delay wasn't true or it was just old news they would send us a coupon?

I will go to bed. I will probably go to bed many days until I finally get my Prime.

---------- Post added at 06:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:01 AM ----------

If it was already so late when they realized that they had to recall them from the retailers then it looks like we won't be getting the Prime anytime soon. I was hoping that maybe they caught it during manufacturing and took and few days to fix it causing a few day delay. But if they are taking back all the units that are all the way in Canada to fix them then I guess I can put this on my Christmas wishlist for next year.