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Buy.com has 15c-le again Message #1 Posted by David Griffith on 19 Dec 2011, 8:31 p.m. I just ordered a 15c LE from buy.com. They just got a bunch in.

Re: Buy.com has 15c-le again Message #2 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 19 Dec 2011, 8:53 p.m., in response to message #1 by David Griffith Interesting. They've again raised the price by $5 and now it's $99.99, same as MSRP at HP H&HO. Also, they now show a limit of 1, presumably to kill the profiteering. I like these guys. So far, they've not relisted on TAS, where the prices have come down a bunch lately. I just saw a new listing with a 1 cent start price and a $135 BIN price. Quite a few have sold for under $200, and I'm glad to see the price gougers being ignored. Edited: 19 Dec 2011, 8:59 p.m.

Re: Buy.com has 15c-le again Message #3 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 19 Dec 2011, 9:57 p.m., in response to message #2 by Michael de Estrada They just listed them on TAS again, one has sold already, and they show only 12 left in stock, so this should be over shortly.

Sold out again ! Message #4 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 19 Dec 2011, 10:19 p.m., in response to message #3 by Michael de Estrada Someone bought the 12 remaining ones on TAS. Out of stock again. This is crazy.

Re: Sold out again ! Message #5 Posted by aj04062 on 19 Dec 2011, 10:22 p.m., in response to message #4 by Michael de Estrada Concur!

Re: Sold out again ! Message #6 Posted by CG on 21 Dec 2011, 8:16 a.m., in response to message #5 by aj04062 Dear all, What in the name of God means "TAS"? Cheers CG.

Re: Sold out again ! Message #7 Posted by John S. Miller on 21 Dec 2011, 8:21 a.m., in response to message #6 by CG Quote: Dear all, What in the name of God means "TAS"? Cheers CG. It means, "that auction site."

Re: Sold out again ! Message #8 Posted by CG on 21 Dec 2011, 8:23 a.m., in response to message #7 by John S. Miller Thank you very much John...Oh my God, that one has me scretching my head over and over... cheers !! CG,

Re: Sold out again ! Message #9 Posted by Don Shepherd on 21 Dec 2011, 9:20 a.m., in response to message #4 by Michael de Estrada Can we please stop using TAS instead of Ebay and stop confusing people. Nothing bad will happen if we say Ebay. Ebay Ebay Ebay Ebay....I'm still breathing...Ebay Ebay.

Re: Sold out again ! Message #10 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 21 Dec 2011, 9:28 a.m., in response to message #9 by Don Shepherd Quote: Nothing bad will happen if we say Ebay. You are right! I've just said "eBay" aloud and the sun is still shining bright outside :-)

Re: Sold out again ! Message #11 Posted by M. Joury on 21 Dec 2011, 10:58 a.m., in response to message #10 by Gerson W. Barbosa Darn! I said it a half dozen times and it is still cloudy outside just like it has been all week--I thought that the sun would come out! Cheer, -Marwan

Re: Sold out again ! Message #12 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 21 Dec 2011, 12:45 p.m., in response to message #11 by M. Joury

SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #13 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 21 Dec 2011, 10:44 a.m., in response to message #4 by Michael de Estrada Here

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #14 Posted by M. Joury on 21 Dec 2011, 10:59 a.m., in response to message #13 by Michael de Estrada Makes me ill. I will never buy from them again. Just my $0.02. Cheers, -Marwan Edited: 21 Dec 2011, 11:42 a.m.

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #15 Posted by Gordon Strickland on 22 Dec 2011, 3:29 p.m., in response to message #14 by M. Joury You seem to be ignoring the fact that they are offering the additional benefit of being able to buy an extended, three-year warranty for only $34.99!

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #16 Posted by M. Joury on 22 Dec 2011, 3:44 p.m., in response to message #15 by Gordon Strickland Ha! So I can buy one unit for $301.13 with warranty and shipping or I could buy... Let's see... Three units from somewhere else for less money. I was one of the first to buy my three from buy.com at the original selling price. Was that $79.99 or $84.99--can't remember exactly. I do realize that you are being facetious :-). Cheers, -Marwan

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #17 Posted by Nick R on 21 Dec 2011, 11:20 a.m., in response to message #13 by Michael de Estrada "...has undergone additional quality control by HP." That's assuming HP did much in the way of quality control in the first place. Expecting quality from Chinese electronics manufacturers these days is a bit of a crap game - with the emphasis on crap.

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #18 Posted by Nick_S on 22 Dec 2011, 1:37 a.m., in response to message #13 by Michael de Estrada Well, the HP15C LE is listed at their old SC price of $149.99 and they are in stock on the main SC Website. So why bother with the auction site?

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #19 Posted by Dan Grelinger on 22 Dec 2011, 10:36 a.m., in response to message #18 by Nick_S Buy.com is selling them again. $99.99 and Free Shipping. Limit of 1. 9:30am CST.

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #20 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 22 Dec 2011, 11:18 a.m., in response to message #19 by Dan Grelinger Yeah, the party's pretty much over for Samson and the other price gougers. Samson hasn't made a single sale in 1 1/2 days since they've listed at $249.99 + $14.35 shipping. Interestingly, if you look at the Buy.com store listing, they also link to the Samson listing at $256.66. Hmmm, should I pay $99.99 or $256.66 ? Difficult decision there.

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #21 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 22 Dec 2011, 12:17 p.m., in response to message #20 by Michael de Estrada Oops. Buy.com is sold out again, but at least HP Home still has them for $99.99.

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #22 Posted by Howard Owen on 22 Dec 2011, 2:20 p.m., in response to message #21 by Michael de Estrada Can you say "artificial scarcity?"

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #23 Posted by Thomas Radtke on 22 Dec 2011, 3:47 p.m., in response to message #22 by Howard Owen Quote: Can you say "artificial scarcity?" Articel in Scare-City? How would the 15C LE be perceived w/o all those ado? No hoarders, and probably a virtually unlimited supply for those actually using it. Even more since there are still problems. While at it ... Michael was right, keys do bounce. Noticed a mysterious double entry when debugging a program and actually saw it live on pressing 'RCL 2', where I had the register entry on key down, and '2' on key up on the display. Hard to enforce, seem to happen only if you don't expect it ;-(. HP, [re]invent [the wheel]. And repair your products.

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #24 Posted by Howard Owen on 22 Dec 2011, 9:17 p.m., in response to message #23 by Thomas Radtke I meant that letting the supply of a "limited edition" calculator dwindle close to zero, then opening the spigot sporadically so your resellers periodically run out of stock could be seen as a way to maximize profits. I see two possible problems with that. First, the profits mainly accrue to the resellers. Second, it's a bit of a conspiracy theory. I'm not sure the marketeers at HP are capable of that level of thinking. On the other hand, nobody has said what "limited" actually means.

Re: SC trying to cash in on the madness Message #25 Posted by Alexander Oestert on 23 Dec 2011, 2:22 a.m., in response to message #24 by Howard Owen Quote: nobody has said what "limited" actually means. Considering the problems and the bugs it has, it's fairly easy to tell what "Limited" means! :-(

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