The waiting game begins

Hour_glassWhen I ordered the HP 2710p last night from the HP web site it was strange that they wouldn’t indicate any estimated shipping date.  Today I received a phone call from HP confirming that I had indeed placed the order, something that’s a nice touch to prevent fraud.  I asked the rep what the estimated shipping date was for my order and he couldn’t access that information.   This afternoon I received an order confirmation email from HP and oddly enough this didn’t indicate any kind of shipping date either.

In addition to the 2710p I ordered an ultra-slim battery and expansion dock and I was concerned that HP was not indicating any shipping date.  I was beginning to suspect that everything was back-ordered so tonight I gave HP a call.  Sure enough, the 2710p is back-ordered and they expect to get another 500 units in on 26Sep.  The dock and battery are expected to be in on 30Sep.  It sounds like they’ve been selling a lot of these units because when I first priced them less than a week ago they were showing shipping dates of 1-2 days.  The guy I spoke with tonight was very nice and changed the order so that each item would ship as soon as it was available and not all at once because I don’t want the peripherals to hold up shipping the Tablet.  He also waived the shipping charges since they did not inform me the items were back ordered.  I like dealing with HP, they’ve always done things this way.  Note: we are not affiliated with HP in any way.

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