I pretty much check the board all day, but today happened to be especially busy at work, so I didn't get to check til later. Anyway, I suppose I used up my "special deal" genie wishes for the week when I found my local Staples selling a brand new Acer Aspire 7720-6569 laptop for $479 last Saturday, and thankfully I snapped that one up without delay...they're still selling for close to $800 elsewhere online.

If anyone's interested, an epilog to the Expansys blowout, it appears that Expansys is still sitting on at least 20 more N800's and are selling them for $225 + $10 shipping on ebay as "B-stock"

http://stores.ebay.com/Expansys-USA-Wireless-Store

Gotta wonder if they're sitting on any more of them, or if these on ebay don't sell, if they might blow them out for $156 again.

Interesting; I'm not sure they would go that low, seeing how fast they went last time; I wouldn't anyway.

And it's possible they are the same ones, but they forgot to delist...

Man, hate beating the ol' dead horse, but the ebay stock went down to 17 on these over the past couple days. But today, the 10 day clock reset on the rest, and when they relisted them, they went back up to 20...so yea, they still got more.

Incidentally, these ones on ebay are so-called "B-stock" which they claim are units that were returned or refurbished. So to the folks who did get one for $156, did yours look like it was regifted?

I ask because I'm consdering buying a 2nd N800 from this ebay stock but I don't want one that's nice and pre-scratched.

The box was unsealed, but the tablet was like new, literally. I don't know if it was a refurb, or really new, but it sure looked and felt new. Oh, and it came with a note inside, from Nokia, something to the effect that they were unable to repair the device, so they replaced it... I just don't know whether they replace with refurbs or new.

Oh, and I'm not sure $225 is all that hot a deal on those; I guess if you want to make sure you get one, you take it while they're available, but I think lurking could probably get you some cheaper.

I got the same note and the seal on the box was broken. But so far so great!

I haven't powered mine on yet; but I was pretty sure it would be. (It's a gift; I'm gonna help my sister set it up, but she won't be back in the US for a couple months, so I hope to flash it with production Diablo.)

Thanks for the confirmation, OSEmu!

Ok so the strangest thing happened this morning. UPS left a brand new N800 on my doorstep.

When TigerDirect was on the brink of running out, I placed an order for my 2nd N800 along with a motherboard, CPU fan and some memory for another project. The order showed up minus the N800, along with the packing slip that said the N800 was on backorder. Yet mere hours after I tried to place the order, their website had that aweful message saying the item was no longer available.

Like the Expansys deal, I thought I had missed my chance at TigerDirect as well. I guess my order had gone through just in time, and even though it looked like I was screwed, the N800 shipped.

I was considering buying one from the Expansys ebay store as I mentioned before, but was a little reluctant to pay $225 for B-stock - plus I was hoping they'd have another blowout sale. But hey I'm happy with this too!

Edit: As of this post, the Expansys ebay store is down to 4 units from 20 last week. No idea if they will put any more up after these. http://stores.ebay.com/Expansys-USA-Wireless-Store