PC World reports that some retailers sold out remaining Hewlett-Packard TouchPad tablets in just a few hours on Saturday after heavily discounted prices attracted buyers.
The TouchPad models cleared out by early morning at the Best Buy and Staples stores in New York City's Union Square, salespeople at the stores said. A sales representative at Best Buy said that buyers were streaming in overnight to buy the tablets and were attracted by the price of the TouchPads, which was $99 for 16GB of storage, and $150 for 32GB of storage.HP's $99 TouchPad Tablet Selling out in Retailer Fire Sale
Heavily discounted Palm smartphones were also picked up and cleared at the Best Buy store, and stocks of phones and tablets will not be refreshed, the salesman said. Best Buy has stopped selling the TouchPad on its website, and HP has run out of TouchPads on its retail site, where prices were also listed as starting at $99.
