Sold out...

Fred beat me to it, sold out already!

It happened so fast :(

I think it took about 3 mins...

Check availabilty at local stores. Sometimes there is a few.

Damn! I missed it! :(

I got one!!!!

Sold out in 3 minutes? How... What...
Come on Canada!

Argh... and they had 64gbs for what I paid for my ordered-ages-ago-but-is-never-going-to-ship-from-Shopblackberry 16gb model...

That was a mean tease. I would have pulled the trigger on that one too!

I went to my local Best Buy and asked about a case for my playbook and the guys tells me we don't have much because there going out of business. I kindly told him he might want to recheck his information because blackberry is not going anywhere.

WOW!!! You RIM-Kool-aid-drinkers are SO dumb! Not only is RIM losing over $100 for each PlayBook sold, they now have enough "refurbished" devices (returns), to spur consumer interest. RIM just proved that they're even more dishonest with their sales figures then before. But, once again the RIM-tards are going to make this seem like GOOD news! LOSERS!!

The offer NO warrenty at all. You can not even buy the aftermarket BestBuy normaly sells for it.
Cancelled my order and bought a new one.

why this people hate the playbook i have been using mine for a few monts now
i cannot find anything wrong with it ,that makes me think on replace it for the ipad or other
i dont get it

Dang - I would have bought a spare one for the bedroom at that price!!

They always sell out so fast! I would have bought a 3rd one for that price! But oh well. Might just have to start looking on bestbuy.com every morning now to see if it happens again.

Bestbuy is selling refurbished 16 GB Blackberry Playbooks for $199.

Your best best is to watch slickdeals.net. Refurb Playbooks have been listed there a couple times this week. That's how I snagged two refurbed 16s for 149.

It's really interesting to see that almost every retailer has cleared out their PB inventories with this sale. I really hope this bet is successful, RIM.

yes. it is bad when people return a PB bought for $ US 200! i read comments on another forum where people claimed they bough tit for discounts and they still ended up returning it! i said no way those guys must be apple/android product lovers and are only spreading rumors to undermine RIM but it turned out to be true!

the whole issue for me is about APPS. it seems, nowadays, if you dont have apps, you are worthless no matter how superior the hardware is.
it is true to a certain extent. i have a nokia N9 which has been released a bit over 2 months ago but i enjoy it more to be truthful than my PB. its 1000 app library to me is more interesting than what the PB is currently offering.
the other main issue for non BB owners is its connectivity and lack of native email etc..you need a BB to bridge for free and if you dont have a BB or you are out of wifi range the unit becomes a bit useless unless you have a 3g dongle or a hotspot activated cell phone.
maybe people do use the 3g tabs afterall! who knows. for me the problem is with the apps, the native stuff are not refined at all (emailing/copying/pasting etc are behind)..it lacks one basic feature which is personal to me and to many arabic language speakers is the arabic keyboard...
they rushed PB way too early and i think RIM has destroyed the PB name due to it being rushed to the market. it will require herculean efforts to sway people's minds back to the PB.
its a great hardware but lacks some basic apps. when i say it lacks, i mean it really lacks when you compare to whats out there in the market.
it seems like they are not being able to get some of those basic apps to PB. i wonder why! are the likes of MS/amazon etc conspiring against them to remove one competition out of the way??!! i dont know..MS is providing skype to android/ios for example so why not the PB?? it wouldnt take that long to program it for PB!! there must be something we dont know of...even bloody angry birds, which is a game, is not yet released on PB after 8-9 months of release...couldnt RIM just pay those guys initially some serious money to provide the license to sell to them? instead of cutting down the price of PB and effectively destroying the name??

Although I just purchased a PlayBook at WalMart last week after price checking with Radioshack (RS had it for $199 but did not have stock, WalMart had it for $499), I would most definitely purchase a refurb at that price. I hope my local BestBuy have some in stock.

read it on here this morning, by the next click, the 64mb ones for 199 were sold out, but got a 32mb one for 169...score! If you get a lemon, it will show as a lemon within the 30 days normal return policy...

RIM is serious about getting as many Playbook out there as they can. 32GB for $169, that's crazy. It just keeps getting better with RIM.

I have a Playbook and enjoy it very much, but RIM would have been wise to make sure the top 100 apps were available for this tablet --- yep, that means Kindle, Netflix, Angry Birds, Skype, etc. Basically, a Kindle Fire with cameras and better performance. I use mine as a flash web browser, e-reader and a comfortable interface for my BB 9900 phone. Yep, I can still get online and get email away from a wifi signal without an extra bill (carriers hate that). I like that my email is not on the device when I leave it at home. Not that I have all that much to hide, but who wants to sleep on the couch just because an old girlfriend makes a facebook friend request?? The Playbook is just the thing for some people, but it is far from being all things to all people, That said, the top 100 ipad and android apps ported to PB before release should have been a no-brainer.

BEST BUY HAS THE 16, 32 AND 64GB REFURBISHED AVAILABLE...HURRY!!!