Join Our 3 MILLION+ Members Today! Register Here | Login
Login or Register to post comments

64 Comments

Posted by MaxPayne79 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

bla1ze once again strikes at bizarre hours of the night lol. Nice find bud. :)

 
 
Posted by Bla1ze Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

I wasn't gonna post it till later today but figured, if anyone woke up and saw it they might wanna check before heading off to work or whatever.. with stock being low, gotta get in on that action when ya can. :)

 
 
Posted by MaxPayne79 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

yeah i wonder if this price drop will move the stock. if not then the holiday shopping will. i hope lol.

 
 
Posted by Graheem Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Apparently they are selling out, some places have lines, according to N4BB.

 
 
Posted by The Legendary Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

LOL I always catch bla1ze's strange time posts. Is Futureshop and Best Buy selling out their current inventory then restocking or is this the end of the Playbook at Futureshop and Best Buy

 
 
Posted by balding1 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

Don't know if it's a misprint but Futureshop as a limit of 50 per household at there webpage.lol and Bestbuy as limited quantities.

 
 
Posted by npatrin Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

Hi... Does any of these stores ship to Europe (Greece)..?

 
 
Posted by Commodus Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Not that I've seen. Even if they did, by the time it got to Greece, it wouldn't be as much of a deal...

 
 
Posted by Siefer999 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

Same price at Walmart Canada and Staples Canada

 
 
Posted by balding1 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

Walmart must be out of stock not showing up online anymore.
Only store not in the game seems to be The Source

 
 
Posted by rapsball4 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

The Source isn't $300 directly off, but they are giving $300 gift cards according to the flyer I got yesterday. So we have Futureshop, Best Buy, Staples, Walmart, The Source all as options.

 
 
Posted by fcolmenarez Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Not true, The Source is $300 directly off. They only charged $199 + HST to my CC.

 
 
Posted by The_Adventist Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

These prices went live around 10pm EST last night.

Sears has also followed suit. Some thought a free accessory would be included but I don't see one on the website.

Looks like I'm going to get a 2nd PlayBook. This will either stop the kids fighting or increase it. I'm not sure which.

 
 
Posted by tumer Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

Picked up 2 yesterday at bestbuy going to get the difference back today are these any good for the kids mine are. 8 and 6 any games for them on app world ??? Having buyers remorse I guess

 
 
Posted by robtanz Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

Mine entertains my 6 and 3 year old. Bought one for my 6 year old for Xmas

 
 
Posted by bbmtna Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

i have a 3 year old and a 20 month old who both know how to load and switch through different apps.
between videos, coloring, shapes instrumental apps there's a nice variety to keep occupied.

 
 
Posted by Venichie Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

I'll be honest, it scares me to see all these price drops... they keep getting lower, and it aint even BlackFriday yet.
Although I'm not that worried, seeing how the first BBX phone will have the same apps. Meaning I'll still get new things, even if they discontinue this tablet.

 
 
Posted by RPM_KW Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

There is really no Black Friday in Canada. Our deals here generally start before the "Thanksgiving" Week. (I only say "Thanksgiving" because the real one is in October ;)

 
 
Posted by julianrt Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

no shipping to europe :-(

 
 
Posted by bldshd Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

Damn! I'm not seeing these kind of sales in the US, If anybody in Canada would like to help me get my hands on one it would be much appreciated. Even better yet I have a brand new never used bold 9930 I would consider trading for one. If interested contact me.

 
 
Posted by ironfisted Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

I wouldn't object to helping out a fellow BB lover regardless of the sweetened pot, but if you're willing to talk trade on a 9930, well then I'm definitely interested. E me at rob@bravoeducation.com.

________________________________________________________
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

 
 
Posted by darylalbert Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

Got mine last night at Staples, will return today to get the difference in return. I even got the managers name, and card with her word stating the same. I bought a 16GB for my wife for Xmas, and a 32GB for me, as that is all they had left at Staples in Moncton!

 
 
Posted by deckem Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

And there you have it... at a ridiculously low price these things are going to fly... because I also bought one now. It will site alongside my Xoom.

 
 
Posted by darylalbert Friday, Nov 18, 2011 187 days ago

and this is our Black Friday here in Canada... usually always a week before the US sales I find. on my way to the store now for my $600 credit!

 
 
Posted by spektakle Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

hard to say no at that price

 
 
Posted by zensen Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Agree but I'm not going to bite until there's USB host support... I would have snapped one up on day 1 had there been sd integration. I just need more space to store my photos/videos when I'm out.

 
 
Posted by abvw Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Uhh, get a 16GB (or 32) SDHC and share it through Bridge?

 
 
Posted by tumer Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Can you transfer music from your bb to your playbook through blue tooth ?

 
 
Posted by easydoesit99 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

I like the price at the same time feeling a little ripped off buying on day one. Oh well, I didn't regret paying full price at the time.

 
 
Posted by Blackbox55 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

@venichie

it also scares me to see that kind of fire sale on PB, especially since I paid mine 599+tx 6 months ago...:-(

what does that mean for RIM and PB?

death of PB? death of RIm? fire sale of remaining stocks for retailers, or simply a strategy to undercut Droid based tablets knowing that RIM will get some revenues out of app world and not Samsung, Acer, Moto,...?

any ideas?

 
 
Posted by Alberta Blue Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

You scare easily.

Getting more Playbooks into the hands of consumers is a good thing. It means RIM trades inventory for $$, and it hopefully it means there are more people out there telling their friends how great the Playbook is.

 
 
Posted by yadayada14 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

What's the risk these devices will become obsolete with BBX? I'm assuming this February OS update will be a software update for existing PB users that doesn't orphan existing PB hardware? Anyone know?

 
 
Posted by HabsSuck Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

remember the more Playbooks RIM can say have been sold the more likely developers will build apps plus with Kindle under pricing RIM needs to compete

 
 
Posted by guerllamo7 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

This is the best tablet in the world to me. The discount just takes it over the top. Flash still matters (you can't watch video from this website without it), it is secure, it is super portable, it allows bridge, it has and is getting a ton of content, it just rocks!
Good for you Canadians.

 
 
Posted by Crackberry-Hammer Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Just picked up one from Bestbuy.ca. They are on-back order but had 890 available to ship within 1 week.

Finished processing my order and now only 520 left!! Going to be sold out soon!!! Looks like the price drop should stick as it will build some momentum during the Holiday Season and then they can release 2.0 and get lots of buzz.

 
 
Posted by Joe257 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

It's like a firesale! RIM didn't have to drop their pants completely. I think $299 would have been much, much better. You need to retain some self-respect. Folks are probably buying 3 or 4 for resale making it difficult for the average guy to find one. I cannot say this is a professional move by RIM. I agree that RIM needs to push the PlayBook, but I think they'll move well at $299 just before Christmas! At this $199 price, there may be riots outside Best Buy!

Don't get me wrong, it's a great product, but the $499 price tag was far too high. I hope it never returns to that price. I love the games I've been seeing, but I need someone to step up and offer Skype, Windows Live, Oovoo, PalTalk, Google? There needs to be a cross platform video chat capability.

RIM hasn't understood that killer apps are important! Apple used Garage Band with the iPad, FaceTime with the iPhone 4... What did the PlayBook have? Need For Speed? Where is that killer app? Video chat is doable but since the PlayBook doesn't have widespread saturation, your buddy probably doesn't have one to chat with. It would REALLY have helped if RIM put front facing cams on the new BB7 devices, but they totally dropped the ball on that one :(

 
 
Posted by advil_yum Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Apparently $299 was too high too. They were on sale for a while a few weeks ago at $299 and in some cases included some free accessories and while they sold some, they didn't exactly fly off the shelves. At $199, it feels like a steal. Much like the Touchpad at $99 and the sales are showing. They're practically sold out everywhere already (at least around me). I know a few people who left empty handed at Walmart and FS this morning.
This can only be good for RIM and this platform - I hope!

 
 
Posted by bitek Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

competion from Amazon. I think this is actually great for them. Rim sells tablets at cost but this will drive customers to buy BBX phones next year. RIM will make money.

 
 
Posted by Crackberry-Hammer Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

16gb now sold out at bestbuy.ca. There's 1,000 happy playbook owners!

 
 
Posted by hsumra Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

16GB sold out at almost all WalMarts, Future Shops, Best Buys, and The Sources in the Greater Vancouver Area. Going to try a few odd stores for the $32, but the $64 is way out of budget!

 
 
Posted by BB-Bmore Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

When is this happening in the u.s? If I can't get this deal in the states then I guess I'm gonna have to file for Canadian citizenship which sux cuz I can't stand hockey!

 
 
Posted by liquidmetal101 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

BestBuy in Burlington ON has the 32 and 64. Also, the BestBuy Mobile in the Burlington Mall has 16s, 32s and 64s left. Just picked up a 16 and 32 at 10:30 est!!!

Walmart South in Burlington only has the 64s left.

 
 
Posted by RetroAndreas Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Sent out a BBM broadcast to friends, relatives and business contacts. I think I sold about 20 of them :). Ordered one for myself as well :)

A coworker bought a 16gig at a Toronto Best Buy this morning and is driving now to Keswick to pick it up. Awesome.

 
 
Posted by baldo Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

I picked up a 16 and a 64 for the regular price yesterday. Went back this morning to get the bill adjusted to the cut price. Guess what??? All sold out! This was Best Buy in Ajax Ontario

 
 
Posted by baldo Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

And the main reason I bought them for my wife and I because it had KOBO. GUESS WHAT??? Kobo doesnt work.

 
 
Posted by elt Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Haven't checked myself, but my sister messaged me this morning saying that her friend picked up a 16GB for $200 at Costco in Winnipeg. It could be worth checking out. I snagged a 64GB through the University of Manitoba bookstore a little over a month ago when it was $200 off, and while I feel a liitle peeved about the additional price drop...I do feel excited that it will be in more people's hands.

 
 
Posted by figured Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

The 16gb playbook is sold out at chapters as well online. I just had to go to my local Toronto staples and bestbuy to find out they were both sold out. I just picked one up at the local futureshop. They had 50 - 16gb in stock this morning and only 2 left when I bought mine at 11am!

 
 
Posted by bitek Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

People were lined up at the front of Best Buy store in Milton ! Staples store was sold out at 10AM and people were on waiting list. I bought 32GB myself. Still contemplating 64GB though !

 
 
Posted by balding1 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Drove to Walmart on Wednesday telling myself going to buy another 32GB and by the time I walk in the store to electronics department changed my mind to a 64GB.lol

 
 
Posted by xassano Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

If you are in Toronto...The Source @ Centrepoint Mall (Yonge/Steeles) have about 13 - 16GB PB's left. I just picked up one 20 min ago!!!

 
 
Posted by vivvl Saturday, Nov 19, 2011 186 days ago

You picked it up at the store itself? Their website says its online only.

 
 
Posted by tumer Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

bought 2 from bestbuy ajax yesterday just did my price adjustment ;)

 
 
Posted by RetroAndreas Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Looks like future shop still has 16gigs available for online ordering.

 
 
Posted by louboutins Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Don't know if I should buy them. They're back ordered though and I'm so impatient! Went to the Wal-Marts and Best Buy and Future Shop in my area. Sold out, or they have the 62Gigs leftover.

 
 
Posted by dweese Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

Maybe the 4G PB2 is going to drop with OS2 in Feb so they are trying to clear out stock.

Still makes me mad, I got a PB first day they came out, $499 for something that all I use for now is the Kobo app. My wife does laugh at me however as I'm reading the Steve Jobs book on my PB. Good read, boy that dude was a dick LOL

 
 
Posted by veeedubb Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

I just got a 32GB Playbook today from Staples on Eglinton in Scraborough, Ont. for $299. What a deal! Since they don't have any more, I've ordered two more on-line from The Source on the Danforth for Christmas gifts. This thing is the perfect size; bigger than a an iPod and smaller than an iPad, not that I would want anything to do with Apple (I never felt the need to join the 'i' herd because I think they're nothing but overpriced toys). I can say that I'm happy with this purchase since I was thinking about an Android device (maybe the Xoom) when they go on sale on Boxing Day. Now I don't have to venture out on that nutty day.

 
 
Posted by skxj Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

bought the last 2 in Regina today (64gb)

 
 
Posted by keefrto Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

wow most places only have 32 or 64 left

 
 
Posted by keefrto Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

attention sherwood park and edmonton alberta, chapters in sherwood park has stock of the 16gb. only open until 9pm. We are now 5 playbook family!!!! yahoo, cheers

 
 
Posted by Theme Friday, Nov 18, 2011 186 days ago

First number is the number of units available for backorder.
Second number is the time, match the list with the ones down there to compare.
I started at 17:12, so before that, this probably happened many many times.
AWESOME NEWS FOR PLAYBOOK OWNERS!
BB 16
1111 17:12
1089 17:13
1081 17:14
1071 17:15
1025 17:22
974 17:27
884 17:40
678 18:05
431 18:37
416 18:39
400 18:41
185 18:58
0 19:24 SOLD OUT
1 20:16

BB 32
206
205
203
203
196
190
180
170
163
148
145
117
100 19:24
63 20:13
62 20:14

BB 64

FF 16
712
698
695
686
646
592
487
293
10 and the 0 within seconds SOLD OUT
1 20:17

FF 32
3
0
NEW Stock
184 20:15
183 20:16

FF 64

Me having fun making observations on FutureShop and BestBuy Canada online availability...

 
 
Posted by SBMobile3 Saturday, Nov 19, 2011 186 days ago

Let me guess, this is a "good" deal, right?? What about the possible 200,000 buyers that paid over $500 for their PlayBook? What about them? It must be a badge of honour to waste money on something that's clearly NOT worth it in the first place! RIM has the most loyal FOOLS I've ever witnessed in my life! Lover's of crap! That's your new names! SMH You guys love crap SO MUCH that you'll even wait until this time next year for a device that will most definitely disappoint! Oh well! lol

 
 
Posted by CDM76 Saturday, Nov 19, 2011 186 days ago

Am I the only one who thinks it strange that the RIM Website is not selling them for $300 off ? ? ? Of all places you'd think RIM's website would have them listed on sale !!! Come on RIM ... get with it.

 
 
Posted by vivvl Saturday, Nov 19, 2011 185 days ago

Got the last one @ Indigo; thank god I got it instead of the Apple fanboys.

 
 
Posted by zorrich Saturday, Nov 19, 2011 185 days ago

Just got mine for my birthday yesterday from my wife. She was in line first thing in the morning! I was a little skeptical based on the reviews, but this tablet has been amazing so far. Buttery smooth, incredible ui, and the gmail/twitter web apps are great... not sure why lack of these apps has been such a big deal (although it will be nice to have native apps someday).

Anyways, as an android user with my nexus s, if rim can put this os onto a phone successfully I will make the switch to blackberry. Very happy with the experience so far.

Just thought I'd share my experience for anyone else out there wondering about this device.