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RIM employees get awesome deals on BlackBerry PlayBooks

by Joseph Holder on 28 Nov 2011 01:06 PM
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BlackBerry PlayBook 

Today, like most days, is a good day to work for Research In Motion. According to sources, employees of the tech giant can pick up a brand-new 16 GB PlayBook for $99. Not to be outdone, the 32 GB model and 64 GB model are selling for $149 and $199, respectively. Word on the street is that RIM employees are limited in the number of units they can buy; but the employee-priced tablets are still selling fast, no matter the limit. Know anyone who works at RIM? You might want to give them a shout.

If you're not lucky enough to work with the BlackBerry brand, there are still some awesome deals to be found on the world's first QNX-powered tablet. After all, today is Cyber Monday and the internet is full of deals today.

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28 Comments

Posted by horne527 Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

I love RIM but what with the reports of canceled orders, no new stock etc and big discounts, It kinda sounds like the end of days for the playbook

 
 
Posted by chi-town311 Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

I disagree. Hopefully this means that the first batch of PlayBooks have finally sold out. They just need to call their manufacturer up and have them start cranking out round two. Hopefully they fix the power button for good on this iteration.

 
 
Posted by scalemaster34 Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

For Amazon to sell a device like the FIRE at cost is a smart move, when they are going to make a profit selling APPS, BOOKS, MOVIES and other content for the device.

But RIM isn't selling the PlayBook below cost so that they can make a profit later selling content for it (they don't have the ecosystem to do that). Either they have a PlayBook II in the works, or they are killing it off.

 
 
Posted by makaveli28 Monday, Nov 28, 2011 178 days ago

Perfectly stated, I couldn't have said it better. My assumption is they are killing it off. If we wait till Feb for the Calendar, Email and a host of other things that should have come on the Playbook from day 1. This thing was originally announced Sept 2010 so its shelf life is done. Took them 8 months after announcement to release the thing and now it's old tech. Then they release it unfinished with promises of things to come, delay after delay. The Playbook in my opinion was the biggest mistake RIM has made. They should have focused the R&D on the phones and perfected the playbook in the background before releasing/announcing it. Hindsight is always 20/20. The leaders at RIM should have had more foresight in my opinion. Why not just give it to each employee and disclose that it is a taxable benefit.

 
 
Posted by fsxflightman Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

Not the end days for Playbook....so much demand a product as good as this will be here for years to come...

 
 
Posted by siddo_d Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

RIMPIRE #teamblackberry

 
 
Posted by phonenvy Monday, Nov 28, 2011 178 days ago

Rimpire #teamblackberry

 
 
Posted by bbschorsch Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

may be the end of days for playbook version 1 ^^

just thinking about the survey we had in the beta forum. . .

may be we shortly see a playbook version 2 running os2.0

 
 
Posted by sk8er_tor Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

Great employee perk!

 
 
Posted by djdnz Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 178 days ago

This is a limited offer for RIM employees because RIM is nice.

 
 
Posted by admyths Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

Any one else feel like they have been kicked in the nuts by RIM after paying full price for a Playbook a few months ago? Seeing the playbook depreciate by 60% in three months since I've been an owner has left me a bit bitter and unlikely to purchase any future RIM products.

 
 
Posted by undone Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

Nothing unusual about a price decline on a device that isn't brand new or selling like hot cakes. Technology sucks for that, always something new. Any tablet at this point purchase at full retail (assuming not new) is a waste of money.

 
 
Posted by SBMobile3 Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 177 days ago

Not any tablet, just the PlayBook!! iPad & iPad 2 can't stay on the shelves, without price cuts. You need to be honest & admit that RIM made a DUD that couldn't even convince a few million BB-users to buy them! You guys sit on here all day bragging or deluding yourselves to the fact that RIM has 70 million users, but reality shows that those customers are NOT buyers & are CHEAP!!! BYE-BYE RIM!!!

 
 
Posted by Davereggi Monday, Nov 28, 2011 178 days ago

Try owning 1000 shares of RIMM stock since it was $100+ and then you might know what a real kick feels like.

 
 
Posted by hardidu Monday, Nov 28, 2011 178 days ago

I'm with you 100%... and now, the F@uckups who created this lack-lustre device get them at a discount? Huh?! They should have to pay $1200 a device... double what we paid!

 
 
Posted by def1014 Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

Could be the fire sale we all feared.

 
 
Posted by chrism_scotland Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

Lets not forget this is an internal sale of goods to employees not a public one, its hardly a fire sale until this sort of price was replicated in stores to the public.

 
 
Posted by def1014 Monday, Nov 28, 2011 178 days ago

Who is to say $99 would be the fire sale price? How about $199? RIM is liquidating the product anywhere they can, consumers (199), enterprise(free), and now employees(99)... I own 2 playbooks, I really hope we don't get left in the lurch.

 
 
Posted by Disparishun Monday, Nov 28, 2011 178 days ago

Um, it's not free to enterprises. It's three-for-two to enterprises, and one free per BES5 upgrade (which is far from free).

 
 
Posted by koool1 Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

Where are the playbooks?

I can't find one!

 
 
Posted by naila_nc Monday, Nov 28, 2011 179 days ago

I just got 2 - 64 GB's, 1 32 and 1-16. Now i need another friend to get me 2 more :). But they are basically back ordered internally as well. Delivery is expected by December 22nd.

 
 
Posted by Disparishun Monday, Nov 28, 2011 178 days ago

Isn't this just the traditional $100 Christmas discount for RIM employees, which is now permitted to be directed towards the PlayBook? And isn't that $100 Christmas discount a tax benefit anyway, so that it's more like a $50 discount?

 
 
Posted by Jmax25 Monday, Nov 28, 2011 178 days ago

Made the suggestion in my last post that the $99, $149 & $199 should be the actual price point for the PB. At this point I believe it will be. If I remember correctly, all these discounts started with Rogers offering their employees 50% discount. RIM should man up and say exactly what's going on. This does not look good!

 
 
Posted by coolt86 Monday, Nov 28, 2011 178 days ago

I think RIM is unloading the playbook so that developers start making apps for it. they want to make sure that the BBX phone has a lot of apps, since they can run the same apps

 
 
Posted by s1utywh0rezzy Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 178 days ago

FINALLY :D a deal i've waiting for, missed out on the HP tablet so this may be a good chance for me to catch one of these $100 playbook, what do you rate them from 1-10 on a tablet?

-[k4k] sluty, signing out!

 
 
Posted by panterarck Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 178 days ago

Did you read the article? Unless you're a RIM employee you won't be getting these at that price. Based on the other question of how you would rate these I'm gonna assume you aren't a rim employee. So....you got all excited for nothing.

 
 
Posted by s1utywh0rezzy Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 177 days ago

never say never my friend panterarck, they aren't doing so good right now on the playbook, so don't put me down just yet.!

 
 
Posted by SimiMatharu Saturday, Dec 31, 2011 146 days ago

Nothin