ASUS Transformer Prime Delayed In Canada
Last week, we heard that there may be delays with the release of the highly anticipated ASUS Transformer Prime Android tablet due to Wi-Fi not meeting ASUS standards. That was later reported to be false, and that ASUS was investigating the source of such rumors, and assured everyone that the Transformer Prime was in fact, still on schedule for a December 19th - 20th 2011 release. Canadian Retailer NCIX was the company who first received word about the delay, and began notifying their pre-order customers of the delay, but no other retailers said they had gotten any confirmation from ASUS. Until now.
Customers who pre-ordered the Transformer Prime were met with an email from Future Shop and Best Buy stating that they had in fact been given news from ASUS that there is a delay on the product shipment, with no word on when the tablet would ship out afterwards. Here's an email from a one such customer.
"Dear customer,
Thank you for pre-ordering the Asus Transformer Prime Tablet and Keyboard Dock (Web ID: 10186527 & 10186526) from Futureshop.ca. We’ve recently been informed by Asus that there is an unexpected delay in receiving the items, and as a result, we are unable to ship the tablet on the date originally planned. We’re sorry to be the bearer of this news; however, we will contact you as soon as we receive the shipment from Asus, and are ready to ship the product to you.
Please accept this $25 credit to use towards a future purchase with us. Please enter your promotional code XXXXX at check out.
If you’re on a tight schedule to receive the tablet by December 25, ’tis the season after all, you may choose to your cancel your order, which can be done by signing in here.
If you have any questions, please email our customer service department here.
We appreciate your understanding and look forward to sending you the Asus Prime Transformer Tablet and Keyboard Dock when the device are ready to launch in Canada.
Sincerely,
The Futureshop.ca Team"The orders in the US are still on schedule to ship and launch on December 19th. As far as ASUS has confirmed to date, this delay only affects Canadian order commitments. Bummer.
Source - MobileSyrup
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