HP Proliant Microserver

despite the bad ratings its a fairly large, publicly traded company. its not like they're operating out of a garage. and ordering with a credit card protects you pretty easily if they don't send you what you order.

Ordered one at ~$135 with $14.50 shipping + tax. No brainer at this price. Worst case, it gets cancelled.

They are a reputable vendor but evidently don't have a robust inventory/ordering system when swamped with large quantities of orders at once as in their Touchpad fiasco.

It's likely a price mistake and might get cancelled but well worth taking a chance. I picked up my first HP N40L When OnSale listed it at $99 ($116 shipped) on Amazon and have never regretted taking the risk.

It's a great box. I have the first one set up as a combo NAS/HTPC running Windows Server 2008 R2 with a low profile XFX 1GB HD6450 playing uncompressed BluRay rips, NextPVR client for ATSC TV and any other video I can throw at it.

Buy now or you may really regret not taking the chance...

Rep to the OP for a great first post. FP material even with a chance the orders get cancelled.

I went ahead and took the plunge. Have had my eye out for one of these for a while. Figured for that Price I could take a chance.

Though, to be safe, I ordered with a credit card so I can dispute the charge if there is any issue. No Protection with a Debit card you know...

Quote from NHxj4x4 : We're VERY jaded here as consumers. Insight (like CDW, PC Connection, Mall etc) are VAR's (Value Added Resellers) with 99.8% of their focus on SMB (Small/Medium Business) and in all honesty guys, don't care about consumers, nor cater to them. The Touchpad debacle was just that, a freaking debacle. Honestly take a step back and ask yourself is a $2+Billion company cares about your $99 Touchpad. The answer is no, even if 5% of the people that happened too could be potential business clients, the math still equals = who cares. They (again, like CDW, PC Connection, Mall) are a Fortune 1000 company, publicly traded, and very trustworthy, just don't expect a red carpet like you get at Staples....it's not the same model.

I agree, they even have website for public sector...worth taking a risk

showing 399 in-stock for more than 1 hr, why does the stock number not count down?

I took the plunge. I've been waiting for a while and it seems most of the bad ratings are from the hp debacle.

Thanks OP

Quote from TechiMan : I agree, they even have website for public sector...worth taking a risk

I ordered my Microserver from them last time they had a deal. They screwed up just about everything possible with my order, but refunded shipping to make up for it. I wouldn't order from them again, except for a deal like this.

edit: oops, I got mixed up, my order was from zones.com, but from the posts on this deal, looks like insight is even worse....

Quote from smartdeals : showing 399 in-stock for more than 1 hr, why does the stock number not count down?

Prob have some monkeys in the backroom, making these to order (sort of like Burger King)

I was thinking about this and would have bit, but I did not see a PP option, and do not want to risk possible CC headaches.

great price though

Quote from smartdeals : showing 399 in-stock for more than 1 hr, why does the stock number not count down?

Insight is a "Dropship" only or, no stock reseller. They rely on distribution partners (Ingram Micro, Techdata, Synnex, etc) to ship your product to you. As such the inventory links are typically aged 15min at any given time. From what I can tell these are a discontinued, or EOL version of the Microserver and are being blown out pricewise.

Even with tax and shipping to CA, this is a fine deal.
In for 1.
Hopefully, this isn't a scam.

I just called and spoke to Fred, he told me that the number in the site is not accurate and that he could take my order and when they become available he will contact me. So I left my number. Be aware they do not have it in stock as it seems by one of their reps.

So you can play 1080p MKVs with no hiccups? I'm assuming the sound is coming from the HDMI port of the video card, since the N40L doesn't have on board sound.

I ordered one despite all the complaints just in case we get lucky and it ships.

Quote from Mikeabcd : Ordered one at ~$135 with $14.50 shipping + tax. No brainer at this price. Worst case, it gets cancelled. They are a reputable vendor but evidently don't have a robust inventory/ordering system when swamped with large quantities of orders at once as in their Touchpad fiasco. It's likely a price mistake and might get cancelled but well worth taking a chance. I picked up my first HP N40L When OnSale listed it at $99 ($116 shipped) on Amazon and have never regretted taking the risk. It's a great box. I have the first one set up as a combo NAS/HTPC running Windows Server 2008 R2 with a low profile XFX 1GB HD6450 playing uncompressed BluRay rips, NextPVR client for ATSC TV and any other video I can throw at it. Buy now or you may really regret not taking the chance... Rep to the OP for a great first post. FP material even with a chance the orders get cancelled.

Quote from cocoloco : I just called and spoke to Fred, he told me that the number in the site is not accurate and that he could take my order and when they become available he will contact me. So I left my number. Be aware they do not have it in stock as it seems by one of their reps.

Wow. The 1st rule, 2nd rule, 3rd rule of SlickDeals

Never, ever call.

Calling often kills a deal. CSR reports a misprice to his boss, deal over.

Never Call!

Quote from Larron : Wow. The 1st rule, 2nd rule, 3rd rule of SlickDeals Never, ever call. Calling often kills a deal. CSR reports a misprice to his boss, deal over. Never Call!

seriously. what the heck were you thinking?!