I'm kind of going crazy because of my recent HP Touchpad purchase. Early Sunday morning I stayed up until 4 am and ordered a deeply discounted 32 GB HP Touchpad, and ever since then I've been obsessively checking the online order status for my purchase.

I'm not alone in this insanity. Right now there is evidence on a SickDeals forum thread that many others, probably thousands, are going through the same kind of anxiety and uncertainty regarding their recent HP Touchpad orders. Since I ordered my Touchpad 4 days ago, I'd guess that I've checked my order status a couple hundred times.

The Slickdeals forum thread which has about 2000 posts and where many are talking about their concerns with their Touchpad orders, seems to serve as a kind of support group for those people (like me) who are nervously waiting for some kind of indication regarding the status of their order. At times that I'm not checking my order status at the HP SMB website, I'm refreshing that thread on SlickDeals.com.

I have a good feeling that my order will go through. According to some posters on SlickDeals, if you ordered a Touchpad before 4 am CST on Monday, your order will be shipped and not canceled due to HP running out of stock. Mine was ordered a few hours before that deadline so I'm safe on that count. What's discouraging is that some people said they've been told that their order will take 2-3 weeks to ship.

Whatever happens, I'm looking forward to getting my touchpad. It's my first tablet purchase, and for $150 no other current offering compares on price. I'm looking forward to installing Ubuntu and possibly Android on it.

 

Oh, and what follows is a screenshot of my current HP Touchpad order status. People on the SlickDeals forum make it seem as if I'll be getting a Touchpad since the order status shows an item is allocated. When though?