50g

I've been looking to get hold of a 50 for a while now. My 48GX finally
proved to be to slow and just to old. I remember that for a while
there, in the days of the 49, that there was some small controversy
about being careful to check where your prospective calculator was
manufactured.

One run of serial numbers were bad, from Malaysia, or Singapore as I
remember, and  the others were OK. Now that HP has gone to blister
packaging (good in some ways,bad in others) you have a tough time
seeing anything but "Made in China" on the packaging. Have there been
any problems like that for the 50?

Another point. Best Buy has, after almost two years, finally started
to carry the 50 in my local store.(They have two of them hanging on
the wall, lost among the cheaper Casio's) at list price, naturally. I
don't wish to discourage them, they are trying (usually very trying
indeed :) but paying MSRP for a 50 is, well, you know..

Anyhow, let's forget the la-la land of the big box stores. Where is
the best place to get a 50 these days? I track a few places, but over
the last six months or so availability has been a bit spotty.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

Roci

Well, you might want to try: 
http://www.amazon.com/Hewlett-Packard-F2229AA-ABA-Graphing-Calculator/dp/B000GTPRPS/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1196458435&sr=8-1

Very reasonable, in my opinion.

Cheers!

I know it's a bit offtopic, but retail price of hp50g in slovenia
(europe, EU) is around 245eur which is about 360usd (with tax)

so yeah... double price

so.. even if you buy two, you'll get them cheaper then we can :)
(btw, i got 25% off :DD)


Mike Bryant wrote:

> 
> 
> Well, you might want to try:
> http://www.amazon. com/Hewlett- Packard-F2229AA- ABA-Graphing-
> Calculator/ dp/B000GTPRPS/ ref=pd_bbs_ sr_1?ie=UTF8& s=electronics&
> qid=1196458435& sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Hewlett-Packard-F2229AA-ABA-Graphing-Calculator/dp/B000GTPRPS/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1196458435&sr=8-1>
> 
> Very reasonable, in my opinion.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
>

Type HP 50g into Google and get places.  $117 including shipping 
seems to be the lowest quote.
Merry Christmas -  you owe yourself an HP50  ;-)
Stevo


--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "oykoyr" <oykoyr@...> wrote:
>
> I've been looking to get hold of a 50 for a while now. My 48GX 
finally
> proved to be to slow and just to old. I remember that for a while
> there, in the days of the 49, that there was some small controversy
> about being careful to check where your prospective calculator was
> manufactured.
> 
> One run of serial numbers were bad, from Malaysia, or Singapore as I
> remember, and  the others were OK. Now that HP has gone to blister
> packaging (good in some ways,bad in others) you have a tough time
> seeing anything but "Made in China" on the packaging. Have there 
been
> any problems like that for the 50?
> 
> Another point. Best Buy has, after almost two years, finally started
> to carry the 50 in my local store.(They have two of them hanging on
> the wall, lost among the cheaper Casio's) at list price, naturally. 
I
> don't wish to discourage them, they are trying (usually very trying
> indeed :) but paying MSRP for a 50 is, well, you know..
> 
> Anyhow, let's forget the la-la land of the big box stores. Where is
> the best place to get a 50 these days? I track a few places, but 
over

> the last six months or so availability has been a bit spotty.
> 
> Any Ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roci
>