NEW: HP 15C Collectors Edition

[goosnarrggh]

I noticed this morning that Royal's website (HP Office Supply) has added an official entry for the 15C CE. It seems likely that streamlined distribution to the North American market is probably imminent.

[johnb]

(07-20-2023 09:57 AM)goosnarrggh Wrote:  I noticed this morning that Royal's website (HP Office Supply) has added an official entry for the 15C CE. It seems likely that streamlined distribution to the North American market is probably imminent.

Here's the URL, for those interested:

https://hpofficesupply.com/product/hp-15c-calculator/

They're listing it as $129.99 USD, so unless they decide to gouge us with an exorbitant shipping cost, it'll be cheaper for US residents to get it here than from overseas.

[rprosperi]

I honestly think that price on the Royal website is a mistake on their part and it will be corrected (i.e. raised) by the time units can be ordered. Parts of the rest of that webpage are wrong, why not the price too... but I digress... and I truly hope I'm wrong about the price and that $129.99 is correct.

Note that a few small improvements on this page in the last week or so suggest someone is working on it.

hey @someone:

-- The link for the manual at the top downloads a 12C manual (though the one further down does get the improved CE version)

-- The "How to" section contains docs for using the 12C, not the 15C

-- The icons in the header don't need to be that large

[rprosperi]

The 15c CE page at the US site (Royal) has been cleaned up even more, apparently getting ready for launch. Looks like $129.99 will be the real price after all, very good news (at least for American buyers).

[Sylvain Cote]

(07-22-2023 02:08 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  The 15c CE page at the US site (Royal) has been cleaned up even more, apparently getting ready for launch. Looks like $129.99 will be the real price after all, very good news (at least for American buyers).

I tried it just to see what will be the shipping cost to Canada and the result is not convincing.
I have created an account, setup the account with a Canadian address, go to an available calculator page, added a calculator to my cart, I see 1 in cart at the top of the page but when I try to see the cart it tell me that I have no product in my cart! ... I tried it several times with different product and I get the same result. (with Safari and Chrome on macOS)
edit: I was able to make it work with Firefox but even though Royal allows me to add a Canadian address it does not ship to Canada. :-(

[rprosperi]

(07-22-2023 04:06 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote:  

(07-22-2023 02:08 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  The 15c CE page at the US site (Royal) has been cleaned up even more, apparently getting ready for launch. Looks like $129.99 will be the real price after all, very good news (at least for American buyers).

I tried it just to see what will be the shipping cost to Canada and the result is not convincing.
I have created an account, setup the account with a Canadian address, go to an available calculator page, added a calculator to my cart, I see 1 in cart at the top of the page but when I try to see the cart it tell me that I have no product in my cart! ... I tried it several times with different product and I get the same result. (with Safari and Chrome on macOS)
edit: I was able to make it work with Firefox but even though Royal allows me to add a Canadian address it does not ship to Canada. :-(

Maybe try it with a Shredder or Laminator. It seems those are the real products at this site, maybe they'll sell you one of those...

[hth]

I tried the HP-12 Platinum and could not get it to offer a shipping to my US postal pickup or my home address in Canada. As soon as I enter an address it empties the cart. If I add the calculator again then says it cannot ship to either of my addresses. The web site is also very slow.

The HP-15CE looks nice, with printed manual and pouch, very welcome. However, I cannot see that I need one. I do not use the original that I already have. An HP-16C on the other hand would be very welcome. I do have two of those, one is used and the other has a slight LCD bleed. It would be nice with a new one to complement them.

[Chr Yoko]

(07-23-2023 05:53 AM)hth Wrote:  I tried the HP-12 Platinum and could not get it to offer a shipping to my US postal pickup or my home address in Canada. As soon as I enter an address it empties the cart. If I add the calculator again then says it cannot ship to either of my addresses. The web site is also very slow.

The HP-15CE looks nice, with printed manual and pouch, very welcome. However, I cannot see that I need one. I do not use the original that I already have. An HP-16C on the other hand would be very welcome. I do have two of those, one is used and the other has a slight LCD bleed. It would be nice with a new one to complement them.

You can take a SwissMicro DM16L instead. Works great as the HP16C.

[KlaasKuperus]

(07-10-2023 03:35 PM)Siegfried Wrote:  Has anyone received units from Eduwinkel already? The initial promise was delivery by end of June which has gone by already.[/u]

Today those will go out!

[redglyph]

(07-22-2023 09:47 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  

(07-22-2023 04:06 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote:  I tried it just to see what will be the shipping cost to Canada and the result is not convincing.
I have created an account, setup the account with a Canadian address, go to an available calculator page, added a calculator to my cart, I see 1 in cart at the top of the page but when I try to see the cart it tell me that I have no product in my cart! ... I tried it several times with different product and I get the same result. (with Safari and Chrome on macOS)
edit: I was able to make it work with Firefox but even though Royal allows me to add a Canadian address it does not ship to Canada. :-(

Maybe try it with a Shredder or Laminator. It seems those are the real products at this site, maybe they'll sell you one of those...

The documentation is correct this time, but I got information about those products a few times when I was looking for info on calculators on their website. It seems I'm not the only one.

[Voldemar]

(07-24-2023 06:58 AM)KlaasKuperus Wrote:  

(07-10-2023 03:35 PM)Siegfried Wrote:  Has anyone received units from Eduwinkel already? The initial promise was delivery by end of June which has gone by already.[/u]

Today those will go out!

Good news

[goosnarrggh]

(07-22-2023 09:47 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  Maybe try it with a Shredder or Laminator. It seems those are the real products at this site, maybe they'll sell you one of those...

I've tried a smattering of equipment from each of their product categories. Looks like maybe they just aren't setup to do direct-to-consumer sales of most (any?) of their products into Canada. Maybe they'd do wholesale distribution to resellers who are willing to do business in Canada?

[johnb]

(07-23-2023 05:53 AM)hth Wrote:  An HP-16C on the other hand would be very welcome.

Ah, yes, the marketing curse that was cast upon the 16c...

1. "There won't be much demand for this. We should make only a few."
2. Those few sell out rather quickly.
3. Time passes...
4. "See? There wasn't much demand for them!"
   

This continues today.
OTOH, now there really might be more demand for a commemorative 15c than a similar 16c.
When's the last time you needed to see the result of "roll bits right with carry"?

[Craig Bladow]

(07-19-2023 10:03 PM)Divasson Wrote:  The units have just arrived today to the Czech Republic:

Now shipping our 5 pallets of 200 units each to Spain

Is there an update?

[Divasson]

(07-24-2023 07:29 PM)Craig Bladow Wrote:  

(07-19-2023 10:03 PM)Divasson Wrote:  The units have just arrived today to the Czech Republic:

Now shipping our 5 pallets of 200 units each to Spain

Is there an update?

Hi, units were shipped to us from Brno on July 20th, but according to the freight forwarder the ETA to our Barcelona premises is July 28th. Quite slow if you ask me.

We have all the packaging to start sending as soon as we receive them.

[ijabbott]

Mine is supposed to be arriving tomorrow (Tuesday, July 25) via DPD (Geopost) from Oxford Educational Supplies Ltd. here in the UK.

[jonteague]

(07-24-2023 10:55 PM)ijabbott Wrote:  Mine is supposed to be arriving tomorrow (Tuesday, July 25) via DPD (Geopost) from Oxford Educational Supplies Ltd. here in the UK.

Mine has arrived this morning :-)
Sadly today is not a WFH day so I have to wait a few more hours until I can play.

[Eddie W. Shore]

For most of us, by the time our HP 15C CE calculators arrive, these calculators would have traveled around the world.

I'm thinking I will get mine in mid-August, since it still has to leave Spain.

[Namir]

(07-25-2023 01:11 PM)Eddie W. Shore Wrote:  For most of us, by the time our HP 15C CE calculators arrive, these calculators would have traveled around the world.

I'm thinking I will get mine in mid-August, since it still has to leave Spain.

I guess the CE in HP-15C CE means Cosmaunot Expess!!

Namir

[rexbinary]

Someone in a Facebook group just received theirs. I don't know where they are located or where they ordered from.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hpcalc/p...961809690/

UPDATE: UK. Oxford Educational