[pcvarmint]

I stood in a long line outside the Downers Grove store before they opened on the day of the HP Touchpad $99 fire sale.

As soon as the door opened, I ran as fast as I could to the computer department desk, near where laptops and tablets were on display. The sales associate, who I had seen the night before, when Touchpads were $299, said that they were sold out.

I later heard that if you bought it within 30 days before the fire sale, they would offer you a price-matching rebate.

I had already bought a $99 Touchpad at Wal-Mart around midnight that morning, and I got the last one in the store, right before someone else came looking for it.