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Either way, Sony is selling all the readers they make. AT THEIR PRICE. Basic business, if you sell all your product at your price, why lower your price? |
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When ebook readers were hundreds of dollars, they were on par with most of their competition, and they had a head start, so their name was out there. Now, however, their competition has severely undercut them on price, . When I bought my reader, the Kindle was $289, and my 505 cost me $249.95, on sale from $299.95. If I had not got the sale price, $10 wasn't a big deal, since we're talking $300 here for either. However, this past year, Sony was selling the PRS-350 (cheapest model) for $179, and Kindle for $139. $40 at those prices is a huge difference. For the average person, they see that kindle is coming with wifi, and other things that the Sony didn't. Hmm, tough choice, pay less for Kindle or nook, and get more, or go with Sony.... Yeah right. And that is not even taking the Kindle Special offer into account at $114. Last edited by Hellmark; 09-07-2011 at 11:57 AM. |
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But if you have a fixed supply, you CANNOT INCREASE VOLUME. |
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Whatever the reason Sony made less, there was a limited supply, that were selling out.
But yes, I would rather make 800,000 units and sell them at $300 each, than to make 1.1 million and sell 800,000 at $300 and eat 300,000 of them. But would YOU rather sell 800,000 units at $300 each, or 1.5 million units at $150 each? |
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The entire basis of your argument is that Sony is unable to buy any more screens, for which you have presented no evidence whatsoever. Given that many other manufactures seem to be able to produce in volume, it seems implausible.
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I've mentioned this before, but they've seemed to ignore that and keep insisting that it is a supply issue. Like I've said before, why would eInk give Sony and Amazon six month exclusivity over the competition on Pearl displays (while they were ending production of the older style Vizplex displays), only to sell fewer displays to Sony than any of its competition (including those who did not have the exclusivity, like Kobo and B&N). It just is simply illogical.
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How's Brum now ?
I remember elcreative [I think it was elcreative anyway, sorry if I' wrong! ]
telling how one could hardly get in the door of the Brummy Waterstones for PRS's - how's it looking now ? Cos the more I see of the T1 the more I feel like buying another "set" of 'em, to be honest....... |
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If you do want a PRS-650, the red version is currently on sale on the Waterstones website: http://www.waterstones.com/waterston...eader/8559723/ The silver PRS-650 is still full price, and the smaller Readers are unavailable online. Hope this helps! |
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And a lot of people think differently than you do. I choose what I want and then I try to get the best price for it. I may not buy it if it is very expensive and I feel it isn't worth it. But I would never settle for some substitute item that I think is not as good or nice just because it is cheaper. Even if the substitute is a lot cheaper and I think it might be good enough. Last edited by HansTWN; 09-09-2011 at 05:41 AM. |
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[QUOTE=Arrghus - ............Hope this helps![/QUOTE]
Thanks Arrghus, just 't job.... |
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