[matt314159]

gribbs, sorry to hear about your reader, ouch! I just got mine today and I'm loving it so far. Reading your post makes me glad I shelled out the $24.99 for Accidental Damage Protection through overstock.com...hopefully that will cover something like this (though they have a little clause that says it doesn't cover computer screens or something like that, so it may end up a fight down the road as well)

Twinsz, where on earth did you find a refurb for $104 last month, I would have killed to get that price! I paid $145 for a refurb on overstock. + the 2 year ADP and minus a $5 coupon I had, brought my shipped total to around $169, or the current MSRP. I thought I did pretty well until you mentioned $104 refurbed! I searched ebay, froogle, amazon warehouse deals, etc, looking for the best price! I feel better having got the two year protection plan, even though I normally feel like those are a ripoff. I can see mine getting a lot of usage, so the chances of something bad happening are higher, I think. Two years should be plenty of time, considering how fast the technology is evolving. I'd like to see a pearl screen with capacitive touch in the Sony lineup, I'd dump this like yesterday's garbage and hop onto the new one tomorrow if they came out with one.