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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
As near as I can tell, every pink thing not aimed at 8 year old girls has ended up on the close-out web sites for 60% off. Even if a Pink PRS 350 is wildly popular and maybe 8 - 10 people buy one, that means a LOT of them will wind up heavily discounted in 18 - 24 months.
isn't it time for a new fad color?
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Well, Sony offered the PRS-300 in "rose" pink, and if you look at web sites that are still selling the 300, they only have the silver in stock. So either the pink was really popular, or Sony made it in more limited quantities.
They also offered the PRS-300 in a Breast Cancer gift pack on QVC (included the cover and I think the AC adapter) and those sold like hotcakes on QVC. They also tend to sell high used on eBay.
So I suspect Sony knows its market and stocks colors accordingly. The new pink seems more fuschia/magenta than the rose did.
I'm not a big fan of pink myself, but I do get tired of black and silver gadgets. Palm had an awesome Copper Treo that I loved. Maybe I'll head to the skin sites and create a custom one.