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Beginning of brief rant -- Lets examine the record here. The press release a couple of weeks ago said available "immediately." Shortly thereafter, the website said Sept 16. Some store employees were clueless, while others said Sept 16 (probably only because they were astute enough to read the website). Then, mysteriously, the 350 went live on the website last week, and some people already have them. As of Sept 15, the 650 is still listed on the website as pre-order (in the US), and stores still have no clue as to whether either or both will be available in stores. In short - utter chaos. It is annoying to customers to be left in the dark this way. From a business standpoint is just plain dumb. Some customers who originally wanted the 650 will opt to buy the cheaper 350 since they can order it now. Others, as indicated in this thread, will give up entirely and go buy a Kindle. It would have been a very bright move on Sony's part to have someone post some info here, so that the customers who were the most interested would know where things stood. Of course, by that reasoning, it would also be smart to clue in the managers in their stores so that they could provide meaningful answers. Obviously, no one in Sony management has this sort of basic business knowledge. -- End of brief rant.
Thank you for listening. I feel slightly better.
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