Thread: Conspiracy Theory on Kindle being Sold Out
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Old 11-24-2007, 12:12 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by davec67 View Post
My bet is that amazon deliberately had little volume available precisely so that they could issue a press release saying that demand had sold them out in a few hours. This is a well known (and worn) marketing ploy where making something scarce makes more people want it.
You don't dedicate your storefront to something you can't sell in late November.

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The real measure of how popular this is if in 6 months time it is still hard to get ( like the wii) or if it is easily available and at 1/2 the price which is my bet.
So no accounting for buying seasons, eh?

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