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majaka · 11-30-2007, 03:58 AM

Hey guys; today I had my PRS-500 stolen straight from my computer at a LAN place- lesson learned to keep it on you at all times and that anything that even resembles anything electronic will most likely be a target.

Well, there's not much I can do except hope that they caught the sticky-fingers on the camera, and that the police will soon turn up to his/her door.

But I might as well start preparing for the worst-case and assume that it has gone walking straight out of the café and never to return. I've been around the forums for a bit; I got my PRS-500 in February or so, and haven't had any complaints. I loved all the homebrew programs we have for converting between files etc. and the great support MobileRead gave with them, which certainly helped me out a lot!!

Now, however, i'm a bit out of the loop. I notice that there's a PRS-505, and no doubt the original price that I paid for my PRS-500 ($349) is out of date.
I'm actually an Australian user so I had to pay the extra $50 or so to ship it out of the US, so I have to keep that in mind too. I'm wondering exactly what the latest deals are, how much would be "too much" and anything that would help a poor bloke get back his beloved reading time on the train!!

I'm hoping that insurance will cover it, and that i'll have a few spare dollars over the holidays to weld it to a lanyard, or maybe get one of those cool DNA-lock things like in the Chronicles of Riddick

I would love any help I could get from you guys; please 'dun be too hard on me, i'm already kicking myself enough as it is!!

Thanks!

11-30-2007, 03:58 AM	#1
majaka Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: PRS-500	PRS-500 Got stolen; need some ideas on prices etc. Hey guys; today I had my PRS-500 stolen straight from my computer at a LAN place- lesson learned to keep it on you at all times and that anything that even resembles anything electronic will most likely be a target. Well, there's not much I can do except hope that they caught the sticky-fingers on the camera, and that the police will soon turn up to his/her door. But I might as well start preparing for the worst-case and assume that it has gone walking straight out of the café and never to return. I've been around the forums for a bit; I got my PRS-500 in February or so, and haven't had any complaints. I loved all the homebrew programs we have for converting between files etc. and the great support MobileRead gave with them, which certainly helped me out a lot!! Now, however, i'm a bit out of the loop. I notice that there's a PRS-505, and no doubt the original price that I paid for my PRS-500 ($349) is out of date. I'm actually an Australian user so I had to pay the extra $50 or so to ship it out of the US, so I have to keep that in mind too. I'm wondering exactly what the latest deals are, how much would be "too much" and anything that would help a poor bloke get back his beloved reading time on the train!! I'm hoping that insurance will cover it, and that i'll have a few spare dollars over the holidays to weld it to a lanyard, or maybe get one of those cool DNA-lock things like in the Chronicles of Riddick I would love any help I could get from you guys; please 'dun be too hard on me, i'm already kicking myself enough as it is!! Thanks! Last edited by majaka; 11-30-2007 at 04:11 AM.