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GA Russell · 01-12-2011, 10:57 PM

Thanks for your candor, jorlando.

With the decline of the prices of the kobo, nook, Kindle and the Sony 350, I have noticed that the general feeling here at MR is that the price of the devices is no longer a factor. I do not believe that this is true. I think there are still many people for whom $100 is a lot of money, too much for them to plunk down for an eBook reader.

The Sony 350 is currently going for $150 plus, what?, $35 for a cover?

Last week Newegg offered the JBL for $85 plus a free leather case, a free earlight and free shipping. In Chas's thread I pointed out that even if we ignored the earlight, that deal still pegged the price of the JBL at $61.

So even if one were to say that the 350 beats the JBL in all areas, at 245% the price ($150 vs. $61) maybe it's not such a good deal.

And it has not escaped my attention that a great many of the people here who felt throughout 2010 that their Sony or Kindle 2 or nook were better than our JBLs went out and bought a Kindle 3 or Sony 650 or nook wifi, while those of us who bought the JBL are content with what we have.

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GA Russell What a weekend! Posts: 7,697 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Thanks for your candor, jorlando. With the decline of the prices of the kobo, nook, Kindle and the Sony 350, I have noticed that the general feeling here at MR is that the price of the devices is no longer a factor. I do not believe that this is true. I think there are still many people for whom $100 is a lot of money, too much for them to plunk down for an eBook reader. The Sony 350 is currently going for $150 plus, what?, $35 for a cover? Last week Newegg offered the JBL for $85 plus a free leather case, a free earlight and free shipping. In Chas's thread I pointed out that even if we ignored the earlight, that deal still pegged the price of the JBL at $61. So even if one were to say that the 350 beats the JBL in all areas, at 245% the price ($150 vs. $61) maybe it's not such a good deal. And it has not escaped my attention that a great many of the people here who felt throughout 2010 that their Sony or Kindle 2 or nook were better than our JBLs went out and bought a Kindle 3 or Sony 650 or nook wifi, while those of us who bought the JBL are content with what we have. Last edited by GA Russell; 01-12-2011 at 11:00 PM.