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Originally Posted by borisb
To put it simply, enTourage is just starting out as a new company, with a new product. It will take time to scale up, and as it does, prices should drop.
Having said all that, there's nothing wrong with complaining about the high prices. As I recently heard someone wisely say "Something is frozen (totally unchangeable) only until enough heat is applied".
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I'll repeat my previous comment, "I hope you're right."
Still even though entourage has/may have reasons to keep the price high (at least for some time), it doesn't change the fact that the price is too high.
I don't want to advise them on renegotiating deals with distributors or such. I can, however, ask if the margin isn't a bit to big. At least for the Europan market.
With this price the whole sale in Europe will be 'mediocre' or 'petty'.
For the same $760 base price (todays conversion of €599) of eDGe itself I can buy in a nearby shop in Poland:
laptops: Acer 5741 i5 4GB 500GB Win7... or Toshiba L505-13D i3 4GB 500GB Win7
netbooks: Booklet Nokia 3G or Toshiba T130-10G or Acer 3810TZG
The most expensive e-book reader I could find (Onyx Boox 60 with 2GB SD + touchscreen + sleeve + 4 e-books) is for $465. For the remaining $295 I can still buy an N450 netbook.
The bottom line is still the same. $760 for eDGe is way too much. Especially when this is before posting and upgrading (different colour, SDHC, USB keybord, etc.) which will take at least extra $50.