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Originally Posted by pitcher23
I honestly don't think Amazon is purposely limiting supplies. It really isn't in their best interest. Unlike the Wii, Xbox and Playstation, Ereaders are a relatively small market and tactics like limiting the supply to draw more people wouldn't necessarily work the same.
The bread and butter of the Kindle is the content and they can't sell the content unless someone has something to read it on. The price of the reader itself subsidizes a good chunk of the whispernet cost with Sprint, so the more readers sold, the better it is for Amazon all around.
As others stated, I think the problem lies more on the side of the e-ink screen manufacturer and how many screens they are making available.
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I totally agree and I believe Amazon leaves the unit marked out of stock because they have a backlog and every time they receive a shipment it goes to fulfilling existing orders with not enough left to change the status. Most people in the Kindle group have indicated that the units they order are shipped in a couple of weeks or so later.
Dale