Thread: PRS-505 spotted in the UK wild
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Old 03-16-2008, 05:52 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by Lexicon View Post
The price could still be £250 (or more) in the high street. Play.com are an online retailer, all their stuff is cheaper than list price.

In fact you need to compare Play's £200 price with the $270ish price that US based online retailers sell the Reader for to get a real comparison. That makes the difference about £65 - not as bad as I was expecting but still a significant chunk of money.
We don't know what is going to be the cheapest price over here. So far only one website advertises it. When we buy the reader in the USA we pay $300 for it. Not $270, although I think $270 does not include tax that americans would have to pay?

Regarding High street prices. Unfortunatelly, we are notorious for a huge differences in prices between High street shops vs. online retailers. To tell the truth, I don't remember when was it the last time I bought anything in the High street shop. Maybe a few cheap things such as kettle in Argos. I always buy online. So, it would not even cross my mind to compare online price and High street price in the UK.

Although, I am a bit sceptical about play.com. Why only them? Is there any info from Sony about it? It looks more like they are going to sell American readers here.
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