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tlrowley · 05-07-2008, 12:21 PM

I totally agree, Alisa. You summed up my reaction quite nicely. I lost track of the number of times I looked into the Sony. I'm a gadget nut, and it made no sense to me that I couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger. I think, although I'm not stingy, I begrudged the price (near hardcover) of the Sony store. It just felt like the wrong model.

I did manage to pull the trigger in the first 5-1/2 hours of the Kindle, though, and I've been enjoying it since 11/20. I think $9.99 is a good psychological price point (like iTunes albums). "under $10" is an impulse buy to me - in my (admittedly warped) view of the world, the difference between $9.99 and, say, $10.49, is huge.

05-07-2008, 12:21 PM	#37
tlrowley Quilt Geek Posts: 472 Karma: 91775 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Device: Kindle	I totally agree, Alisa. You summed up my reaction quite nicely. I lost track of the number of times I looked into the Sony. I'm a gadget nut, and it made no sense to me that I couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger. I think, although I'm not stingy, I begrudged the price (near hardcover) of the Sony store. It just felt like the wrong model. I did manage to pull the trigger in the first 5-1/2 hours of the Kindle, though, and I've been enjoying it since 11/20. I think $9.99 is a good psychological price point (like iTunes albums). "under $10" is an impulse buy to me - in my (admittedly warped) view of the world, the difference between $9.99 and, say, $10.49, is huge.