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formulajay · 05-25-2008, 11:13 PM

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...52921665262812

I stumbled upon this on the sony website a couple days ago. I see that they are selling refurbished PRS-500 units for 150USD. Unfortunately it says that the units are out of stock, and it has been out of stock since I saw it a couple days ago. Hopefully, this does not mean that they are not selling these refurbished units and are phasing them out because it is a great value for an e-ink device.

I do realize that the screen on the PRS-500 is not of the same quality of the newer generation PRS-505's, the Amazon Kindle, or the Bookeen Cybook Gen3, to name a few, but it does represent a value that is hard to beat.

I just placed an order for an Amazon Kindle, but I must say that I would probably be waiting for a PRS-500 had these been in stock ready for order from the Sony website on Friday when I placed my order.

05-25-2008, 11:13 PM	#7
formulajay Member Posts: 14 Karma: 37 Join Date: May 2008 Location: U.S.A. Device: Sony PRS-350	http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...52921665262812 I stumbled upon this on the sony website a couple days ago. I see that they are selling refurbished PRS-500 units for 150USD. Unfortunately it says that the units are out of stock, and it has been out of stock since I saw it a couple days ago. Hopefully, this does not mean that they are not selling these refurbished units and are phasing them out because it is a great value for an e-ink device. I do realize that the screen on the PRS-500 is not of the same quality of the newer generation PRS-505's, the Amazon Kindle, or the Bookeen Cybook Gen3, to name a few, but it does represent a value that is hard to beat. I just placed an order for an Amazon Kindle, but I must say that I would probably be waiting for a PRS-500 had these been in stock ready for order from the Sony website on Friday when I placed my order.