Mine may be the best/worst story. It's due to being old and forgetful. One Sunday morning I decided to go have breakfast at Crystal. (For those not familiar it is a fast food chain in the South of the US. I believe it is called "White Castle" in other parts of the US.)
As I was going out, I decided to take the garbage out. I laid the Sony PRS-500 on the hood of my car as I passed, in order to take it with me so I could read while eating. Coming back to the car I totally forgot the reader.
Going down the street, when I hit about 25 MPH, the reader blew off the hood. I knew immediately what had happened and was sure I had ruined it. Imagine my surprise when it worked fine with no broken screen. The upper left back corner was ripped open and I had to smooth some jagged edges so as to not cut myself but the reader is still working and now belongs to my daughter.
I prefer my Cybook even though I seriously doubt it's plastic case would have survived a similar accident.
I remind myself every day - "Must
not put reader on hood of car!"
I really think Sony should buy it back from me (at the full retail price) to display it in their advertisements and a reader museum to demonstrate the durability of their readers.
