The thread
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27520 has been closed. Does that mean that whatever Nate was thinking might come through is dead? I'm thinking of getting the red Sony 505 for my wife for an anniversary present, might do the $100 trade-in, might try Ebay, but I was waiting a little to find out why Nate was saying to hold off.