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FizzyWater · 08-25-2008, 12:45 AM

I've been reading the posts about the new 505 cover with the built-in light wedge and decided I'd wander over to a nearby SonyStyle store to see what all the fuss was about.

It was not the brightest thing for me to pick a busy Saturday evening to go, but there I was, wandering a crowded store with all sorts of "shiny" displays to temp and distract me. (The widescreen mini flat-screen television was absolutely cool!)

Anyway, I found the readers (blue and silver), but there was no display of the cover with light. A pair of customer service guys wander over:

"I was hoping to see a display model of the reader cover with the built-in light?"

"Oh, sorry, it's not on display."

[Awkward pause.]

"Hmmm, well, at $70, it's not something I'm willing to purchase without seeing it in action first!" (They could pull one out of the box, yeah?)

[Awkward pause.]

"No, sorry."

[Potential buyer walks out of busy store, too disenchanted to look at any of the distracting "shiny" displays.]

08-25-2008, 12:45 AM	#1
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	SonyStyle customer service I've been reading the posts about the new 505 cover with the built-in light wedge and decided I'd wander over to a nearby SonyStyle store to see what all the fuss was about. It was not the brightest thing for me to pick a busy Saturday evening to go, but there I was, wandering a crowded store with all sorts of "shiny" displays to temp and distract me. (The widescreen mini flat-screen television was absolutely cool!) Anyway, I found the readers (blue and silver), but there was no display of the cover with light. A pair of customer service guys wander over: "I was hoping to see a display model of the reader cover with the built-in light?" "Oh, sorry, it's not on display." [Awkward pause.] "Hmmm, well, at $70, it's not something I'm willing to purchase without seeing it in action first!" (They could pull one out of the box, yeah?) [Awkward pause.] "No, sorry." [Potential buyer walks out of busy store, too disenchanted to look at any of the distracting "shiny" displays.]