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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
These things are still available.
Either they are not selling at this price, or they have a humongous supply available.
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Tiger Direct is kind of an oddball outfit. Their search engine doesn't work worth a darn. When you search for eReader (for example) the first two "hits" are the Sony PRS-T2, but two different SKUs (one for $79.97, one for $79.99) than the $29.97 one (with yet another SKU) -- which is way on the bottom of the page. So, I'm guessing, they just aren't selling that well. I was surprised they didn't sell out at $49.97. I ordered a 2nd one (at $29.97) -- figuring I could find someone in my family to give it to, or sell it -- and it came from a different store than the first one. The first one came from McAllen, TX -- the second from Hoffman Heights, IL. So, I think when you make an order, they just find a store that has them in stock and then send them from there.
At any rate, if anyone is still looking for one, I probably wouldn't wait around too much longer. The first SKU version (the only one that allows you to check "store availability") only shows three stores with them still in stock -- and one of those was the one I got my second one from. When I first checked these, there were probably fifteen or twenty stores that had them.
EDIT: Actually I was wrong about the "send from" location of the 2nd T2. It came from Hodgkins, IL, which may (or may not) be a warehouse.
You can also find the same products under
www.globalcomputer.com -- and
www.circuitcity.com redirects to Tiger Direct. At one time
www.compusa.com also redirected to Tiger Direct. But now it looks like they've dropped that name. Tiger Direct's parent company bought up these names when the store chains went under.
At any rate, it might be worth checking
www.globalcomputer.com for those who can't order from Tiger Direct. Unless the name "Global" means nothing (which is probably the case).