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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice
I think the price concern is incredibly valid. I'm sure some people found the price worth it. But the Oasis has some weird decisions that at least IMO limited the appeal at that price.
It doesn't have an ambient light sensor for some reason but the Voyage does?
Still only 4GB storage at the same price Apple, who is not exactly known for low prices, would sell you a 16GB iPad Mini 2 along with it's faster processor, more memory and bigger screen. Meanwhile the 32GB Paperwhite is only ~$20 more than the 4GB version. Had the Oasis had 32GB or 64GB of storage I would have considered it even at the crazy $400 Canadian price.
Same 300PPI display too.
But as it stands a PW3 does 90% of what an Oasis does. In Canada a Paperwhite 3 with no ads costs $140. Same as the U.S price. Granted I bet Amazon loses a little on this or something but it did make the Oasis look like even worse of a value to me.
I think it was just too similar to PW3 and Voyage for most people while not being premium enough to explain the added cost. A product has to be worth it's price for people to buy it.
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I wasn't talking about the price of the Oasis per se, but the price of anything.
Here are a couple of recent examples. The Oasis is overpriced. Or an overpriced useless device.
Ebook prices are too high. Publishers overprice their ebooks because it doesn't take any work to make one.
"Cotton yarn is way overpriced right now. They need to reduce the price."
Note: that comment was made during a 2 year drought in cotton country. Hence there was not much US cotton.
Pick any new product and you can find people complaining that the price is too high and the seller knows nothing.
On the used market, there are people that do overprice. Then wonder why they can't sell a used $10 Walmart toaster for $14.99. (Not a vintage toaster, one they still sell today. )