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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
So now we go from dr800sg "imminent" announcement in October to a sudden announcement of a different model for a different market at an entirely different price point, which is not at all competitive, and we're not supposed to wonder what is going on with this PR disaster.
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I actually find the price competitive. The Boox, 6" also with a wacom screen is €299-€399 (and I believe the €299 is a sale, as only one shop is offering this price, all others between 350 and 399) This 8" DR800 is only €100 more.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Goodbar
Keep in mind that it is common practice for companies to keep the US list price in dollars and just change the currency to Euros. Sony has done the same thing for their products. A $299 reader in the U.S. is 299 Euros in Europe. It doesn't seem to make sense, but it is pretty common in the consumer electronics space. I was a little surprised at the price as well until I did the math and realized the price is roughly equivalent to the quoted $399 US list price.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Goodbar
My mistake. I was back converting from the $601 price that shows if a US resident looks at the shopping site. With today's exchange rates 399 Euro is around $580. I thought that was close enough. I didn't realize it's actually 499 Euro.
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It acutally is. When I was thinking about buying my Mini, I was thinking about the Astak ($199) or the BeBook (€199). After taking into account the import taxes, the astak was about €5 cheaper...
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
I'm assuming that the partnership between the US DR800SG and Barnes and Nobles includes some sort of subsidizing.
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
My understanding is that it still will be sold at Best Buy, it's just not released yet.
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And I think that that Best Buy deal had the subsidizing in it. Which would have brought the price down to around $400. And it apparently was put up for pre-order at Best Buy but it has been removed...