I think enjoying the Reader all that time would have been worth it. I bought mine a month or so ago - when the price dropped $50 - but, frankly, I've enjoyed it so much just in the time I've had it that it would have been well worth it to me to have ordered one right when they came out.
Which is why my iPhone should ship any day now.
It's not like it's a grand piano or something that you're likely to only buy one of your whole life. It's tech. There's
always new tech.