Sony PRS505 for potentially $140 [Correction: Auction is for PRS-500U]

[PsyDocJoanne]

WTF? I'm sneaking online during my students' midterm to check on the price of this blasted reader ...I now see that it's somehow back up to $148? How did that happen?

Edited to add that they are now dropping the price by only $17/hour.

If it had gone down from the $112 to $89, I was going to be in

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by PsyDocJoanne

WTF? I'm sneaking online during my students' midterm to check on the price of this blasted reader ...I now see that it's somehow back up to $148? How did that happen?

Edited to add that they are now dropping the price by only $17/hour.

If it had gone down from the $112 to $89, I was going to be in

Ok, you might be looking at the wrong thing. They are kind of jumpting around. It did go down to $89 when I look at it at 7:05 but it shows 0 left.

Anyone get one? You should have got it at $112... that's the best price you will get on a new eink reader these days.

BOb

[cyan]

I picked it up at $112. It's still showing available at $89 (14 left). Should of waited.

[PsyDocJoanne]

I probably would have considered the $112, had I seen it...but I'm trying to be clandestine, here

Now it looks like there's 9 left at $168.

Wait, now there's 0 left at $89.

Who knows....I guess Karma wasn't on my side with this one

[Dr. Drib]

It's 6:09 and Sony is showing zero on hand (0), with the price at $89

Looks like they're gone.


Don

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by PsyDocJoanne

I probably would have considered the $112, had I seen it...but I'm trying to be clandestine, here

Now it looks like there's 9 left at $168.

Wait, now there's 0 left at $89.

Who knows....I guess Karma wasn't on my side with this one

I hope you were hitting "reload" when checking?

I failed to do this once on an ebay auction.


Don

[cyan]

Wow. Maybe it's a regional thing. It's 4:13 pm and it's showing 14 available at $89.

[PsyDocJoanne]

Pssst *whispering*....no, I'm actually teaching a class at the moment. Well, actually I'm giving a midterm. So I can't refresh as often as I'd like

Edited to add a message to Bob..I was, in fact, looking at the photo frame...I really shouldn't try to multitask

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by cyan

Wow. Maybe it's a regional thing. It's 4:13 pm and it's showing 14 available at $89.

Interesting.

So when you made your post to MobileRead a few minutes AFTER me (my post was made at 6:13 p.m., and your post came through at 6:14 p.m.), they had a number left? (It looks like you're two hours ahead of me, time-wise.)

Interesting.


Don

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by PsyDocJoanne

Edited to add a message to Bob..I was, in fact, looking at the photo frame...I really shouldn't try to multitask

What happens is that they switched position of three devices.... from that with the most stock to that with the least stock, left to right. So, when 7PM hit (EDT) people started ordering it and the frame so they kept swapping position. I'm sure that make it much harder to order considering it was "real time" refreshing... you didn't need to refresh the browser.

BOb