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« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2005, 10:17:20 am »
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There seem to be a whole load of 6000's on USA Ebay being sold by 'auctionsbylizzy'. He/she did not say how many they have, but there have been about 6 so far and it sounds like they aren't going to stop anytime soon. One gets listed about every week. They seem to be going for more and more each time, which is interesting.
They are ALL new, boxed, and unused!
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Yes, I have noticed this too. I recently saw one 6000L sell for US$750- just do an advanced search on "closed items" with a minimum price of say 200 to see the trend.

Back in December with my wife on maternity leave, I had no money at all, but I wish I'd hit the credit card and paypal because now one of those 6000Ls would be double the money - I could have bought three and now sold two and had the third one myself costing nothing.

I suppose Sharp need to sell Zaurii by the thousands to make it worthwhile, so even though they can fetch a premium price, it simply costs too much money to have an official sales channel outside Japan. I wonder how long the Olympus one will last? The Yopy seems to have never been more than vapourware!

You can buy 6000Ws (wlan + BT), Ls (wlan only) and even Ns (no wireless or BT)  from PriceJapan, but  I imagine you would almost certainly have to pay import duties :-(

Me, I'm lusting after a C3000. Just waiting for some money to come my way. Donations accepts. I'm selling my Palm T3 to get some cash together - anyone interested?

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« Reply #16 on: February 14, 2005, 11:01:00 pm »
It seems the ebay'er shanetso is selling these beauties for $899...close to the original retail.  I notice this same seller put one up on amazon.com for $999.

I can just say WOW!

I've seen them sell on ebay for close to $800, so I suppose he hopes to capitalize on the impulsive nature of human geeks!  

Mine just arrived at work this afternoon...so I get to go and play tomorrow!  I'm sooo excited!

I don't  think the price can remain this high too long.  Keep your eyes open!

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« Reply #17 on: February 14, 2005, 11:31:21 pm »
I think the reason prople are blowing out the 6000 is simple.  Word on the street is that Sharp is doing another blowout in the next few weeks, "March?" thus the push to unload these at inflated prices, "suckers?"  Like all good tell-tales I'll share a source.  

SL-6000L $549 shipping SOON

They're not shipping yet but I'm seeing more of these pop out of nowhere fast, 2/14/05. Tempting  ..
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« Reply #18 on: February 16, 2005, 08:26:22 am »
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I think the reason prople are blowing out the 6000 is simple.  Word on the street is that Sharp is doing another blowout in the next few weeks, "March?" thus the push to unload these at inflated prices, "suckers?"  Like all good tell-tales I'll share a source. 

any word on the street about 860 or 3000 prices, I'm about to take the plunge soon as my Palm T3 sells.
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« Reply #19 on: February 16, 2005, 09:53:35 am »
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any word on the street about 860 or 3000 prices, I'm about to take the plunge soon as my Palm T3 sells.
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 The price on those has been pretty stable the past few weeks.
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« Reply #20 on: February 16, 2005, 01:08:54 pm »
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I think the reason prople are blowing out the 6000 is simple.  Word on the street is that Sharp is doing another blowout in the next few weeks, "March?" thus the push to unload these at inflated prices, "suckers?"  Like all good tell-tales I'll share a source.   

SL-6000L $549 shipping SOON

They're not shipping yet but I'm seeing more of these pop out of nowhere fast, 2/14/05. Tempting  ..
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hrm, site lists is as usually ships within 24 hours..but then as backorder on availability..is this available or not?

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« Reply #21 on: February 16, 2005, 07:29:15 pm »
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hrm, site lists is as usually ships within 24 hours..but then as backorder on availability..is this available or not?
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I'm watching this too. The answer today seems to be NOT
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« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2005, 02:33:23 pm »
I note they also list the 5600 on back order, so I wouldn't hold your breath!
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