i don't see why ebay is "feeling adventorous" its an excelent resource, i actually now prefer ebay and online shops ovr local brick and morter retail establishments any day. For some reason you will find the discontinued iriver stuff is very expensive, which is elling, as these things don't decline in value.
tj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 9:06 AM Subject: Re: Confused about Iriver model numbers > Hi Ken, > > Yep. It has been discontinued. I bought mine at a Best Buy. Might just > want to double check Best Buy or Circuit City, just in case they might > accidentally have one or two of the 799 or 899 lying around. You just > never > know. When I returned my T30, I happened to get a nice lady who was > willing > to check "in the back room" for me and that resulted in the 899 I wouldn't > have had if I would have just trusted the first person I spoke with on the > phone who said they didn't have any remaining in stock. Just a thought. > Sometimes, just a tad of persistence really can pay off big. > > Of course, since the model has been discontinued, it may be extremely > likely > that no local stores have any in stock. If you're sufficiently > adventurous, > you may want to check Ebay, maybe overstock.com, etc. There is, for > example, an iRiver IFP 899 available at overstock.com for $154. I got > mine > at Best Buy for $145 back in August. It is listed as a "refurb" unit and > I > am not impressed with this price for a discontinued refurb model, but > there > you go. There must still be other sources. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Burgess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 6:52 AM > Subject: Re: Confused about Iriver model numbers > > >> Hi Darrell, >> >> I'm sure that most blind people would not like menus that wrap, >> preferring >> menus that return to the default when you turn off the unit. >> >> I guess the problem is that it just ain't August any more and the 799, at >> least, is kinda hard to find. >> >> Ken >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Darrell Shandrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 8:41 AM >> Subject: Re: Confused about Iriver model numbers >> >> >>> Hi Ken, >>> >>> The T30's menus wrap, there's not an accessible way to get to the record >>> function and, in general, this newer model just wouldn't work for a >>> blind >>> person. I bought one back in August and promptly returned it in favor >>> of >>> the IFP 899 which is much more accessible. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >> offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
