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Treo Price (without service0 Going Up!

From a newsletter I received from Handspring today!


Treo Without Service�$599 Beginning April 2

Buy it before then for only $549 (without service)

Starting April 2, 2002, the price of the Treo communicator (without service) will increase to $599. Everyone who places an order before this date will receive the Treo communicator (without service) at its current price of only $549. Need to activate wireless service? You can always get the Treo communicator for $399 when you sign up for service at the same time.
Learn more about Treo

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Treo 180 to be 599 w/o service activation 4/2/2002

Treo 180 to be increased $US 599.00 w/o service activation 4/2/2002. I just got an email spam from Handspring about this.

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Treo 180 to be 599 w/o service activation 4/2/2002

Treo 180 to be 599 w/o service activation 4/2/2002.
I just got an email spam from Handspring about this.

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[EDIT] Since the threads were merged my post no longer makes sense.

I bet everybody here got that e-mail. Also please don't double post, we are smart enough to find your thread if it interests us.

Last edited by recordond on 03-27-2002 at 09:31 PM

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There's one on ebay right now with a buy it now price of 510.00.

mc

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Maybe Apple is running the company now.

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And up we go!

Effective April 2nd, a Treo without a service plan will be $599. An increase of $50.

http://www.visorcentral.com/content/Stories/1417-1.htm

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Since when do prices go UP instead of down on Palm-related stuff? I wonder if sales are going so great for Handspring that they feel they can raise the price and keep sales brisk.

I actually don't mind the price increase. I got my treo for $399 (VP upgrade), so bigger prices mean better resale value for me later on Ebay.

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I bet everybody here got that e-mail. Also please don't double post, we are smart enough to find your thread if it interests us.

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Only double posting bothers me. I think it is fine to post something like this, it even became a news item. Just when I see a double post it sets me off.

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No need to single out Apple here. NEC, IBM, and several others have jumped on Apple's heels by announcing price increases as well.

Even Dell has been hit by all this, evidently. ARS, Inc. reported Friday that Dell has raised upgrade pricing for RAM, showing "that even the largest vendors will not be spared from this issue." The report also notes that "Dell attempts to hide the fact that its memory prices are going up by continuing to configure base systems with 128MB of RAM, well below Microsoft's recommendation for Windows XP." Slick PR move, but an increase in the bottom line for the average consumer nonetheless.

The fact of the matter is that if you're buying a tech device anytime soon, you'd better get used to the idea of paying a little more for it. I think this is going to be a trend for a little while.

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No need to single out Apple here. [...]

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The polite thing would have been to send me
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huh? arent prices of electronics supposed to go down after some time??

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my thoughts exactly.

to verify - is this only affecting treos bought WITHOUT a service plan? that if you buy a service plan, it is still $399?

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huh? arent prices of electronics supposed to go down after some time??

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Merged the 2 threads.... everybody happy now?

Actually I should merge it with this thread too...

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merged all 3 now... and left a link... now all I need to do is get the message from 'visorcentral' back to top and we're done..

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What gets me about this is that I already have a phone service plan (VoiceStream). So I would have to pay extra because I'm already paying for phone service... doesn't make me want to buy a Treo. Not that I want to buy one anyway, until they sell for under $200.

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and thread 4 about this topic merged....

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