Registered: Aug 1999
Location: Inverness, FL
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Last month Handspring stated that they were not considering price reductions on their Visor family to match Palm's price drop, but is seems like they have had a change of heart.

Handspring today dropped the price of Visor Deluxe permanently to $199 (the previous mail-in rebate for Deluxe ended today), and Visor Platinum is $249 after a mail-in rebate (a $50 savings).

In addition, for a limited time every Visor Deluxe order will come with a a free slim leather case (a $24.95 value).

The Platinum rebate is good May 4 through June 17.

Discuss the price drops.

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Does that mean that you can get a Visor Deluxe for $100 with the rebates? Or am I missing something??

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What about the Prism? I would like a real reason not to get an m505. Besides the already talked about considerations, price is very compelling.

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that means that the value of Vsrs on ebay has just gone down $50.. What am I going to do1?!?!

j/k

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Platinum for $250... $40 off from Staples (http://www.slickdeals.net/category/s-z/?#146)
making it only $210...
must resist...
must... not... spend... more...
( http://discussion.visorcentral.com/...?threadid=13156 )

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quote:

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Originally posted by Visor Guy2
Does that mean that you can get a Visor Deluxe for $100 with the rebates? Or am I missing something??

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Doh! And I just bought a Deluxe for my sister. The price change would've negated the rebate hassle.

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Registered: Feb 2000
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Yeh, I just got a platinum, for $270, which I thought was good.

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I hate starting rumors...but Handspring does have a tendency to drop prices on their models just prior to announcing a new Visor.

So maybe....this is a prelude to something big...

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quote:

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Originally posted by miradu2000
that means that the value of Vsrs on ebay has just gone down $50.. What am I going to do1?!?!
j/k

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Give it to grandma for grandma's day & help her into the tech age!

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If the Visor Plat. was still a bargain compared to the m500, then why lower the price?!?! Sure, you can pay $100 (now $150) more for an LED & vibrator if you really are a Palm-only freak... (and a crappy expansion slot that won't be viable for other than memory for a long time.)

Ok, maybe it's just sour grapes from me, since I bought 2 VDX's at full price before the rebate offer...

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Hmph....

I'm all for more power to the people blah, blah, blah, but doggone it, I am going to be selling my Plat to buy a H330 at the end of the month. Maybe I can find a suc.. ah buyer who doesn't hang out here (VC)

Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Manchester, England
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quote:

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Originally posted by Fat_Man
I hate starting rumors...but Handspring does have a tendency to drop prices on their models just prior to announcing a new Visor.

So maybe....this is a prelude to something big...

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Registered: Apr 2001
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Whew
And I was all set to buy a VDX. Forget that. Visor Plat. here I come. And I can still use my cell phone cable from supplynet with this model. And best of all I can use the Verizon QNC service since the plat has palm OS 3.5.

Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Boston
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I got for $110

I just bought VDx fron Staples last week, got $40 discount and sent off rebate for getting $50 back.

I could do price matching. which will cut the price down $50.

$249 - $50 - $50 - $40 = $109

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New models?

They didn't reduce prices when the Prism and Platinum came out, only the Edge and I don't think that was related because the rebate was for the VDx.

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Now all Handspring has to do is offer the plat. in various case colors. Oh, something along the lines of ice, green, orange, blue, graphite, and silver would be nice.

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