[backdraftuk]

So last week we had the £4.99 charging pod and the £124 64GB playbook, this week its £149 for the 64 but they have the 16GB @ £99.

They appear to want to shift their Playbook stock, but I wonder why? Are they fed up with it taking up warehouse space, done a deal with RIM, or like car dealers clearing out before next years model arrives .

[MilnerR]

I expect they are clearing stock, they'll have had PBs in their inventory for along time now. It's time to shift them and write the loss off against tax. I doubt any deal has been done with RIM. I got a 16GB model about a year ago for £159 and a 64GB version a couple of months ago for £129, they were both manufactured at the more or less the same time. Makes me think they are clearing stock.

[Banco]

Every time they tried to flog their insurance to me, their staff tried to use as a justification that the Playbooks weren't part of an official RIM supply, but were sourced elsewhere. No idea how true or otherwise it might be.

[johnfenno]

Every time they tried to flog their insurance to me, their staff tried to use as a justification that the Playbooks weren't part of an official RIM supply, but were sourced elsewhere. No idea how true or otherwise it might be.

I wouldn't trust theit staff to know their arse from elbow...I bought an Acer Aspire one netbook a few yrs ago and they insisted I bought the Norton anti-virus software at same time....when I pointed out to them that the netbook was running a version of Linux and also contained no CD/DVD drive to install said software I was met with a blank stare and the reply "but its half price" jeesh.....
btw netbook still running ace great lil machine

[Banco]

I wouldn't trust theit staff to know their arse from elbow...I bought an Acer Aspire one netbook a few yrs ago and ghey insisted I bought the Norton anti-virus software at same time....when I pointed out to them that the netbook was running a version of Linux and also contained no CD/DVD drive to install said software I was met with a blanm stare and the reply "but its half price" jeesh.....
btw netbook still running ace great lil netbook

For sure - I hesitated to even mention it for precisely that reason. It did happen a few times though with different staff members, which ruled out just one of them randomly making up a story.

[dyosk]

I think they have sold out of 16g, as i tried to get one in store and on the net and they are all sold out.