Hi Darrell, Here in Canada, Circuit City is called The Source by Circuit City. I checked the website, no joy. I phoned a couple of stores, same story.
Like you, I've had some luck with store clerks finding stuff that they say they are out of. There are lots to be found on Ebay, but for me, they are a last resort. I'll fine one, I almost always do. Ken ----- 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. _______________________________________________ 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
