USA only :(
Still $399 on the BlackBerry.ca website.

Talk about kicking the early adopters in the 'nads,,, :(
I can sort of make peace with retailers slashing prices.... but this takes the cake....
hope they get out the promised goods soon....

SAMSUNG GALAXY S2
PLAYBOOK 16GB

Just picked one up for my wife for $199CDN, 16GB. Boxing week sales. I dished out $499 on launch day. $199 is a great deal. This is what the prices should have been on launch day.

LMAO fire sale please!! $99 or nothing

Just paid $400 for a 64GB about a month ago during the last round of big sales. Kinda annoying that now they're available even cheaper.

I guess no one will go for the 16GB version because it doesn't worth it

I bought one just now. Offset my cost when i bought on release online. One of the first. This will give my wife one and it softens the blow!

Nope... not in Blackberry.nl .... #FML

Who will buy a 16gb??? Guess 64gb will be on backorder soon :D

Is the sale good until Feb 4 because that's when the OS 2.0 update is coming out...? Dare to dream :)

I picked a Playbook up for my daughter and one for me. The device works best on plain web browser and the experience is more like a laptop than a tablet: browsing is smooth and fluid and the web pages scale evenly on the screen.

It is unfortunate that the device has had such a bad press because the build quality is phenomenal and the basic app package is adequate. If you like the Blackberry experience, you will like the Playbook.

why pay 299 when a lot of places are selling for 199 still lol
but 299 for a 64 gig is nice

Wow! Just bought a 16 New Years Eve for 199. Had i known this was gonna happen, i wouldve waited to get the 64 @ 299! Geez!

why only in Americas?nonsense!already have a 16G,but was willing to switch with a 64G.this sucks!

As soon as they come to Canada (which is where RIM is based, for Pete's sake) at that price, I think it might be time to pick one up.

I hate people who complain about prices lowering. It happens with everything. Items decline in value over time. Deal with it.

Unrelated question, well sort of. Why do people insist on telling us they "picked one up for the wife"? Does that have any bearing on anything?

Trying to order one but it won't accept my order. I keep getting an "order failed" message. Anyone else running into that?

I ordered a 32GB last Thursday for $249 and should arrive this weekend.

I won a 64gb on ebay three months ago. Immaculate shape with all the extras. $335.00. I am waiting for my Christmas in February ....2.0.

Its still a great deal compared to early buyers

Don´t bother buy in shopblackberry.com Its a nightmare, when I first bought them a playbook in blackfriday, they cancelled my order a few days later.
Before that cancellation I called them and it took hours to contact with them, only they said was due to the large amount we will ship later your order and nothing. This not RIM, it is a retailer and a not good one, don't buy in there

after all the price drops I'm going to just tell myself that I paid extra to keep RIM running ha. At this point I don't see the reason to complain anymore. They just need to come out with 2.0 and give me a reason to buy the ten inch. I hope they do something to the ten inch that makes it worth having both the ten and the seven.

Off topic, is anybody else having issues with bbm music?

To me, it smells like a new Playbook is arriving soon......

This is where the price for the 32 and 64GB versions should have been from the start. The Playbook is generally seen as a failure because the price has been too high considering what buyers are [not] getting.

That will move some 64MB units!

Dang - tempted to upgrade and sell my 16MB.

CES 2012 is next week (Jan 10-13). Perhaps RIM will be making an announcement of the PlayBook 2? Clear out the old inventory this week.

OK, Kevin, where are the leaks?

Leave it to RIM to bungle a fire sale.

One thing I find curiously missing is the "this means the end of PB and/or RIM" posts.

I am a huge supporter of BlackBerry and paid $699.00 for my 64GB Playbook as soon as they hit the retail market in Canada. I am not thrilled that I could have bought my Playbook for half or less than half within five months of the release. I want BlackBerry to continue to grow and continue to supply leading edge mobile elcetronics. The truth is, that my Playbook is worth every dollar I paid. "Go BlackBerry"

Sigh Blackberry is hopeless, they will never get close to ever competing with other tablets.. The constant low pricing is not because the parts inside are old, rather because most people wouldnt dare pay retail price..

I really wish i hadnt sold my ipad for this.. I just hope Playbook OS 2 is released on time with the promised features then ill be happy..

And I paid like 900$ on my imported 64GB on launch. That's sad...

Kinda just said to myself: "wow that's a good price" and bought it.. Not positive what I'ma even use it for but it was too good of a price to not buy bahah

This makes me afraid, I fear that the PlayBook may not get long-term support and as much as the PlayBook is a capable device with lack of support from RIM and the Dev community it may just turn into dead weight.

To be honest, buying the 64GB version for an extra $200 was always ripoff, just as it is for Android or iPad tablets. The cost to RIM is WAY less than $200 for the extra memory chips, maybe $20-30, so they are probably just clearing out the 64GB versions that would never sell in volume at $699, or even $499. A good move, and there is probably an accounting reason to do so as well.

They're probably running out of 16 and 32GB versions so this is just a way to clear the rest of the stock before OS2 and a new production run with cheaper parts, so the new permanent price will be $249 or less for the 16GB I would guess.

I think some people are reading WAAAAYYYY too much into price drops. They just need to move product out to mitigate losses, doesn't mean support for the device is going to end anytime soon.

Relax and enjoy some of the positive aspects of the device until the next improvement and upgrade.

Hey guys, I am from Germany and I would love to buy a playbook for this price. Is there any way I could get it shipped here? I checked on the US and Canadian site and they do not offer it. Some guy mentioned earlier that they now offer shipping to 22 countries but where?

It seems to me that with the previous sale they probably went through a lot of 16GB inventory and some 32GB models as well. Now they are trying to move the 64GB model. I'm more concerned at the length of this deal. It will set expectations and make it harder to sell at non-discounted prices. I am curious if the date was chosen due to the OS2 release, but somehow I think it will be closer to the end of February rather than the beginning.

Still, getting the Playbook into more hands can't be a bad thing. It might prompt developers to finally get on board.

They ought to give a break to those of us who supported the playbook early on. $699.....that is what I paid. I love my PB, but really? $299 now? Way to kick in the teeth those of us who kept the PB going......

Got my 32 GB PlayBook at staples.ca in December and paid $249.00. Just checked the website and this price is still in effect. The 16 GB PlayBooks are going for $199.00. BUT, these prices are for Canadians ONLY!

- CB

While I don't mind what I paid for my 32GB PB the week after launch, I do think RIM's biggest mistake on launch was pricing, and I'd really like to know which executive can be held accountable on that.

The Playbook was unquestionably a great piece of hardware, but they had no business pricing it comparably to the iPad. Had they priced it at even $50 off, initial sales would have been much better, and the cascade of fail that ensued would have been mitigated.

Sigh... the site is down. Has anyone successfully purchased from shopblackberry without getting their orders canceled and a whole lot of run around? I really wanna snag one of these 64gb.

site is still down WTF.

I am starting to believe this is a big Scam!!! Website just went up again, tried to place an order for the 64 GB. It returned the same "order failed" message I was getting yesterday. I think it's either a joke or some kind of marketing scheme. Crackberry, Look into it!!!

I just purchase a 64gb and receiver an order confirmation email immediately. I know that means very little, but my fingers are crossed that everything goes through.

Ordered mine last night and I just received an email that it was shipped

I had recently bought a 32GB one from OfficeDepot for $250. I just returned it and ordered me a 64GB last night. I'm still waiting for confirmation that it was shipped and I really hope they don't cancel my order as others have experienced.

My order status says "Inventory Hold"...I'm assuming that's a bad thing?? Like they don't have enough in stock now?

Ordered my 64G on Wednesday and it arrived today. Apparently it was shipped from MA and I live in NJ. I am impressed. Now if 2.0 comes out next month I will really be impressed.

My order status now says shipped! I hope mine arrives sometime next week. Does anyone know what other state they ship from besides MA. I live in WA state.