Amazon Kindle - I'm special? - Page 1
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author: Kryoclasm
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2013, 04:22:29 am
content: I know that Dave is a fan of the Kindle so I wanted to ask this question...Last night I was looking at Amazon website and I saw an offer to "select people" to be able to pick one of the available kindle's and have it shipped to me at no cost (free) for 30 days.I have looked at the eBook offerings in the past, but never committed on one until last night. I don't normally fall for gimmicky crap, but I couldn't pass up on the offer.Anyway, has anyone else seen this before?Am I special or is Amazon just offering this to everybody and just making it sound special / rare?Thanks for the input.BTW, I got the "new" paperwhite. Hope it is good.

author: strangelovemd12
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2013, 04:53:07 am
content: www.theverge.com/2013/11/19/5122812/amazons-latest-push-for-kindle-fire-hdx-includes-30-day-free-trialsExactly how "select" it is probably depends on a number of constantly monitored inputs that break down to "How likely is this person to keep it" modified by a coefficient derived from Amazon's observations over the promotional period. Basically the infomercial model, but carried out with a real top notch product. Capitalism is just math for perverts.Still, it basically looks like a free month of something that's worth buying anyway.

author: staxquad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2013, 05:03:31 am
content: They are after ebook sales, just like subsidized inkjet printers forced the purchase of overpriced ink for the life of the productPlus, you never own the e-books, can't bequeath them, and they cost virtually nothing to replicate digitally, and they still cost a fair amount compared to a printed one that you would outright own (rent seeker's dream).

author: Kryoclasm
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2013, 05:16:14 am
content: Quote from: staxquad on November 29, 2013, 05:03:31 amEhh. That doesn't bother me at all. As long as I have access to the book I bought the right to read, I'm happy.I had a Nook once and I found the ebook concept brilliant, the reader was not quite there.It is nice to have a hard copy of some books, but many are just suited to electronic format. If Amazon, the writers and publishers make cash off of the idea, more power too them because I'm happy with the end product.If nobody liked ebooks and the affordable readers that companies manufacture, then the concept would die off.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2013, 06:24:29 am
content: Quote from: Kryoclasm on November 29, 2013, 05:16:14 amNot everything people like and buy is good for them.Regarding that selected offer, if you took Amazon up on it you felt for an advertising trick. In 30 days they will charge you for the Kindle. It is not free.Amazon's normal return policy is anyhow 30 days. So all customers, not only selected ones, have 30 days to make their mind up. But wait! Amazon did extend their return policy over Christmas "Items shipped by Amazon.com between November 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013, may be returned until January 31, 2014, subject to our refund policies." Your 30 day trial could mean you managed to shorten your return period to 30 days, while normal, non-selected customers currently have a much longer one. Clever move

author: Kryoclasm
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2013, 06:04:24 pm
content: i like the fact that i can trial the product with no money out of pocket. i did know that if i keep it 30 days i will be charged.amazon was very up front about the policy.

author: strangelovemd12
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2013, 07:05:42 pm
content: Quote from: Bored@Work on November 29, 2013, 06:24:29 amI also feel for advertising tricks. So much pain behind those eyes.

author: AndrejaKo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2013, 08:02:59 pm
content: Quote from: Kryoclasm on November 29, 2013, 05:16:14 amI really don't want to disturb your happiness, but what will you do if a book you need gets retroactively unplublished by its publisher, just like it happened to 1984 on Kindle few years ago? The book simply disappeared from users Kindles.

author: SLJ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2013, 08:15:17 pm
content: My wife's cousin passed away and left her his Kindle with a couple hundred books he purchased on it. When she canceled his on-line account with them (she has her own account) they went in and removed all the books he had already paid for and downloaded that were on the Kindle. After discussing this for a couple of days with them and finally threatening to go to the attorney general and file a theft complaint the books "magically" reappeared.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2013, 08:25:52 pm
content: Quote from: AndrejaKo on November 29, 2013, 08:02:59 pmAnd the purchase cost simply reappeared in their bank accounts. Also, they've since changed their policies on this.

author: Kryoclasm
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2013, 11:42:23 pm
content: Quote from: AndrejaKo on November 29, 2013, 08:02:59 pmi guess i will get negitive, upset and then try to make sure other people to never buy one so i feel better about my self.

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2013, 01:36:58 am
content: I've got a Nook Simpletouch with the Glow display (whatever it is called). It was a bargain using some discount codes and stuff it was only £30 delivered. Works a treat. I haven't purchased anything from Barnes & Noble. I've probably spent a couple of quid on indie books on Amazon, and have borrowed some from the library, but all of them I run through calibre to strip the DRM. I like to live outside the law, ducking and diving, moving from safe houses, etc. with my Nook e-reader. I have to take crack and crystal meth to keep awake sometimes just in case the FEDS come a knocking. These are what us degenerates do to keep up with the latest e-books. It's a tough life, but it's worth it.