06-15-2009, 11:34 PM | #1 |
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im returning dx. too heavy and pdf
kinda unsatisfactory to me. rather continue using calibre and convert. at least its readable then.
NOw what do i tell amazon to get my money back. I have not returned much to them. should i simply say dissatisfied? shucks. wanted to like it. |
06-15-2009, 11:39 PM | #2 |
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You can return it for free in 30 days, no questions asked. I suppose if they ask say that you wanted better PDF support... notes, annotations, dictionary lookup, zoom, etc.
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06-16-2009, 12:35 AM | #3 |
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To be honest, I'd give them the reasons even if they don't ask (at least about things they can still change, like the PDF support. I figure they can't do much about the weight at this point.)
The reason is that while individual complaints probably get little attention, the chances of them being taken seriously are higher if they're backed by action (like returning the product). |
06-16-2009, 12:46 AM | #4 |
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Sorry you have to return it but it's great that you were able to give it a good test to know if it would work for you or not. Now you won't have to wonder. There are so many cool devices coming that you'll probably find something that you'll like.
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06-16-2009, 12:52 AM | #5 |
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thanks daffy. yeah love my kindle 2, will wait for the technology to mature more and prices will also come down hand in hand.
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06-16-2009, 02:52 AM | #6 |
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Good! Amazon deliberately crippled the PDF software of the DX (if we consider their manpower, and the time elapsed since the first Kindle, and the little they did to improve their firmware compared to companies like Lbook and iRex), and they have to pay the price with unsatisfied customers drawing the logical consequence and returning the DX.
Serious readers should send a strong message to Amazon. They want the best, richest reading environment possible, and they should not accept less than that. Last edited by Lbooker; 06-17-2009 at 04:24 AM. |
06-16-2009, 11:43 AM | #7 |
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I am waiting another week or so to see if they send out an update, but if we don't get one am returning because I got better pdf support converting myself and putting on the K2. I'm really bummed because I wanted a good reason to keep this device.
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06-16-2009, 01:14 PM | #8 | |
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06-16-2009, 01:52 PM | #9 |
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Personally, I'm pretty satisfied with the pdf capabilities on the DX. Sure, it could do more, but I'm quite happy with what it does.
I had a long post here but decided to trim it. Suffice to say, sometimes I think the pdf version looks MUCH better on the DX than the Amazon reflowable version. Last edited by jharker; 06-16-2009 at 02:00 PM. |
06-17-2009, 02:15 PM | #10 |
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Its going to be interesting to see how Amazon handles complains from this release going into K3.
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06-17-2009, 04:49 PM | #11 |
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06-17-2009, 05:39 PM | #12 |
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06-17-2009, 05:40 PM | #13 |
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06-17-2009, 06:18 PM | #14 |
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I've been considering a DX for reading books from Google books. Has anyone tried them on the DX?
The comment about the DX being too heavy discourages me too. |
06-17-2009, 07:06 PM | #15 | |
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