01-22-2010, 12:04 PM | #1 | |
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Email from Amazon about the Kindle Cover
I find it kinda odd but I bet there are a ton of people cracking their new kindles...
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01-22-2010, 12:28 PM | #2 |
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I received it as well. At first I was confused because I don't use the official cover and thought they were sending this to everyone. Then I remembered I bought one to go with the K2 I purchased for a family member.
I guess they are getting more case crack reports as the K2s that use the official cover get older. Glad I went with M-Edge. |
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01-22-2010, 12:34 PM | #3 |
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I dont know what the deal is... I take mine out of the case all the time and put it on without any problems. I think the deal is that people forget that you cannot open the case right to left... and they end up bending the spokes and/or breaking the kindle.
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01-22-2010, 01:11 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, there must have been an awful lot of complaints or queries over it.
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01-22-2010, 01:21 PM | #5 |
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That's exactly what I thought when I got this email earlier today.
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01-22-2010, 02:46 PM | #6 |
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There was a lawsuit about it (that was settled IIRC).
I've only removed my cover twice since getting my K2 on release day (counting today) and I do notice that the top hook is bent upward. AFAIK that's how it's always been, but the email seems to imply that it should be completely straight. |
01-22-2010, 03:18 PM | #7 |
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I just bought the m-edge with the fabric loops in the corners. I cringed a little at the high shipping price, but I really don't want to break my Kindle or have to worry when I am using it that the slightest thing will upset a delicate balance going on somewhere and cause a huge problem.
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01-22-2010, 03:25 PM | #8 |
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There has been some unnecessary hand-wringing posted on threads here and other forums concerning the "cracking" issue. I've never experienced any problems, nor have my many colleagues when using the Amazon case.
IMHO, a little common sense and care in handling goes a long way. The front of the cover is clearly labled with a small Amazon badge and is obvious. That said, Amazon has been quite fair in replacing units, if needed. |
01-22-2010, 06:41 PM | #9 |
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I have velcro'd the outside back of my (and my wife's) K2 to the back of the cover.
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01-22-2010, 06:44 PM | #10 |
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I thought you were saying you velcro'd your wife to your kindle.....
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01-22-2010, 06:45 PM | #11 | |
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Fair play to them in replacing so many it seems! |
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01-23-2010, 06:07 PM | #12 | |
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I had posted these in an earlier thread, but sewing Velcro straps into the inside upper right corner was my solution at the time to the Amazon Kindle cover problem. It's a moot question for me now, however, as I currently have an Oberon cover that uses leather straps and an elastic band rather than the Amazon locking mechanism. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 01-23-2010 at 06:33 PM. |
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01-23-2010, 06:26 PM | #13 |
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There's no excuse for this poor design. With a spine-locked connector design, the only feasible reasoning behind such a design would be to allow bidirectional folding in a case like that. Since the case can't fold both ways, it should've attached fixedly to the K2. As someone else mentioned, a little velcro can solve that problem nicely (if you don't mind sticking something to your kindle.) But, I suspect a magnet in the case would've done just as well. I'm fairly sure the Kindle DX works this way. I find it unacceptable for Amazon to promote the idea that it's okay that they released a product which is practically designed to break the Kindle it's officially associated with. They should be recalling them, not sending chiding emails to the owners of them. |
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