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Originally Posted by Kris777
I think Amazon will start offering Kindle for free someday. They will charge your credit card for $200 (maybe more or less) and you can spend this amount for future ebook orders and get Kindle for free. It will work the same way as Free Blackberry with 2 years phone provider contract.
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I cannot imagine Amazon doing that. That would be shifting from a single purchase transaction business to a subscription-credit/rebate-monthly statement sort of business. Plus, there is no incentive for Amazon to take the risk or build that cost into its business.
I do see that sort of tactic being used by other vendors, and especially for niche players it makes a lot of sense. But more in the line of an e-book/e-reader bundle: $119 for the stand-alone device or $149 for the bundle which comes with an e-book store credit of $50.