Thread: Troubleshooting Got my first Kindle - Screen defect
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Old 09-04-2010, 10:23 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by jswinden View Post
The unfortunate thing about Kindle replacements, even for brand new items, is that they reserve the right to send you a refurbished unit. So you might be getting someone else's returned item. I had to get two replacements for my K2 before I got one that was good. And after the first replacement didn't work well, I demanded a brand new unit rather than a refurbished one. It took a while to get them to do that, but eventually a higher level manager approved it.
Hi Jack,

Just curious but how can you tell whether it is refurbished unit or not? I've never bought a reader but I assumed that the packaging for the refurbished will be same as the new one if its from Amazon?

Thank you
Berny
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