If you have any questions about opening it up yourself and fixing it, you can ask me.
Personally, I love the Kindle.
I also love apple's iPod touch, and it is very common for those too to have manufacturing defects. I guess it's just the way things are today, with everything made in china. C'est la vie
. But would you rather pay twice as much for a product, knowing that it would be free of defects, I wouldn't.