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kacir · 01-23-2011, 09:59 AM

Great business for them.
They sell $139 Kindle3 for $110 on Craiglist.
They give you $139 worth of books, on which they have plus/minus 50%. They are still 40 bucks ahead.

If it was only 10 bucks profit

selling second-hand, never used Kindles for $80 a pop, or
selling the Kindle for $120 on Craiglist and giving you books they purchased for $110 (20% rebate)

it is still worth the publicity.

01-23-2011, 09:59 AM	#7
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,463 Karma: 10684861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	Great business for them. They sell $139 Kindle3 for $110 on Craiglist. They give you $139 worth of books, on which they have plus/minus 50%. They are still 40 bucks ahead. If it was only 10 bucks profit selling second-hand, never used Kindles for $80 a pop, or selling the Kindle for $120 on Craiglist and giving you books they purchased for $110 (20% rebate) it is still worth the publicity.