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Originally Posted by bhartman36
I see your point there. For those in financial difficulty, an e-reader isn't much of a concern. I got my Kindle 3 by selling my old Kindle and using birthday money, but in my current financial situation, I'd be thinking long and hard before buying one.
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See, I'd probably try to buy one, if I were broke to save money on books and not have the feeling to be depraved of a good time. When I went back to school to learn a new profession a couple of years ago I was really tight on money and had to watch my expenses extremely. Still I joined the most expensive gym in town (120€ per month, which was 10% of my income) to have a wonderful place to spend my freetime. It was better than a luxury holiday and I could enjoy it each day, which I did.
In all those two years I never spent money on other things as I had no chance to do so. They invited us to the cinema from time to time, we had parties there, had a salsa dance instructor...
Same now with the reader. I do feel richer with it than ever before. I do get lots of books from the Singapore Library and stopped to spend on silly books.
For me the reader is money well spent.