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ApK · 04-11-2011, 10:08 AM

I do the zip lock bag thing too, in any potentially wet environment, and the only downside is in sunshine, it does add some glare. But I don't read at the beach that much (I'm usually in the water or herding children.)

As for the ereader being expensive. It is. I don't have a lot of extra money at the end of the month, and I really should have NONE and be paying off debt and saving for retirement instead of ANY other 'discretionary' spending.
But we decided we want to enjoy life while we can.
Buying a >$100 reader means I choose that instead of eating out with the family for a few weeks, or skipping a few day trips with the kids that month, or I don't buy those 10-12 books that I might have bought over the next few months.
If I lose or break my reader, I can't afford to replace it, at least not right away. Then I wouldn't have my reader OR those 10-12 books to read.
The Sony reader I just bought for my son was a bit of an impulse buy, and I almost considered returning it and putting that money towards an extra loan payment, but when I saw how many freebies my son is reading on it, I shifted the expense in my mental ledger to "education investment" and felt better about it.

ApK

p.s. Money aside, why is anyone questioning protecting and caring for the reader? Why wouldn't you want to treat it well? Why would you treat it as a disposable item even if you could afford a stack of them?

04-11-2011, 10:08 AM	#42
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,393 Karma: 68715774 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	I do the zip lock bag thing too, in any potentially wet environment, and the only downside is in sunshine, it does add some glare. But I don't read at the beach that much (I'm usually in the water or herding children.) As for the ereader being expensive. It is. I don't have a lot of extra money at the end of the month, and I really should have NONE and be paying off debt and saving for retirement instead of ANY other 'discretionary' spending. But we decided we want to enjoy life while we can. Buying a >$100 reader means I choose that instead of eating out with the family for a few weeks, or skipping a few day trips with the kids that month, or I don't buy those 10-12 books that I might have bought over the next few months. If I lose or break my reader, I can't afford to replace it, at least not right away. Then I wouldn't have my reader OR those 10-12 books to read. The Sony reader I just bought for my son was a bit of an impulse buy, and I almost considered returning it and putting that money towards an extra loan payment, but when I saw how many freebies my son is reading on it, I shifted the expense in my mental ledger to "education investment" and felt better about it. ApK p.s. Money aside, why is anyone questioning protecting and caring for the reader? Why wouldn't you want to treat it well? Why would you treat it as a disposable item even if you could afford a stack of them? Last edited by ApK; 04-11-2011 at 10:16 AM.