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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
It'll be free, because many of the items I planned on paying full price for over the next few months are also in the offers.
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Exactly.
I buy music at Amazon -- I pretty much pay more that $1/album for those I'm willing to pay for.
I spend money at Amazon - a $20 for $10 certificate is essentially $10 off the price of the Kindle (more if they do it more than one over the life of the Kindle; after all, the let millions buy one for no reason at all, recently; the one I bought from B&N was valid on ebooks, so there is no reason Amazon can't do the same).
I don't really buy audiobooks (but have some here that I got for free). But, I do know many people that do. Getting 6/$6 is a big savings for them.
It's no different that the ads on the nook; except I only have to turn on wifi to be in my store (not drive over 20 miles one-way, half on interstate highways, half on 2-lane roads). And the coupons are "maybe there" (often there is no special offer or it's a lame offer for a paper book). Sure, the nook gets me a free drink now and then (value: under $3; cost to get there: over $5), but it appears that this Kindle will give me coupons for shopping I already do.
It's more likely that the K3 w/o special offers may become the one where you don't get to take advantage of specials (which is ok, some prefer not to save money or be reminded that stores exist). I do predict that after Amazon gets their act together that those with older K3's will be offered some time of "side-grade" path to be able to get the coupons, so they can take advantage of offers that are only going to those who paid less.
I also look to have Audible add this K3 back to their list of devices that qualify for the big rebate if you buy them with an Audible plan (after all, if they gave you another $100 off, it would cost you $14, plus $6 for those 6 audio-books, the two you get free to start an Audible trial, then probably a standard 1-year contract, with 12 additional audio-books at the regular monthly price).