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sirmaru · 10-06-2013, 11:27 AM

There is no question that for just reading eBooks nothing can beat the PW 2013 with Special Offers at just $ 119. One gets a 30 day no-questions asked return for refund period and a 12 month return for exchange in case of a defect.

I don't see any other eReader being sold for that price and those terms at the Amazon site.

With 180 reviews posted at the Amazon site there are now 116 five star reviews and only 14 one star reviews giving one an 8.5 to 1 chance of a perfect unit versus a dud.

We have had far more than 14 complaint postings in this Forum on it but for some reason they do not end up in the one star reviews at amazon.

Yes, one can purchase an iPad mini but the price is $ 322, a 2.7 times increase over the PW 2013. Thus, you could purchase almost THREE PW 2013's for that price difference.

Its true for the iPad Mini of 957 reviews at the Amazon site there are 740 five star reviews versus only 43 one star reviews or a 17.2 chance of getting a perfect unit versus a dud but one is paying dearly for that improvement in results. Plus, the eInk screen of the PW 2013 is probably far better at avoiding glare in bright ambient light than is the iPad mini.

Finally, at this moment in time the poll in this thread still show a FOUR TO ONE advantage of keepers versus returners of the PW 2013.

10-06-2013, 11:27 AM	#14
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	There is no question that for just reading eBooks nothing can beat the PW 2013 with Special Offers at just $ 119. One gets a 30 day no-questions asked return for refund period and a 12 month return for exchange in case of a defect. I don't see any other eReader being sold for that price and those terms at the Amazon site. With 180 reviews posted at the Amazon site there are now 116 five star reviews and only 14 one star reviews giving one an 8.5 to 1 chance of a perfect unit versus a dud. We have had far more than 14 complaint postings in this Forum on it but for some reason they do not end up in the one star reviews at amazon. Yes, one can purchase an iPad mini but the price is $ 322, a 2.7 times increase over the PW 2013. Thus, you could purchase almost THREE PW 2013's for that price difference. Its true for the iPad Mini of 957 reviews at the Amazon site there are 740 five star reviews versus only 43 one star reviews or a 17.2 chance of getting a perfect unit versus a dud but one is paying dearly for that improvement in results. Plus, the eInk screen of the PW 2013 is probably far better at avoiding glare in bright ambient light than is the iPad mini. Finally, at this moment in time the poll in this thread still show a FOUR TO ONE advantage of keepers versus returners of the PW 2013. Last edited by sirmaru; 10-06-2013 at 11:35 AM.