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Old 12-15-2013, 01:10 PM   #27
speakingtohe
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Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet
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Originally Posted by Rosenivy View Post
I was going to deign not to respond to this, initially believing that you were merely attempting to unnecessarily agitate me, but I've chosen to give you the benefit of the doubt:

There is no Kindle available here in Australia for $69. Furthermore, no stores here have one-month change-of-mind return policies. I assume, therefore, that you're suggesting that I purchase an ereader directly from Amazon: the shipping is exorbitant, and pushes the cost of the least expensive Kindle (which, again, is not $69 here in Australia) far above the cost of the ereader that I purchased, when a case is included.

The least expensive Kindle would have come to $148, when including the case; this Kindle does not have a touch screen, and seems to be severely lacking in features. The Kindle that I was considering was the Paperwhite, which would have been even more, coming to approximately $220 with a case.

The older-generation Sony ereaders would have come to over $150 when including a case. The newest generation of Sony ereader was the cheapest of all of them, given that the case was included. Furthermore, it ultimately came to a difference of exactly one dollar when compared to the rather feature-deficient Kindle which you're suggesting that I should have purchased instead.

Finally, you are incorrectly using the word "irony". To quote my mother, if you don't have anything nice to say, please don't bother saying anything at all.
Unlike some I think the T3 is well worth the money and the nicest reader I own. My mother still loves her kindle keyboard, but I don't and I far prefer the T3 to the Aura HD. I paid $379 CAD for my first Sony and just gave it away last year. For me it was worth every penny as it was almost impossible to buy books where I lived in the summer.

I am pretty darn sure you will enjoy it and as others have said you can still read paper if you really want to.

Helen
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