SteveEisenberg, do you have any real verifiable source to say that Amazon doesn't allow discounting of it's devices by the resellers? Because I just don't believe it. I just put "kindle sale" into a google search and see a few Kindles on sale, but even more important is this:
https://source.amazon.com/#/welcome I looked all through that site, and couldn't find anything stating that Kindle devices aren't allowed to be discounted. Maybe you have some other source that I couldn't find?
Shari