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Old 11-25-2008, 10:14 AM   #18
dhbailey
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I don't believe I've told anybody to ignore the negative posts -- just to take them for what they are, which is what you've said. They're opinions. But opinions expressed as hyperbole do nothing for anybody.

The opinions which have been expressed on this forum to the effect that the person has seen the 700 and doesn't like it for reasons X, Y, Z are excellent because they give concrete examples.

And it's important for the positive opinions to be voiced as well.

I'm not down on anybody expressing negative opinions, just on people who express them as hyperbole, just as I would get down on anybody who said something to the effect of "The 700 is the best reading device ever invented and I couldn't imagine anybody not liking it nor could I imagine anybody being able to improve it!" That wouldn't help anybody either.

And the bottom line, as many of us have said, is that each individual has to see it in person to make a decision, and for people who have to purchase it sight unseen, be sure to buy it from a place which will take returns, in case they don't like it.
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