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Fraud?
Yesterday I was doing my grocery shopping at Sam's Club and saw a new item in their electronic's section. They had a Kindle Paperwhite. I noticed the price and that was the price of a Paperwhite 3. I looked closer at the Paperwhite in the display case and that wasn't a Paperwhite 3. It was probably a Paperwhite 2.
Very few people in Oaxaca, Mexico, have ever seen a Kindle and aren't even aware that there is a Paperwhite, Paperwhite 2, and now Paperwhite 3 and each model is different. To be fair, Kindle does not make much of a distinction in the three in marketing.
Last night I printed out prices in Mexico for the Paperwhite 3, descriptions of the Paperwhite 2 and 3, and a list of serial numbers identifiers for the three Paperwhites.
This morning I went to Sam's Club, ask for a manager, and got a very nice young women. She knew nothing of Kindles so I showed her My Kindle Paperwhite 3 and pointed out the obvious difference in the logo on the face. I explained the differences between a Paperwhite 2 and a Paperwhite 3. I told her that people who bought the Paperwhite 2 at a high price were happy until they had a problem, contacted Kindle, and learned they had an older model. I said I'd read posts from people who had bought Paperwhite 2 Kindles at a Paperwhite 3 price and they seem to blame the company.
I don't know if Amazon is dumping and the company is exploiting or if the purchasing agents for the company don't know the differences in Kindle models.
I'll find out when I go to Sam's Club next Sunday. If the Kindle is there at the same price, the problem is with Sam's Club. If it's not there or if the price is lower, I suspect the problem is somewhere else.,
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