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Old 11-06-2015, 05:39 PM   #301
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Originally Posted by p38lightning View Post
Hi Gang...Need Some Input/Advice.

Pocketbook apparently has no USA repair facility and the cost of sending my broken unit back to Europe plus the repair charge would be prohibitive.

What PB has offered in lieu of the above is a 20% discount off of their 199.00 Euro price which would bring it down to 160.00 Euro or approx. 172.00 in dollars. I hope this would include shipping!

The follow-up question I asked them is whether the 840 screen is prone to substrate damage/cracking or if whatever happened to mine was just a fluke.

What I am now faced with is investing another $172.00 into the 840, getting an Onyx Boox i86 ML for $279.00 (overkill for my needs), or going back to my LG GPad 8.3 until someone else comes along at CES in January with another 8 to 9 inch ereader at a reasonable price. I could even resurrect my Kindle DXG!

Please keep in mind that my usage is limited to using the reader as a "reader" and I don't need or require a lot of bells and whistles other than larger screen acreage and software that provides a good visual and physical reading experience along with being able to use both ePub and Mobi sources. I sideload all of my books.

Thanks in advance for any help.
I've had the Inkpad the longest, and I've never had a problem.
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