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Old 05-30-2016, 11:39 AM   #26
Yolina
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Originally Posted by disconnected View Post
I think some evil genius at Amazon must have perfected a formula to maximize profit by balancing allowable tolerance in manufacture against predicted tolerance by customers.
It certainly looks like it.There's a difference in what I'd tolerate on, say, the basic Kindle at £60 and on the Oasis at £270 though...

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Originally Posted by cerem0ny View Post
but then I wonder if Jeff Bezos feels guilty for selling $450 premium devices with crappy screens
Obviously not The screen lottery has existed since the PW1, I won't believe for one second that he's not aware of it.
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