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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
No clue but can I be nosy?
How much and did you have to unregister it?
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I almost hate to say because folks are going to "hate me." I bought it with two Non-Touch Kindle Basics (I wanted to get my kids each one, which is now done) and the total for the three devices was $27 (including tax). The prices they listed on the these three Kindles was $10, $12 and $25, but they have so many "tablets" they want to get rid of that they made this deal basically without me asking. I added Amazon cases to all three for about $9 total -- $2 + $2 +$3, including s/h (Amazon Warehouse deals). So I got a really good deal on these. All are in decent shape, had to clean sticker residue off a couple and, the way they've got them shoved in a box together, I think some of the minor scuffs on the bezels were caused after the pawn shop bought them. (They literally have tablets stuffed in a box so tightly that you have to kind of "pry" them out.) I think all I bought had to unregistered and re-registered, firmware updated and reset to factory defaults. (Maybe one was unregistered.) I've bought several other Kindles (passed on to family members) from this specific pawn shop. All but one could be registered (I wrote about that one in the past).
They have at least four of the new Amazon Fires ($49 ones) with $30 price tags on them in that box. I'm guessing you could probably get these for $15 to $20 each if you bought two or three of them at once. They also have some higher end Kindle tablets, lots of LGs, some Samsungs and these are just the ones in the boxes -- there's many more on the shelves. I've seen Kindle eReaders with $25 price tags in other pawn shops. Usually you'll have to take a chance when buying these, but mention that you might not be able to register the Kindle and they'll usually drop $5 or $10 off the price -- so the risk -- in my estimation -- is worth it.
Sorry to ramble. I was pretty excited about this deal but cheap eReaders (at least in the DFW area) are not hard to find.
Oh, and my impression of the New Touch, compared to the "old" Touch is not that favorable. I don't like the Bookerly font (which is why I upgraded the New Touch right away -- to see what it was like) but I'm guessing it would be better on the higher resolution Kindles. It looks kind of "spidery" on this Basic New Touch. I also don't like the "dullness" of the fonts. My "old" Touch's fonts seem darker with more "depth." The original Touches -- in my estimation -- are of higher quality, even prefer the Amazon covers for them over the New Touch's cover. But I did want to give the New Touch a fair test by side-loading the Constantia font (which is why I like the "old" Touches so much), which is why I started this thread. I also don't like the new 5.7.4 user interface. It seems unnecessarily "busy."
(I really don't know how to shut up.)