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Originally Posted by Antinoos
Okay, it's obvious that the majority of the "refurbished" devices are simply customer returned. I just can't believe that the defective Kindles will be dumped instead of repaired, given a factory new housing, and then sold as "refurbished".
BTT: I would never buy such a "refurbished" Kindle, as it could have a "brand new" firmware 5.8.8 and up, which can't be jailbroken any longer. In a shop I can easily check the firmware version before buying. 
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Oh I can believe it. Those defective units are cost-offs.
Oh you aren't in the US, so you probably don't know how our businesses operate.
It is actually more profitable for Amazon to not fix the defective units.
The reason for this is that they can show they lost money on the device when they do their taxes.
So rather than paying someone to fix them and reselling them at a cheaper price, they get a bigger tax break.
Would you rather make $10 on an item or at least $50?
First would be profit when resold, second would be the tax deduction.