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Originally Posted by daffy4u
I don't know. There's a lot of whining on the Amazon forums about not being offered a trade-in option for Kindle 2. Seems like a lot want to upgrade if they can get a better deal pricewise.
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I see no justification for this. You don't get a deal on a new Toyota just because you have a previous model year. People are just greedy!
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Sure you do -- it's called a trade-in. Your older car has residual value and the dealer is willing to take it off your hands if you'll buy the new model. Then he turns around and sells the car he bought from you for a profit.
The trick is -- Amazon isn't offering a trade-in. Instead, you have to find a place to sell your old Kindle for yourself. Sony offered a trade-up option to owners of the PRS-500 to purchase a PRS-505, but many found that selling their older device themselves resulted in a better price than Sony was offering.
While it might have been nice for Amazon to offer a trade-in, it wouldn't really incite me to buy another one anyway.
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Originally Posted by Boston
Admittedly, I was tempted. Just because its faster and slimmer. But I can't justify the spend as the Kindle 2 doesn't offer any real reading advantages for me over the Kindle 1.
If I sell my Kindle 1 (which to me is the same as Amazon offering an upgrade deal), I'd still add the cost of a new cover , extended warranty, as well.
So I am going to keep my Kindle 1...I still have 5 months on the Amazon warranty and another 2 years from square trade after that. If my Kindle dies in that time, then I can upgrade for small money and until then it does what I need it too.
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Me too. If I need/want an additional Kindle, of course it will be a K2. (And then I can get that lovely
Jade Green Cover from M-Edge.