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Originally Posted by Nate the great
Oh, here's something you should know about free review units: they belong to the company, not the reviewer.
Many companies will actually send a return label with the unit, making it clear they want it back. Some will even have you sign an agreement specifying the unit has to be returned before they will ship it.
I returned most of loaner Kindles I got from Amazon (I'm using the one or two I kept) and all Nook hardware lent to me.
This is why i don't think I can sell it.
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I would have assumed that some such agreement would have been put in place because otherwise that would represent a lost sale for the manufacturer.
Giving away the devices wouldn't be quite the same as the people they were being given to might never have been willing to part with money to purchase them.
I also wonder about tax and customs. Does one have to pay any kind of duty when one is receiving a review unit?
I would think that a gift and a review unit might be treated diferently by customs officials, but I could be wrong. No experience in the matter.