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Originally Posted by knc1
In USA, "retail store" is still not equal to "brick and mortar (physical) store".
I wrote "retail store" just in contrast with "Amazon direct".
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That's what I've meant too. And yes, most of these stores also have online presences where you even may let the articles deliver to the local shop (which often is much more convenient than waiting for the postman to come some time between 7 am to 8 pm ...). Okay, this definitely
is a a regional speciality that many customers here in Germany prefer buying "cash and carry". Has often something to do with privacy, you understand...
To put it in a nutshell: I've jailbroken about 10 different Kindle devices (from NT4 to KOA1) up to now (mine, and these of good friends and colleagues), and only three of them have ever been registered with Amazon. Regarding the remainig 7, Amozon even doesn't know that the respective serial numbers are actively used (as mentioned: as pure offline readers for books from other sources). And the nasty Data Hydra named Amazon also does by no way know, who owns these devices now. For them, their trace finally ends here: "This device was sold directly via Market XYZ in Germany after month/year. Obviously has never been activated. Probably broken, lost or stolen."
