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Originally Posted by Philippe D.
That is still "changed [my] mind".
If you really ordered this device without searching around, either on the web or in local stores, to learn about the realities of e-ink displays, then I agree with other posters here - you are a naive shopper.
It doesn't take much effort to learn that large-screen e-ink devices are still an emerging thing (and a good hint is that you won't find them in local brick-and-mortar stores - at least I can't), so any buyer is an early adopter - even waiting for reviews before ordering isn't perfectly safe.
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Hang on - so to add to the folks saying I'm "frivolous", "unable to resolve issues myself", "stupid for not researching", you're now adding "lazy naive shopper" to the insults?
I have used various Kindles, and never ever had a battery issue with any of them, even with wifi on. And yet you're saying I should have expected this issue, and that I'm simply lazy for not reading that? That I should have expected the menus to have poor English (again, unlike the Kindle, or any reviews I've seen).
As it is, I'm not getting anywhere here. All that's happening is people are piling up with the insults. Feel free to add some more.
Thanks to orpheus2011's positive response, I did look into cheaper return costs, but despite his followup I really cannot find anything significantly cheaper including insuring the cost of the device.
Since I'm not willing to pay to return it, and Booxtor is more interested in his profit margins, I'm going to have to keep it.
As I mentioned, as I can't really trust Booxtor/Waldemar to not just change the terms again while in transit ("Oh! Didn't you read the 'speck of dust' policy that wasn't there before? That'll be 30% 'speck of dust' cleaning costs"), I wouldn't at this point be willing to return it prior to getting my money back.
So it looks like stupid muggins here is left with a lemon.
I may try to root it (which would be a miracle, given how much of a naive, incapable idiot I am), and sort out at least the dreadful power management.
And yes, I know rooting it would void my warranty but a) we've already establish I'm probably a naive pea-brain who wouldn't be able to anyway, and b) given the abysmal service I've received, I expect the warranty would be completely pointless anyway, with any excuse used to avoid honouring it.