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Originally Posted by crich70
I'd be careful about buying a Kindle from anywhere but Amazon itself. Others have bought Kindles at pawnshops, via craigslist and Ebay and usually it turns out the Kindle is blacklisted. Not only can you not register the blacklisted kindle but you can't easily access your books or make collections since you need to register in order to do that.
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It's always a buyer beware for anything purchased used. The seller should provide the serial number (so you can contact Amazon) or SHOW that the device is/can be registered. You can show a photo of it operational and registered. When I sell a unit, that is what I do, explaining that it will be returned to factory settings before shipping.
By the way, when asking questions, be sure to explain to the seller what 'blacklisted' means. Some don't understand what that means (inability to register unit to Amazon). Keep in mind that liquidators often get Kindles to sell that were originally lost, replaced using insurance, and then found and sold to a liquidator. They are still blacklisted, but no nefarious scheme has occurred.
As mentioned before, you can read on a non-registered Kindle Paperwhite without any problems. You can change all the reading options (text size, bolding, choice of fonts, etc.). It's the enhanced features that you can't use such as collections. (see my other post about dictionaries).