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Originally Posted by 93terp
No Kindle that I've ever bought "out of the box" has any indication that it does or does not have SO. There is zero markings on the box itself to indicate one way or the other. Additionally, being tracked as "separate items for purposes of stock control" seems a totally absurd point to justify your position. If this were in fact true, I would not be able, with a click of button on my "Manage Content & Devices" page, to turn off SO on a purchased Kindle that was delivered with it enabled. There's no difference in hardware at all between the 2 configurations. But whatever, you're entitled to your opinion.
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I don't work at Amazon--but my guess is that keep both Kindles with Special Offers and without Special Offers in their warehouse ready to be shipped out when ordered or on release day. Even though you aren't able to see the difference on the packaging they are indeed differentiated at Amazon. That way, when ordered or on release day, the correct model (with or without special offers) can be pulled out of inventory and shipped with no further intervention on Amazon's part--making the shipping far more efficient than having to turn on or off special offers at the time of shipping.