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Originally Posted by haertig
Yes, I know at one time you did say you'd admit to "x00", but that's not very useful because it covers such a wide range.
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I’ve actually said more than that in following posts but naturally I expect many have just “skimmed” some sections of this thread …… just as I did/do with the KU books. You’ll see I’ve said that I’m not surprised my account was “flagged” due to the large use I displayed in April but a summary DOS, with no explanation to me or any note on my account to say why, had even the Support staff chasing their tails for just shy of 2 weeks. They had me “Cancel” my membership and immediately resubscribe a couple of times to try clear “any blocks” but to no avail. So my current membership is dated 1st May even though I joined last year with very little use til April.
Specificity …… I’ll try and get screenshots up but ….. I can’t tell you or the other “concerned elders” an exact number. Amazon’s “Your Kindle Unlimited” page does NOT display stats and figures of “Borrowed” books or History numbers (at least not in my Mac’s Firefox).
I’m on an old ADSL slow connection here in the sticks and my 2007 model is a tad slow at downloading large files. So to answer the pointed question means I have to keep scrolling down the page and manually counting titles as they load up, which I started to do but stopped at roughly 250 for April but knew there were still more. OK so lets say the flag was set at >300 or even 500 for the month……. how long is it reasonable and relevant for me to sit there scrolling; marking lines on a piece of paper like the Count of Monte Christo in his cell just to say XXX! Let’s just agree that what you and I say is a LOT is a lot but it’s still NOT “Unlimited” in ANY language or interpretation.
I’ve already openly admitted to “high” browsing in April and have NOT complained of being flagged - I’ll happily compare to the fat kid in Willy Wonka’s factory, they let me keep “eating” and I binged.
What I’m deeply “concerned” at is that there was no investigation or followup to see if my account had been hacked; if they really were that worried. What if some hacker had hijacked my account and started searching for ………… ? Well, you get the idea!
It can’t have been too much of a worry for Amazon because they didn’t cancel my account at all or stop debiting my account like they allegedly have with others according to;
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Originally Posted by Difflugia
....... This is the same pattern (and subsequent discussion) that we've seen before with Amazon closing accounts, limiting returns, disabling device access, and not paying earned referral commissions. In each case, Amazon's actions contradicted their published terms with the exception of vague "at Amazon's discretion" clauses …..
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Amazon are still happily debiting my account, especially with today’s book purchase; making “30 orders placed in the last 6 months”. These are charged order$ NOT Borrowed KU books.
I’m definitely NOT being evasive, just don’t want to have to jump through irrelevant hoops, especially when the basic premise is already “agreed” anyway.
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Originally Posted by haertig
So while I did learn something from your posts (there's a limit), I did not learn anything very useful (like, what approximately is this limit?)
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My point EXACTLY ! ….. they still won’t tell me/us, that’s precisely what I asked for and want to know. In any event, it’s beyond dispute very clearly now that Amazon KU is definitely is NOT “Unlimited” to any reasonable mind.
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Originally Posted by haertig
What this does, when you don't appear to want to answer the obvious question, is it makes it appear that you are hiding something, and this in turn makes it appear that maybe your posts have not been 100% straightforward, which then makes it appear than this whole thread might be a trolling operation rather than a truthful event. I can only tell you how you appear to me, having read your posts. You started out strong, but then appeared to move into evasiveness and misdirection as people began asking questions.
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Well dare I say it; with all the accusations and allegations levelled at me here in this thread from the beginning to now, especially by Elders, it might [i]“appear “[i] to some that I’ve maybe even been somewhat bullied, harassed and put on the defensive for daring to speak perceived ill against the great and sacred Amazon Gods. But I’ll leave that to the X,000+ read counts to judge that for themselves.
I hope that users see my protracted “disobedience” and challenge to “commercial authority” as academic rather than personal.