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Old 09-19-2019, 12:06 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by Ripplinger View Post
I actually prefer keeping old readers around as a fall back just in case I do something stupid and break my favorite reader. So I'd probably never return it for just a $20 credit or whatever discount they'd give (which I guarantee wouldn't be worth what I'd value the reader at).

As others said, give them to friends or family and get them hooked on ebooks if you really don't want the spares laying around, or donate them possibly to a women's/children's shelter would be a great option as well.


I kept a few too many readers around. Recently I decided 2-3 is more than enough for backup. Honestly, I now wish I'd sold off my spares sooner. I'd have gotten more cash for them.

I did give a couple away to younger family members back when, got them started on ereading. Meant to give a couple to friends, but turned out the friends weren't at all interested, thus the readers sat about, and I had the extra work of checking them to be sure they got charged as needed.

The shelter idea is not a bad one, tho! But now I'm likely to be smarter and when I upgrade, will sell off the previous device before it becomes ancient. As you say, at that point, is hardly worth the bother of selling.


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