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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
Doubt it. Been buying from Amazon since 2004. They used better packaging back then. Heck, the product packaging of the PW2s and PW3s was much more resilient than the ultra-thin packaging for the latest PW4 and KT4 (don't have the Oasis).
They probably figured they save a lot more money cheaping out on packaging (labor, packaging material, shipping weight) compared to how much they spend on returns for damaged items due to improper packaging.
I've bought ~5 Kindles from Amazon this past year (stocked up during sales while they were still jailbreakable). As cringe-inducing as the packaging was (flattened Airpacs and all), none of the Kindles were damaged.
S/N: xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
Characters 1-8 for model and revision
Characters 9-12 for manufacture date (x: year, xx: week, x: day)
Characters 13-16 for unique identification
From experience though, refurbs don't get assigned new serial numbers so the manufacture date might be a good gauge for new vs refurb.
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this is great info. thank you!