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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Those 'special offers' are a big part of why I don't buy a Kindle. They try to spin it like they are saving the customer money. But I can buy a comparable Kobo or Nook for the same price (or less!) and have no ads at all. Trying to pretend that one of the most successful companies in the world can't sell a device at similar cost to their competitors without serving ads just doesn't pass the smell test.
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When Amazon first started with the Special Offers, they were a good deal. There were many specials offered, like buying a gift card and getting $10 extra, etc.
I don't know when they were changed to just ads, I've been ignoring them for a long time. I hardly see the sleep screen, so I really don't care what shows up there. We have 3 Kindles in the house, no way I'm paying to opt out.
My first Kindle had the dead authors as sleep screens, when the Emily Dickinson one showed up, I would wake the Kindle and put it to sleep again so she didn't stay on the screen. She looked like Skeletor, and was very creepy.