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Old 11-21-2024, 09:14 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by John F View Post
I'm seeing the PW on sale today for $130.
Thank you! So it did go on sale for Black Friday. That's a terrific price for such a brand-new device.

I was going to be done with this thread, but I've decided I want to say something more.

Can we wheel this way back? Objectively speaking, the Paperwhite is a fantastic piece of tech for $130. That's the same price as the Clara BW, which is only 6". Where is the comparable device at a comparable price? And the Paperwhite will work perfectly well out of the box. Buy a book, download, read.

The rest is details and I'm not sure they're relevant to most newbies. Or frankly, to most not-newbies. I think it comes across as so much gobbledygook and is discouraging in general. It shouldn't be, and it really isn't, all that hard. Going outside Kindle, I see the same thing with people who want Kobos. Brand new to eink reading, and they're inundated with patch this, Nickel Reader that, don't forget KOReader. It's not helpful. IMO, of course. Perhaps people could focus more on what the OP says they want, and less on airing their own opinions/grievances/biases.

I was going to say more, but I'll leave it at that.

I'm going to repeat what is my opinion, that people should tread warily with refurbs and especially used/not refurbed. There's no guarantee that the battery's been replaced (I was looking at a refurbed PW5 listing on Amazon yesterday, and it explicitly wasn't. And it cost $135!). A really, really cheap one could be worth the gamble, but I suspect there's little recourse if things go wrong.
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