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Originally Posted by romi
Just to chime in with my experience with support.
When I bought my device half a year ago I immediately noticed a dead / stuck pixel at the bottom, which sometimes disturbs me when I read. After several days I resorted to contacting the support. I wrote multiple emails to contact@ then support@, alll *very* polite but received no answer. After I resent the text of the message with slight modifications and introductory text stating I'm still waiting for a reply I received ...
... no reply. 
And I gave up. I still like the device, like its openness compared to Kindle and co., its simple design; but this rudeness in dealing with a fresh (still excited from the new and very costly purchase) customer. In the meantime my device is not brand new and I don't think I'll ever get a replacement or anything for this slight defect.
I should also say that this awful experience has a negative impact in my attitude towards a small rather than big, European rather than American company. One reason I bought Cybook was that it was a small company and finally European. But wrong. Next time it'll have to be American or Japanese when it comes to electronics. |
That is sad. tbh I bought my gen3 18months ago directly from bookeen and have been fortunate in that I have had no problems with it.
Other than the debacle with the firmware I have been happy with the device overall, and on that basis both my Sister and her husband bought one from W H Smiths.
My sisters worked ok, but his would crash frequently, at least a couple of times in an hour. W H Smiths gave him a replacement without any problems.
TBH, I'm not sure if I would buy another device from Bookeen, I suppose much would depend on how good the next firmware is. But even if I did, it would not be directly from Bookeen, but a reseller that has a good reputation for after sales service.