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Originally Posted by KunoK
I agree that collecting ebook readers is not that expensive, compared to many other things. A holiday to somewhere for a week and you have spend some more than a couple of readers. Buy a car, and you can buy several readers a months for the same cost.Ok, I live in Denmark where cars are really expensive.
Some would argue that you only need one reader. True, but do you really need to go Egypt or to go skiing in Austria? Your choice is as good as the next guy's.
For me, your posts on this forum are a great source of information, and I enjoy reading them.
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Car is a very good comparison. From 2002 to 2006 I've had leased a car, which (including gas, tax, insurance, maintenance) was € 2.000 per months.
One of the things which fall into the category "you should do each stupidity once in your lifetime".
Back then, I've really enjoyed that car. Until I recognised, that I've been driving less every year. In the last year, it only has been 15.000 kilometers. Meaning, every single kilometer was more than € 1.50.
I can't drive that much taxi to have similar costs.
If I compare to my readers, a single hour of reading is about € 1.50 (including hardware and content). Even if I read the entire day, costs really are minimal.
Only problem is, I do the same with iTunes, PSP/NDS and all those other gadgets.
What I've learned from this: Cash is flowing. So far, I've only learned letting it flow into one direction...