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chas0039 · 11-10-2010, 06:37 PM

Just an update, many, many of the feedback reports are indicating that these items have to be new and not returns. It is looking more and more like this is a way to dump inventory that is new by calling it refurb and undercutting the retail price but "protecting" the independent sellers. Years ago, when I was in the Photo industry we would see this all the time. Unfortunately, if this is the case, these will probably all have the newer than 1.4 firmware. Too bad.

On another note, the firmware has gotten up to 1.4.3 in anticipation of the 1.5 release sometime later this month.

11-10-2010, 06:37 PM	#9
chas0039 Sceptic Posts: 573 Karma: 73436 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Lake Device: rooted Nooks, retired. JetBook Lite, Kindle 3, 4, Kobo Nia, Libra H2O.	Just an update, many, many of the feedback reports are indicating that these items have to be new and not returns. It is looking more and more like this is a way to dump inventory that is new by calling it refurb and undercutting the retail price but "protecting" the independent sellers. Years ago, when I was in the Photo industry we would see this all the time. Unfortunately, if this is the case, these will probably all have the newer than 1.4 firmware. Too bad. On another note, the firmware has gotten up to 1.4.3 in anticipation of the 1.5 release sometime later this month. Last edited by chas0039; 11-10-2010 at 06:40 PM.