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Old 08-29-2010, 12:29 AM   #1
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For how much did you sell your K2 to buy K3?
I listed mine on CL for $130 and immediately had 7 offers, making me wonder if I priced it too low. This is K2 US only by the way.
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Old 08-29-2010, 01:03 AM   #2
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I listed mine for $149.99 on Amazon Marketplace & it sold within an hour.
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Old 08-29-2010, 02:36 AM   #3
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I actually bought my K2i a few days after I preordered the K3...had never owned a kindle and wanted to know what it had in store for me. I bought it for $100 BIN on eBay with free shipping. A week before launch, I threw it back onto eBay for $130 and it sold within an hour.

What I can't figure out is, why are people still buying these like hotcakes when the kindle wifi is only $140...maybe they really want the 3g that badly but not enough to shell out the $189? Maybe they don't know about the K3? Who knows...but they sure hold their value, which is a confidence builder, really.
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Old 08-29-2010, 02:49 AM   #4
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I sold my K2 with the Amazon kindle cover almost a month ago for $200 on CL. More than enough to pay for my K3 with 3G.
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Old 08-29-2010, 10:05 AM   #5
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Sold my K2i for USD 100.
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Old 08-29-2010, 10:20 AM   #6
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There are people out there that are ignorant of current events...
I would be hard pressed to buy a K2 for anything over $100
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Old 08-29-2010, 10:40 AM   #7
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There are people out there that are ignorant of current events...
I would be hard pressed to buy a K2 for anything over $100
I've sold a number of my surplus readers recently on eBay. None has sold for less than $150; the one that sold for the highest price was a Sony PRS-600, which went for about $230.
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I've sold a number of my surplus readers recently on eBay. None has sold for less than $150; the one that sold for the highest price was a Sony PRS-600, which went for about $230.
eBay is a whole different monster... it amazes me what people will pay for items there. I dont know if it is ignorance or they get caught up in the whole auction thing and must win the item when they bid.

I look through craigs list all the time and routinelly find K2's for right about the $100 range and not the BN nook is finding itself on there for about the same price. I actually happen to have a wifi nook with cover sitting on my computer desk that I snaked up for $100 and I have a guy getting back to me on a 3G nook with cover for $110.

Maybe I should just buy all the ones that I find and toss them on eBay
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I bought my wife's Kindle when Woot had them for $150 on 7/1. The day that the K3 was announced I sold it on eBay in 58 minutes for $150 with a DecalGirl skin on it. The only problem was with the eBay fees, shipping, and the PayPal gouge, the cost of selling it was $37. I could have waited a week or so and probably made money on it.
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Old 08-29-2010, 01:04 PM   #10
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My K3 Wifi only cost me $4

July 15th: Ordered 'Refurbished' K2 for $110 USD
July 19th: K2 arrived, screen was dead on arrival
July 19th: Talk to Amazon CSR, replacement is sent!!!
July 21st: 2nd K2 arrives. It works!!!
July 21st - July 28th: Enjoying my K2 every day
July 28th: I hear news of the K3 Wifi being released for $139 USD
July 28th - August 1st: Waffle back and forth if I should 'upgrade'. Finally decide to list my K2 for sale locally.
August 1st: Sell my K2 For $150 USD making a nice $40 profit
August 1st: Pre-order K3 Wifi
August 20th: Unable to resist the temptation to sell my K3 pre-order on Ebay any longer I sell it for $260 USD!!! A tidy profit of ~$95 USD
August 20th: Order my '4th' Kindle, another K3 Wifi for the grand total out the door pocket cost of $3.78. Should be delivered Mid September.
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Old 08-29-2010, 02:00 PM   #11
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Old 08-29-2010, 06:07 PM   #12
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Old 08-29-2010, 06:22 PM   #13
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August 20th: Unable to resist the temptation to sell my K3 pre-order on Ebay any longer I sell it for $260 USD!!! A tidy profit of ~$95 USD
Dang. Looks like the WIfi+3G is currently going for around $249. Might be tempting, but by the time eBay and Paypal take their cut out of the $60 profit, there's not much left.
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