Refurb Kindle?

yankgirl · 06-12-2013, 11:53 AM

Has anyone bought a certified refurbished kindle? My Touch broke and after troubleshooting with amazon they offered me a regular certified refurb kindle for 48.00 -with 1 yr warranty - (I don't want to get another touch). I'm torn, should I get the refurb or just spend the extra 20 and get a new one?

Any advice?

booklover6 · 06-12-2013, 01:30 PM

Refurbs from Amazon are great! You can't go wrong, especially with the 1 year warranty. Amazon will back that warranty!

JSWolf · 06-12-2013, 01:36 PM

I would go for another Touch. The regular Kindle is a pain to use the keyboard. It's a pain to make collections. It's a pain reading eBooks in KF8 (AZW3). It's limiting on the font choices.

The Touch has the USE_ALT_FONT Easter egg that you can use to load in some fonts of your choice. There are some fonts out there (Such as my modified Charis SIL) that work very well with KF8 and don't give you that large gap between lines.

Overall, the Touch is just better for reading since you have more choices of how to set it so it suits you. The regular Kindle cannot do that and you are stuck with Amazon's way of doing it.

montalex · 06-13-2013, 06:50 PM

I've had 2 refurbished Kindles. They are like new. Better, as they have been tested. Don't hesitate to buy a refurbished Kindle. The battery will be new.

JSWolf · 06-13-2013, 06:53 PM

1 year warranty, can be exchanged if not right, new battery, no brainer.

06-12-2013, 11:53 AM	#1
yankgirl Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 50 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NJ Device: iPhone, iPad 2, PPP(purple pocket pro) Nook Tablet, K4 & Kindle Fire!	Refurb Kindle? Has anyone bought a certified refurbished kindle? My Touch broke and after troubleshooting with amazon they offered me a regular certified refurb kindle for 48.00 -with 1 yr warranty - (I don't want to get another touch). I'm torn, should I get the refurb or just spend the extra 20 and get a new one? Any advice?

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06-12-2013, 01:30 PM	#2
booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,545 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre 1, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle, Kobo Libre Colour	Refurbs from Amazon are great! You can't go wrong, especially with the 1 year warranty. Amazon will back that warranty!

06-12-2013, 01:36 PM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,756 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I would go for another Touch. The regular Kindle is a pain to use the keyboard. It's a pain to make collections. It's a pain reading eBooks in KF8 (AZW3). It's limiting on the font choices. The Touch has the USE_ALT_FONT Easter egg that you can use to load in some fonts of your choice. There are some fonts out there (Such as my modified Charis SIL) that work very well with KF8 and don't give you that large gap between lines. Overall, the Touch is just better for reading since you have more choices of how to set it so it suits you. The regular Kindle cannot do that and you are stuck with Amazon's way of doing it.

06-13-2013, 06:50 PM	#4
montalex Fanatic Posts: 556 Karma: 1283268 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: KindleDX,Kindle 4, Kindle Keyboard 3G	I've had 2 refurbished Kindles. They are like new. Better, as they have been tested. Don't hesitate to buy a refurbished Kindle. The battery will be new.

06-13-2013, 06:53 PM	#5
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,756 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	1 year warranty, can be exchanged if not right, new battery, no brainer.

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