I've said it before... - Page 2

ProfCrash · 10-20-2010, 09:50 PM

The DX is awesome

Barty · 10-20-2010, 09:59 PM

Cool! Whenever I call CS, they always ask for my reg info. What did you tell them? Umm, I never registered this kindle. I bought it off ebay?

ProfCrash · 10-20-2010, 10:07 PM

Why not? The warranty transfers with the Kindle.

Exer · 10-20-2010, 10:09 PM

Nice, good deals there! I should have been clever enough to try that lol.

Anyway, this post made me think of something ... It is kind of funny how the mind of MR works. You buy 2 broken Kindles, and are lucky enough to score two free replacements. Many pats on the back ensue.

Whereas that other fellow recently picked up a NIB Kindle for a discount and people ripped him a new one for being so "stupid" as to risk buying property they felt he should have assumed was "stolen". Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd think that there would be more stolen/lost *used* Kindles out in the world than there are stolen *new* ones.

Nahgem · 10-21-2010, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

Yep!

Derek

Excellent! I've been scouring Ebay with the same idea -- thought I could look for a broken one and just install a replacement screen or something if I could find one cheap enough, but i never thought about checking to see if the machine is still under warranty.

Congrats on your finds, by the way. I'd love a DX for reading graphic novels.

delphidb96 · 10-21-2010, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Barty

Cool! Whenever I call CS, they always ask for my reg info. What did you tell them? Umm, I never registered this kindle. I bought it off ebay?

If you've got the serial number and the previous owner *DE*registered it, just go to your Manage Your Kindle page and add the device. If the previous owner didn't - as happened with one of the DXes - charge it up and rotate it around until you can see the top status bar and (when activated) the Menu. Go into Settings and Deregister... (This can be difficult to impossible if you're using a K2 - until you remember that the Font Size option also shows a setting that rotates the display.)

Derek

delphidb96 · 10-21-2010, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Exer

Nice, good deals there! I should have been clever enough to try that lol.

Anyway, this post made me think of something ... It is kind of funny how the mind of MR works. You buy 2 broken Kindles, and are lucky enough to score two free replacements. Many pats on the back ensue.

Whereas that other fellow recently picked up a NIB Kindle for a discount and people ripped him a new one for being so "stupid" as to risk buying property they felt he should have assumed was "stolen". Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd think that there would be more stolen/lost *used* Kindles out in the world than there are stolen *new* ones.

Yeah, I thought their reactions was off-base as well. I recently scored a 70-300mm VR lens for my Nikon for less than $100! The person had mislabeled it as a "Promaster". Others saw it and insisted that it wasn't a Nikon lens - but it was! Their loss, my gain.

And I've now managed to score four K2s and 2 DXes this way. Sigh... Others just won't learn.

Of course, if these had NOT been 'under warranty', I'd be having them fixed at my expense - and a darned expensive 'expense' for me. (Well, not TOO bad for K2s - they're still $135.)

Derek

delphidb96 · 10-21-2010, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Nahgem

Excellent! I've been scouring Ebay with the same idea -- thought I could look for a broken one and just install a replacement screen or something if I could find one cheap enough, but i never thought about checking to see if the machine is still under warranty.

Congrats on your finds, by the way. I'd love a DX for reading graphic novels.

Just tried L Neil Smith's "Timepeepers" and it does GREAT! I'm waiting for Phoenix Pick to release his "The Probability Broach: The Graphic Novel" and "Roswell, Texas" in ebook format. Which ElNeil says is in the works.

Derek

duckeedoug · 10-21-2010, 02:26 AM

The screens on e-booker reader cost just as much as buying a a new E-book device. Especially for the end user. The screen is probably the most expensive component of any e-ink reader, or at least they used to be. I think that my PRS-505 was $400.00 several years ago, and a large portion of the cost was due to the screen technology.

delphidb96 · 10-21-2010, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by duckeedoug

The screens on e-booker reader cost just as much as buying a a new E-book device. Especially for the end user. The screen is probably the most expensive component of any e-ink reader, or at least they used to be. I think that my PRS-505 was $400.00 several years ago, and a large portion of the cost was due to the screen technology.

Very true. Which is why it is less important to check whether there's warranty left on a K2 than on a KDX. The non-warranty repair price is above $250 for the DX!

Derek

10-20-2010, 09:50 PM	#16
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	The DX is awesome

10-20-2010, 09:59 PM	#17
Barty doofus Posts: 2,549 Karma: 13089041 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Voyage	Cool! Whenever I call CS, they always ask for my reg info. What did you tell them? Umm, I never registered this kindle. I bought it off ebay?

10-20-2010, 10:07 PM	#18
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Why not? The warranty transfers with the Kindle.

10-20-2010, 10:09 PM	#19
Exer I see Russia! Posts: 205 Karma: 234787 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Alaska Device: Etch-A-Sketch	Nice, good deals there! I should have been clever enough to try that lol. Anyway, this post made me think of something ... It is kind of funny how the mind of MR works. You buy 2 broken Kindles, and are lucky enough to score two free replacements. Many pats on the back ensue. Whereas that other fellow recently picked up a NIB Kindle for a discount and people ripped him a new one for being so "stupid" as to risk buying property they felt he should have assumed was "stolen". Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd think that there would be more stolen/lost used Kindles out in the world than there are stolen new ones.

10-21-2010, 02:26 AM	#24
duckeedoug Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 160 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony PRS 505	The screens on e-booker reader cost just as much as buying a a new E-book device. Especially for the end user. The screen is probably the most expensive component of any e-ink reader, or at least they used to be. I think that my PRS-505 was $400.00 several years ago, and a large portion of the cost was due to the screen technology.

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