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Old 09-25-2012, 05:25 PM   #46
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Receive that DXG yet? How was the condition?

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The seller bangss appears to be a relatively young one (judging by his rather limited language or maybe it is just Brooklyn, the only place in US were I have been cursed at by a store owner for calling them up and asking about a product) selling various items bought at surplus auctions. Kindles are pretty much his only electronic devices rest are pool supplies, toys, etc.

I too am awaiting with worry the arrival of Demo Kindle DX from him. He promised that the screen was fine. However, he might be a bit naive/inexperienced in shipping them out with substandard packing.

In any case, it will be "interesting" to see the shape the screen will be when it arrives here in Europe...
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Old 09-25-2012, 08:11 PM   #47
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There is a report of somebody getting a refund from him, in another thread. Hopefully he will learn to ship these properly after a few returned units. Still no feedback about DX demos though...
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:39 PM   #48
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Newbie on the forum here. just want to comment about this. i think it will be charged to the shipping lines. maybe the item before it was shipped its in good condition.
Not unless insurance was purchased. And even with insurance, the shipping company could (rightfully) claim that it was not packaged adequately. DX screens are prone to damage from twisting and flexing, so it needs to be shipped in a box, not an envelope.
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:50 PM   #49
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Newbie on the forum here. just want to comment about this. i think it will be charged to the shipping lines. maybe the item before it was shipped its in good condition.
It's irrelevant on eBay anyways. Buyers deal with the seller not anybody else. If the seller thinks the shipping company damaged it that's their issue with them. They still have to make good with the buyer. First.
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...And, with an eInk device, you can see a broken screen immediately, not just at powering on.

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Actually, that is not true. Especially for eInk. Breaking a screen substrate (back surface circuitry) does not change the eink pixels until power is applied and the screen contents are changed. So you need to power it on to see if the entire screen changes, or just part of it, or if streaks of pixels change where not intended. A classic symptom is vertical and/or horizontal streaks emanating from an otherwise invisible diagonal crack.
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I bought a few demo Kindles and they *all* had "for parts" in their description and they all (but one which I've had replaced) arrived with the functioning screens.

I've seen a lot of listings for defective items and if the major (functionality or price-wise) component of the item is broken (like a display in a smartphone, tablet or laptop) it is always photographed and described.

Selling a Kindle with the broken display and just describing it as "for parts" not an honest description as it is incomplete -- major broken components should be described (and photographed) explicitly.

So yeah, I'm with geekmaster on that -- either bangss is not an honest seller or just stupidly careless about shipping the merchandise.
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