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Old 09-30-2013, 01:46 PM   #91
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For people who REALLY can't wait (or ordered recently and won't ship for another week or so) I noticed that local B&M stores like Best Buy have it in stock in some of there stores.
You can go to the website and check the Store Pickup http://www.bestbuy.com/site/amazon-k...&skuId=1807143
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Old 09-30-2013, 01:55 PM   #92
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Still don't have a serial # or shipping date or any other exciting little thing on the My Devices page for my PW2.
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Old 09-30-2013, 02:11 PM   #93
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I don't know about you guys, but I greatly dislike that "Shipping Now" status that Amazon uses these days. Don't give me "now" if it's not really NOW. *rant mode off* :P
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Old 09-30-2013, 02:15 PM   #94
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I don't know about you guys, but I greatly dislike that "Shipping Now" status that Amazon uses these days. Don't give me "now" if it's not really NOW. *rant mode off* :P
I find it a little annoying too. Worst of all was one time I had an order sit on "shipping now" status for over 2 weeks. I'm just hoping mine really comes tomorrow and nothing goes wrong.
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Old 09-30-2013, 02:15 PM   #95
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Thanks DeeQ. I'll post the actual video here.
What a dumb review. Let's take a look at a lit screen outdoors in bright sunlight! He lost me when he referred to the Home screen as a "carousel". I do look forward to actual PW2 owners discussing them in the next few days, but these blog reviews are a joke.
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these blog reviews are a joke.
I agree! They've been especially bad this time around it seems.
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Old 09-30-2013, 02:17 PM   #97
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I find it a little annoying too. Worst of all was one time I had an order sit on "shipping now" status for over 2 weeks. I'm just hoping mine really comes tomorrow and nothing goes wrong.
I've had Kindle orders arrive with the status still showing "Preparing to Ship".
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Old 09-30-2013, 02:23 PM   #98
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I've had Kindle orders arrive with the status still showing "Preparing to Ship".
Oh geez. Well, in that case maybe mine is actually airborne at this point.
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Old 09-30-2013, 02:38 PM   #99
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According to Amazon, mine is out for delivery

I'll post impressions. I'm selling my 1st Gen PW either back to Amazon (got a 99.00 trade in; not bad) or via ebay (listing expires tonight). If anyone is interested, please pm me.
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Oh geez. Well, in that case maybe mine is actually airborne at this point.
It may very well be. I hope so! In all the years I've gotten orders from Amazon, and that is a lot of years and a lot of orders, only one or two were late. One was late because the carrier screwed up, but I don't think they use Ensenda any more, at least not in my area.
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Old 09-30-2013, 02:43 PM   #101
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It may very well be. I hope so! In all the years I've gotten orders from Amazon, and that is a lot of years and a lot of orders, only one or two were late. One was late because the carrier screwed up, but I don't think they use Ensenda any more, at least not in my area.
Same here! Mine are always on time, except a few times when they used the carrier Prestige who at the time were horribly unreliable. They have since improved, at least in my area. I'm pretty sure my PW will come either via UPS or FedEx though.
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Old 09-30-2013, 02:47 PM   #102
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The time frame UPS gives me is never right unless it is "By end of day."
It also might only be accurate for next day deliveries though since I know those deliveries get priority.
Yeah, I always get UPS delivery between 5 and 6. Makes me wonder what the heck they do the rest of the day.
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Old 09-30-2013, 02:47 PM   #103
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Mine was shipped and left the seller facility. The serial number is recorded at the Manage Your Kindle site. The order page shows a delivery by Oct 2. However, after clicking the tracking number in the email it turns out it went by FEDEX Smart Post with a delivery date of Oct 3 by the US MAIL.

FEDEX delivers to the post office and the post office sends it with the regular mail carrier to my house.

At least its on the way now with a tracking number. I presume that those, who paid extra for one day delivery, got it today by UPS.

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Old 09-30-2013, 02:52 PM   #104
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Me too!
I've been thinking of buying a Kindle Paperwhite since the first gen but since getting it so hard and can't justify the shipping and tax, I decided to go with Kobo (not bad to be honest but I also have many books from Amazon).

I actually thought of buying it on amazon.co.uk and send it to a friend in UK. Don't think I will get taxed from UK and shipping is still doable.

Btw, there's Waterstones in Amsterdam too (looking at your location perhaps it is closer than Brussels?). They were selling Kindle PW but the price was €179. Yeah I know. Don't know when they will have PW2.... I might be desperate enough to spend that much.

PS: Is it cheaper in Waterstones Brussels?

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I suspect it will be the same price in Brussels, although I must say €179 is very steep. I can understand it's more expensive than when buying from Amazon, but I would have thought it would be around €150 max.

Last time I went to Amsterdam I checked the Waterstones they didn't have Kindles, but that was a while ago. A trip to Amsterdam is indeed a lot cheaper, and I wanted to visit anyway to stock up on some art supplies. I'll call the Waterstones in Amsterdam at the end of October and see if they have the PW2 by then and what it cost.

At the moment a PW2 plus shipping and tax is about €152, only €13 more than on Amazon.de. However, I'm also concerned about defects, if there are screen problems I wouldn't want to have to send it back to the US (even if Amazon refunds the shipping costs).
Waterstones in Brussels is 200 m from my office. As far as I remember it was 169€ wifi. Do not buy in euro from Amazon.com, leave it in usd. Mine cost me 147€, ing conversion. Amazon has higher rate always than you bank.
By the way to send it back to US you print label and deliver it to your nearest UPS drop off centre, for free.
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Old 09-30-2013, 03:39 PM   #105
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Mine was shipped and left the seller facility. The serial number is recorded at the Manage Your Kindle site. The order page shows a delivery by Oct 2. However, after clicking the tracking number in the email it turns out it went by FEDEX Smart Post with a delivery date of Oct 3 by the US MAIL.

FEDEX delivers to the post office and the post office sends it with the regular mail carrier to my house.

At least its on the way now with a tracking number. I presume that those, who paid extra for one day delivery, got it today by UPS.
It always says a day later then it delivers. I don't know why that is. I hate Smartpost but it seems to always come on time. I do know that depends on the post office though some have to wait till someone is there to break open the pallets. Smaller post offices take longer.
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