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It's simple. People have so little experience with ereaders that they assume any they see is a Kindle. I get "Is that a Kindle?" when they see it, or if I mention I use an ereader, the are "A Kindle?" It doesn't happen often, but it has happened enough that I can tell it is coming.
It was also supposed to be a joke. But, I suspect you now have the same opinion of my sense of humour as my wife ![]() |
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If that is a joke it doesn't make sense to me either. |
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Just a Yellow Smiley.
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![]() But, I actually reread the line when I was replying but still didn't see that error. Now I understand the confusion. ![]() |
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Thanks. It is appreciated. I thought I remembered you were a Kobo guy.
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Perhaps suggesting that your experience with your Sony ereader is the same as those using a Kobo device does not give an accurate picture? As for other reasons for purchasing from Amazon? I ordered 3 Blu Ray videos during Prime Day with "guaranteed 2 day delivery". Here's it is four days later and I get a notice that my order has finally shipped via Canada Post. Care to make a small side bet on Canada Post getting the parcel to my door today? All this to save $3.60Cdn over purchasing the same videos from elsewhere. Last edited by DNSB; 07-14-2017 at 11:53 AM. |
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I don't recall any delays in my recent purchases, and the few times it seemed slow was when the calendar days did not match up with 'business' days. That is, delivery time would span a Sunday or a holiday of some sort. No delivery system, regardless of its efficiency can withstand an assault by a single civil servant! |
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In the US for Kindle it's always been order and get it in a day or two for Kindle (could do a few hours with Prime Now). For Kobo it took longer (a little over a week IIRC) to receive since they shipped from Canada, but was just as straight forward overall except for the fact that they shipped to to my billing address (requiring a signature) instead of my shipping address.
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I own a Kobo, and I use it. I also occasionally buy books from Kobo, but only if they are DRM free. Yes...I know about the obok plugin, and I've used it. I would probably use it again if the Kobo store were the ONLY place I could get a book. But you will never convince me that buying from Kobo is as seamless as buying from Amazon. Shari PS...By the way...if I DID want to use a public library to read books, that works on my Kindle, as well, since I'm in the US. I know that it doesn't work that way in other countries, but then again, Overdrive on Kobo doesn't work in all countries either, does it? Shari |
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