Selling / Buying 2nd Hand Kindle

cuteseal · 11-03-2010, 10:09 PM

Hi all, just wondering if there are any gotchas in selling a Kindle to someone else?

I take it you just de-register the device from your account and do a factory reset so that all your data is gone before selling it?

The buyer then just has to create an amazon account and register the device with their account?

How does warranty work? If there are 6 months remaining, is it automatically transferred or tracked or something via the device serial number?

Thanks,
Julian

desertgrandma · 11-03-2010, 10:25 PM

I believe this is exactly how it works.

pboss · 11-03-2010, 10:40 PM

Extended warranties, like from SquareTrade or Service Net are transferable. I believe you need to let the company know you are transferring the Kindle.

cuteseal · 11-04-2010, 05:43 AM

Awesome, thanks...

Silly question, but I don't need to tell Amazon that I'm selling it, right? I'm assuming the de-registering / re-registering process will take care of that...

ProfCrash · 11-04-2010, 09:28 AM

You do not have to call Amazon.

I would highly recommend that you post the Kindle's seriel number when you go to sell it. There have been a wave of folks who have ended up buying stolen Kindles. If you are willing to post the seriel number a prospective buyer can call Amazon and see if that Kindle is on a black list or not. Obviously yours would not be.

11-03-2010, 10:09 PM	#1
cuteseal Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 170 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Selling / Buying 2nd Hand Kindle Hi all, just wondering if there are any gotchas in selling a Kindle to someone else? I take it you just de-register the device from your account and do a factory reset so that all your data is gone before selling it? The buyer then just has to create an amazon account and register the device with their account? How does warranty work? If there are 6 months remaining, is it automatically transferred or tracked or something via the device serial number? Thanks, Julian

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11-03-2010, 10:25 PM	#2
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	I believe this is exactly how it works.

11-03-2010, 10:40 PM	#3
pboss Evangelist Posts: 408 Karma: 646 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: none	Extended warranties, like from SquareTrade or Service Net are transferable. I believe you need to let the company know you are transferring the Kindle.

11-04-2010, 05:43 AM	#4
cuteseal Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 170 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Awesome, thanks... Silly question, but I don't need to tell Amazon that I'm selling it, right? I'm assuming the de-registering / re-registering process will take care of that...

11-04-2010, 09:28 AM	#5
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	You do not have to call Amazon. I would highly recommend that you post the Kindle's seriel number when you go to sell it. There have been a wave of folks who have ended up buying stolen Kindles. If you are willing to post the seriel number a prospective buyer can call Amazon and see if that Kindle is on a black list or not. Obviously yours would not be.

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