Refurb Kindles now available for $329; please, try to contain yourselves
By Jacob Schulman 
posted November 30th 2008 9:42AM
posted November 30th 2008 9:42AM
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Let the suckers pay as much as they want for Kindle, who cares. DO it now as the Kindle II is even larger and has no memory expansion slot
Lol, look at the book at the top. My favorite book of all time!
You guys are so full of it, that its not even funny. If this was an Apple product you'd be all claiming this was a wonderful discount. But it doesn't have an Apple logo on it so Screw you guys I'm going home and complain on the internet how it sucks. Pathetic.
PS- BUt of course Apple would never make an e-book reader because "people don't read anymore" or so Steve "I'm a douche" Jobs tells its fanbois.
worst refurb price ive ever seen...
Until things get down to $200 and I get a price advantage on books I'd rather just stick with expanding my library. There is no deal in this "refurb" deal. There is still something about holding onto a book and coming back to it in a few years and reading it again.
Michael Crichton died! Engadget, why have you not reported this!?
They are petrified he'd write a book about them having a small penis (as in with Mick Crowley).
The kindle screen size and battery life are nice, but I've found by reading on a PDA-size screen that the only sacrifice is pressing the page-turn button more often, because even speed readers don't read more than a few lines at a time. So having a couple of paragraphs on the screen is enough, particularly when that means you can use the device you already have (pocket pc/phone or iPhone) and it fits in your shirt pocket.
Still costs too much
OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY!!
Oh wait, I still don't want one. Not even a little, teeny bit.
Is $330 supposed to be... cheap?
$100 and we have a deal! Any more and I'll think about it. Just to let you know - I'm still thinking about it for two years now but the price is definitely not what I want it to be.
Audacity of Hope is on there, but no Manifesto?
im assuming you are referring to the Communist Manifesto and that is supposed to be a cheap jab at Obama. But you failed because Obama's tendency towards socialism, is of course, not communism.
I really like the idea of Kindle, one that enables avid readers to carry hundreds of books with them, displays text on a paper-like surface, and connects to wikipedia or amazon seamlessly.
But for me, Kindle still falls short of what real books can provide me with. There is something subtle about flipping through actual pages that a piece of plastics just can't replace.
That being said, I may still get one IF the price is set considerably lower (like $150).
Wonder if anyone here actually owns one. I do. Yes, the buttons are in the wrong position but the books are very easy to read. i actually picked up a paper book yesterday and throught it
was now hard to read.
It has been great to own and I am not sure why it needs WiFi. I have been able to download books easily and very very quickly. It does what it is supposed to do. And it is lightweight - so no more lugging multiple books everywhere.
It needs Wifi so Amazon doesn't have to pay for the cellular data plan. If it's cheaper for Amazon then it's going to be cheaper for us.
"It needs Wifi so Amazon doesn't have to pay for the cellular data plan. If it's cheaper for Amazon then it's going to be cheaper for us."
If it knocks $100 off the price of a Kindle, it wouldn't be worth it. We are talking free EVDO for the foreseeable future. This is a valuable feature for those who subscribe to daily newspapers available on the Kindle, who may not be around Wifi when they want to download that days edition or use their basic web browser to view various blogs or other web pages.
still expensive to me
What gets me is the lack of any REAL sales. No real bargains at all. With this economy and businesses starving for my money, they better really cut into their profits or else they're not getting a darn cent from me.
Walk into any store and try to get the sales person to drop the price. Not even a dollar. Well, you know what? Screw that. I'd rather keep it in the bank than stimulate an economy that could care less about my well being.
Uh, here's an odd question from a technical writer. Why are these refurbished? At the most, they're a few years old. Are they that brittle? Would I pay hundreds of dollars for a gizmo that breaks so quickly?
Do you realize how many new books I could buy for that money? At a used book store, I could almost buy out their entire stock on any day.
This is, without question, the most unnecessary application of technology yet. Rube Goldberg would be impressed.
Why would I spend $300 on a machine that could display books which cost $10 each?
Garbage, I would consider it if it was $1000 or so and could get access to all the books(including textbooks) I wanted for free.
damn! you would pay $1000 for it but not $300?! you're like the real life version of peter griffin!
No, he'd consider it if it was $300 with a lifetime subscription to all textbooks for another $700. Which would be quite a good deal, as you can sometimes spend that much on one year's worth of texts (at least at retail pricing).
touche, i read that too quick
I tried to use one and found it utterly useless.
What did you try to use it for? It is great for reading books but less so for remotely controlling microwaves.
If you want Mac-like quality and design skip the Kindle (yes, I owned one and set the junky thing back) and get the Sony Reader PRS-505.
Essentially, I would love one of these things. For all it's greatness and flaws. But at THAT price?! You gotta be kidding me. Maybe at $150 at the most. But then again, the first gen iPod price at first was crazy (compared to what it has become) and hopefully the Kindle will morph into something amazing. But at THAT price?!
I want one but it's too expensive, and doesn't have enough features. If it did more or cost less the price would be justifiable. Not to mention it is ugly as hell. But I still want one.
What exactly more would you want a book reading device to do?
Well maybe check email, instant message text message it does have 3g right. All I'm trying to say is it's really exspensive. For a book reader and u still have to pay for downloads of books.
and the benefit of this over a eepc would be?
I'll start with two: 1) The battery life on this device (Kindle) is much much longer than an eeepc or other laptop (or iPhone), thanks to the eInk screen. 2) It has a [free/included in the price] CDMA wireless connection(Sprint), so you can buy or transfer books to pretty much no matter where you are.
It is still ugly.
The new one is only $359, why would one get a used one. I have one and I like it particularly because of the built in dictionary. I'm a fob =). I got mine through a friends website: www.Top10ProductsOnly.com
forgot the link: http://www.top10productsonly.com/Amazon-Kindle-p/101.htm