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Dead Deal, Select People $50/$75 off some Kindle Products

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Well I got the deal, and bought a regular kindle and a fire hdx... Damnit Amazon. For the record I have Prime, don't have a kindle but have kindle books (android app), and average about 85 orders a year.
 
I only got the financing offer. Of course, I just bought a new paperwhite a couple of months ago when they were on sale. I was using a Kindle gen2, gave that to my neice. I buy a ton of books, but generally only through the daily and monthly sales.
 
No offer for me either, shame cuz I'd definitely go for it if they offered it, but since I'm only getting the financing offer I'll just keep using my fire.
 
I got this

Limited-time offer: Get Kindle from $69 $49 or Kindle Paperwhite with Wi-Fi from $119 $99. Limit 1 per customer.

I buy tons of stuff from them and am on my 2nd kindle keyboard, I have both a Kindle HD and Kindle HDX, wonder what triggers the deal?
 
Got my Paperwhite Saturday night (Amazon has stopped using UPS for next day delivery for me for some strange reason; they now use a courier service.) Definitely worth the $47 or so after next day shipping. Already reread a few of my favorite Philip K Dick classics Amazon had for free. There seems to be a lot of free Kindle books on their set as well (and you can send it directly to your Kindle!).
 
RadiclDreamer said:
I got this

Limited-time offer: Get Kindle from $69 $49 or Kindle Paperwhite with Wi-Fi from $119 $99. Limit 1 per customer.

I buy tons of stuff from them and am on my 2nd kindle keyboard, I have both a Kindle HD and Kindle HDX, wonder what triggers the deal?
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I think the "select" customer sale is now over, and now they are doing a universal sale that is $20 dollars off the normal price.

I now get the same yellow banner.
 
I think they're going to be releasing new versions in the next few months, so we'll probably see quite a few sales on existing models.
 
If anyone got one of these deals on the regular kindle or paperwhite and wants to sell it for a little profit, please let me know!
 
At least all these Kindle sales are making me hopeful that the rumored Paperwhite upgrade is actually coming soon.
 
For those that missed the deal. If you use Amazon chat support and get connected to a Kindle specialist, you can mention this deal and say you had it in your cart, but forgot to order it. They gave me $10 credit for free. Make sure to be nice and thank them!
 
Pheran said:
At least all these Kindle sales are making me hopeful that the rumored Paperwhite upgrade is actually coming soon.
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I thought about this, however, at some point I figure an eReader is going to simply hit that "good enough" point I don't care about the new version. I took a heavily discounted chance and picked up the Paperwhite. In the few days I've had it, I love it. I can't imagine any real improvements. Maybe less screen flash on change or better battery life. Neither of which particularly annoys me.
 
smackababy said:
I thought about this, however, at some point I figure an eReader is going to simply hit that "good enough" point I don't care about the new version. I took a heavily discounted chance and picked up the Paperwhite. In the few days I've had it, I love it. I can't imagine any real improvements. Maybe less screen flash on change or better battery life. Neither of which particularly annoys me.
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The rumored upgrade is to a 300 DPI screen, which is a significant improvement over the current 212 DPI Paperwhite screen, and a gigantic improvement over my old Kindle Touch (167 DPI). If I had gotten the $44 deal I would have definitely bought the current Paperwhite, but otherwise I'm content to wait for the upgrade. I read a ton of books, so I would pay full price for a 300 DPI e-ink Kindle.
 
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Pheran said:
I read a ton of books, so I would pay full price for a 300 DPI e-ink Kindle.
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Not that I'm doubting you, but I would like to know why. I'm a avid reader as well, and it seems to me that my Kindle Touch already has a higher DPI then any of the paperback books I've read. Are we really getting that much improvement at this point?
 
SMOGZINN said:
Not that I'm doubting you, but I would like to know why. I'm a avid reader as well, and it seems to me that my Kindle Touch already has a higher DPI then any of the paperback books I've read. Are we really getting that much improvement at this point?
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The Kindle Touch DPI (167) is pretty bad compared to print. I'm surprised you don't notice it. I believe most books are printed around 300 DPI. While I still like reading on my Kindle Touch, it looks like crap compared to a decent laser-printed page. A 300 DPI Kindle would probably fix that completely.
 
smackababy said:
I thought about this, however, at some point I figure an eReader is going to simply hit that "good enough" point I don't care about the new version. I took a heavily discounted chance and picked up the Paperwhite. In the few days I've had it, I love it. I can't imagine any real improvements. Maybe less screen flash on change or better battery life. Neither of which particularly annoys me.
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Those are pretty much the usual upgrades: Better refresh rate (faster page turns), better contrast (darker text to more resemble print), and a better resolution screen. I'm not sure if they've been improving battery life as they've always lasted so long I'd never notice.

I also really like the paperwhite as it sits now, but there's a lot of things you didn't realize you wanted until you have it. I dinged my screen which you can't see unless I'm reading in the dark using the light, so I'll probably get the new one at full price whenever it shows up.
 
the slow page turning is one of the more annoying things about the paperwhite. i can see why some people prefer buttons also. the back and forward page zones are kind of weird.

edit: i wish i knew about the deal earlier. would've bought an extra one as a gift if it was available to me.
 
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Looks like another indication that something new is in the pipeline. Today's deal of the day is the "Certified Refurbished Kindle Fire HD (Previous Generation)" for $89.

These deals are likely steps to blow out old stock and bring in cash to put towards a new line.

EDIT - looks like Certified Refurbished Kindle Paperwhite 3G [Previous Generation] is in line for today's lightning deals, starting at 10AM PST.
 
Dang, I got $20 off...oh and this deal is a few days old.

Dang it, wonder if I would have had it originally?! Arghhhhh probably would have gotten a Paperwhite AND a new Fire of some sort.

Just moved so we've been frantically cleaning old place and packing and blah #$%&@!
 
gorcorps said:
Those are pretty much the usual upgrades: Better refresh rate (faster page turns), better contrast (darker text to more resemble print), and a better resolution screen. I'm not sure if they've been improving battery life as they've always lasted so long I'd never notice.

I also really like the paperwhite as it sits now, but there's a lot of things you didn't realize you wanted until you have it. I dinged my screen which you can't see unless I'm reading in the dark using the light, so I'll probably get the new one at full price whenever it shows up.
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After using this for a few days, I can't see any real noticeable improvements made to the page turning. It is plenty fast. The text is crisp at whatever PPI it currently has. I haven't tried it in any crazy light situations yet though. I suppose reducing the screen flash could be improved, if that is even something that bothers you (which it doesn't bother me).

I'm not saying the next model won't be better, just that we are really close to the point of "good enough" and there won't be any meaningful improvements without additional features.

My only real complaint is the power button isn't located in the same spot as my iPad, so I'm not sure to it.
 
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