Refurbished Kindle £68

Doodah7

As above, Amazon selling them from their warehouse section.

Great deal for an eReader and shipping seems to be free also.

Columbia

Just tried on both .com ($99) and .co.uk (£68), and neither of them will ship the refurbed ones to Ireland :mad:

Basq

tallpaul wrote: »

As above, Amazon selling them from their warehouse section.

Great deal for an eReader and shipping seems to be free also.

Yeah, tried to buy a refurbished Kindle before. They don't ship them here... shame!

vibe666

what about deliverme.ie and those kinds of sites? or would it not be worth it after that?

also, if anyone does decide to buy a kindle, don't buy the non-3G one as the 3G one works worldwide and the data transfer is totally free, so if you use the built in experimental web browser (which actually works pretty well for static content) you have free web browsing (and email if you use gmail etc.) *almost* anywhere in the world that you can get a mobile signal on a device that can go for several weeks without needing charging.

slave1

yep,surfing boards right now on my kindle free of charge in Tenerife, works best on mobile versions of websites and lasts a full day with 3G on and surfing constant.

GSI

really tempted by this as I have an address in the uk that I can shipped to. Is it really worth it? can I listen to mp3s on it?

The Ayatolla

GSI wrote: »

really tempted by this as I have an address in the uk that I can shipped to. Is it really worth it? can I listen to mp3s on it?

Yes, but the MP3 player is shocking.

You're also liable to get the dreaded "lines on screen" e-ink issue that troubles so many.

Get one only if your REALLY REALLY REALLY into reading books!

The 3G is handy too for web browsing but the browser is about as useful as a Nokia 3310 one!

vibe666

The Ayatolla wrote: »

You're also liable to get the dreaded "lines on screen" e-ink issue that troubles so many.

i have a kindle 3 and so does a mate of mine (and a sony reader before that) and never had any issues like that, nor heard of them having that issue.

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Get one only if your REALLY REALLY REALLY into reading books!

or magazines, or newspapers, or anything for that matter. i have a lot of work documents that i need to keep referencing and it's great for carrying them around in a compact, easily searchable format.

The Ayatolla wrote: »

The 3G is handy too for web browsing but the browser is about as useful as a Nokia 3310 one!

yes, a 3310 with a 6" screen and probably 8x the resolution. :rolleyes:

the browser is perfectly usable for checking your email, or if you're just reading blogs or forums or news sites and don't want to be carrying round a laptop with you everywhere.

dblspeed

vibe666 wrote: »

what about deliverme.ie and those kinds of sites? or would it not be worth it after that?

also, if anyone does decide to buy a kindle, don't buy the non-3G one as the 3G one works worldwide and the data transfer is totally free, so if you use the built in experimental web browser (which actually works pretty well for static content) you have free web browsing (and email if you use gmail etc.) *almost* anywhere in the world that you can get a mobile signal on a device that can go for several weeks without needing charging.

second that, anynody had any luck with deliverme.ie or similar site and the refurbished kindle?

ActingDanClark

Got a link? I'm interested !


r

tallpaul wrote: »

As above, Amazon selling them from their warehouse section.

Great deal for an eReader and shipping seems to be free also.

jayteecork

a link would be nice....where's the amazon warehouse section?

Doodah7

Thought I had a link?

Anyway now more expensive at £80...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002Y27P46?tag=hotukdeals-21

digitaldr

Ordered a 3G refurb for my mum last week (have a NI address to ship to). She should have it next week so will report back when it arrives. Doesn't come with a charger (just USB cable) so ordered a cheap 3rd party one too.

ActingDanClark

Thanks tallpaul- unfortunately there's no 3g option which is probably the way to go? Have a UK address I could have used, so that wasnt a prob

vibe666

refurb 3G kindle's are £115 and well worth the extra imho - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002LVUWFE/ref=dp_olp_refurbished?ie=UTF8&condition=refurbished

Snakeblood

damian139 wrote: »

Thanks tallpaul- unfortunately there's no 3g option which is probably the way to go? Have a UK address I could have used, so that wasnt a prob

If you have an iphone on 3 mobile, the kindle can use your all you can eat data when using the phone as a wifi hotspot. I have the wifi kindle, and new papers delivered every day from the phone.

digitaldr

Not if you're abroad though!

vibe666

digitaldr wrote: »

Not if you're abroad though!

ditto. with the 3G kindle, whispernet gives you totally free, all you can eat data on the kindle anywhere it gets a signal, globally, forever.

Snakeblood

digitaldr wrote: »

Not if you're abroad though!

|True that. Although the data works for the UK. I was still hopping in and out of McDonald's in the states to pick up papers.