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covetting a kindle...does it make me a bad person?

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I would love a kindle but put off by the price, do you think the price will come down? Must resist...
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  • diable
    diable Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    Nope. Do you read a lot of books?
  • ab7167
    ab7167 Posts: 680 Forumite
    Am in the same boat. Would love, can't afford... Am consoling myself by taking the high moral ground and not sticking on a credit card...

    No help, just sympathy...

    The people who mind don't matter, and the people who matter don't mind
    Getting married 19th August 2011 to a lovely, lovely man :-)
  • John_Gray
    John_Gray Posts: 5,843 Forumite
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    Coveting a kindle...does it make me a bad person?
    No, just a ms-guided one!
  • I am buying one on thursday :) I have resisted since my daughter got hers for Xmas but having now been made redundant and having used her the last couple of days, I have decided I need one and will treat myself :)
  • mttylad
    mttylad Posts: 1,519 Forumite
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    Why not use the kindle PC app first?
    Its free.

    Do you want some Kindle !!!!!!? google Kindle & click on images :D
  • asbokid
    asbokid Posts: 2,008 Forumite
    edited 18 May 2011 at 4:52AM
    I would love a kindle but put off by the price, do you think the price will come down? Must resist...
    I don't know about a kindle although I confess to coveting a desperate housewife! (only joking!)

    I always think that a book, unlike a kindle, is so cheap, i won't be miffed if i leave it on the train.

    And also, unlike the kindle, you can throw a decent paperback off an eighth floor balcony onto the concrete below, and it will still be readable.

    And with a traditional book, i like the much-vaunted Manual Page-Turning Facility (MP-TF®).

    That Facility, which is not currently available on the Kindle, doesn't require costly AAA batteries that need replacing all too often.
  • phatbear
    phatbear Posts: 4,059 Forumite
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    How about buying a tab?

    Just bought mrs pb an advent vega for £40 more than a kindle so with a bit of jiggery pokery she can now use kindle and do so much more for only a bit extra
    Live each day like its your last because one day you'll be right
  • diable
    diable Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    phatbear wrote: »
    How about buying a tab?

    Just bought mrs pb an advent vega for £40 more than a kindle so with a bit of jiggery pokery she can now use kindle and do so much more like iron wash hoover and cook for a family of 8 for only a bit extra



    sorry just had to ;o)))))
  • phatbear
    phatbear Posts: 4,059 Forumite
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    ermmm ok, we have staff for such tasks dont ya know :D
    Live each day like its your last because one day you'll be right
  • nonnatus
    nonnatus Posts: 1,458 Forumite
    ASbokid - I agree with all your other "pro-real book" points but the final one is not really relevant as the kindle doesn't use batteries. Its charge lasts for days and days and then I just plug it into the recharger overnight.
    I wouldn't have bought it if it involved batteries :D

    (And i really, really, really love my kindle - you can get such bargain books for it!!)
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