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[Timothy]

My one , sort of, gripe about Amazon.
I buy mostly books.
I have had fantastic luck with the used books, most titles I look for I can get for a penny and they are like new.
My gripe ?   
$3.99 shipping  .
With paperbacks running $7.99 + I can't get to upset though, and I got a Cold Steel Ti lite for half price. 

Gotta get over that 25 dollar hump to get free shipping.  I save stuff in my wish list till I get over the hump...

[tombogan03884]

Problem is they they come from different dealers, my average order is over $30 but split between several different dealers.
It works out on the other end though since I have packages to look forward to spread over a whole week.

[Timothy]

Problem is they they come from different dealers, my average order is over $30 but split between several different dealers.
It works out on the other end though since I have packages to look forward to spread over a whole week.

You should get one of those Kindle things.  My kid has one and she's never without the damn thing.

[tombogan03884]

Been thinking about it.
Most of the books I get the Kindle edition is $.99.
Maybe this Christmas.

[Timothy]

Been thinking about it.
Most of the books I get the Kindle edition is $.99.
Maybe this Christmas.

You can use the Kindle Fire as a wifi device at the local internet cafe as well.  My daughter hops right on my network when she visits and she's online in seconds.

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[jnevis]

Wife has the Fire and loves it.  I use a tablet instead (Toshiba Thrive) with a Kindle App.  I got mine through Woot so it was only $50 more than the Fire but has much greater capability.  The Fire is a Android tablet minus all the external connections and features (HDMI, SD slot ect) and some of the apps (email, web browser) won't run on a Fire. 

[PegLeg45]

Just bought the wife a Kindle Fire last month for our anniversary for the standard $200. Went in Staples today and they have them on sale for $150.  
Oh well, I've lost more for less in the past.
I did have to add a $40 wireless router to mu computer system, but I was going to do that anyway.

She (we   ) really like it..... lots of stuff at Amazon for free or .99 cents.
First free things I downloaded for her was the Bible, the US Constitution. and the Declaration of Independence..... and then the Federalist papers.  

[tombogan03884]

Does it have to be wireless, or can you connect to the computer with a cable like uploading photo's from a camera ?

[PegLeg45]

Does it have to be wireless, or can you connect to the computer with a cable like uploading photo's from a camera ?

The Fire is wireless, but you can buy a cable (extra cost... for $200, looks like they could throw in a cable) to hook to a computer.

They have different versions. One Kindle runs on the 3G phone network, so it would work anywhere there is 3G phone access. My dad bought a regular original style Kindle from wal-mart a while back. The list price was $80, and wal-mart gave an instant $30 rebate/gift card at the register.