Wow! You guys are terrific! I asked for opinions and you gave them. THANKS!
Whether you own a Kindle, a Nook, or an iPad, one thing is for certain: People are fiercely loyal to whatever eReader they use. They LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them. I'm hoping this is going to be contagious! Because I bought ...
a Kindle. I got the 3G+WiFi in white.
Not very long after the first responses to this post came in, I got an email from Amazon. FREE TWO-DAY SHIPPING on all Kindles it proclaimed. It was enough to get me back to my abandoned cart. That meant I could have it by this weekend. I thought that was so cool that I bought it. Estimated delivery: Feb. 11. That's today!
I've been very excited. Until this morning.
I've always had very good luck and experiences with Amazon and this wouldn't be so bad EXCEPT I was very excited about it. I thought it was a little odd when my shipping information hadn't been updated AT ALL yesterday. Then this morning, I find that it's been updated ... my Kindle left Florida about two hours ago. Projected delivery date: "by end of day, Tuesday, Feb. 15."
WHAT?! So much for two-day shipping. And I really shouldn't complain. It's just another couple of days but ... the anticipation and expectation had been set. I don't set myself up to look forward to too many things, so when I do, the excitement is usually palpable. (So, yes, I feel cheated and I'm not happy. Waaaah. *momentarily sinks into 3-year-old mode, whines*)
OK. We'll let that pass. I'm sure I'll still be just as thrilled with it when it arrives on Tuesday.
Maybe ...
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3 comments:
Glad we could help you make your choice. I think you'll love your Kindle. Check out pixelofink.com for a good daily rundown of what's free and cheap for Kindle reading.
It's so frustrating to have to wait, isn't it? Mine was a birthday gift, and didn't arrive in time. I had four days in a row of "out for delivery" that was definitely not weather related. In the end, it turned out that my first one went missing while in UPS control - I think someone can tell which packages contain Kindles, even though they come in an ordinary Amazon box. Anyway, Amazon sent a new one, no problem, but I did have to wait over a week. Hope yours arrives safe and sound!
Ohhhh I have had Amazon do that to me several times. It really irritates me! I try and remind myself that its still really fast, but what's the point of giving me a delivery date if you're not even going to SHIP it until then, right?
I don't know what's going on with amazon. I placed a recent order and the delivery times were a month away, even though there was no notice on the product pages that they were out of stock.
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