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>> ... are suffering severe money issues, they shouldn't even be thinking about owning a Kindle ...
KindleKitty - How inhumane of you! What better "relief" and "escape" from financial difficulty that to be able to read a good book. Or even a mediocre book ... (grin) |
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>> ... I think it's a little arrogant to assume that everyone has or wants a credit/debit card ...
NO - We want access to the world's largest book store. One that is dedicated to providing more titles than any other single source on the planet. THAT'S what we want. And if we want to "walk in to" that book store, then we must follow their rules for behaviour. Or go elsewhere. |
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08-07-2010, 03:06 PM | #36 |
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08-07-2010, 03:24 PM | #38 | |
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08-07-2010, 03:29 PM | #39 | |
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anyway, you can get almost all of the free ebooks offered by amazon from the same source as amazon gets them: http://www.gutenberg.org/ just download the .mobi versions and put 'em on your kindle. there are over 33,000 free ebooks on that site. -- Alan Last edited by alansplace; 08-07-2010 at 03:32 PM. Reason: omission in original |
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08-07-2010, 04:17 PM | #40 | |
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Probably you should just call up CNN and get them to do an exposé . Or if you just wanted a simple solution - you can take a jar of change to a Coinstar machine, get small amount Amazon gift card or whatever, attach it to your account ... and then download free books. But some people I think have way too much fun complaining about easily solveable issues and it'd probably interfere with that. |
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08-07-2010, 04:32 PM | #41 |
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I use a debit card on Amazon, always have. I am not really quite sure what the issue is for the OP - if it is concern about card security or information security, I have some sympathy.
I don't know about bank accounts in the US, but now cheques/checks have now practically disappeared in the UK, debit cards are pretty much essential. |
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>> ... get small amount Amazon gift card or whatever, attach it to your account ... and then download free books ...
No, you cannot. At least not according to an Amazon rep I just spoke with. You need a credit card on file ... THEN you can add the gift certificate or gift card, and "hit" it for purchases. |
08-07-2010, 04:49 PM | #43 |
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How does one order a Kindle without a card on file? Is there a difference in the payment methods allowed for Kindles vs Kindle books? My limited experience of free books on Amazon is that they're not as good as the lovingly hand-crafted editions available from Mobile Read in any case.
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08-07-2010, 07:51 PM | #44 |
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[QUOTE=kindlekitten;1047387I am de-riding and throwing twinkies at the boo-hoo must have a credit card whining[/QUOTE]
Simply put... Amazons policy is socio-economically discriminating. Kindlekitten is a very angry and bitter person. Just read the posts here and look at the profile. As a community member, I apologies on Kindlekittens behalf for such a terrible attitude to those who may stumble across this. Also kindle kitten please note - we prefer different fonts and slow typing Last edited by Kevin R; 08-07-2010 at 07:53 PM. |
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Are restaurants or other places that take cash only also discriminating? Are places that don't accept checks discriminating? |
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