It Was The Best Of Times, It Was ◻◻◻◻◻◻◻◻◻ [sic]
Like many people, I excitedly purchased a Kindle a few months after they came out, and boy was I hooked. I could purchase books instantly, reading was easy on the eyes and the battery lasted forever. I was reading more pages and faster than I ever had. Often I would see an interesting book discussed on TV, find it in the Kindle store and be reading it that night! And so it went for the first year.
Then a few months after the one year mark, I set my kindle face down on my nightstand as I often did after reading it one night. The following night, I happened to be reading a rather large technical book, and after I was done parsing through it, I set it on top of my Kindle. Little did I know the large mistake I had just made.
A few nights passed, and some friends were over at my house. The topic of the Kindle came up, and they mentioned they hadn’t seen one before. I quickly ran to my nightstand to get my Kindle and show it off, and as soon as I had picked it up, my jaw dropped. This is what I saw:
It was ruined. The book on top of it couldn’t have been more than a few pounds, and that pressure completely ruined the Kindle. Its E-Ink display was now down to a sad few words:
Of course I called to complain, and after multiple calls the best I was offered was a replacement Kindle for $180 (with 3 month warranty). My 1-year warranty had passed, and I was told Amazon was being generous to offer me this deal! I didn’t accept it. Amazon had gotten enough of my money, and I was going to lose anymore to a broken Kindle (and buying books that are now useless!).
So everybody, thats my story. I know I’m not the only one with a broken Kindle. Please send your stories and pictures to brokenkindle@gmail.com, and I’ll post them here.
