Earlier this year we told you about a recycling program that Amazon was running to buy us our old eReaders. This program began in January and ended yesterday, March 31. But it seems that Amazon has changed its mind and has decided to offer this indefinitely. The purpose of this change is due among other things to the need to update Kindle devices, update cuasi mandatory by Amazon. There are many users who do not want or do not know how to update their old Kindle, that is why Amazon has thought that they may prefer to sell the old Kindle to buy a new one.
The program can be profitable if we are really voracious readers since Amazon gives up to $ 20 for the old Kindle which makes that the basic Kindle costs less than 30 euros y the Kindle Paperwhite is about 70 euros to change.
The truth is that for devices older than the Kindle Paperwhite Keyboard, the offer is attractive, but for those who have an eReader more recent than the aforementioned version, the offer is not that good and therefore many think if it is really worth it.
The old Kindle can still be useful if we are comfortable with it
I personally think this Amazon program is interesting if we're really uncomfortable with our old KindleFor example, if we see that the old Kindle downloads very quickly, if we need something lighter or simply if we want to take better care of our eyesight, but it is best to continue with the old Kindle.
Many friends of mine tell me that they prefer the old eReader they have to the new ones now, that they are already used to it and do not change it, something normal if you really have no problems with your eReader. But possibly Amazon does not understand this and tries to do something to get more users to update What do you think?
Interesting, could you put a link to the promotion page?
I am afraid that, like almost all Amazon measures, this is only for the US market… am I wrong?
It hurts on a blog about e-Readers to read that headline. The "if not" is separate, and it is "you want to update it", without reading.
Greetings.
What about shipping costs? I also understood that Amazon first evaluated your old Kindle and that was the maximum price. Being able to offer you less