to buy or not to buy
Feb. 7th, 2010 08:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dichroicMany problems can be solved by throwing money at them. It's a strategy Ted and I use too often, just because at the moment, we're OK on money but horribly short on time, and we often don't have access to (or don't know how to access) other solutions, because we're Not From Around Here.
With the Macmillan thing (and the pattern it's part of) I was reluctant to use that solution on the Kindle problem just now, but, well, I need Amazon more than they need me. Also, when I posted about my problem on the Ravelry Kindle group, someone made a cogent point: "Just noticed: for as many Kindles that have been sold and how many are owned by Ravellers…when one of them goes bad it merits a new thread on this list. That’s pretty good reliability. :o)" And finally, the Macmillan books including Kindle books are back on Amazon.
(Ted and I had a whole discussion on this last night, on what of all of this is a moral issue and what's a business issue. His view is that it's all a business issue; when I finally said, "It's a moral issue because they're getting between me and my ability to buy books!" he paused and then said, carefully, "OK, I can see how that's true in your world.")
As of this morning, I'd abaout decided to go order a Kindle 2 - since I have the funds to do so, getting a reconditioned K1 didn't make sense for me. But Amazon's checkout page says they use a courier service to ship them internationally, and it would get here in only 2-4 days. I don't want it sitting on the apartment guard's desk that long, so it makes sense for me to wait until I get back to order it. And that gives me more time to think about what I want to do.
With the Macmillan thing (and the pattern it's part of) I was reluctant to use that solution on the Kindle problem just now, but, well, I need Amazon more than they need me. Also, when I posted about my problem on the Ravelry Kindle group, someone made a cogent point: "Just noticed: for as many Kindles that have been sold and how many are owned by Ravellers…when one of them goes bad it merits a new thread on this list. That’s pretty good reliability. :o)" And finally, the Macmillan books including Kindle books are back on Amazon.
(Ted and I had a whole discussion on this last night, on what of all of this is a moral issue and what's a business issue. His view is that it's all a business issue; when I finally said, "It's a moral issue because they're getting between me and my ability to buy books!" he paused and then said, carefully, "OK, I can see how that's true in your world.")
As of this morning, I'd abaout decided to go order a Kindle 2 - since I have the funds to do so, getting a reconditioned K1 didn't make sense for me. But Amazon's checkout page says they use a courier service to ship them internationally, and it would get here in only 2-4 days. I don't want it sitting on the apartment guard's desk that long, so it makes sense for me to wait until I get back to order it. And that gives me more time to think about what I want to do.
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Date: 2010-02-07 05:00 pm (UTC)So. Don't guilt yourself on that one.
As to Amazon/Macmillan: they're both big fricking corporations, they have no stated ethical policy, so I'm not terribly shocked that they lock out people to make their points. (See: Comcast and their fights with Fox.) Amazon doesn't think books are sacred. Amazon thinks books are a commodity product.