Amazon selling refurb Kindles

[chynared21]

Awesome Bruin!!! Can't wait to hear about Cubby's arrival :-)

[Atunah]

Don't worry Atunah.  Your cake is safe, even though I am half German.  Maybe that's why we held out so long for a refurbished one!!!!  It takes a bit of work to get a German to change his/her mind.  Anyway, I'll have my Kindle and coffee with carrot cake, which I requested, and got by the way, at our wedding 38+ years ago.

And, Leslie, I did go to "Manage Your Kindle" and moved it from "Richard's Second Kindle" to "Cubby."

Bwah, someone gave me a coffeecup long time ago, can't remember exactly what it said, but it was something like " I am german, and I am always right".

Stubborn as a mule, yep  . I am bavarian, which adds to the "Do not like to change my mind, do not, do not" 

Yum, I haven't had many carrot cakes in my lifetime, but they were delish when I did. I might make some almond creme torte this weekend. Or maybe I'll bake some German Weihnachts Plaetzchen, that is Christmas cookies for the Yankees 

I am so exited for you to get your Kindle. Just don't do as I did and go into panic mode

[Lynn]

My Grandma used to make the most awesome Lebkukken(?) Boy I do miss those. I'll have to ask my aunt if she knows how to make them. My Grandma never had a recipe- just did things by handfuls, pinches and such.

Lynn

[Atunah]

Yeah, thats my problem with my mom. She didn't always write everything down and when I ask her now for recipes that I want to make, she guesses a lot lol. Lebkuchen I never made. I was lucky to live in a town where the bakeries made the most delish stuff. I try to keep it simple.
Vanilla crescents aren't to hard to make and sand cookies. Or butter cookies. Those my grandma always made a gazillion tins full of those every year.

Ooops sorry, off topic

My grandma would use refurb tins to store the cookies in

[Dori]

Nice rebound Atunah.  Got the refurbed ball into the right court.

[Ann in Arlington]

. . . refurbed ball  . . .

Were we talking about cats? 

ann

[Vampyre]

Tomorrow you can eat your cake and  have a Kindle to.

[Wisteria Clematis]

Is anyone awake out there yet??!? There are more refurbs available!!!

Libro, this is your big chance. I know Santa would want you to have one of these 

[Harvey]

Yes, there is ONE refurb available right now!

[Marci]

Yes, there is ONE refurb available right now!

Is anyone awake out there yet??!? There are more refurbs available!!!

Libro, this is your big chance. I know Santa would want you to have one of these 

Thank You, Wisteria & Harvey for saying this as I *just now* purchased a reborn Kindle as a gift for a dear friend of mine. I was in such a hurry to get the order in so I'd have before it was gone that I made a mistake.  Easily corrected with a phone call in the morning to CS.  It is going to dent my CC debt but I believe it's worth it.

Whoo-hoo!  What a great Christmas for my friend, as she LOVES to read and is an avid Amazon user to boot.

Just crossing my fingers that someone else is not doing the same 

Now I get to track as closely as I did mine 

Pleasant Holidays!

Marci

PS - Sorry, Libro - Hope you get another chance!

[Harvey]

Way to go, Marci! You were fast to get that last refurb.

[Marci]

Yep! 

Figured I'd better jump on it after seeing those other posts where <Valley Girl speak from long ago> "Like, 5, were sold in poof! 9 minutes"   

[Harvey]

These refurb's are coming and going quickly, and I want to give KindleBoards members the best shot at getting those refurbs.

So, I've developed a piece of code that checks the refurb status every few seconds. It does this by querying Amazon's database and retrieving the refurb quantities for Kindle.

I'm displaying the results in a second line of the menu at the top of our screen. Figured I'll do this until the backlog on new Kindle orders diminishes. For now, it'll help KindleBoards members have the earliest possible notice for when refurbs become available.

(Caveat: there is a bit of a delay after a refurb is purchased, before that info is reflected in Amazon's database. For example, as I write this, I can still see that the refurb that Marci just bought is still showing. The effect of that is, sometimes you'll find that you'll click on the menu message showing that a refurb is available, and you may find on the Amazon page that it indicates that no refurbs are available. But other than that occasional lag, it should be a reliable indicator as to when refurbished Kindles are available.)

[Wisteria Clematis]

Yep! 

Figured I'd better jump on it after seeing those other posts where <Valley Girl speak from long ago> "Like, 5, were sold in poof! 9 minutes"   

Good going Marci! Your friend is going to have a wonderful holiday. And you saved me from buying it myself! I've had my kindle since April and don't need another one but the accessories threads have got my consumer juices flowing. I caught myself starting to think things like 'maybe I could use one kindle for fiction and another kindle for nonfiction or work-related reading. 'Yikes! I think I need to hide my credit card from myself until I get an intervention.

[Marci]

Harvey -

That is so GREAT!

I bet there will be many happy compliments sent your way for adding that!!!

Marci

[Marci]

Good going Marci! Your friend is going to have a wonderful holiday. And you saved me from buying it myself! I've had my kindle since April and don't need another one but the accessories threads have got my consumer juices flowing. I caught myself starting to think things like 'maybe I could use one kindle for fiction and another kindle for nonfiction or work-related reading. 'Yikes! I think I need to hide my credit card from myself until I get an intervention.

Wisteria,

What's so scary is, I totally understand the underline [my emphasis] words!

LOL,

Marci

[Wisteria Clematis]

These refurb's are coming and going quickly, and I want to give KindleBoards members the best shot at getting those refurbs.

Oh. My. God. Harvey, you are killing me here. This board is getting more expensive every day   Here's an idea: why don't YOU purchase one of the refurbs??? Then if Mrs. Santa does come through you'll have one to give her too.

[Harvey]

Oh. My. God. Harvey, you are killing me here. This board is getting more expensive every day  

My job is to feed your habits. 

[Marci]

Giving a shout-out that there is NOW A NEW REFURB up for sale!

All thanks to Harvey's latest enabling 

Anyone??

Marci

[Wisteria Clematis]

Giving a shout-out that there is NOW A NEW REFURB up for sale!

All thanks to Harvey's latest enabling 

Anyone??

Marci

Marci, I think that's the one you just nabbed. The data base hasn't updated itself yet to show its been purchased.

[Harvey]

Yeah, there are none of the recent refurbs left - - I keep refreshing the screen and waiting for that refurb count on our menu to go back to zero. I'm curious now how it will take for the Amazon database to be updated.

In their developer guide, they warn that refurbish counts can have a lag to them... but I figured it would only be a few seconds. I have to shut down for tonight, so will have to see if it has reset itself to zero by the morning...

[Harvey]

...Here's an idea: why don't YOU purchase one of the refurbs??? Then if Mrs. Santa does come through you'll have one to give her too.

Hmmm.... that is a tempting thought. She's kind of resistant to gadgets. But today she got to play with her sister's Kindle for the first time.. so she could be won over by now..!

[Harvey]

Yeah, there are none of the recent refurbs left - - I keep refreshing the screen and waiting for that refurb count on our menu to go back to zero. I'm curious now how it will take for the Amazon database to be updated.

In their developer guide, they warn that refurbish counts can have a lag to them... but I figured it would only be a few seconds. I have to shut down for tonight, so will have to see if it has reset itself to zero by the morning...

Strike that - there is indeed another refurb available now. So the menu display is correct.

[Wisteria Clematis]

Hmmm.... that is a tempting thought. She's kind of resistant to gadgets. But today she got to play with her sister's Kindle for the first time.. so she could be won over by now..!

I think you should go for it Harvey! And it is ungodly early here by EST, but you are in the middle of the night PST....what on earth are you doing sitting at your computer right now??? You soooooo need a kindle to read in bed at night.

[Harvey]

Yes, time for me to say goodnight! I got obsessed with getting the refurb checking code to work - - I programmed it on my flight from Chicago, then installed and debugged it when I got back home a couple of hours ago.

Good night!!