Kindle present backfire?

[LaraAmber]

Anyone else see a new Kindle given over the holidays that you're pretty sure is a backfire?

My mother-in-law bought her husband a Kindle for Christmas without talking to either my husband or me (we both have Kindles).  So they walked into it a little blind on models and bought it through Target.  So they got him the wi-fi only Touch, which is not the model we'd recommend for him.  He never uses a touch screen on anything and is easily frustrated by technology.  So first we had to get it onto my brother-in-law's wifi (he has an annoying setup where you have to go to a webpage to log in every time) and then no one could remember my FIL's amazon account password.  Just watching us get the password reset and the Kindle registered was making his eyes glaze over. 

Unfortunately I honestly see it collecting dust between my FIL's lack of patience and dislike of technology.  The Kindle Keyboard 3G would have been a better fit and if we had been in on the purchase we would have told MIL to order it directly from Amazon on FIL account so it was ready to go.     

Oh well, maybe my MIL will start to use it.

[NightGoat]

Could he not return it and get a K3-3G?

[LaraAmber]

I don't see him being that honest and saying "hey, I'm better off with this other model" and trading it in.  I swear that family walks around on eggshells like just saying "boo" is going to send people into tears.  I doubt anyone would actually give a flying fig if he changed models as long as he enjoyed the gift. 

But honestly, considering how he didn't even want to see how to send things to his Kindle from the Amazon website, like that was too much work, it would probably still be a dud.

[Hadou]

Eh, who knows?  Maybe they'll both use it to an extent.

As far as seeing one backfire...  My co-worker got a Fire for Chrimbus and he flipped out because he wanted an iPad.  But his mom, not being "in the know," didn't realize what she had purchased.  At the least, he was able to return it and put the money towards what he really wanted.

[jonathanmoeller]

You can lead a horse to water, you can even shove the horse into water, but you can't make it drink.

[Okkoto86]

This type of thing is exactly what I was afraid of getting one for my Dad.  He can be a little stuck in his ways with things and he reads allot.  But thankfully he loves the thing.  He said its MUCH easier on his eyes than even a hard cover, and he's already sworn off paper books forever lol.

[Samantha]

As far as seeing one backfire...  My co-worker got a Fire for Chrimbus and he flipped out because he wanted an iPad.  But his mom, not being "in the know," didn't realize what she had purchased.  At the least, he was able to return it and put the money towards what he really wanted.

Jeez louise if someone I gave a gift to FLIPPED OUT because they wanted something else that would be the last time they got a gift from me. And I'd take the original gift back. There's nicer ways of asking if they can return it and get something else. Way to appreciate a gift.  

[tubemonkey]

As far as seeing one backfire...  My co-worker got a Fire for Chrimbus and he flipped out because he wanted an iPad.  But his mom, not being "in the know," didn't realize what she had purchased.  At the least, he was able to return it and put the money towards what he really wanted.

Just $300 to go

[bookworm1172]

Luckily I have not seen it on a Kindle, but I have seen it on a Nook.  My boyfriends sister reads enough to consider an ereader a good present for her.  We wanted her to have the in store support that the Nook offers, so last xmas we got her a Nook.  She used it 2 times in the year that she had it.  We are in a book club together and she would always but the paper version of the book.  She ended up selling it to another member of our book club who really wanted an ereader. 

[Leslie]

Eh, who knows?  Maybe they'll both use it to an extent.

As far as seeing one backfire...  My co-worker got a Fire for Chrimbus and he flipped out because he wanted an iPad.  But his mom, not being "in the know," didn't realize what she had purchased.  At the least, he was able to return it and put the money towards what he really wanted.

Or maybe she knew exactly what she was doing and didn't want to spend $500. When I had an iPad my son loved to use it. I toyed with various ideas--giving it to him, selling it to him--I ended up selling it to a co-worker for a decent amount. I bought my son a Fire--$200 is my price point for "big" gifts--and he is thrilled with it. No "it's not an iPad" complaining from him.

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